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Two first printings of this title are recorded with no established precedence — this oblong duodecimo with black-and-white illustrations, and a larger octavo with color-monochrome illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early-career book by the illustrator Jo Mora, much later celebrated for his Monterey Peninsula work and his pictorial maps of California and the West. This is his third Dana Estes commission in three years, following \u003cem\u003eThe Animals of Aesop\u003c\/em\u003e (1900) and \u003cem\u003eReynard the Fox\u003c\/em\u003e (1901), and the lively figure work and decorative borders already foreshadow the California work to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850–1943), was among the most prolific American writers of children's books of her generation, with more than ninety titles to her name. She was the daughter of Julia Ward Howe, who wrote \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic,\" and of the educator and reformer Samuel Gridley Howe; in 1917 she and her sisters Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Howe Hall won the first Pulitzer Prize for Biography ever awarded, for their life of their mother, \u003cem\u003eJulia Ward Howe, 1819–1910\u003c\/em\u003e — the sisters also being among the first women to receive a Pulitzer. \u003cem\u003eThe Hurdy Gurdy\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to her busy early-1900s run of children's books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-122\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richards, Laura E.","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46459955183777,"sku":"TO-2026-122","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-122_01.jpg?v=1785775153"},{"product_id":"reynard-the-fox","title":"Reynard the Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMORA, J. 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A very good copy, with darkening to the boards, light wear to the extremities, two previous-owner names, small tape residue inside the covers, and the front hinge lightly cracked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early book of the illustrator Jo Mora, much later celebrated for his Monterey Peninsula work and his pictorial maps of California and the West. \u003cem\u003eReynard the Fox\u003c\/em\u003e is among the earliest substantial book commissions he carried — his second for Dana Estes, following \u003cem\u003eThe Animals of Aesop\u003c\/em\u003e the year before — and already shows the lively animal draftsmanship the California work would build on. The text retells the old beast-fable of Reynard, the sly fox who outwits lion, wolf, and bear alike — a trickster tradition that ran through medieval French, Dutch, and German versions for centuries. An attractive early-Mora book with genuine appeal for the illustration collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-123\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mora, Jo","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46459955216545,"sku":"TO-2026-123","price":285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-123_01.jpg?v=1783399973"},{"product_id":"under-scott-in-mexico","title":"Under Scott in Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONEHILL, Captain Ralph [Edward Stratemeyer].\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnder Scott in Mexico.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston: Dana Estes \u0026amp; Company, 1902.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo. 287 pp. Eight full-page illustrations by Jo J. 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Most surviving Ketcham-signed copies carry a signature only; a copy inscribed and finished with an original Dennis drawing — here a sailboat scene complete with speech balloon and caption — is uncommon, and a genuine piece of original cartoon art on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo. Unpaginated. Black-and-white cartoons throughout. Pictorial glossy illustrated boards. 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A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with minor wear to the extremities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1963 Peanuts gift book by Charles M. 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