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
Untitled (Napoleon)
1959. Drawing. Conte on and pencil on Hammermill bond paper 23 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches. Large unsigned preliminary sketch for a New Yorker cartoon. A sign on the door reads 'Roland Berman Doctor of Psychology'. The waiting client looks over to the coat rack, on which drapes Napoleon's hat and jacket. Wonderful tiny interior office sketches in the lower right show the artist's process. Two closed tears lower margin, two fold lines, some smudges, a drip and surface dirt..... 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 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
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
Life [July 25, 1901]
New York: J.W. Pratt Co., 1933. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 977. 4to., colour pict. wrappers, 32pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling and vertical fold. Cover measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society..... More
Life [November 20, 1919]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1919. Vol. 74, No. 1934. 4to., 33pp. Minor soiling. Some chips and tears to page edges. Measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society, literature, politics..... 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
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
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