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The Biggest Bear
by Ward, Lynd
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to. [2], 1-84, [2] pp. Tan cloth with red lettering and a red decoration on the front board, red lettering on the spine. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Caldecott Medal sticker affixed to the jacket's front panel by a collector. The book won the 1953 Caldecott Award. With several full-page black and white illustrations. Baumgarten 221. Signed by Lynd Ward without personalization on a tipped-in leaf. With 1952 on the title and copyright pages, no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A code of 4-8 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A serviceable copy of Ward's touching story. Light rubbing and a few bumps to the boards' edges; jacket with some loss to its front and spine panels, a few archival tape repairs to its reverse.
Synopsis
The Biggest Bear is a children's picture book by Lynd Ward, first published in 1952. It was illustrated using opaque watercolors, and won the prestigious Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1953. Johnny Orchard is jealous because his neighbors have bear pelts hanging on their barns, so he takes a rifle and goes hunting to find a bear to trap and kill. However, he finds a small bear cub who he deems too small, and unfit to kill so he brings the bear home as a pet.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000013784
- Title
- The Biggest Bear
- Author
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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