Hard Cover; Good; Signed by Author; No Dust Jacket; First Edition. SIGNED by Dalgliesh. Hardcover, Good paper covered boards are rubbed and spine paper is loose; repaired by prior owner with tape. Interior of book is clean and tight. No DJ. Rare signed copy by Dalgliesh. 3 time Newberry Award winner. OUT OF PRINT. Illustrated by Lois Maloy.
Simple, lively prose, an element of suspense, and a repeated refrain--'There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain'--are combined successfully in a story of an eight-year-old boy who fears to travel over a mountain.--Horn Book.