Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak [FIRST EDITION] 1961

Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik / illustrated by Maurice Sendak [LITTLE BEAR #4]

FIRST EDITION [1961] HARPER & ROW

Vintage hardcover sans dust jacket in very good reading condition. 

Some visible rub wear to cover.  Binding is tight.  Pages are unmarked and read nicely with minimal wear; one smudge stain on margin of page 59 [see last photo] 

Gift inscription from previous owner on front endpaper.  Otherwise reads perfectly 

Little Bear likes to visit Grandmother and Grandfather Bear. He likes Grandfather's hat and Grandmother's cooking. But most of all, he loves to listen to their stories.