A Fish in His Pocket

New York: Orchard Books, 1987. First American edition. Large octavo in white DJ, gilt to spine, unpaginated, approx. 32 pages, color illustrations; 25 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, top corners lightly sunned, ink ownership signature, date, other signature, date, and handrawn picture of bear to front free endpaper, 1 and a half-inch tear to rear DJ, quarter-inch tear to rear DJ, price-clipped DJ, very light soiling to DJ, bright pages, tight binding, else Near Fine(-) in Good(+) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 0531083136

Fishes, Schools, Bears -- Juvenile fiction. All through school Russell the bear is worried about the little orange fish in his pocket, until he figures out how to return it to its pond. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.