Little Bear’s Friend – Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
VG Later Print

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover Edition, Later Printing of Little Bear’s Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak with no dust jacket. First Edition 1960 Harper & Row. Later Printing with no subsequent printing and a $7.95 rear cover price.

The book is in Good condition with lightly faded boards, strong title on a rubbed spine and strong colors on the front cover design, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, heavily rubbed spine ends, heavy edge wear, and rubbed  and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good with no marks or inscriptions inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

No dust jacket.

One summer Little Bear makes friends with a girl named Emily and her doll Lucy. But when summer ends, Emily must leave. Little Bear is sad—until he finds a way to stay close to his new friend even when she is far away.