Come As You Are.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. 4to, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First Edition. More
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Beyond the Pale! Krazed Komics and Stories
Seattle: Fantagraphics, 1989. Illustrated throughout in b/w. 129 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, (1989). First edition. A fine copy, signed by the artist along with a small ink drawing. More
Walt Disney's Donald Duck: 50 Years of Happy Frustration
Tucson: HPBooks, 1984. Many illustrations. 96 pages, thin 4to, glossy pictorial boards, d.w. Tucson: HPBooks, (1984). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper with publisher's circular sticker honoring Donald Duck's 50th Birthday on the front cover. Signed by Jack Hannah on the title page, a certificate of authenticity for Hannah's signature in laid in. More
Teenie Weenie Neighbors.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1945. Illustrated by the author in color and b/w. 68pp. Slim square 8vo, pictorial boards and matching dust wrapper (both lightly edgeworn). New York: Whittlesey House, (1945). Second printing. A very good(+) copy. More
The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones & Robinson... in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, & Italy.
London: Bradbury Evans, 1854. Pictorial Title, and 80 humerous plates. 4to, gilt-pictorial cloth, t.e.g. hinges repaired, rubbed. London: Bardbury Evans, 1854. Good. More
Daumier Politicians
New York: Tabard Press. 47 plates by Honore Daumier. 114pp. Small folio, brown cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion with small chip to top of d.w. on spine portion, d.w. lightly soiled, bottom edges of cloth rubbed. (New York): Tabard Press, n.d., circa 1980 Political cartoons of Honore Daumier. More
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms.
New York: Abrams, 1983. Packed with 763 illustrations, including 351 color plates, some folding. 458pp. Short thick folio, white cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams/Abradale, (1983). Reprint edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-Five Years of American Magazine Cartoons.
New York: Scribner, 1975. Edited by Edwin Fisher, Mort Gerberg, and Ron Wolin. Illustrated primarily in color. 224pp., small 4to, black boards, price-clipped d.w. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Canal Street
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1990. Two color woodcuts, one of which is initialed by Steinberg and hand-painted by Michael Berdan, and 16 black & white tipped-in lithographs. Slim folio, black morocco spine, gilt- lettered, bright yellow linen boards, board slipcase. New York: Whitney Museum, 1990. Fine. One of only 160 copies signed by the author and initialed by the artist. Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of Art organized by May Castleberry. Printed by..... More
William Gropper: Retrospective.
Coral Gables: Lowe Art Gallery, 1968. An Exhibition Catalogue. 104 illustrations, several in color. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers (front joint starting; head slightly chipped). Coral Gables: Joe & Emily Lowe Art Gallery, 1968. Presentation copy from Gropper. Included is a mimeographed exhibition checklist. More
William Gropper: Retrospective.
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color.128pp., Small 4to, pictorial cloth, board slipcase. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. A near fine copy in very good slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Gropper on the frontis portrait. More
William Gropper: Retrospective.
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color. 128pp. Slim 4to, black pictorial cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. Limited first edition. Number 30 of 150 special copies, with a separate b/w lithograph, signed by the artist. More
William Gropper: Retrospective.
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1968. An Exhibition Catalogue. 112 illustrations, including 8 in color. 128pp. Slim 4to, black & yellow pictorial cloth, yellow board slipcase. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, in conjunction with the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. Limited First Edition. Fine. Inscribed presentation and original drawing by the artist on the fly-leaf. Number 7 of 150 special copies, with a separate black & white lithograph, signed by the..... More
Die Frau in der Karikatur
Munich: Albert Langen, 1906. Text in German. Patterned endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 60 plates, many in color, some folding, & 446 text reproductions of rare caricatures of women. 487 pages. Thick 4to, lovely grey pictorial cloth (corners lightly rubbed, spine sunned). Munich: Albert Langen, 1906. A very good copy. Original edition of this iconographic survey. More
Rusty Riley: Dailies
River Forest: Classic Comics Press, 2013. Two volumes containing reproduced strips from 1948-1949 and 1949-1951, respectively. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Small oblong 4tos, olive cloth, d.w. River Forest: Classic Comics Press, (2013/2014). A fine pair. More
Good Girl Art
Neshannock: Hermes, 2007. Illustrated profusely in color and black and white. 176 pages. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial boards, d.w. (sunned along top edge). Neshannock: Hermes, (2007). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Good Girl Art chronicles the history of the good girl in comics from the beginning, in the comic book sweatshops in the late 1930s, through the war years, the 1950s, in the aftermath of the Wertham era, from their re-immergence in the 1970s, to the..... More
The Celebrated Case of Dick Tracy, 1931-1951
New York: Chelsea House, 1970. Introduction by Ellery Queen. 291 pages. Small folio, black pictorial cloth, d.w. New York; Chelsea House, (1970). First Edition. Top edges are a bit foxed, else a near fine copy in very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy, autographed by Chester Gould, with a profile drawing of Dick Tracy. More
Famous Fimmales Witt Odder Ewents From Heestory.
New York: Doubleday, 1928. Black & white illustrations, 12mo, 123 pages, yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday, 1928. First Edition. More
Ecce Homo.
New York: Grove, 1966. Introduction by Henry Miller. Illustrated with 100 full-page, single-side plates, including 16 in color. 4to, pictorial linen. New York: Grove Press, (1966). The first edition with this introduction. d.w. heavily browned and worn, still overall a very good copy. A reprint of the 1923 edition which originally brought legal action against Grosz for defaming public morals. More
Faut Voir: Album en Couleurs.
Paris: Simonis Empis. Preface de Auguste Germain. 20 color plates of caricatures. Thin folio, 3/4 morocco, original black & white pictorial printed wrappers bound in. Paris: H. Simonis Empis, ca. 1900. Very good (+). More
The King and Us; Editorial Cartoons by Conrad
Los Angeles: Clymer Publications, 1974. With White House Transcript Excerpts by Richard M. Nixon. Illus. 4to, blue boards, d.w. and boards lightly soiled, d.w. with small holes on spine portion. Los Angeles: Clymer Publications, (1974). More
Bud and Sue - The Barefoot Kids: Alive with Animation.
New York: Animated Book Company, 1946. 14pp. Illustrated on each page. 6pp are full-page plates with movable parts, all in perfect condition. Thin square 4to, spiral-bound pictorial boards. Some light toning. New York: Animated Book Company, 1946. Fine. More
Tit-Bit's Selected by H. Heath
London: Strand. 42 double-page plates. Square 4to, original pebbled boards, rebacked in plain black cloth. London: Strand, no date, circa 1830. Overall a very good copy of this scarce book.. A series of engraved cartoons, caricatures, vignettes, and scenes, with captions collected from Heath's Comic Album, "Tit-Bit's" are an imitation of Grandville's Les Metamorphoses du jour, published in Paris, 1829, some illustrations from Gay's Fables, 'Lexicographical Illustrations," and several "Humorous Scraps" More
Held's Angels
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1952. Illustrated with b/w cartoon drawings. 211 pages. 8vo, red boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Thomas Crowell, (1952). A very good copy with wear at foot; good dust wrapper -- tattered but largely intact. More