Nightcrawlers
New York: Pocket Books, 1964. Addams, Charles. 1st edition thus. Softcover. 1st ptg. of the paperback edition. Chip and short slice to bottom of spine else fine, apparently unread, no previous owner's marks.
Cartoons
The Big City or the New Mayhew
London: Braziller, 1959. Searle, Ronald. Hardcover. Small 4to, cloth backed boards, an updated and of course amusing take on Henry Mayhew's great 19th century work, London Labour and the London Poor, lavishly illustrated in black and white by Searle. Near fine in shabby dj, lacking the top two inches or.....
Animator's Gallery (signed)
Los Angeles: Disney, 2015. Goldberg, Eric. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., folio, matte pictorial boards. "Eric Goldberg Draws the Disney Chacters." Foreword by John Lasseter. Signed by Goldberg on the title page with a quick cartoon of Aladdin's genie. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks. Signed by.....
Male Call
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1945. Caniff, Milton. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Oblong 4to pictorial boards, 112 of the GI comic strips featuring the war activities of Miss Lace. Text block partly loose in binding, very good in lightly edgeworn dj.
Li'l Abner Volume One Dailies: 1934-1935
Princeton: Kitchen Sink, 1988. Softcover. Oblong 4to softcover collection, with an essay by Capp reprinted from a 1952 collection of strips. Light corner wear else very good.
Cobb Again
Glebe NSW: Wild & Woolley, 1976. Cobb, Ron. Softcover. 4to softcover, a dramatic collection of the cartoonist's highly political work. Bump to top front corner else fine, no previous owner's marks.
The Cobb Book
Glebe, NSW: Wild & Wooley, 1975. Cobb, Ron. Softcover. 4to softcover. Ecology, racism, drugs, disasters, law 'n' order, religion and outer space: eight years of cartoons from the underground press. Corners bumped else near fine with nice tight binding, no previous owner's marks.
Mah Fellow Americans
Tarzana: Sawyer Press, 1968. Cobb, Ron. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ptg. 4to 8vo softcover, a collection of Cobb's biting political cartoons. Creasing to front cover at spine, mild toning else very good, no previous owner's marks.
Gremlins - The Lost Walt Disney Production; A Royal Air Force Story
New York: Dark Horse Books, 2006. Disney Studio. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of this reissue. 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards, with color and gray-scale illustrations from the Disney Studio. Introduction by Leonard Maltin explaining the proposed film version that was never made. Tiny bump to bottom rear corner else.....
Gremlins; A Royal Air Force Story
New York: Random House, 1943. Disney Studio. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards, with color and gray-scale illustrations from the Disney Studio. Light wear to board edges. A previous owner added surprisingly appropriate text balloons to the front endpaper drawings. Near fine.
More Pick of Punch
London: Folio Society, 2001. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full silver gilt cloth printed in black, amusing text interspersed with cartoons by a horde of Punch contributors. Fine in fineslipcase, apparently unread.
A Different Stripe - Andre Deja's Animal Sketchbook (signed with drawing)
Torrance: Stuart Ng Books, 2011. Deja, Andreas. Edition not noted. Softcover. 4to softcover. Signed by the artist with a rabbit head sketch. Long-time Disney artist Deja was the supervising animator for some memorable Disney villains including Jafar in Aladdin and Scar in the Lion King and is specially lauded for.....
Mickey Mouse and the Boy Thursday
Racine: Whitman, 194.8. Full Calf. 16mo cloth backed pictorial boards, illustrated on every spread in Big Little Book style, with black and white drawings often enhaned with red highlights. Tanned pages, light wear to tips and some rubbing to plain back board, near fine without previous owner's marks.
Sinbad a Dog's Life
New York: Coward McCann, 1930. Edwina. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to cloth-backed pictorial boards, a collection of cartoon pages starring the mischievous terrier as seen in Life Magazine. Edges well-worn, neat owner's name to front free endpaper else near fine without dj.
Let’s Have a Bite
New York: Overlook/Duckworth, 2010. Searle, Ronald. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to full blue cloth, "A Banquest of Beastly Rhymes" illustrated in color on every spread by Ronald Searle. Fine in lightly toned, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Zippy - Nation of Pinheads (signed)
Berkeley: And/Or Press, 1982. Griffith, Bill. 1st ed. Softcover. 1st ptg., oblong 12mo wraps, a collection of strips, inscribed by Griffith on the title page. Near fine, no previous owner's marks. Signed by the author.
The World of Hirschfeld
New York: Abrams, 1970. Hirschfeld, Al. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to, full cream cloth, 233 pp. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj with sunning to spine, no previous owner's marks.
The Hiptionary - A Hipster's View of the World Scene
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. Davis, Jack. 1st ed. Softcover. Stated 1st ptg. 4to softcover, illustrated with Jack Davis's cartoons, a mid-century classic, surprisingly uncommon these days. Edges soiled, chipping to back cover,very good wiothout previous owner's marks.
Many Happy Returns
New York: Dutton, 1951. Key, Ted. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to full cloth, an album of cartoons in black and white by the creator of "Hazel." Faintly cocked, newspaper review from 1951 affixed to front free endpaper, near fine in very good, unclipped dj with chips to top and.....
Pasha the Persian (inscribed with two caricatures)
New York: Claude Kendall Inc., 1936. Gross, Milt. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo full pale green cloth illusterated in black. The story of a spoiled persian cat, illuatrated in line throughout by Milt Gross and inscribed by him with two caricatures of himself (Fatso Gross) and his presumed friend.....
Laughs with Little Lulu
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1942. Marge. Hardcover. Square 8vo pictorial paper-covered boards, 60 cartoons by the originator of the delightful character. Light edgewear and a charming inscription: "To my darling (an admirer of Little Lulu) from a lulu of an admirer" else fine in very good, unclipped dj with some chipping.....
Little Lulu
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1940. Marge. Hardcover. Vintage 1940 Little Lulu book by "Marge" (Marjorie Henderson Buell), the first Little Lulu book published, first published in 1937. This is the original incarnation of Lulu prior to her later form wherein she gained a plumper appearance with a more congenial countenance and more.....
Oh, Little Lulu!
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1943. Marge. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo picture book, pictorial paper-covered boards, an early collection of the silent curly-haired trouble maker's adventures. by her creator. Fine in very good unclipped but over-trimmed dj, no previous owner's marks.
A Sort of Saga (signed)
New York: William Sloane & Assoc. 1949. Mauldin, Bill. 1st ed. Hardcover. Stated 1st ptg. 8vo cloth-backed boards, a lively memoir by the noted cartoonist, lavishly illustrated with his drawings and signed by Mauldin on the first blank page. Fine in lightly edgeworn, price-clipped dj. Signed by the author.
Caricature
New York: American Studio, 1946. Caricature. Hardcover. Large 8vo, full orange cloth stamped in gilt, a collection of stylish sketches of film and stage personalities from the first half of the 20th century, from Fred Astair to Mae West and Ed Wynn, including Gable, Garbo and Carmen Miranda. Fine, no.....