May Byron. The Teddy Bear Book. Illustrated by Rosa C Petherick. Has 12 full page colour pictures, pictorial title page and 25 full page or smaller illustrations in line, 9 of which have been very neatly water-coloured by hand [52 pages]. Front endpaper partially cracked at hinge, binding still firm, some minor offsetting and fox speckling, contents generally very good. 246 mm x 185 mm [approx. 9 ¾” x 7 ¼”] cloth spine, coloured pictorial boards. Spine worn at top and tail, corner tips a little worn and edges grazed, covers a bit dusty, mostly on the rear board. Still a bright and attractive copy. London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, first edition. Undated but inscription on front pastedown dated July 1911.