White Reindeer 1940 by Neill JAMES ~ SIGNED w/ buying letter ~ First Edition ~ Juvenile/YA Novel of Lapland Sami Norway Scandinavia

Title: White Reindeer

Author: Neill James
Illustrator: Cyrus Le Roy [Leroy] Baldridge

Description: Inscribed by author and includes a tipped-in letter signed from the author. First edition (with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page). Green cloth boards stamped in silver. Cloth edges rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's address label on ffep; ''Santa'' sticker on page opposite first page of Chapter I. Dust jacket is a bit worn, with chipping at spine ends and corners; not price clipped ($1.75); in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. 157 pages.

A tale for young readers about the nomadic Sami (or Lapp) people of Lapland in northern Scandinavia. The author, Miss Neill James, wrote from first-hand knowledge, having spent a year living among the Lapps. She tells the story of Pirak, a young boy. When he was almost ten years old his father brought home a white reindeer fawn, which Pirak named Urpu and who became his pet. The story tells of the many adventures of Pirak and Urpu, and how the white reindeer finally saved the Lapp village from starvation.

The author, Nell Neill James (1895-1994), was born in Granada, Mississippi, and in 1918 graduated from the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College. She traveled the world extensively, spent several years in Japan, and then moved to Mexico. Being known for her popular buying Petticoat Vagabond travel books, her home became a destination for writers and celebrities such as Ernest Hemingway and Amelia Earhart.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good+

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place: New York
Year: 1940

Keywords: Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, Lapland, Scandinavia, YA, juvenile, young readers, Petticoat Vagabond, Norway, fiction,