first edition
1924 · London & Edinburgh
by Parker, Bessie; Parker, Nancy
London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1924. Near fine in very good minus jacket.. First edition, a beautiful copy in the rare jacket of one of the hardest to obtain Parker picture books, about three young polar bears navigating life without their parents. 9.25'' x 12''. Original pictorial boards. In original pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by N. Parker with 13 incredible full-page color illustrations, plus many in-text illustrations. Ink gift inscription dated 1924 on front free endpaper. Book with slight rubbing at tips; jacket chipped, with some closed tears (including one long one along front panel) neatly repaired with tape on verso.
(Inventory #: 35403)