Comic books in 'Platinum Age'

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By "Tell," the pseudonym Albert Buhrer. One side of the page has a satirical poem and the other features an illustration by Buhrer relating to the poem. Published by Edwin Valentine Mitchell, Hartford, Connecticut, 1926. Harcover, 8-3/4" x 11-1/4", B&W.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $25.00 View scans Several of the pages have been colored in. Hey, it's a coloring book from 1914!

Boys and Girls Big Painting and Drawing Book (1914, M.A. Donohue & Co.) #337, by Charles Edward "Bunny" Schultze, features Foxy Grandpa panels for coloring. 15" x 9", 38 pages, B&W.

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"Second Series." Comic strip reprints. 10 in. x 10 in.; black and white; 52 pages; stiff cardboard cover. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $40.00 View scans Crayon on first page.

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10x10", 52 pg, B&W, stiff cardboard cover, (C). Third Edition. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown.

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Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $34.00 View scans Heavy water damage, cover coming loose at spine.

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"6th series." Comic strip reprints from 1922. 9.75-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 48 pages; card stock covers; no cover price. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown.

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Bringing Up Father the Big Book (1926) 10.25-in. x 10.25-in. hardcover. This copy does not have a dust jacket. Reprints strips from 1919.

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Words and illustrations by A.B. Frost. Features "The Humane Man and the Bull Calf," "A Warning to Mutton that Thinks Itself Lamb," "Antonio and Jeremiah, an Inharmonious Tale," "Dizzy Joe," "Violet's Experience," "The Entire Discomfiture of Uneasy Walker," "'Twas a Poem about Gentle Spring," "The Kidnapping of Private Jean Francois: A Frontier Episode of the Next War," "A Low Down Trick; or, Louisa's Capitulation," and "A Tale of Two Tails." 7 in. x 9 in., 116pg, hardcover, B&W.

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Foxy Grandpa and Flip-Flaps, 1905, 9-1/2-in. x 15-1/2-in., color, 52 pages

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The Latest Adventures of Foxy Grandpa, 1905, 9-in. x 15-in., 28, 52, 66 pages, color, reissue of 1902 issue

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The Latest Larks of Foxy Grandpa by Bunny, 15-1/2-in x 9.5-in. 1/2, 52 pages, reissue of 1902 issue

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The Merry Pranks of Foxy Grandpa, 1905, 9-1/2 x 15-1/2-in., color, 52 pages

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"Foxy Grandpa Playing Ball," by "Bunny" Schultze. M.A. Donahue and Company, 7-3/4 x 6-1/2, 24 pages, color, 1908.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $110.00 View scans Cover loose at binding. Cover and interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

By Sidney Smith. The Gumps was a comic strip about an ordinary middle-class family. Popular during its day, it ran in newspapers from 1917 to 1959. 10" x 10", 52 pages, B&W.

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Giveaway souvenir from the Morrison Hotel, "the home of the Terrace Garden, Chicago's Famous Restaurant." Reprints of the Gumps comic strips. 14 in. x 5.5 in.; black and white; 20 pages; softcover; no date.

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Hardcover only, no dust jacket

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Life of Thomas A. Edison in Word and Picture (1928), by Arthur J. Palmer and illustrated by Frank Kuchenmeister, was a Platinum Age book featuring reprints of a newspaper strip featuring the life story of Edison which ran August to November 1927. Edited by William H. Meadowcroft (author of The Boy's Life of Edison), this book includes a forward by Arthur J. Palmer. 52 pages, card-stock cover, B&W, 8-in. x 10-in.

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Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: The Days of Real Sport (1 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

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Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: Real Folks at Home (3 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

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Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: That Guiltiest Feeling (5 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

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Memorial Edition, The Drawings of Clare Briggs: When a Feller Needs a Friend (7 of 7 posthumously published editions released in a boxed set). Published 1930 Wh. H. Wise & Co., NYC, reprinting, Clare Briggs single panel cartoons originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 8-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches, semi-hardcover with pebbled false black leather cover, black-and-white, 284 pages.

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Without dust jacket. Minute Biographies by Nieson and Parker. Published 1931 by Grosset & Dunlap, reprinting multi-image box cartoons featuring famous individual from history and the contemporanious world, all originally published via newspaper syndication. A platimun age precursor to modern day comics book. 7-3/4 x 10-1/4 inches, hardcover, black-and-white, 168 pages with dust jacket.

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Whitman Publishing Company, by Briggs, 9 x 9-1/2, no number, 52 pages, cardboard cover, B&W, 1922.

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Oh Skin-Nay! The Days of Real Sports by Briggs (1913) with verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. N = BOOK ONLY, does not have illustrated box. Hardcover, black and white with skin-toned hands, faces, etc.,120 pages, 12-5/8-in. x 9-1/8-in.Published in the shop of P.F. Volland & Co., Chicago, U.S.A.

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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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $300.00 View scans Dust jacket damaged/missing pieces and encased in Brodart (partial photocopies included). Hardcover grades closer to VG/FN. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

All the Funny Folks (1926) includes character creations of George McManus, Chester Gould, P.E. Sumner, Cliff Sterretts, James E. Murphy, and many others. Illustrations by Louis Biedermann and Ryme-story by Jack Lait. Features Barney Google, Spark Plug, Jiggs & Maggie, Tillie the Toiler, Happy Hooligan, Hans & Fritz, Toots & Casper, and many others.9.5-in. x 11.5-in., 112 pg, full color, hardcover. With dust jacket by Louis Biedermann.

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Buster Brown Abroad by Richard F. Outcault. Hardback edition published 1904 by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 67 pages plus endpaper and cover, text with black-and-white spot illustrations on every page. Published without a dust jacket.

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First Edition. R.H. Russell and Son Publishers, 1895, by Frank P.W. "Chip" Bellew. 64 pages. 8-7/8" x 11-3/4". Publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper over boards. Title stamped in red to front board with surrounding decoration in brown. Spine plain and unstamped. B&W. NOTE: 1897 reprint exists.

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A 24 page pamphlet given away at an "exhibition of original drawings of American artists at the Huntington Library" in San Marino, California. The exhibition ran from March through April 1937 and showcased editorial cartoons of the day. Five page introduction is a short essay called "Caricature and Cartoon." 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", B&W.

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Picture Life of a Great American (1928) #0R is a "Pictorial Life of Herbert Hoover" by Bob Satterfield, creator of comic strips such as "Oh, Thunder," "The Family Next Door," and others. This 1928 Presidential campaign giveaway contains 18 pages of black and white cartoons by Satterfield and four pages of text, all detailing the life of the Grand Old Man, plus one page entitled "Pungent Epigrams from Herbert Hoover's Acceptance Speech." Two versions of this item exist, one with a text cover, and this one with an illustrated cover. Both contain the same original comics material by Satterfield. 24 pages, black and white, 7 in. x 9 in.

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Skeezix and Pal (1925) is an illustrated storybook published by Reilly and Lee Co. Story and art by Frank King. Join little Skeezix and his family as they get a new puppy. Thrill as the young dog grows up with Skeezix and they get into all sorts of trouble. 112 pages, 7-in x 9.25-in.

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Novel featuring Uncle Walt's adventures taking care of Skeezix. Text and illustrations by Frank O. King. 7.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black/white/orange; 124 pages.

Add to cart Good $60.00 View scans Covers completely detached. Extreme soiling. Extreme edge wear. Pencil marks on front cover.

Contemporary political cartoons collection. 6 3/4-in. x 9 3/4-in., 162 pages plus extensive advertising section, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Second Series -1st printing. Collection of captioned cartoons first published in Life Magazine. Gilted Hardcover, 8-3/8 x 10-1/2", 74pg, B&W.

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3rd Series - 1st printing. Collection of captioned cartoons first published in Life Magazine. Gilted Hardcover, 10 1/4-in x 8-in, 76 Pages, B&W.

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Fifth Series -1st printing. Collection of captioned cartoons first published in Life Magazine. Gilted Hardcover, 8-3/8 x 10-1/2", 74pg, B&W.

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Seventh Series -1st printing. Collection of captioned cartoons first published in Life Magazine. Gilted Hardcover, oblong format, 10 1/2" x 8 1/4", 64pg, B&W.

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A giveaway item from Life magazine to promote subscriptions. Issue number 2. Printed in 1913. 5-3/4" x 4-5/8". 20 pages. Colored. Newspaper stock. Cover price $0.10.

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Limited Edition Hardcover. Hand numbered and limited to 1,000 copies. by Sewell T. Collins, Jr. A collection of caricatures depicting portraits of theatrical stage actors, from a series of sketches originally published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune. Formatted single panel per page, non-sequential art. 10" x 12-1/2", 52 pages, B&W.

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Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this serious may have been reprinted several times, each with a new publication date along with different ad pages, and with the first printing publication date and later reprint date as yet unknown.