first edition
1979 · New York
by Parker, Nancy Winslow.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, (1979). First Edition, Stated. Oblong octavo, red cloth (hardcover), [74] pp. Fine; in a Good+, price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling and rubbing, edgewear. From dust jacket: Byron Blackbear was rudely awakened from his winter’s sleep. Dr. Alfred Clothears, world-famous scientist, kew everything about bears except how they are able to sleep for five months every winter. He was determined to discover the bear’s secret. Operation Sleeping Bear would be undertaken. Byron Blackbear had other ideas. What happens to the latest scientific equipment when it is attached to Byron? What the computer reported to Dr. Clothears made him decide to to tell his colleagues. This very funny picture book will delight both children and zoologists. Byron B. Blackbear will quickly find many friends. (Inventory #: ess4465)