{"product_id":"to-2026-129","title":"Dennis the Menace: Household Hurricane (INSCRIBED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKETCHAM, Hank. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis the Menace: Household Hurricane.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-129\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION.\u003c\/strong\u003e New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInscribed by the author on the front free endpaper \"To Dot \u0026amp; Bill,\" with an original ink drawing in Ketcham's hand — Dennis with a sailboat, asking \"Okay, I'm ready — where's that ol' yacht club?\" — captioned \"...and his poor ol' pooped pop\" and signed \"Hank.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKetcham (1920–2001) conceived Dennis the Menace in October 1950, drawing on his own four-year-old son; the strip launched in March 1951 and quickly spread from its syndicated newspaper panels into a run of cartoon books for Henry Holt — \u003cem\u003eDennis the Menace Rides Again\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), \u003cem\u003eWanted: Dennis the Menace\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), and \u003cem\u003eHousehold Hurricane\u003c\/em\u003e (1957), the newest at the time of this inscription. 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. Very good copy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ketcham, Hank","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":46459955380385,"sku":"TO-2026-129","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-129_01.jpg?v=1783399862","url":"https:\/\/twoorangesbooks.com\/products\/to-2026-129","provider":"Two Oranges Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}