(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Greenwood, James. The Bear King: A Narrative Confided To the Marines. 8 hand-colored, full-page wood engravings by Ernest Griset; text illustrations. [8], 98 + 6 pages of advertisements. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial red cloth by Burn, with ticket on rear pastedown, scattered toning, edgewear with some fraying to spine ends and tips; all edges gilt, front hinge starting, scattered light foxing and toning; early neat owner's signature on half-title; bookplate of Otis Skinner Blodget. first edition of this 19th-century juvenile classic illustrated by griset. Darnton 297; James, Children's Books of Yesteryear, page 114. London: Griffith and Farran, 1868