Product Description
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.
First edition and first printing.
Signed by the author on the ffep verso.
Illustrated from photographs.
Oblong, 8 3/8" x 10 1/8", 45 pp.
, glossy black boards, photopictorial dustjacket.
Photographic endpapers.
Fine book in a fine, unclipped jacket.
Beautiful copy of Irvine's profusely photographed Books For Young Readers account of two of the featured Big Cat attractions in the San Diego Zoo: Blanca, a white tiger originally seized from a smuggler at the Mexican border, and Arusha the cheetah, a long-term resident of the zoo.
Plenty of information on the species accompanies an account of their lives at the zoo with their handlers/caretakers.
Boldy signed by Irvine in violet ink: "Big Cats Forever ! All children deserve to inherit an earth rich in wildife Warm wishes, Georgeanne Irvine", with no presentee's name.
Scarce as a signed, fine, unclipped first edition.
L53n
![[Signed] [First Edition] Blanca and Arusha / Signed by author Irvine, Georgeanne [Used - Fine] [Hardcover]](https://r.kelkoo.com/resize.php?country=ca&merchantId=100567270&categoryId=5101&trackingId=96985762&width=auto&height=auto&image=https%3A%2F%2Fpictures.abebooks.com%2Finventory%2F532570399.jpg&sign=c0rlTLPjRV.EORTyps4PGOWqLQZ.WPEzj8EFzpgs.gA-)
