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Children of the Arctic
by The Snow Baby and Her Mother [Peary, Josephine Diebitsch and Marie Ahnighito Peary]
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. 119 pp. [1]. Green illustrated publisher's cloth binding with applied oval image of "Snow Baby," Marie Ahnighito Peary, child of Josephine Diebitsch and Robert Peary. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine but very clean. Endpapers have darkened offsetting from laid in newsclippings and what was likely once a protective jacket, no longer present. Previous owner's ink gift inscription to ffep. Binding gently cracked but holding. Black and white photo illustrations throughout. A story of Arctic exploration and life among the Eskimos, written for children and centered around the adventures of Peary's 6 year old daughter, Marie "Ahnighito." At rear, laid in and pasted on are three news clippings spanning decades and relating to the Peary family: "Peary's Daughter Marries Mariner," "To Unveil Peary Memorial" (dated in ink 1922), and "Peary's Grandson Killed" (dated in ink 1946).
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Details
- Bookseller
- small volume
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224
- Title
- Children of the Arctic
- Author
- The Snow Baby and Her Mother [Peary, Josephine Diebitsch and Marie Ahnighito Peary]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- arctic, exploration, travel, north pole, robert peary, eskimo, inuit, greenland
Terms of Sale
small volume
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
small volume
Biblio member since 2023
Providence, Rhode Island
About small volume
Small Volume is based out of Providence, RI. We buy + sell old, rare, odd, unusual, and otherwise collectible books + ephemera.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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