Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980
New York: Abrams, 2010. Illustrated in b/w and color throughout. 301 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Abrams, (2010). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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Cartoons of Our War with Spain
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1898. 55 plates by Charles Nelan. Oblong 4to, publisher's 1/2 blue cloth with tan pictorial boards, spine ends of cloth and edges of boards corners lightly worn, cloth and boards lightly soiled, inner hinge strengthened, upper and lower corner margins throughout are lightly creased, top margin of one plate lightly soiled and with several small repaired tears. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1898). Second Edition Collection of political cartoons that originally appeared in the New..... More
A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge
New York: Pantheon, 2009. Illustrated profusely in color. 193 pages. Oblong 8vo, pictorial cloth, d.w. (edgeworn, lightly soiled on back). New York: Pantheon, (2009). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author. More
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters From Comic Book History
Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2017. Illustrated with b/w and color reproductions throughout. 240 pages. 8vo, pictorial boards, printed acetate d.w. Philadelphia: Quirk Books, (2017). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Trylongs and Perisites [The World's Unfair Guests]
New York: Greystone Press, 1939. Illustrated on most pages with humorous cartoons relating to the World's Fair. Slim 8vo, original blue and orange pictorial boards, lightly worn at extremities, matching dust wrapper, tattered. New York: Greystone Press, 1939. First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Echoes of Revolt: The Masses 1911-1917.
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966. Introduction by Irving Howe. Afterword by Max Eastman. Black & white illustrations. 303pp, tall 4to, two-toned cloth (a bit rubbed and edgeworn). Chicago; Quadrangle Books, (1966). Head and foot of spine toned, still a good copy. More
Low & Inside
New York: Farrar Straus & Young, 1953. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unapginated, 64 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (edgeworn and discolored, repaired internally with tape). New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, (1953). Boards shelfworn, internally clean and tight. Very good in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Brand New Monty Python Bok
New York: Regnery, 1970. Many illustrations throughout in color and b/w. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards featuring Playboy style nudes, sheathed in a plain lettered dust wrapper, complete with printed fingerprints and smudges. [New York: Henry Regnery], no date, circa 1970. First American edition. Some light corner wear, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
George Cruikshank's Life, Times and Art; Volume 1: 1792-1835
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Illustrated in black and white. 495 pages. 8vo, yellow cloth, dust wrapper. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1992). Fine. More
Francesco Clemente: il Vaggiatore Napoletano
Koln: Verlag, 1982. Text in English and German. Illustrated with black and white sketches. 95 pages, slim 4to, printed self wrappers. A very good(+) copy. Koln: Verlag, 1982. More
Oder die Wucht des Komischen.
Berlin: Mann, 1960. Introduction by Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann. 34 charming color plates. 11 unnumbered leaves of text. Slim folio, Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1960. Very good (+). More
American Splendor #3
Cleveland: Pekar, 1978. Stories by Harvey Pekar. Drawings by G. Budgett, R. Crumb & G. Dumm. Thin 8vo, illustrated wrappers. Cleveland: Harry Pekar, 1978. A near fine copy. More
The Swiss Family Perelman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Many b/w illustrations by Hirschfeld, printed on colored backgrounds. 213 pages. Small 8vo, yellow cloth with four blue embossed drawings on the front cover, d.w. (largely intact but sunned spine and with several small chips and closed tears). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Woody, Freud and Others.
Munich: Prestel, 1989. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 156pp. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. (Munich: Prestel, 1989). A near fine copy. More
Vacation from Reality: The Art of Anthony Ausgang
San Francisco: 9mm Books, 2007. Foreword by Justin Giarla. Many color illustrations. 139pp., oblong 8vo, pictorial wrappers. San Francisco: 9mm Books, (2007). A near fine copy. More
Des Gosses et des Bonhommes.
Paris: Chachon, 1916. Cent dessins et deux lettres anonymes en guise de preface. Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers; unopened and uncut, spine worn, pages evenly browned and fragile. Paris, n.d. (ca. 1916). Good. World War I cartoons with an anti-German point of view. More
Neues Paul Gimmel Album: Unveroffentlichte, Lekte Urbeiten Des Runstlers
Stuttgart: Heinrich Plesken. Illustrated in black and white with few in color. Unpaginated, about 200 pages. 4to, decorative yellow cloth. Stuttgart: Heinrich Plesken, (no date, circa 1900). Some minor edgewear and torn at head, overall a very good(+) copy. More
Raemaekers' Cartoons; With Accompanying Notes by Well-Known English Writers
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. With an appreciation by H. H. Asquith. Extensively illustrated in color and black and white. 305 pages. Tall 4to, blue cloth; worn at spine ends and a bit stained at edges. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. A very good copy. More
The Century Edition De Luxe of Raemaekers' War Cartoons. With Descriptive Chapters.
New York: Century Co., 1917. Foreward by Theodore Roosevelt and edited by J. Murray Allison. 2 volumes. 125 tipped in plates, some in color. Oversize folio, brown cloth with brown cloth wrappers, gilt lettering on front cover, black & gold leather spine labels t.e.g., as issued. New York: The Century Co, 1917. Limited Edition. Fine. Number 589 of 1050 copies. More
Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon
Miamisburg: Checker Book Publishing, 2003. 7 volumes. Illustrated profusely in color. Slim, oblong 4tos, glossy pictorial boards. Miamisburg: Checker Book Publishing, (2003). Near fine-- one gently bumped corner and some very subtle scratches on boards. More
Celebrity Caricature in America
Washington: Smithsonian, 1998. Color frontispiece with illustrations throughout. xiii, 306pp. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, (1998). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Babes in Arms: Women in the Comics During the Second World War
Neshannock: Hermes Press, 2017. Illustrated in color throughout by Barbara Hall, Jill Elgin, Lily Renee, and Fran Hopper. 176 pages. Tall 8vo, pictorial boards. (Neshannock): Hermes Press, (2017). First printing. A fine copy. More
The Great Women Cartoonists
New York: Watson-Guptill, 2001. Illustrated with b/w and color reproductions throughout. 150 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. (New York): Watson-Guptill, (2001). A near fine copy. More
Hunlikely!
London: Duckworth & Co., 1916. Humorous black & white illustrations by Robinson lampooning the Germans and the entire war machine. 53 pages. Thin, small 4to, original red cloth-backed pictorial boards protected with mylar wrap. London: Duckworth & Co., (1916). Boards are lightly toned and dust-soiled. A very good copy. More
Railway Ribaldry; Being 96 pages of railway humour
London: Ian Allan. Many Illus. by the author. 96pp. 4to, pr. wrs, spine lightly rubbed. London: Ian Allan, n.d. circa 1970. Very good Facsimile of 1935 edition. More