New York: The Chatham Press, 1933. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Scott Wilson. Foreword by Robert Benchley. 182 pages, 4to, red and gray cloth (water damage on back cover; some pages warped). New York: The Chatham Press: 1933. Limited first edition; number 19 of 753. Good condition. Inscribed on the limitation page: "To Bob Benchley - Sponsored by your brilliant pen, 'Without Music' has left the crib & the nursery pots - to play with as cocktail shakers and the..... More

1937. Exceedingly rare complete set of storyboards for the classic 1937 Betty Boop cartoon short "Ding Dong Doggie," remarkably drawn by Fleischer artist and animator Tom Johnson. 8.5 x 11 inches, graphite pencil (with some highlighting in red and blue), consisting of seven highly detailed pages (more than forty frames) with descriptive motion captions. Story Line: Impressed by a dalmatian fire dog he sees, Pudgy goes against Betty's orders and follows the fire dog to a fire at the general..... More

New York: 1943. 4 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, Puma Gallery, New York, no date, circa 1943. Signed program of group show entitled "WE CHALLENGE WAR ART." The inscription is addressed to political cartoonist Art Young, in full: "Dear Art, I hope you can come up to the opening - many of our friends will be there, Best John G." Tape-stained in the left and bottom margins; pencil notation at the top. Very good(-) condition. More

New Orleans: 1996. 1 page on "The Times - Picayune" letterhead, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, New Orleans, 1996. Signed on the left side: "Best Wishes...Walt Handelsman 1996." Fine. One of the most widely reprinted cartoonists in America; he has won every major journalism award for cartoon excellence, including two Pulitzers. More

Montblanc, 1992. 17 x 14 inches, No. 31 of 100, published by Montblanc on March 3, 1992 and titled "Montblanc de la Culture: The 1992 Jury of Artists." This piece depicts Helen Frankenthaler, Karen Kain, Seiji Ozawa, Isaac Stern, Dame Joan Sutherland, Robert Wilson, and Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld has signed and numbered the lithograph in pencil, but has customized it by drawing a pair of hands in ink from the caricature of Seiji Ozawa to his name, then adding the..... More

1939. Outstanding and historically important assemblage of three original production storyboard drawings, all created by Thomas Johnson and used in the Fleischer Studios' feature animated cartoon "Gulliver's Travels." The three drawings are part of the sequence in which King Little, Gabby, and company pass out at the banquet table soon after the gala celebration in the castle. Gulliver looks on affectionately and then proceeds to reverse the tablecloth into a blanket, tucking in his new-found friends before extinguishing the night..... More

1935. Original self-caricature pen & ink drawing executed on an autograph page, 4.5 x 6 inches, no place, no date, circa 1935, depicting the artist on the telephone with the caption: "Candid shot of myself listening to favorite quotation -- U.S. Steel up 10 points." Boldly inscribed below: "To Mrs. M. Becker with kindest regards, Lichty." One vertical fold but still in near fine condition. American cartoonist best remembered for his syndicated daily strip "Grin and Bear it."... More

1984. 8.25 x 5.75 inches on heavy stock paper, no place, no date, circa 1984 -- an exceptional pen-and-ink drawing depicting President Ronald Reagen with his hair astray, a half-closed eye, and a band-aid on his face. This unpublished cartoon is captioned: "There's never a stunt man around when you need one." Boldly inscribed near the bottom: "For Howard Moliff, thanks + good luck! Tom Meyer." Near fine condition. Award-winning political editorial cartoonist who has long been associated with the..... More

Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007. Illustrated (b/w). 128 pages. Oblong 8vo, paperback. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2007). A near fine copy. Inscribed on half-title by the author: "For Louise [Hirschfeld] What a pleasure it is to know you! love from your friends Par & Susan Oliphant 4/08". With a small hand-drawn cartoon of two figures at bottom right. More

Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1960. Illustrated in color by the author. Oblong 4to, white pictorial boards (spine ends rubbed), dust wrapper (torn at the folds). (Greenwich, CT); New York Graphic Society, (1960). First Edition. Presentation copy, in calligraphic script & three colors. Enclosed are 3 autographed letters, on 6 pages, written in large script on plain paper, signed in full or with initials. Mostly thank you notes, one acknowledging the gift of 2 quiz books reads "I can't wait..... More

1980. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, no place, December 10, 1980. Original black-and-white captioned cartoon signed "VIP Partch" by the gag cartoonist depicting an unhappy, mustached man standing on a scale as his wife, carrying a folded pile of laundry, speaks to him while his cat stares at the scale. Caption written in pencil (as spoken by his wife): "...and a little round belly, that shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly." Inscribed in blue pen "To..... More

1983. 9 x 11.25 inches, no place, no date, circa 1983. This drawing, executed in india ink, depicts a flustered President Ronald Reagan dressed in an oversized suit jacket and pants labeled "Budget Deficits." Reagan is visiting his tailor, an elephant holding a tape measure labeled "Senate G.O.P.," who sizes up the President suspiciously. Pletcher has signed at the lower right-hand corner. On the top blank border, the artist has written: "To Howard Moliff, with all good wishes, Eldon Pletcher."..... More