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Hardcover. New York , Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue boards stamped in white, in an edgeworn dust jacket. 140 pages of b&w cartoons from the New Yorker.

Hardcover. New York , Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Blue boards stamped in white, in an edgeworn dust jacket. 140 pages of b&w cartoons from the New Yorker.

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 140 pages, color cartoons on end papers, b&w cartoons from The New Yorker, a great collection of Arno's work from the mid-sixties. Bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Horace Liveright, 6th pr., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, unpaginated. A collection of early Arno cartoons from the New Yorker, 1926-29. Clean, tight copy. Lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 118 of Arno's b&w cartoons from The New Yorker. Clean, bright copy in a fair dust jacket. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Regan Arts, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 286 pages, b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. New York, Regan Arts, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. Tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Saalfield Publishing Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrated boards with light edgewear. 12 color and numerous b&w illustrations by Virginia Albert. Small blue stain to edge of last 10 pages, not affecting text or pictures. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 126 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Softcover. NY, R.H. Russell, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. A collection of 84 black & white cartoons by Gibson. Oblong, 1/2 cloth and cardboard covers. Rear panel has scuffing tears to paper over boards. Interior very good.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 287 pages. Pieter Bruegel (ca. 1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described in 1604 by his earliest biographer as a supremely comic artist, few of whose works failed to elicit laughter. Today, however, we approach Bruegel's art as anything but a laughing matter. His paintings and drawings are thought to conceal profound allegories best illuminated with scholarly erudition. In this delightfully engaging book, Walter S. Gibson takes a new look at Bruegel, arguing that the artist was no erudite philosopher, but a man very much in the world, and that a significant part of his art is best appreciated in the context of humor. In his illuminating examination of the witty and amusing elements in Bruegel's paintings, prints, and drawings in relation to the sixteenth century European culture of laughter, Gibson reminds us exactly why Bruegel was one of the most original artists of his time. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color illustrations by Geisert. Color illustrated laminated boards. No dust jacket. When the thieving Pigaroons steal a block of ice the River Patrollers had intended to carve into a sculpture for their ice festival, the Patrollers decide that they've had enough and devise a plan to teach their Pigaroon neighbors a lesson.

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, Blase, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Here is a subtle mix of humor, glamour, erotica, and nostalgia. Pin Up takes us back to World War 2 for a glimpse at GI life in the Far East. Full color graphic novels with a style reminiscent of Milton Caniff. 48 pages. Part 1 of a trilogy. Originally published in Paris in 1994 by Dargaud. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, Blase, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Here is a subtle mix of humor, glamour, erotica, and nostalgia. Pin Up takes us back to World War 2 for a glimpse at GI life in the Far East. Full color graphic novels with a style reminiscent of Milton Caniff. 48 pages. Part 2 of a trilogy. Originally published in Paris in 1994 by Dargaud. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Canada, Flammarion, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 160 pages. This book will beguile a new generation with flirtatious representations of femininity from the 1940s and 50s. Illustrations of irresistible pinup models bring teasing frivolity to a range of everyday situations, organized thematically from morning to evening. Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran, Al Buell, Edward d'Ancona, and Earl Christie were master illustrators of the pin-up genre. From sun-kissed beauties at the beach to ski bunnies hitting the slopes, bedside nurses ready to take your temperature to scantily clad runaways, rakish shipmates to not-so-conscientious secretaries, these smiling cuties are ready for fun. The penny arcade trading cards originally viewed on a peep-show style reel and reproduced here as detachable illustrations feature both established pin-up artists and those waiting to be rediscovered. Each illustration is accompanied by a humorous and memorable celebrity quote.

Hardcover. New York, DC Comics, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover 216 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Plastic Man encounters a number of zany villains, including Fargo Freddie, the volcanic man; Froggy Fink, underworld killer; Elmer Body, the body-possessing nobody; and others. Jack Cole was one of the true geniuses of the comic book art form. Here we have some great examples of his masterwork, Plastic Man. Plastic Man and his sidekick Woozy Winks are two of the greatest characters of the Golden Age of comics. Jack Cole's odd outlook on life, and his sometimes dark sense of humor, make these among the best of the superhero comics of the era. Highly recommended to superhero fans, especially those who don't them too seriously.

Hardcover. New York, DC Comics, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 204 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Reprinting POLICE COMICS #50-58 and PLASTIC MAN #4 in a handsome hardcover archive! Featuring an introduction by Bill Schelly and a host of innovative and unusual Golden Age Plastic Man tales.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints the first four comic books (published by Vital Publications, 1943-1946) in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Reprints Plastic Man Nos. 5-8 in their entirety. All in color including covers and ads. Originally published 1946-47. Featuring art by the great Jack Cole, firmly locating Plastic Man in the humorous super-hero genre.

Hardcover. London/NY, William Heinemann/GP Putnam's, reprint, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt stamping, 438 pages. Top edge gilt. Latin text with the English translation on the facing pages. Volume 4 only. The translations by Paul Nixon capture the wit, humor, and bawdiness of the original Latin, while remaining faithful to the spirit and structure of the plays. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1997, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Victoria Silvstedt on cover,The Timothy McVeigh Story, Dennis Rodman Interview, Carmen Electra, centerfold Carrie Stevens, George Carlin humor.

Softcover. Chicago IL, Playboy Press , reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Some edge wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy. More than 220 cartoons - 120 in full color.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 368 pages. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. For 50 years, Playboy magazine has showcased the world's best and brightest cartoonists. Their spectacular stable of artists includes luminaries such as Buck Brown, Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Doug Sneyd, Gahan Wilson, and hundreds of others. More than 450 color cartoons feature sweet young things, terrible tarts, winsome wives, suitors, and studs -- a riotous chronicle of five decades of Playboy cartoons.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. !4 humorous situations with children celebrating the joys of sharing. B&w illustrations by Simms Taback (1932-2011) who later won the Caldecott Medal in 2000. Dj priceclipped. Clean copy.