CARTOONS & CARICATURES
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
Gropper
New York: ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Slim 4to, pictorial linen (toned to tan, spine toned small damp stain on upper spine). New York: ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. A very good(+) copy. Presentation copy signed " from Gropper" on the fly leaf. More
The Fables of Aesop
Boston: Gambit, 1975. Selected and illustrated by David Levine with 50 humorous line drawings. 104 pages. Thin 8vo, black cloth with red printed labels on cover and spine, d.w. (price-clipped and lightly chipped at edges, with one small stain). Boston: Gambit, 1975. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper; inscribed by the artist on the half title, along with a large original pen and ink drawing of a lion. 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
The Long Chalkboard and Other Stories
New York: Pantheon, 2006. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Jules Feiffer. Unpaginated oblong 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon, (2006). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To [...] - With much love, and huge gratitude - you made this book happen - Jenny Love, Jules Feiffer." More
The Long Chalkboard and Other Stories
New York: Pantheon, 2006. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Jules Feiffer. Unpaginated oblong 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon, (2006). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed by Allen and Feiffer on the title page: "To All of the Hornes - with lots of love, Jenny and Jules Oct 06." More
Profitable Smokers. Ornamental Smokers.
London. Printed textile with red and brown patterned border, cotton with sewn border. Measures 13 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches. Very good, light stains with minimal wear. Rare early 19th c. handkerchief centered on industrial England surrounded by 17 caricatures of men smoking. More
What Dr. Spock Didn't Tell Us
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Illustrated by Whitney Darrow. 72p., cloth, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1959). First Edition. Fine. 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 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
The Fine Art of Walt Disney's Donald Duck.; The McDuck Edition.
Scottsdale: Another Rainbow, 1981. Profusely illustrated in color (many folding) with the entire collection of Barks' duck paintings; other b/w drawings and strips. 311 pages. Short square folio, gilt-lettered blue cloth with inset pictorial label; matching slipcase. Scottsdale Arizona: Another Rainbow Publishing, (1981). Limited first edition. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. A scarce title which was never reprinted in a trade edition. Limited McDuck edition -- number 603 of 1875 copies, signed by the author... More
Original drawing with Typed Letter Signed
New York: 1939. Typed letter signed "C.D. Batchelor," thanking the recipient for her letter and apologizing for not having the time to re-draw one of his original Lincoln cartoons as she requested. 1 page, 8vo, on Daily News letterhead. New York, March 30, 1939. "Thank you for your kind appreciation of my work...I am sorry that the limitations on my time have not permitted me to comply with your request for my signature and a re-drawing of the original cartoon..... More
And Even Now.
London: Heinemann, 1920. 320p., 8vo, yellow cloth, spine faded & rubbed. London: Heinemann, 1920. First Edition. Beerbohm has drawn an ink caricature of Bohan Lynch (a fellow artist specializing in celebrity caricature) within a 3 x 4 inch rectangle, on the half-title. Inscribed " For BOHAN LYNCH from Max, Rapallo". The book is preserved in a half brown leather slipcase. More
Fifty Caricatures.
London: Heinemann, 1913. 50 plates mounted on art paper. Tall 8vo, diced green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Heinemann, 1913. First Edition. Fine. 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
By George Belcher
London: Alston Rivers, 1926. Illustrated in black and white with a tipped in portrait of the author. 80 pages. 4to, green cloth with gold stamped lettering. London: Alston Rivers, (1926). Signed at rear of front flyleaf by the author. One of 200 signed copies. Cloth stained and edgeworn but internally clean. Good. Of this Edition two hundred copies have been printed and signed by the Artiste. This is No. 16. 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.
New York: Barnes, 1966. Well-illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings. 175 pages. Slim 4to, two-toned cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: A.S. Barnes, (1966). Third printing. Very good(+) in very good(-) dust wrapper. 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