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Rohde, H. P. . AXEL NYGAARD
Kobenhavn 1954 Boghaandvaerk. Nygaard was Danish cartoonist, caricaturist and artist.In Danish. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 170pp., illustrations, original fine binding with vellum spine, gilt lettering, and box. Near Fine in VG Box, light wear. (a10250)
$27.00 Watson, Forbes . AARON SOPHER
Baltimore 1940 1st Theodore Ember. 8vo., 6pp.( introduction with cartoons), 69pp., hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Watson. VG minor wear on spine edges and corners, no DJ. (a11802)
$80.00 (satire) . THE TOMAHAWK A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE VOLUME ONE, NUMBER ONE - MAY 11 - DECEMBER 28, 1867
London 1867. Volume 1, issues No. 1 - 34. 4to., many full page caricature drawings, many in monocolor, 3/4 leather heardcover. Small owner name stamp on end paper. Good, covers worn and rubbed, lightly evenly browned throughout. (a16260)
$140.00(caricature and cartooning). CARICATURES FROM THE WORLD PRESS - OIL, ARAB TERROR, DETENTE; CARTOONS FROM THE WORLD PRESS - ARAB TERROR, PEACEMAKING, OIL (2 books)
1974 Israel Information Center. 2 volumes. 4to., 31pp. 21pp., wraps. Fine. 2 volumes. (a17404)
$29.00 Ketcham, Hank . THE MERCHANT OF DENNIS
NY 1990. Lg.Square 8vo., 296pp., illus., index. Fine in near Fine DJ. (a18465)
$30.00 Bieger, R. J. . DIGS AT DOC AND OTHERS
Perth Amboy n.d. (early 20th). "A collection of funny sayings, principally about the Doctor and his profession. Hardcover. Octavo, 97pp., 42 original cartoons, gilt decorated cloth. VG, a bit worn. No ownership marksl. (a20093)
$20.00Daumier. FINANCIAL AND BUSINESSMEN (ROBERT MACAIRE)
Paris 1974 1st Leon Amiel. Preface, Catalogue and Notes by Jean Adhemar. Hardcover. Lg.4to, 239pp., of monochrome full page drawings by Honore Daumier, hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a20269)
$23.00 Busch, Wilhelm . HUMORISTISCHER HAUSSCHATZ SAMMLUNG DER BELIEBTESTEN SCHRIFTEN MIT 1500 BILDERN
Munchen 1908 Bassermann. In German. 4to., 358pp., many cartoons, portrait of cartoonist as frontis, hardcover. Good, titlepage browned, professionally repaired with new paper spine with original spin remounted, inner hinges cracking, cover worn. Binding secure and text VG to Fine. No ownership marks. (a20544)
$45.00 Podwal, Dr. Mark H. . THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
NY 1971 Darien. Introduction by Peter Fonda. 4to., about 40pp. of cartoons, wraps. Some text. Near Fine. (a21898)
$30.00 Busch, Wilhelm . NEUES WILHELM BUSCH ALBUM
Berlin no date (c.1900) Klemm. Erstes bis funfzigstes Tausend. Sammlung lustiger Bildergeschichten mit 1500 zum Teil farbigen Bildern von Wilhelm Busch. In German. Thick very heavy 4to., most cartoons monochrome a few in color, original pictorial boards (costumed character pulling back theatre drape to show large face of a bearded man--in purple black and white ink on tan cloth) Early edition of these German classic humor book. VG, light wear and soiling, corner of frontispiece illustration creased. Large and quite heavy book (may need additional postage). (a24694)
$88.00Byrnes, Gene. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO PROFESSIONAL CARTOONING (signed and with original ink cartoon )
Drexel Hill 1950. Hardcover. 4to., 255pp., illus. ***Original cartoon - and clever - 8 inches by 5 inches, drawn in blue pen and signed by Byrne on the title page in presentation, presumably , of this book to Jimmie McAndrew . VG, light wear on cover extreme tips; binding secure; hinges not cracked. Text clean. no DJ. In later removable glassine protective jacket. (a26955)
$100.00White and Allen. THE SPICE OF LIFE
NY and London 1888 first edition. White and Allen. Hardcover Oblong sm4to., 64 pages of cartoons about love, courtship, flirting, dating, marriage. Brown cloth with gilt picture of seated lady and standing well-dressed male. All edges gilt. Good, binding secure; hinges not cracked; most all text pages have faint line of light staining on outermost edges near spine only - quite minor. A small bit of occasional light foxing. Quite Scarce book. Nice record of culture and mores of The Gilded Age. (a28354)
$85.00 (Frost, A.B.) . BOUND COLLECTION OF PHOTOSTAT PRINTS SHOWING THE CHANGES IN PAGES OF THE 1888 EDITION OF 'STUFF AND NONSENSE' COMPARED TO THE 1884 EDITION
n.p. n.d. 4to., 19 leaves reproduced on rectos only. Bound in stapled boards with a reproduction of the cover on 'Stuff and Nonsense' pasted on the front. Good, boards a bit worn, rear board stained, small chip on cover reproduction. (a39061)
$100.00 (humor) . THE AM CARTOON BOOK
NY 1987 American Machinist. Sm.4to., 153pp., printed hardcover boards. Very Fine in original shrink wrap and cardboard mailing box. Mint, as new! Excellent for gift-giving. (a44300)
$45.00 Shaver, J. R. . LITTLE SHAVERS SKETCHES FROM REAL LIFE
NY 1913 1st Century. Sq.Sm. 4to., full page line drawing cartoons with captions, original grey cloth with mounted color illustration of a little Shaver. Half page owner inscription on front blank Good, light wear and light soiling on cover. (a45547)
$110.00 Phillips, H. I. . PRIVATE PURKEY IN LOVE AND WAR
NY 1942 1st Harper. Foreword by John Kieran. WWII humor. 8vo., 150pp., drawings by Alan Dunn, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Phillips. Good, cover worn, head of spine frayed, fore-edges stained, no DJ. (a45967)
$24.00 Spitzweg, Carl . SPIESSBUERGER UND KUENZE ZUM LACHEN
Leipzig 1913. In German. 4to., 46pp., cartoons and caricatures, illustrated boards. Good, new paper spine. (a47889)
$45.00 Presber, Rudolf (introduction) . NEUES PAUL SIMMEL ALBUM
Stuttgart n.d. (c.1933) Verlag Henrich Plesken. In German. 4to., about 200pp., monochrome and color cartoons, yellow cloth. Good, light cover wear, no DJ. (a51662)
$45.00 (humor) . THE AM CARTOON BOOK
NY 1987 American Machinist. Sm.4to., 153pp., printed boards. Fine. Unread, Mint, as new! Excellent for gift-giving. (a60689)
$40.00 Sempe . PAR AVION. ISBN 2-207-23597-1
1989 1st Editions Denoel. ISBN 2-207-23597-1. Text in French for most part, some in English. New Yorker-type cartoons. 4to., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a63943)
$22.00 Barthel, Sven . ALBERT ENGSTR�M - ETT KONSTN�RSALBUM
Stockholm 1945 1st Albert Bonniers. Cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator. In Swedish. 4to., 95pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, lightly browned and edges frayed. (a67123)
$65.00 (satire) . THE TOMAHAWK A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE VOLUME TWO - JANUARY - JUNE 1868
London 1868. Volume 2 , issues No. 35- 60. 4to., many full page caricature drawings, many in monocolor, 3/4 leather hardcover. Small owner stamp on endpapers. Good, end papers foxed, corners and spine ends worn. (a68665)
$140.00 Hanomag . DIE LOKOMOTIVE IN KUNST-WITZ UND KARIKATUR
Hannover-Linden 1922 1st Hanomag. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 129pp. plus 10 additional pages of German humorous locomotive cartoons tipped in rear, illustrated with color and monochrome illustrations of locomotives, pictorial color illustration mounted on front, drawing of Werkstatten der Hanomag mounted on rear. Fairly Good, front cover illustrations rubbed, small chip in top edge of rear board, end papers browned and worn. Binding worn secure. (a77572)
$39.00 Caumery (text); J. P. Pinchon (illustrations) . BECASSINE EN APPRENTISSAGE
Paris 1949 Gautier-Languereau. Humorous adventure story for older children. Hardcover. Octavo, 61pp., color cartoon stripe format with extensive French text, colorfull pictorial boards. Good, inner hinges cracked, light cover wear. (a80347)
$39.00 Porter, Edna . MR. BEEP, MRS. BEEP, BEEP JR. A STORY THAT'S ALL TRUE (signed)
New York 1938 1st Edna Porter. Octavo, about 20pp. of text, drawings by Nadia Sanzewitch, wraps. **Signed by Porter in presentation to Mrs. Andrews. VG. (a81694)
$39.00Lowell, Juiet. BELLES-LETTRES LALLAPALOOZAS FROM THE MORNING MAIL
Illustrated by Soglow. NY 1953-4th Simon and Schuster. 127p.Good-cover worn and a bit spotted and rubbed; paper spine label slightly chipped on edges.Text VG. (a8790)
$23.00Johnson, Ferd. ORIGINAL COLOR CARTOON DRAWING (SIGNED )
Original handdrawn cartoon of a boy with "KO" on his shirt saying "What motivates th'Boss? Well, He likes to Eat." 3x5 inches. Colored with color pencils. First edition. no date. Fine. Ephemera. Guaranteed original. (a91017)
$39.00DC Comics - Jonah Hex. JONAH HEX COMIC BOOKS - COLLECTION OF 20 TITLES
early 1980s . Price printed on covers range from 50 to 60 cents. All VG Plus condition, no tears, no ownership marks. Group of 20 comic books: (a92896)
$95.00. STAR WARS COMIC BOOKS - Group of 3 from 1970s
1970s . Whitman reprints. Issues #4, 5, 6. Price printed on covers 35 cents. All VG Plus condition, no tears, no ownership marks. Three Star Wars comic books. Issues #4,5,6 (a92898)
$27.00Marvel Comics - Conan. 4 ORIGINAL CONAN COMIC BOOKS - 1960s
4 - 4to wraps issues. appear to be 1960s. Printed prices on cover 50-75 cents. VG no tears, no ownership marks. Slight text toning; slight comic book odor. Group of 4 comic books: (a92964)
$35.00DC Comics - Kamandi The Last Boy on Earth. 6 ORIGINAL KAMANDI THE LAST BOY ON EARTH - COMIC BOOKS - 1970s
6 - 4to wraps issues. 1970s. Printed prices on cover 20-50 cents. VG no tears, no ownership marks. Slight text toning; slight comic book odor. Group of 6 comic books: (a92967)
$39.00