American Colortype Co.: New York, 1912. Paperback. Illus., 8.5 x 4.5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated (8pp), covers and contents have light creasing and soiling else good. Shows a young woman in a green skirt sitting on a green wall look at hands holding up men's hats. Inside the brochure are..... More
(Whitman Publ. Co: Racine, WI 1935). Drawings, 7.5x7", pict, boards, 25pp, most drawings crayon colored, text browned, some staining, covers frayed, covers detached from text block. WITH 3 POP-UPS. More
Cupples & Leon: NY, 1907. Hardcover. Illus., oblong 11.5 x 16.5", pict boards, unpaginated. Covers poor (torn, missing pieces, ink name, scribbling etc.), contents have soiling, creasing, waterstains, a torn page. Titles of some of the cartoons: "Buster Brown And Halloween", "Buster Brown He Takes Some Mice To Church", "Buster..... More
Memory Lane Publications: Toronto, ON, nd (c. 1970). Illus. by Segar, 10.5 x 8", self wraps, 32pp, newsprint, covers rubbed and toned (as are the contents). Reprints of the original Popeye comic strips. More
Sarony: 680 Broadway, NY, nd (late 1860s?). Paperback. 4.2 x 5". Light soiling else very good condition. Well known for his editorial cartoons and his various images of Santa Claus. More
Brightonian: Brighton, (1882?), 1883-1884. Hardcover. Eighty loose black and white cartoons, 14 x 9.5", folder 15 x 10", marbled boards, gilt vellum boards, gilt cover lettering. Covers very well worn, soiled, rubbed, spine lacking pieces, all three interior flaps present but detached, pencil notes, cartoons have toning, soiling/smudging, edge tears/tears..... More
The Wilmington Society of the Arts: Wilmington, DE, 1953. Illustr, 9 x 6, stapled wraps (6) pp, covers with very minor wear else a nice example of this scarce piece of ephemera. The Anniversary Dinner had speakers such as Henry C. Pitz, Dean Cornwell and Frank E. Schoonover. More
Osgood: Boston, 1876. Hardcover. 24/24 portraits, 14 x 11", blue cloth, gilt dec, aeg, unpaginated. Covers poor, ink inscription, inner hinges/textblock cracked, scattered foxing and soiling, lacks a few tissue guards, some of the tissue guards have tears else good. Artists inlcude Landseer, Copley, Corregio, Millais, Raphael, Rubens. SCARCE. FIRST..... More
Zurich, nd (c. 1950s). Paperback. 12 x 17", stapled wraps with directions plus four thicker color pages to cut out and makes a castle, minor cover soil and wear with bumped corner else very good condition. Series M41-44. In English, French and German. More
Westminster: Bancroft & Co. London n.d. (circa 1961). 8 x 10 1/2/", cloth back pict boards, unpaged, corner a bit soiled and show wear, minor staining. ILLUSTRATED WITH 8 POP-UPS BY V. KUBASTA. Three available, two are dated 1961, the undated one appears to be earlier. Each….…... More
Thomas Y. Crowell: NY n.d. 9 x 6", full leather, 173+pp, cover scufed, fronts with creased corners. WITH 12 FULL PAGE TIPPED-IN PLATES PLUS OTHER DRAWINGS BY WILLY POGANY. More
Abbeville Press Publ: NY, 1983. 14 x 9.5, black cloth, covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, some soiling to edges of text block, hinges loose, pp wavy (NOT damped!), a decent usable copy of this scarce book. FIRST AMERICAN ED. A fantasy world w/ own alphabet, numbers, fashion, animals, etc. WITH..... More
Illustr, 15 x 11, 31 pp, extremities with insect damage & soil, corner crease. Cover by F.X. Leyendecker. More
xxx. Illust, 15 x 11, pict stapled wraps, 31 pp, torn half inch at spine horizontally, extremities darkened, vertical center fold else ok. FULL PAGE COLOR PRINT BY PARRISH FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS, Plus couple chapter headings. Nice full page color adv for Pierce Arrow Suburban and drawing a...... More
J.H. Colton: NY, 1851. Frontis map of NY, Phila, Baltimore and Washington routes, 6.25 x 4, gilt stamped decorated cloth, 134 + ads, covers loose, foxed, spine torn at top and bottom, corners bumped, LACKS FOLDING MAP AT REAR (some loss of endpapers). Sold as is. More
(Comedy Publications: Chicago), (1943). Paperback. Mostly cartoons, 7.75 x 5.5", color pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers lightly rubbed, some creasing and edge-wear to covers, pp toned with some finger soiling else still a nicely preserved book of cartoons. Includes WWII military humor, a comedy crossword puzzle, a short mystery story..... More
Chatto and Windus: London, nd. 4 vols. Illus. by George Cruikshank et al, 7.25 x 4.75", rebacked gilt-ruled speckled calf, aeg, covers rubbed a bit, spines darkened, vols. 2-4 are missing leather spine labels; still a decent set. More
The Hayes Lithographing Co: Buffalo, NY, nd. Illustr with six color plates by Maud Humphrey; b&w illustr, 7 x 5.25, pict boards, unpag, covers very worn, extremities fraying, spine badly chipped, hinges loose, inner hinges tearing, soiled eps, contents thumbed. WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL COLOR LITHOGRAPHED ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAUD HUMPHREY. More
George F. Cram: Chicago, 1883. 38/39 color maps (lacks U.S. map, maps are dated 1879, 1882 and 1883), 18 x 12.5", blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettering, floral endpapers, 206 (of 210)pp. Front cover detached, rear cover almost detached, covers very well worn, lacks spine cover, free front endpaper and title..... More
Henry S. Stebbins: Chicago, 1888. Hardcover. Colored maps, 14 x 11.5", gilt-lettered textured cloth, 231pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities badly bumped and fraying, spine ends torn, inner hinges cracking, former owner has written his name (nice calligraphy) on front and rear blanks, pp used and toned with some..... More
Henry Stebbins: Chicago, IL, 1886. Hardcover. Full page color maps, 13.75 x 11.75", gilt-lettered black cloth, 251pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine wrinkled, pp toned but still a good, clean copy. More
Abner Schram: NY, 1972. 2 volumes, woodcuts by Eric Gill, 10.25 x 5.25, vellum backed boards, 31 pp, and 10.25 x 5.25, wraps, 22 pp. Minor wear and toning else a nice, unused set in somewhat worn and soiled slipcase. HB volume is Song of Solomon in German with Gill..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1923. Hardcover. 54 color mounted plates with printed tissue guards plus mounted plate on title page, 15.5 x 12", gilt-lettered blue/grey cloth, cover quite rubbed with soiling and light staining, extremities badly bumped and worn, pp toned, but still a decent, complete copy of this SCARCE..... More
Lyle Stuart: Secaucus, NJ, (1974). Hardcover. Illus., 14 x 10", boards, unpaginated, covers rubbed, extremities a bit worn, endpapers unevenly toned, facsimile pages browned, in a rubbed and soiled and edge-worn, price-clipped dustjacket. SCARCE. Includes the first appearance of Batman, Tenderfoot, Speed Saunders, Buck Marshall, Crimson Avenger, etc. More
14 x 10, pict wraps, 218 pp. Covers worn, soiled, creased, torn, text block detached, soiling, smudging, creased corners, small abrasions on one illustr, ad insert removed, small tears. With articles by Ernest Hemingway, Andre Maurois, Laurence Housman. Interesting story on the anatomy of animated cartoons. Ads for Cord, Chrysler..... More