Comic books in 'Platinum Age'
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Tags: Platinum Age$27.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.
9x9 1/2", 28pgs, stiff cardboard cover, (D), Sunday strip reprints in color, "More of the Married Life of Mr. & Mrs."
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Published 1914 by M.A. Donohue & Co..$15.00
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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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$135.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
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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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$33.50
View scans- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
"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.
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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$23.00
View scans- Crayon on first page.
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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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$21.00
View scans- Cover detached, water damage, crayon on first page.
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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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$21.00
View scans- Heavy water damage, cover coming loose at spine.
"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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Published 1921 by Cupples & Leon.$75.00
View scans- Staple rust: Moderate.
10x10", 52 pages, B&W, 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.
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Published 1921 by Cupples & Leon.$49.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.
"12th series." Comic strip reprints from 1927. 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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Published 1925 by Cupples & Leon.$90.00
View scans- Water damage.
"Series number 17." Comic strip reprints from 1930. 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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Published 1925 by Cupples & Leon.$34.00
View scans$39.00
View scans- 3.5" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose from top.
"Series no. 18." Comic strip reprints from 1930. 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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Published 1930 by Cupples & Leon.$58.00
View scans- Writing on interior story pages.
10x10", 52 pages, B&W, 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.
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Published 1926 by Cupples & Leon.$100.00
View scans- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
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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Published 1917 by Rand McNally.$49.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight.
$23.00
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Foxy Grandpa (1901) #1905BTags: Platinum AgePublished 1905 by Frederick A. Stokes.$49.00
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View scansThe Latest Adventures of Foxy Grandpa, 1905, 9-in. x 15-in., 28, 52, 66 pages, color, reissue of 1902 issue
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Foxy Grandpa (1901) #1905CTags: Platinum AgePublished 1905 by Frederick A. Stokes.$49.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
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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Foxy Grandpa (1901) #1905ETags: Platinum AgePublished 1905 by Frederick A. Stokes.$95.00
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View scans- 6" cumulative spine split, chew.
The Merry Pranks of Foxy Grandpa, 1905, 9-1/2 x 15-1/2-in., color, 52 pages
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Published 1908 by M.A. Donohue & Co..$86.00
View scans"Foxy Grandpa Playing Ball," by "Bunny" Schultze. M.A. Donahue and Company, 7-3/4 x 6-1/2, 24 pages, color, 1908.
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Published 1918 by Landfield Kupfer Printing.$205.00
View scans- 2.75" Cumulative spine split. One interior page torn in half (detached piece is present).
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1924 by Cupples & Leon.$80.00
View scans- Cover loose at binding. Cover and interior oxidation.
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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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1928 by Cupples & Leon.$37.00
View scans- Water damage.
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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1920 by Landfield Kupfer Printing.$44.00
View scansGiveaway 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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1929 by Saalfield Pub. Co..$37.00
View scans- Coloring on some interior pages.
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Published 1934 by Cupples & Leon.$125.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: See item notes
- Bottom left corner peg broke off inside slab.
- Label #4314165003
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Published 1917 by Saalfield Pub. Co..$108.00
View scans- 1.5" cumulative spine split, staple rust/migration, residue.
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Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Bud Plant
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1935 by Greenberg Publishers.$27.00
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Published 1904 by Harper & Brothers Publish.$300.00
View scansHow to Draw: a Practical Book of Instruction in the Art of Illustration by Leon Barrett (editor) presenting Numerous Reproductions of Original Drawings by America's Famous Illustrators, Cartoonists and Comic Artists (1904, Harper and Brothers). Hardcover, 124 pages, 12-in. x 9-in., black and white illustrations. Features comic strip illustrations by Windsor McKay, T. E. Powers, Ferdinand Long (Little Mr. Pewee), R. F. Outcailt (Buster Brown) Walt McDougal, R. Dirks (Katzenjammer Kids), Frederick Opper (Happy Holligan), Paul Bransom, Hy. Mayer, F. M. Follett (The Kid), Carl Schultze (Foxy Grandpa) , George McManus (Panhandle Pete), Gebe Carr (Lady Bountiful), James Swinnerton (Mr. Jack) , F. M. Howarth (Mr. E. Z. Mark), W. P. Bodfish, William Marriner and T. S. Allen.
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Published 1950 by No Publisher Listed.$43.00
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1926 by World Press Today, Inc..$180.00
View scans- Dust jacket damaged/missing pieces and encased in Brodart (partial photocopies included). Hardcover grades closer to VG/FN.
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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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1926 by World Press Today, Inc..$115.00
View scans- Cover Wrap Detached.
All the Funny Folks (1926), "The Wonder Tale of How the Comic-Strip Characters Live and Love Behind the Scenes." Includes character creations of George McManus, Chester Gould, P.E. Sumner, Cliff Sterretts, James E. Murphy, and many others. Illustrations by Louis Biedermann, story by Jack Lait. When Jiggs from Bringing Up Father and Barney Google have a horse race, a veritable Who's Who of Platinum Age characters from the Land of Fun attend the event: Barney Google, Spark Plug, Jiggs & Maggie, Tillie the Toiler, Happy Hooligan, Hans & Fritz, Toots & Casper, Krazy Kat and Ignatz, Offissa Pupp, Dinty Moore, Nemo, Olive Oyl, Felix the Cat, and many others. 9.5-in. x 11.5-in., 112 pg, full color, hardcover. No dusk jacket.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1904 by A.C. McClurg & Co..$19.00
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Published 1904 by Frederick A. Stokes.$165.00
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View scansBuster 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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Published 1895 by R.H. Russell.$185.00
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View scansFirst 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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Published 1931 by National Arts Company.$90.00
View scans- Centerfold detached.
The Gump's Cartoon Book by Sidney Smith. Featuring Andy, Min and all the Gump gang. Newspaper reprints from a series that was once the most popular in America. 36 pages including covers, 10-in. x13-7/8-in., stiff cardboard covers, color cover with black-and-white interior, saddle stitch binding via three staples, interior covers blank, no cover price. 1931 copyright notice on last page.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1937 by Garden City Publishing.$40.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate.
1937 edition of How to Draw Cartoons by Clare Briggs. Hardcover with dust jacket. 7.5" x 10", 150 pages, text with profuse illustrations and examples, with plenty of examples by Briggs, Fischer, Goldberg, King, Webster, Opper, Tad, Hershfield, Ding and other giants of their day. One of the first books to explain how budding cartoonists might go about breaking into the syndicated comics business.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished May 1918 by H.H. Windsor.$100.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
$21.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Jun 1918 by H.H. Windsor.$135.00
View scans- Paper: White
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Jul 1918 by H.H. Windsor.$28.50
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Oct 1918 by H.H. Windsor.$90.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Jan 1920 by H.H. Windsor.$65.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Mar 1920 by H.H. Windsor.$93.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Platinum AgePublished Feb 1921 by H.H. Windsor.$22.00
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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1939 by Thomas A Edison, Inc..$50.00
View scans$33.00
View scans- Paper: White
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Good Things of Life (1884) #2-1STTags: Platinum Age, Victorian AgePublished 1886 by Frederick A. Stokes.$77.00
View scans- Foxing on interior pages.
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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Good Things of Life (1884) #3-1STTags: Platinum Age, Victorian AgePublished 1886 by Frederick A. Stokes.$32.00
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View scans3rd 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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Good Things of Life (1884) #5-1STTags: Platinum Age, Victorian AgePublished 1888 by Frederick A. Stokes.$17.00
View scan- Leaf page detached from spine.
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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Published 1919 by Cupples & Leon.$77.00
View scans10x10", 48 pages, B&W, 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.
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Published 1892 by Charles Scribner's Sons.$77.00
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View scansWords 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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Published 1898 by Chicago: The Stratford Press.$62.00
View scansLimited 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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Tags: Platinum AgePublished 1930 by Association Against Prohi.$71.00
View scans- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Collection of editorial cartoons arguing against the Prohibition laws. Edited and with a foreword by Arthur Bartlett Maurice. Includes selections by Winsor McCay and James Montgomery Flagg (one each), plus many others. 9-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 98 pages.