The Art of the Comic Strip by Glubok, Shirley - 1979

Macmillan Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Atheneum, 1979-04-01. Hardcover. Good. 10x10x0. New York, 1979; red cloth covered boards; illustration on front cover; mild edge and corner wear; spine edges bumped; illustrated jacket with large chip at bottom edge of front spine edges chipped and edge and corner wear; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; cancelled postage stamp on title page and strip of stamps on copyright page and cancelled sheet of stamps on rear paste-down; ink stamp and red arrow on copyright page; Interior is clean and unmarked; 52 pages. Additional shipping charges may be required

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1979. 1979 First Edition, Second Printing (printing line starts with 2). NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, in blue pen on copyright page, "For Lindsay Barad, With all best wishes, Shirley Glubeck." A clean otherwise unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fine. Orange cloth hardcover with "Pogo" illustration stamped on front cover, title stamped on spine, slightly toned along hinges, corners very lightly bumped. Jacket, featuring 'Little Orphan Annie' artwork on front, is clean and bright; front flap price-clipped, light surface and edge rubbing, small chip from rear spine fold. Binding firm, hinges tight, spine and boards straight. An entertaining, well-illustrated history of the comic strip - from Hogan's Alley to Hagar the Horrible. 10-1/4 x 10-1/4". 52 pages. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

NY MacMillan Pub. 1979.. fine/vg+/minute wear to the colorful dj. Two minor tears to the back panel near the top edge and a very small faint tear to the bottom edge of the front panel of the dustjacket. Price clipped. Handsome 52pg. book detailing the colorful history of the Am. comic strip. Illus. w. many b&w repros of comics. 1st edition. Binding is large cl.w.dj.