Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s
by Adelman, Bob
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684834618
- ISBN 13
- 9780684834610
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, oblong quarto volume bound in cream paper covered boards, in publisher's graphically illustrated non price-clipped dust-jacket. 160 pages. Introductory essay by Art Spieglman. Commentary by Richard Merkin. Essay on "The Lingo of the Tijuana Bibles" by Madeline Kripke. illustrated with 100 examples of complete 8 and 16 page "Bibles". First edition, first printing with full number line. An illustrated history of the infamous underground art form which combined adult (and at the time illegal) entertainment with the phenomenon of comic book art that swept the nation. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 021245
- Title
- Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s
- Author
- Adelman, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684834618
- ISBN 13
- 9780684834610
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Cartoons, Pornography, Erotic Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Erotica;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Number Line
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