Hardcover. Wash. DC/NY, Smithsonian/Abrams, 3rd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. A history of the comic strip illustrated in color, black & white. Foreword by John Canaday. 336 pages. Large format. The American newspaper comic strip from 1890s to 1970s with some of the most accomplished and critically notable strips beginning with Yellow Kid of 1896. Illustrated with full strips in color and black & white. Selected bibliography and annotated index of comics.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, William Edwin Rudge, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 73 pages. Dark gray cloth covers, gilt titles, b&w photographic frontispiece, top edge red. Clean covers with slight wear to corners, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very neat tight copy in great condition.

Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The long-awaited collection of comic strips created in the early 1970s by some 169 contributors from 15 countries from C.C. Beck to Art Spiegelman. What started out as a special insert for Rolling Stone took on a life of its own as writer/editor Michel Choquette traveled the world, commissioning this visual chronicle of the 1960s, only to find himself without a publishing partner or the financial support to continue. Forty years later, readers finally get to experience this legendary anthology as Choquette celebrate the birth, death, and resurrection of The Someday Funnies. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. London, Green Wood Publishing, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated, approx. 90 pages. A visual history of comic book cover art from England, all space-related. Color illustrations throughout. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages. Softcover with light edgewaer to paper wrappers. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New Bedford MA, Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 221 pages, b&w photographs. The photographs and descriptive captions provide a wealth of information on the whaling vessel, its gear, shipboard routine, whaleboats, and the cutting in and processing of whales. The photographs the artist Ashley took for his own reference and constitute the most complete known pictorial record of a sperm whaling voyage. ... The photographs and descriptive captions provide a wealth of information on the whaling vessel, its gear, shipboard routine, whaleboats, and the cutting of whales. No dust jacket. Clean copy.

Softcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Softcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Covers in excellent condition. Touch of foxing to top edge. Pages clean and bright. The ever-rapacious Nazis looted staggering quantities of great art and antiques from the nations they occupied. Much of it found its way back to Germany, and following the Allied victory, many thousands of rare (and some priceless) pieces were identified, and returned to the countries from which they had been taken. But not all of the paintings, statues, and archaeological treasures were recovered: Some were taken by Soviet troops and disappeared into Russia. Still others slipped into the black market in western Europe, and were snapped up by wealthy (if unprincipled) collectors. A 1995 symposium at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts brought together European and American investigators and historians to discuss both the the Nazi thefts and the current state of knowledge of the whereabouts of the many still missing treasures. Those papers are reprinted here. While the pieces are detailed, dry, and likely to be of most interest to specialists, there are some extraordinary stories, most prominently the description of the recent rediscovery of ``Priam's treasure,'' excavated by Schliemann at Troy and hidden since WW II in a Russian museum. (123 illustrations, 25 in color).

Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter Publishing, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-Lib with usual markings and stamps on end papers and pages. Light edgewear on cover boards, and dust jacket is covered with plastic. Black and white and color illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 345 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Discover how the designers of women's sporting attire navigated the worlds of fashion, function, and propriety, from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. This book offers a stunning visual record of the evolution of women's sporting attire over nearly two centuries. With selections from Keds, Pendleton, and Spalding and garments by Coco Chanel, Claire McCardell, and Jean Patou, among many others, it features familiar names in fashion, as well as significant rediscoveries. At the intersection of the history of fashion and feminism, Sporting Fashion highlights the extraordinary impact of new technologies and evolving social mores on women's clothing for sport. It explores how the basic forms of women's sportswear we know today--from swimsuits to sneakers--were developed during a time when women were achieving more freedom. Full color illustrations of sport and leisure ensembles are included, along with magazine spreads and archival images. This very heavy book will require extra postage if shipped overseas.

Softcover. NY, Bard Graduate Center, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Although Jane Hading (1859-1940), Lily Elsie (1886-1962), and Billie Burke (1884-1970) gained fame as stage actresses, their popular appeal also rested on their ability to cultivate a glamorous appearance. Their careers illustrate the early transformation of actresses into marketable commodities whose celebrity status depended on the consumption of their images. This celebrity, in turn, was used to market an array of beauty and fashion goods to women striving to emulate them. The three women featured in Staging Fashion exemplify the factors that ensured success for 20th-century actresses. Each of these women was dressed by a leading couturier (or several couturiers), both onstage and offstage. In major cities such as New York, Paris, and London, actresses depended on exquisite, custom-made gowns both to secure principal roles and to maintain popularity. Their physical beauty, which was consistent with elite notions of class and race, was depicted on postcards and in popular fashion and theatre magazines and newspapers. Finally, these actresses developed distinct "personalities," which were conveyed by their stage roles and in numerous photos and articles.

Hardcover. NY, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 283 pages. In collaboration with award-winning historian and comic artist Joel Christian Gill, this stunningly illustrated graphic-novel adaptation of Dr. Kendi's groundbreaking Stamped from the Beginning explores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history of America, and how we can learn from the past to work toward a more equitable, antiracist future. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Lund Humphries, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 184 pages, b&w and some color illustrations. Dust jacket bright, unclipped.

Softcover. Wooster, College of Wooster Art Museum, The, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 55 pages. Softcover. Minor wear to cover edges. Full page black & white photographs throughout. Clean unmarked text.

Hardcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Binding strong. Dust jacket unmarked. Clean tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages with 338 illustrations, including 278 plates in full color. Large heavy folio. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 2013, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in full color & black & white throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This catalogue presents 59 masterful Italian drawings from the late 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries: working drawings, preparatory sketches, and finished compositions that have been added in recent years to the private collection of Jean and Steven Goldman. In her essays, Jean Goldman assesses the collection within the context of Mannerism and the role of drawing in the business of art. She and Nicolas Schwed coauthor detailed entries on the works' attributions, subjects, and functions, complete with documentation including provenance, bibliography, exhibition history, and comparative illustrations. The catalogue presents the work of more than forty artists, some of whom, such as Giorgio Vasari and Pietro da Cortona, were major figures, and others who were virtually unknown. Together, these magnificent works trace the rise and evolution of Mannerism in Italy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout.Light foxing to edges, pen markings on a couple pages. Dust jacket with shelf wear, small tears to edges. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagrahics, 1st thus, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 202 pages. Book presented in both English and French in a collaboration between Fantagraphics and Editions de l'An 2. Preface by Thierry Smolderen. A. B. Frost born in 1851. An anthology of Frost's works Stuff and Nonsense (1884), The Bull Calf and Other Tales (1892), and Carlo (1913). Comics in B/W. Most have both English and French translations. No DJ (as issued).

Hardcover. NY, Clarkson Potter, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 128 pages. In celebration of the New York City subway system?s 100th birthday, Diehl offers up this easy-to-read, informative history. From its beginnings as an underground amusement ride, to the development of the IRT, BMT and IND rail systems, to its crime-ridden and graffiti-covered fall in the 70?s and, finally, to its current revival, the system has had a more colorful history than most straphangers and tourists realize. Diehl?s well-pitched nostalgia leads readers to appreciate the wonder of the subway?s nascent period and to imagine how incalculably different New York would be today had the transit option that is so taken for granted not been created how and when it was. As Diehl shows, the subway and the cities of New York and Brooklyn grew up together and gave each other character. Tracks weren?t always laid to reach existing neighborhoods. Often neighborhoods sprung up as subway service pushed out farther from the city, while the areas below the elevateds (now long gone) developed a reputation for shadiness in every sense of the word. Those familiar with the layout of the city will most appreciate the implied differences between then and now but any fan of trains, history, New York or grand public works will enjoy the ride. Although Diehl?s tribute is not the definitive work on the subject, this book passes on enough fascinating tidbits, evocative depictions and serious history to have wide appeal. 60 b/w and 20 color photos.

Hardcover. New York , DC Comics, 1st thus, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Reprints early Superman stories in which the Man of Steel deals with corrupt officials, black-marketeers, and costumed villains with occasional help from Lois Lane. Color illustrations.

Hardcover. New York , DC Comics, 1st thus, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Reprints early Superman stories in which the Man of Steel deals with corrupt officials, black-marketeers, and costumed villains with occasional help from Lois Lane. Issues 5-8 of Superman comics. Color illustrations. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New York , Random House, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 409 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. The enduring cultural phenomenon of comic book heroes was invented in the late 1930s by a talented and hungry group of artists and writers barely out of their teens, flying by the seat of their pants to create something new, exciting, and above all profitable. The iconography and mythology they created flourishes to this day in comic books, video, movies, fine art, advertising, and practically all other media. Supermen! collects the best and the brightest of this first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton. If the reader is expecting to find an All-American group of altruistic do-gooders, he in for quite a jolt. As Jonathan Lethem writes in his Foreword, "A collection like Supermen! works like a reverse-neutron bomb to assumptions about the birth of the superhero image: it tears down the orderly structures of theory and history and leaves the figures standing in full view, staring back at us in all their defiant disorienting particularity, their blazing strangeness." Beautifully designed and produced in full color, Supermen! contains twenty full-length stories, ten full- sized covers, and a generous selection of vintage promotional ads, and is indispensable to anyone interested in the origins of superheroes and the history of the comic book form.