Comic books in 'Platinum Age'

Collection of editorial cartoons by John F. Knott for the Dallas News. 9-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 108 pages; hardcover.

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Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit accompanied by non-sequential cartoon illustrations by Claire Briggs. Published by P.F. Volland & Co., 1914. 9 x 11-1/2". No number. 104 pages.

By Sgt. John H. Parmelee. This booklet of war cartoons was offered as a souvenir at the American Legion convention in Nashville, Tennessee in 1931. 9" x 7"

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A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by Wilfred Galt, Richard Duffy, Jack Tanner, and William Holcombe. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books.The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by C. d'Ussy, Richard Duffy, Wilfred Galt, and Raymond Tennant. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by Fernande Hauvet, Richard Duffy, Wilfred Galt, and Eugene Shade Bisbee. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by Alfred Meers, Fernande Hauvet, Christopher Ardee, and Wilfrid Galt. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by John C. Fleming, Clara Augusta Trask, Lurana W. Sheldon, and Wilfrid Galt. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. Includes short stories by Eugene Shade Bisbee, Richard Duffy, Ralph Graham Taber, and Wilfrid Galt. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.

A history of World War I in 100 Cartoons by 27 American cartoonists, compiled and edited by George J. Hecht. Cartoonists include Clare Briggs, A.B. Chapin, Windsor McCay, and many others. 8" x 10", B&W, hard cover.

Comics and sketches by Private Fred G. Reinert, Company B 332 Regiment-Infantry, documenting Reinert's time in Italy from 1918 to 1919. Excellent and entertaining illustrations throughout. Self-published by Reinert, Cleveland, Ohio, 1919. 5-1/2" x 8-1/4", B&W, hardcover.

Advertisement booklet for Pratt Food Co., aka "Pratts Foods and Veterinary Remedies", with over twenty of their products advertised inside. Each remedy has a one page detailed advertisement followed by a Worried Tom cartoon on the next page. 5-in. x 7-in., 48 pages, BW.

Walt Disney Picture Book #947 starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Interior formatted with one large 7.5 x 9 illustration on each page with story text below. Full color, printed on sturdy linen-like paper, sewn spine, 9.25-in. x 12.25-in., 12 pages.

Written and illustrated by Frederick Opper. Opper drew influential political cartoons supporting William Randolph Hearst's campaign against the "trusts" with characters "Willie and Teddy", depicting William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, and "Willie and his Papa", satirizing McKinley and "Papa Trusts", and "Nursie", a depiction of Cleveland industrialist Mark Hanna. Hardcover, 8.5" x 9.5", 200 pages, B&W

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Collection of cartoon postcards and strips by Clare Victor Dwiggins. Hardcover. Publisher's quarter-cloth over illustrated boards, 5-1/2" x 6-1/2", 96 pages, B&W.

Copies in any grade are exceedingly rare!

A fortnightly magazine of wit, fiction, and illustration. 52 pgs, B&W. While this publication came out a little later and includes lots of text material, The Yellow Kid was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper. Creator Richard F. Outcault's use of word balloons was highly influential in subsequent newspaper comic strips and comic books. The cartoon was created to help educate the wealthy newspaper readers and show them the realities of living in poverty. Outcault's aim was to make these wealthy readers more sympathetic to the plight of the poor. The Yellow Kid and its social commentary also contributed to the coining of the term "yellow journalism." Cover price $0.05.