Books
Gropper.
New York: ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Slim 4to, pictorial linen spine darkened, worn at corners. New York; ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. First Edition. A very good copy. Includes 2 exhibition catalogs from the Associated American Artists Galleries from 1994 and ca. 1945. Inscribed and dated on the fly-leaf with an additional hand written signed invitation to a neighbor laid in. More
L'Art du Rire et de la Caricature.
Paris: Libraries-Imprimeries Reunies. 300 facsimiles in black and white, 12 color plates, 350pp., thick 4to, 3/4 morocco, raised bands, red leather spine label, marbled boards, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in; (spine sunned). Paris: Libraries-Imprimeries Reunies, n.d., ca. 1890. Very good (+). More
Pendant La Guerre: L'Esprit Satirique en France.
Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1916. Over 100 black & white illustrations, 22pp. of text, first few pages heavily foxed, 8vo, rebound in dark green cloth with the original brown pictorial wrappers bound in (front wrapper loose). Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1916. First Edition. Very Good. Illustrations by Forain, Iribe, Morin, Poulbot, Roubille, Sem, Steinlin, Valloton and others. Ownership bookplate. More
Where to Dine in Thirty-nine: A Guide to New York Restaurants, to Which there is added A Cook Book of recipes by famous chefs.
New York: Crown, 1939. 126 pages. Slim small 8vo, orange boards and dust wrapper illustrated by Peter Arno. New York: Crown Publishers, 1939. First Edition. A near fine copy with light wear at the head of spine and dust wrapper. More
Attwood's Pictures: An Artist's History of the Last Ten years of the Nineteenth Century
New York: Life, 1900. Collection of black-and-white cartoons by Francis Gilbert Attwood. 4to, decorative blue cloth; book is slightly bowed and the covers worn, front hinge beginning. New York: Life Publishing Company, 1900. A very good copy. More
The Best of Neat Stuff.
Westlake Village: Fantagraphics, 1987. Numerous black &white illustrations, 126 pages, stiff pictorial wrappers, spine lightly rubbed. (Westlake Village: Fantagraphics, 1987). A very good clean copy. More
The Collected Drawings of Bruce Bairnsfather.
New York: Colston Leigh, 1931. Numerous black & white illustrations. Slim small 4to, blue cloth. New York: Colston Leigh, 1931. First Edition. A near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Fragments from France
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. A collection of black and white cartoons that had been previously published in 'The Bystander'. 8vo, blue cloth with pastedown; covers lightly worn with some rubbing. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (no date, c. 1914). A very good copy. More
Fifty Caricatures.
London: Heinemann, 1913. 50 plates mounted on art paper. Tall 8vo, diced green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. London: Heinemann, 1913. First Edition. two bookplates, including that of Beerbohm scholar N. John Hall. Beerbohm wrote, "The Laurelled gentleman on the cover...was intended to represent and typify triumphant mediocrity; and the arrow was supposed to be sped from my own bow. Two or three reviewers, however, thought the gentleman was myself. This pained me deeply..." More
Things New and Old
London: Heinemann, 1923. Colored frontispiece and 49 plates in black & white. Sq. 4to, brown cloth, lightly shelf-worn & faded at the spine and edges. London: Heinemann, 1923. First Edition. A series of caricature portraits. More
The Political Struwwelpeter
London: Grant Richards, 1899. Illustrated with 24 single-sided lithographic plates, each printed in color with humorous drawings by F. Carruthers Gould and poems by Begbie. Short slim 4to, red cloth-backed pictorial boards (minor edgewear and neatly re-enforced hinges). London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. A near fine clean copy of this rather scarce book - A parody of Hoffman's children's book which lampoons British political figures of the era. More
Portrait of Max.
An Intimate Memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm. Illustrated, 317pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Random House, 1960. Very good in lightly worn dust jacket. Book of the Month Club edition. More
Music To My Eyes
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1952. Illustrated (b/w). Slim unpaginated 4to, white cloth with pictorial covers, very lightly discolored in a few areas. Philadelphia: University of Pennslvania Press, (1952). First edition. A very good(+) copy. Inscribed by Bendiner on title page. More
Bendiner's Philadelphia.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Barnes, (1964). vg. More
The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain Through the Eyes of its Cartoonists
lond: Random House, 2007. Illustrated in black & white and color. 255 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. London: Random House, 2007. Fine. More
Penny-Whistle
New York: Macmillan, 1930. Unpaginated, with many accomplished color illustrations, 8vo, yellow cloth with black title; cover with crayon markings pencil marks and stains, with spine re-backed in black. Stains and some small repairs. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. First edition. A good (-) copy. A boys parents give him a pennywhistle as a present that only plays one note. His quest to find more notes leads him through the jungle, listening to the birds and and animals learning their..... More
Clifford Berryman's Autograph Books
Norwalk: Easton. 2 volumes. Facsimile reproduction of Berryman's two volumes of autographs, each with accompanied by a caricature drawn by Berryman. Oblong 12mo, black leather, a.e.g. slipcase. Norwalk: The Easton Press, n.d. A fine, as new copy. Authorized Reproduction--Treasures of the Library of Congress. More
La Vie Hors de chez Soi (Comedie de Notre Temps).
Paris: Plon, 1876. l'Hiver-Le Printemps-L'Ete-L'Automne. Black and white frontis., illustrations throughout by Bertall, 667pp., thick 4to, 1/2 green morocco, gilt-dec. raised bands; (covers a bit rubbed, light foxing on flyleaves). Paris: E. Plon, 1876. Very good(+). More
The Comic Strip Century: Celebrating 100 Years of an American Art Form
Englewood Cliffs: Kitchen Sink Press, 1995. Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color reproductions throughout, including strips by Chester Gould, Ernie Bushmiller, Will Eisner, and Harvey Kurtzman, among others. 4to, pictorial boards and pictorial slipcase. (Englewood Cliffs): Kitchen Sink Press, (1995). A fine copy in a very good solid slipcase, scuffed with wear to corners. More
Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Career.
New York: Routledge, 1886. Sepia photographic frontis. portrait. 172 black & white illustrations. 8vo, green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt (lightly edgeworn; head and tail repaired), a.e.g. New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. First several pages are foxed, the rest is very clean. Embossed ex-lib stamp on title page, inked digits on spine, otherwise very good. More
Randolph Caldecott: A Personal Memoir of His Early Career.
New York: Routledge, 1886. Sepia photographic frontispiece portrait. 172 black & white illustrations. 8vo, green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt (top of spine repaired). New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. Several pages are loose, otherwise a nice clean copy, overall very good(-). More