1940s Hunting Records Notebook, Charmingly Detailed (Many Woodchucks!) handmade truck I've always found stitching on

I've always found stitching on baseballs super beautiful in and of itself and also as it calls attention to the  construction of the skin of the ball from two pieces leather laid in opposite directions

It is signed (incised) on the bottom

lava-like glazes

writer and illustrator

but the handwritten note acknowledging that inclusion make me think it was done not long after

1940s Hunting Records Notebook, Charmingly Detailed (Many Woodchucks!) handmade truck I've always found stitching onI found this one in New Hampshire, and while no specific town or state is noted, I don't think it's travelled very far. Titled "Hunting Records" on the cover, it is exactly that, and just about as sweet and committed a record of hunting achievements as I've ever seen. It begins in 1939, when its keeper got his first hunting license (as noted in the top corner of the first page), and carefully documents each animal hunted, noting date, animal, "where