Hank Ketcham Merchant Of Dennis The Menace and similar items

THE MERCHANT OF DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank Ketcham New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, (1990). First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page. ORIGINAL black ink drawing of Dennis by the artist Hank Ketcham, together with an inscription "Warm regards to the Jamisons!" dated "Christmas 1990", and SIGNED by Ketcham also in black ink to the half-title page. Preface and family history by Hank Ketcham. Generously illustrated with photographs and cartoons. The story of the cartoonist's life, career path, and of the developments of Dennis The Menace. Slightly faded to the upper shelf-edges, else near fine in red linen with metallic-blue embossed illustration of Dennis twirling a baseball bat to the front cover, and with metallic-blue embossed titles and vignette illustration of an artist's tool cup to the spine, blue headband and tail-band; in a near fine jacket with tiny surface rub/nicks to the spine folds. Square quarto; 256 pages; index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!