Biggest Bear, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Ward, Lynd (illustrator). 1st Edition. 85pp. Gray boards, red and brown titles on spine, brown bear on front board. Tight, clean, unmarked copy, signed by Ward in black o back of FFEP. Edgewear to jacket and a missing chip at head of spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Caldecott Medal medallion on front panel of jacket. Later printing, Reinforced Edition, of Ward's children's book, signed. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Early Printing. 8 x 10.5in. 84pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by the author: 'with my good wish, Lynd Ward.' NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows two corners lightly shelf rubbed, else Fine. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, Caldecott Medal lightly picked, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, signed by Lynd Ward on blank preliminary page (tipped-in), price of $2.75 present on front flap, date on title page, 4to, 85 pages, alternating pages of text and illustrations throughout; spine ends a touch pushed, dust jacket edge worn with a couple of tiny tears at top edge and one half inch chip out at head of spine, gold award sticker on front cover. This was Lynd Ward's first book as both author and illustrator, and it earned him the 1953 Caldecott Medal. With scant text, the pictures tell most of the story, and tell it well. Ward created the illustrations with casein paint, an ancient milk based medium, and the resulting images are soft and inky, and richly detailed. The book represents long-standing relationships between people and animals on many levels, while painting a picture of a beautiful friendship. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. SIGNED first edition. Signed by author on 2nd front free end paper. Caldecott Medal winner. No medal on dust jacket. Book very good, some faint stain to upper corners of front and rear covers, minor rubbing to bottom edges, small bookstore sticker to bottom of front paste-down, book glue showing through at front and rear end pages, some soiling spots to rear paste-down. Dust jacket very good, minor wear and tear and chipping, some tape on inside of dj.