Description
BLACK BROTHER by Mary Joss Jones (1870 - 1956) with Illustrations by R. L. Hudson Published by Paul Elder. & Co, San Francisco, CA. in 1910 (FIRST EDITION) The condition is Near Fine, bound in stiff wraps, with 3 punch holes at spine. Light scuffing to wraps. All pages are clean and bright. The book does not look like it has ever been read. This is the story of seven pigs, six white and the seventh black thus the title of the book "THE BLACK BROTHER". The black pig doesn't like to do what their mother says but gets a good scare and mends his ways. The end-pages both front-end back are fully Illustrated and printed in Green and Black Ink. The page opposite the Title Page has a wonderful illustration full page showing a wild boar facing a large alligator in a natural outdoor location. R. L. Hudson, has done an excellent job in creating this full-page print and has signed, on the plate in the lower right-hand corner. The title under the print is " Right in his path, and not a foot from His Little Pink Snout, there appeared a cavernous red hole", printed in Green and Black Ink. The page opposite the first page of text there is printed a list of all eight of THE HUMP TREE STORIES.
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