Keller, TX: Purple House Press, 2000. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of only 250 numbered signed copies of the 50th anniversary facsimile re-issue of this much-loved children's book. Includes a new foreword by Gary Larson who calls it 'the greatest little story in the world' and a new afterword by the author. SIGNED by the Morrell Gipson on the limitation page, and additionally SIGNED by the publisher, Jill Morgan, on the half title page with the comment "What a pleasure to bring back Mr. Bear." Small square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 1-930900-04x.