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
The World of [Charles] Chas Addams
New York: Knopf, 1992. Introduction by Wilfrid Sheed. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white with several in color. 305 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1991. Third printing. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 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 Book of Genesis, Illustrated by R. Crumb
New York: Norton, 2009. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated, about 230 pages. 4to, gilt stamped black leatherette, d.w. New York: Norton, (2009). First Edition. Fine in a fine dust wrapper. The Book of Genesis depicted as a graphic novel using Robert Alter's 1996 translation. 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 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
Fifty Caricatures.
London: Heinemann, 1913. 50 plates mounted on art paper. Tall 8vo, diced green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Heinemann, 1913. First Edition. 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
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.
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