Humor

Softcover. University of Washington Press, 1st, 1999, Softcover, 176 pages. Traces the development of the comic strip since its birth at the turn of the century. The reproductions of vintage strips are strikingly pristine, due to the use of original artwork rather than published versions in the production of the volume. The author, a seasoned writer and scholar of the subject is good at historical and aesthetic discussion, less so at discussing the sociological context of various strips. Two other experts in the field, Brian Walker and Richard V. West, contribute a foreword and afterword. An attractive and enjoyable volume. 9x12

Hardcover. New York, Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Black & white pencil drawings by Edna Eicke. Bottom corner of front inside flap clipped. Dust jacket with some light foxing - jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York , Random House , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 114 pages, illustrated in b&w by John Burningham. Book is bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Edition is not stated, no date on the title page, copyright page states 1964. Contains 111 numbered pages with an additional 3 unnumbered. 16 line dedication. All pages are very clean and the binding is tight. Top edge stained black, dust jacket has light edgewear. Price of $3.50 on the front flap. Would appear to be a second or third printing of the first edition.

Hardcover. New York , Random House , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 114 pages, illustrated in b&w by John Burningham. Book is bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Edition is not stated, 1964 on the title page. Contains 111 numbered pages with an additional 3 unnumbered. 16 line dedication. All pages are very clean and the binding is tight. Top edge stained black, dust jacket has light edgewear. Price of $3.50 on the front flap. Would appear to be a second or third printing of the first edition.

Hardcover. New York, Workman Publishing, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Hardcover, illustrated throughout with Boynton's color cartoons. Stated first printing October 1987 with number line starting with "2". Clean, tight copy. CHRISTMASTIME is Sandra Boynton's humorous and compassionate carol to the season of warmth and giving, celebration and tradition. And tradition, to Boynton, is anything that happens every Christmas without fail: like trimming the tree, a fruitcake from the Rossiters, the crunch underfoot of your most precious ornament, and the customary search for scissors at four A.M. Christmas morning. With guest appearances by Santa and his reindeer, Boynton's familiar menagerie reveals the many joys and satisfactions that make Chrismastime such a universally special season: the thrill of finding the right gift for someone you love, and affording it; the personal gratification of wrapping all the gifts early; and the wonder of Christmas morning, when you realize you forgot to label them.And, in the spirit of giving, Boynton includes her own Christmas recipes: Santa's favorite chocolate chip cookies (with suggested note urging him to "please stack dishes neatly in the sink and wrap uneaten cookies in tin foil"); plum pudding (well worth someone else's time and money); and Wassail, which seems like a great treat if you happen to have 2,640 blanched almonds lying around the house.

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly and Lee Co., reprint, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Illustrations from woodcuts by John T. McCutcheon. Red cloth covers with gold lettering, some stains on covers. Dust jacket fragile with minor tears on edges.

Hardcover. London, Herbert Jenkins, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages plus ads in rear. Hardcover. Orange cloth with black lettering. Stated Second Printing on copyright page. Spine a little cocked otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, W. Colston Leigh, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt titles on front and spine, unpaginated, b&w cartoons throughout, drawings from Judge, The Bystander, Life, New Yorker and College Humor. SIGNED BY BAIRNSFATHER on the front fly leaf. Mild crease to first four pages, tight and clean copy.

Hardcover. US, Lickle Pub Inc, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Cloth spine and border of boards faded, otherwise very clean, tight.

Hardcover. London, Bradbury, Agnew & Co, reprint, nd, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Black & white illustrations by John Leech plus 10 hand-colored plates by him. Raised bands on spine. Marbled covers and end papers. Previous owner's signatures on front flyleaf. Foxing to flyleaves. Wear to spine and corners, edges. Heavy rubbing to covers. Marbled edges.

Hardcover. London, Chatto and Windus, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front flyleaf. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Covers bound in purple cloth. Boards have a touch of age wear at edges. Gutter split at title page, otherwise, binding tight. Clean inside. Edges and preliminary pages have some age-yellow and foxing. Still in great shape for its age.

Hardcover. NY, Street & Smith, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 207 pages, b&w cartoon illustrations by John Crossley. Decorated beige cloth covers, top edge gilt. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 336 pages, 575 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. Like new condition.

Hardcover. NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, 575 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. A comprehensive survey of fifty years of comics explores how such characters as Buster Brown, Krazy Kat, and Li'l Abner reflected societal attitudes and changes in the first half of the twentieth century, providing in-depth biographies of twenty-one influential comic creators and featuring rare original depictions of those creator's work. Lacks dust jacket but a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, 776 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. Contents include comic strips from the post war years followed by each decade to the nineties concluding with the twenty-first century. Lacks dust jacket but a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Features 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form.

Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 500 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Features 670 illustrations and photos. This lavish volume takes an in-depth look at the history of comics in a manner decidedly unlike the dry timelines and profiles of most reference-style titles.Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form.

Hardcover. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Unpaginated, over 40 b&w full page cartoons, cloth-bound cover, acetate-protected dust jacket. Wear and fading to edges and corners of dust jacket, price-clipped, discoloration to endpages, foxing on cloth cover; still, a neat and tight copy overall. Paul Webb"s hillbilly cartoons were a popular feature in Esquire Magazine in the 30s and 40s.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Co., 1st US, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate with inscription on inside front cover. Black & white illustrations and full color plates by Arthur Rackham. Light wear to Green cloth covers. Titles and decoration in gilt. Foxing to preliminary pages. Dust jacket with chunks of paper missing at top of spine, light chipping along edges, moderate rubbing to back cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Le Roy Phillips, Reprint, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 232 pages plus 8 pages of ads. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on cover and spine. Illustrated with 13 full color plates by W. Lee Hankey. Light foxing to some pages. Dust jacket missing chunk at top of spine - chipping and closed tears along edges.

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Ohio, North Light Books, 1st, March 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 134 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. Explains the role of caricature, tells how to develop a personal style, and includes profiles and work by top caricaturists. No dj issued.

Softcover. US, Eclipse Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Cartoonist and Disney animator, Walt Kellys' famous comic strip character Pogo and his friends. Collected into sequential volumes, are the reprinting and recolored stories from the Pogo comic books, first published in the 40's to the 60's by Dell Comics. This is volume 2 of 4 by Eclipse Comics, 64 pages.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Rubel. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.