Comic books 1882 w/ month not specified

Yearly Summer Release. Written by Marie Duval.

Barker's Illustrated Almanac Farmer's Guide and Household Receipts (1888) was a free almanac provided by Barker, Moore, & Mein Medicine Co. All right-hand pages are humorous cartoons. 32 pages, B&W, newprint with a color cover, 6-in. x 8-in.

Collection of Columbia College-related cartoons published "originally upon the shrine of college journalism." Hardcover, 92 pages, black and white. 8"x9-5/8"

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Volume 3, Issue 140 - Tuesday, July 4, 1882. Book is embellished with engraved illustrations throughout. 8" x 11". 16 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.04.

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."

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.

First printing - 1882. Translated from the German of Wilhelm Busch by Charles T. Brooks. Hardcover, 5.75" x 8", 67 pages with additional ad pages, B&W.

1st printing. 4th Edition. Part of the Single Syllable Series. Written by Johann David Wyss. Abridged and adapted by I. F. M.. Story written in single syllable words. Includes full color lithograph art. Hardcover, 7 1/4" x 8 7/8", 112 pages, B&W test W/Color illustrations