More than 500 strips take the reader through the comics history of the first half of the 20th century. A brief chapter on each decade gives the reader a frame of reference, and biographies of the most important artists are included.
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More than 500 strips take the reader through the comics history of the first half of the 20th century. A brief chapter on each decade gives the reader a frame of reference, and biographies of the most important artists are included.
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Comics. Near Fine in Very Good++ (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Immaculate and tight textblock. Unclipped dust jacket, large cut taped on fore-edge on back cover 336pp., including bibliographical references and index.
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Very Good. Size: 9x1x12; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tear to jacket. Bookplate on fep. Clean, unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0810949709. 575 illustrations, including more than 100 color plates. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Near fine in very good jacket. Illustrated with black and white and color full page comic strips throughout. 336 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, dust wrapper, edgeworn. New York: Abrams, (2004). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. First Edition.
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VG. Dust jacket very good / Book Near Fine. Binding tight, pages crisp and clean. Dust jacket has rubbing and edge wear at corners and top of spine, along with a few hard scratches, has rubs and scuffs. Minimal tip wear at corners of boards but corners are lightly bumped. Ships via Media Mail within 2 business days.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0810949709. Hardcover in dust jacket. 4to. First printing of first edition. Book and unclipped jacket are As New, crisp and clean and unblemished. Vivid reproduced comic strips throughout. Gift-giving condition. 336 pp. In protective Mylar. Heavy--may require additional postage if shipped other than domestic media mail.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated with black and white and color full page comic strips throughout. 336 pages. 4to, pictorial boards, dust wrapper, lightly worn at spine ends. New York: Abrams, (2004). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. First Edition.
This is a massive, sweeping overview of a very large subject. Several pages of well-reproduced B/W or color strips are devoted to each of the "big guns" in the cartoon world, from Richard Outcault ("Yellow Kid") to Will Eisner (The Spirit"). Many other lesser artists are represented by single pages or panels. But the sheer size of the field means, unfortunately, that a lot of other talented cartoonists who were famous in their day, such as TAD or T.S. Sullivant, get no mention at all. Still, the editor is the one making the choices, and in this case a massive, beautifully-produced survey of the field was the result.
