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Little Bear’s Friend – Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
NF/VG Early Print

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $33.00.

Near Fine First Edition, First Printing in a Very Good dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap. Please see below for more details.

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Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of Little Bear’s Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik  and Maurice Sendak in an archival wrap. First Edition 1960 Harper & Row. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title on a square spine and strong colors on the front cover design, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear, one lightly bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine no marks or inscriptions inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear, chips and gaps and no tears. The front flap has a cut bottom corner on the bottom, so the $1.95 price is still present along with the 4080 code. Strong color looks great in an archival wrap.

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.

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Additional information

Weight 0.8 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 6.25 × 0.5 in
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