Francis Hauksbee the Elder —
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Winnie-the-Pooh — This is the front cover art for the book Winnie-the-Pooh (book) written by A. A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard.
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Christopher Robin Milne — Son of author A. A. Milne and the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Photograph by Marcus Adams, 14 March 1928.
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A. A. Milne —
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The Ugly Duckling cover —
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Ragged Dick plate — A plate from an early edition depicting a "smasher" (luggage boy), a newsboy, and two bootblacks
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Ragged Dick cover —
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Ragged Dick, serialized version — Ragged Dick, serialized in Student and Schoolmate and later expanded into a full-length novel
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Alger on Harvard Commencement Day, July 1852 —
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Horatio Alger Jr —
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William Franklin —
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