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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1954. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated; "B-1-57" to copyright page). Light blue-cloth octavo in red-black DJ, 78 pages, b&w ill us; 22 cm. Hardly worn spine foot and head, barely rubbed corners, bright pages in tight binding, price-clipped DJ, else Near fine(+) in near fine(+) extremely gently rubbed DJ. . Hardcover.Fantasy, Bears -- Juvenile fiction. A lovely crisp copy. DJ protected in archival mylar wrap. After training the bear cub Alphonse to dress, march, and handle a sword like a soldier, Jeannot Vallar sends the bear off to fight Iroquois in French Canada. Alphonse and two friends inadvertently volunteer to enter the Iroquois village as spies, and through their bungling bring about peace with the Iroquois. Show more