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1903 · 16375 — New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1903. First Edition First Printing. Very Good Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. <br /> <br /> Publisher's green cloth decorated with white lettering and green white and yellow Arctic Ocean polar bear scene and oval pastedown black-and-white photo of Snow Baby Marie Ahnighito Peary on the front cover. 8vo. 26.5 cm.; 10.5 inches tall 84 black-and-white photographic illustrations with accompanying descriptive captions; 120 pages. <br /> <br /> The bindings are tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owners name on front free endpage. This autobiography of Robert E. Peary's daughter born in Greenland during one of his Arctic expeditions the narrative for children describes life with the Eskimo Inuit delightfully showing the culture and daily life. <br /> <br /> Published five years after the story of her birth in The Snow Baby wow a great big girl of nine years the Snow Baby is able herself to tell the story of her further Arctic experiences and her acquaintance with the little fur-clad children of the ice. <br /> <br /> She has seen the icebergs and the great ice-fields the glaciers the polar bears the walrus the deer the musk-oxen and the birds; but this time she has seen them with eyes that could understand a little. What her life experiences seemed like to her will be told largely in her own way with an occasional word of help or explanation from her mother. <br /> <br /> The illustrations are from photographs taken by Commander and Mrs. Peary and are of the greatest variety but give especial attention to the children. PW <br /> <br /> REF: Crocker: 1903 357; Hayes: 1903 251; PW: 1903 p1 652 Frederick A. Stokes hardcover