Comic books in 'Platinum Age'

Add to cart Fair $20.00 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."

Add to cart Good $110.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart Fair $87.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart Good $90.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $100.00 View scans Paper: Cream Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

"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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $115.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $100.00 View scans Paper: Cream Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $95.00 View scans Cover Wrap Detached. Staple rust: Slight.

10x10", 52 pg, 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.

Add to cart Very Good $49.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

10x10", 52 pages, B&W, stiff cardboard cover. Publication date may be incorrect. Various issues in this series 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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $66.00 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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $120.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

"Series no. 19." 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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $90.00 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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $40.00 View scans

Add to cart GD 2.0 $40.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $36.00 View scans

The Latest Adventures of Foxy Grandpa, 1905, 9-in. x 15-in., 28, 52, 66 pages, color, reissue of 1902 issue

Add to cart GD 2.0 $40.00 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

Add to cart VG 4.0 $77.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $36.00 View scans

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $33.00 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

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $105.00 View scans

Reilly & Lee Publishers, by Frank King, hardcover, no number, 8-3/4 x 7, 96 pages, B&W daily strip reprints - only vintage reprint volume with complete strips. 1929.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $36.00 View scans

Giveaway 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.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: See item notes Bottom left corner peg broke off inside slab. Label #4314165003

Cupples & Leon Company, Treasure Box of Famous Comics: Harold Teen, 8-1/2 x 6-7/8, 36 pages, soft cover, abbreviated version of hardcover edition, copyright 1931, published 1934 or later.

Add to cart Good $195.00 View scans

Cupples & Leon Company, hardcover WITHOUT dust jacket, 8-1/2 x 7, 88pgs, volume 2 (numbered on page 84), continuation from Stooge Viller (volume 1), strips 8/3/33-11/8/33 reprinted, 1933.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $245.00 View scans

How 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.

Add to cart Fine $43.00 View scans Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Issue #83 - February, 1896. This issue of Judge's Library Magazine contains cartoons and prose all focusing on the subject of "On, and Off the Stage". 8 1/8" x 11 1/8", b&w, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

Issue #101 - August, 1897. This issue of Judge's Library Magazine contains cartoons and prose all focusing on the subject of "Breakers". 8 1/8" x 11 1/8", b&w, 32 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $40.00 View scans

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $40.00 View scans

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $37.00 View scans

Life of Thomas A. Edison in Word and Picture (1928), by Arthur J. Palmer and illustrated by Frank Kuchenmeister, was a Platinum Age book featuring reprints of a newspaper strip featuring the life story of Edison which ran August to November 1927. Edited by William H. Meadowcroft (author of The Boy's Life of Edison), this book includes a forward by Arthur J. Palmer. 52 pages, card-stock cover, B&W, 8-in. x 10-in.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $150.00 View scans Dust jacket damaged/missing pieces and encased in Brodart (partial photocopies included). Hardcover grades closer to VG/FN. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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.

Add to cart Good $95.00 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.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $120.00 View scans

Add to cart VG 4.0 $65.00 View scans

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $56.00 View scans

Buster Brown Abroad by Richard F. Outcault. Hardback edition published 1904 by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 68 pages plus endpaper and cover, text with black-and-white spot illustrations on every page. Published without a dust jacket.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $96.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Good $27.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

Cartoons by Murray Wade from the Capital Journal of the 1915 Thirty-First Assembly of the Oregon Legislature. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $87.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Cartoons by Murray Wade from the Capital Journal of the 1921 Thirty-First Assembly of the Oregon Legislature. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $95.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Fine $81.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Cartoons by Murray Wade from the Capital Journal of the 1923 Thirty-First Assembly of the Oregon Legislature. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $95.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart Fine $81.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $95.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Cartoons by Murray Wade from the Capital Journal of the 1927 Thirty-Fourth Assembly of the Oregon Legislature. 10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $87.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $95.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

10-1/4" x 6-3/4", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $87.00 View scans Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $60.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

Cartoons by Murray Wade from the Capital Journal of the 1933 Thirty-Seventh Assembly of the Oregon Legislature. 10-1/4" x 6-1/2", B&W, stiff cover.

Add to cart Very Good $99.00 View scans

Add to cart VG 4.0 $59.00 View scans

First 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.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $120.00 View scans Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Monthly magazine devoted to cartoons and cartoonists with many of the editorial cartoons reprinted from newspapers around the world. 9.25" x 12", 72 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fair $215.00 View scans Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 10%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Monthly magazine devoted to cartoons and cartoonists with many of the editorial cartoons reprinted from newspapers around the world. 9.25" x 12", 132 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $120.00 View scans Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Monthly magazine devoted to cartoons and cartoonists with many of the editorial cartoons reprinted from newspapers around the world. 6.75" x 9.75", 248 pages, B&W Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $62.00 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.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $26.00 View scans

3rd 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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $13.00 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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $23.00 View scans

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans

Add to cart VG 4.0 $17.00 View scans Staple rust.

A giveaway item from Life magazine to promote subscriptions. Issue number 2. Printed in 1913. 5-3/4" x 4-5/8". 20 pages. Colored. Newspaper stock. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $135.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $100.00 View scans Paper: Cream Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $41.00 View scans

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $17.00 View scans

Words 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $33.00 View scans

Limited 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $65.00 View scans Cover loose at binding. Cover and interior oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. 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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $24.00 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.