Comic books in 'Victorian Age'

1st printing. This issue of Judge Library Magazine contains cartoons and prose all focusing on the subject of Waifs. 8 1/8" x 11 1/8", b&w, 40 pages. Cover price $0.10.

April, 1903. Humor and fiction magazine from the turn of the century. Stories and illustrations by a variety of writers and artists. 8-1/4" x 11-1/8", 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

June, 1903. Humor and fiction magazine from the turn of the century. Stories and illustrations by a variety of writers and artists. 8-1/4" x 11-1/8", 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

"The Man Who Would Like to Marry," by Harry Parkes. Published simultaneously with its companion volume, "The Girl Who Wouldn't Mind Getting Married." Published circa 1880s, Frederick Warne & Co., London & New York. 11-1/2" x 9-1/2", 28 pages, printed 1 side, paper cover, B&W.

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"Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1875 reprint. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

1882 Reprint. "Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 56 pages of art and text in a transitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title. Translated from the 1865 Germain original." Cover price $0.75.

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1889 reprint with new art on cover printed in full color. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transiitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. 1898, 1899 reprint (5 3/4" x 8 1/8", 72 pgs, hardcover, black ink on orange paper). OVERSTREET HISTORICAL NOTES: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. 1902 reprint, (5 3/4" x 8 1/8", 64 pgs, hardcover, black and white). OVERSTREET HISTORICAL NOTES: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

Written and art by Charles Lewis Bartholomew. Cartoons of the Spanish-American War with important dates of events. 9" X 8". B&W. 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

By George W. Carleton. Fifty drawings "from the sketch-book of a traveller (sic) during the Winter of 1865-1866." Carleton also wrote Our Artist in Cuba. 5-3/4" x 7-3/4", B&W with red and blue ink cover, softcover. Cover price $0.25.

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Pictures of Life and Character, 8-1/2 x 6 1/4" inches, 212 pages (counting endpaper and covers), color cover (inset full-color litho), black-and-white cartoons with sub-text, reprinted John Leech cartoons from Punch Magazine. Note: This item was published without a dust jacket.

Drawings by Frederick Opper, reprinted from Puck magazine, a Victorian Age weekly humor periodical. This is Pucks first book collecting by a single artist; mostly sequential comic strips. Soft cover. Color cover, B&W interior. 68 pages. 13-7/8" X 11-3/4". Cover price $0.30.

1st printing. A collection of E.T. Reed's "Prehistoric Peeps" cartoons from Punch magazine. Captions featured on one page and cartoons on the opposite. 12" x 9" with red and green illustrated hardcover, B&W interior.

1873 Illustrated Almanac. Features "The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper," by Mark Twain, and "Mrs. Leo Hunter's Public Breakfast, by Charles Dickens, along with 80 illustrations by Thomas Nast. 5-1/2" x 8", 60 pages, B&W, softcover. Cover price $0.25.

Puck Miniatures are small pocketbooks that were used as promotional items for Keppler & Schwarzmann's Puck publications. Interior typically had reprints of art and cartoons from earlier Puck magazines. 12 pages, 5 1/5" x 3 1/2", color cover, B&W interior. This miniture was published by Puck Publishing Co.

1851 almanac featuring cartoons, horoscopes, and other almanac data. Published by John H. Simon, Philadelphia, 1851. 6-3/4" x 7-3/4", B&W, newsprint.

German-American newspaper from Chicago, Illinois, 1894. Features political cartoons, gag cartoons, illustrations, jokes, and games. All in German. Non-stapled paper folds to 8 pages, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2".

German-American newspaper from Chicago, Illinois, 1894. Features political cartoons, gag cartoons, illustrations, jokes, and games. All in German. Non-stapled paper folds to 8 pages, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2".

German-American newspaper from Chicago, Illinois, 1894. Features political cartoons, gag cartoons, illustrations, jokes, and games. All in German. Non-stapled paper folds to 8 pages, 8-1/2" x 11-1/2".

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1871 first edition (5-1/2" x 8-1/8", 74 pages, hardbound cover, black and white.) Overstreet has incorrect page count. Overstreet notes that "page count includes 56 pgs of art, two blank endpapers at the front (one colored), 8 pgs of ads at the back, two blank endpapers at the end (one colored), and the covers." However, there is only one blank, colored endpaper at the front of the book. Overstreet further notes "Green or brown illustrated hardcover. The name of the author is given on the title page as 'William Busch.'" Overstreet assumes "this to be the 1st edition. Back side of title page states: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Roberts Brothers, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." HISTORICAL NOTES FROM OVERSTREET: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

This is the softbound edition of the 1st printing. "Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1871 first edition (5-1/2" x 8-1/8", 74 pages, softbound cover, black and white.) Overstreet notes "Green or brown illustrated hardcover. The name of the author is given on the title page as 'William Busch.'" Overstreet assumes "this to be the 1st edition. Back side of title page states: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Roberts Brothers, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." HISTORICAL NOTES FROM OVERSTREET: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1872 edition. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transiitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."