The Bear and the People

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Pictorial boards. Translated by Nina Ignatowicz. Large thin octavo. Illustrated. Fine in modestly toned, very good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by the translator to Charlotte Zolotow: "To Charlotte, a 'beautiful people' & a good friend with affection. Nina 9/15/71." Charlotte Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and the acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children’s Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns of children be recognized and treated as the equal of adults.