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Gropper.
New York: ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Slim 4to, pictorial linen. New York; ACA Gallery Publications, 1938. First Edition. Very good(+). + 2 exhibition catalogues from the Associated American Artists Galleries, 1944 and the other undated, 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
Bugs Bunny: Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare.
New York: Donald Hutter, 1990. Prefaces by Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 192pp. Wide 4to, grey boards, d.w. New York: Donald Hutter, (1990). First edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Nightcrawlers
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. Slim 4to, 96 pages, green cloth backed blue boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Fine copy in a a good dust wrapper, with a large chip & wrinkles on the back panel. More
Autographed letter signed on The New Yorker stationery
New York: 1968. 1 page, 7.25 x 4.5 inches, New York, February 20, 1968, responding to a well-wisher, in full: "Thank you for your note and I do hope you like the drawings I've done." Boldly signed "Chas. Addams" and in fine condition. American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre recurring characters, who became known as the Addams Family. 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
Life [August 11, 1898]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1898. Vol. XXXII, No. 818. 4to., 17pp. Minor soiling. 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, and drama. At the center is a.... More
Life [August 31, 1905]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1905. Vol. XLVI, No. 1192. 4to., 13pp. Sewn binding fragile. Minor soiling. Library stamped on cover and at back of tipped in print (Richards Library, Warrensburgh, NY). 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... More
Life [December 28, 1899]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1899. Vol. XXXIV, No. 893. 4to., 16pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling, some chips to edges. Front cover detached, back cover missing. 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... 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 [May 11, 1899]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1899. Vol. XXXIII, No. 859. 4to., 17pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling. Cover fragile at spine. 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, and... More
Life [May 4, 1899]
New York: Life Publishing Company, 1899. Vol. XXXIII, No. 858. 4to., 17pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling. 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, and drama. It opens with... 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
Daumier, Liberated Women, Bluestockings and Socialists
New York: Tabard Press. 50 plates by Honore Daumier. 114pp. Small, thin folio, brown cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, bottom edges of cloth rubbed, cloth corners lightly bumped. (New York): Tabard Press, n.d., circa 1982. Cartoons of Honore Daumier. 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
Saul Steinberg: A Biography
New York: Doubleday, 2012. Illustrated in color and black and white. 732 pages, thick large 8vo, red boards (covers a bit cocked and spine a bit bowed), dust wrapper. New York: Doubleday, 2012. A very good copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge McDuck: His Life and Times.
Millbrae: Celestial Arts, 1981. Edited by Edward Summer. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. Tall 4to, full burgundy morocco, gilt lettering and design with inlaid picture on front cover. Millbrae: Celestial Arts, 1981. Fine. Limited Numbered Edition with a separate numbered color lithograph of the painting "Wanderers of Wonderlands", signed by Mr. Barks. More
Porky Pig dressed in a baseball uniform
1980. Adorable hand-inked and colorized animation production celluloid, depicting Porky Pig dressed in a baseball uniform and swinging a bat. 10.75 x 12.5 inches, studio unknown but possibly Warner Brothers, circa 1980. Attached paper border reads: "SC.4 PP - 18." One tiny chip missing inside the bat; otherwise very good condition. 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
Nineteen Early Drawings.
Oxon: Privately Printed, 1919. From the Collection of Mr. Harold Hartley and an Introduction by Georges Derry. 19 black & white illustrations in a gray board portfolio (rubbed). Small slim 4to. Oxon: Privately Printed, 1919. Very good. One of only 150 numbered copies signed by Harold Hartley. 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
Of All Things
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1925. Illustrated in black and white by Gluyas Williams. 234 pages, small 8vo, blue pictorial cloth (stain on the lower left corner). New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1925. Twelfth printing. A very good(-) copy with a nearly pristine interior. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. Devol for the good work he did in my joints when the police had failed, Robert Benchley, April 6, 1926." More
Bendiner's Philadelphia.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Barnes, (1964). vg. More