New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. 387pp. Index. Original boards. Nearly 400 illustrations. Stated First Edition. Pages are clean (unmarked) but yellowed with age. Hinges are slightly creased but inner text block is tight and secure. Boards have slight fraying to corners, bumping to head/heel of spine, some dust soiling, moderate rubbing to extremities. DJ is clipped. Wear to dust jacket (4" x"4 piece missing as well as another 2.5 x 1" piec emissing from lower front edge, head/heel of spine are chipped, fraying to corners, several smalll tears to edges, heavy rubbing to panels and extremities. DJ has been mtylared to prevent further damage. Book has an "old" smell. Reading copt. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good -/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 131418
Title: Comic Art in America
Author: Stephen Becker, Rube Goldberg (introduction by)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good -
Jacket Condition: Poor
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1959
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Comic Art
Bookseller catalogs: Comic Book; Comic Strip;

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