LITTLE 'DIRTY' COMICS by Holt, R.G - 1971

CA: Socio Library, 1972. Paperback. Shelfwear, creasing and soiling to covers; spine creases and some chipping. Bookstore stamp to endpaper. Internally very good. 215pp., appreciation by Robert Reitman, intro., bib. Fully ill. in black and white and color. A nostalgic return to an era when comic strip heroes became counterfeit sex studs and boggled the eyes and imagination of every American school boy in the 30's & 40's. The editor provides an introduction, short notes, and 40 pages of commentary, including discussions of TJB sales figures and censorship issues.

San Diego: Socio Library, 1971. 215pp [scrape along front spine-fold; mild creases to spine; corner wear]. Third printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Color and b&w illustrations. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

San Diego: Socio Library [215]pp [missing title page; mild creases to spine]. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Color and b&w illustrations. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Socio Library, San Diego, c.1971, 2nd.prtg., trade paperbk., 215pp., b&w & color reproductions of comics from Tijuana Bibles & such. creased spine, binding feels brittle so poor $

San Diego: Socio Library, 1971. Digest-sized pictorial wrappers. Small wrinkle to bottom edge of Vol 1; light rubbing to Vol. 2; else very good. Two volumes. 215pp., + 215pp., biblios. Editorial commentaries by R.G. Holt (Vol 1) and Terence Atkinson (Vol 2). Appreciation by Robert Reitman. Fully-illustrated in black and white and color. 'A nostalgic return to an era when comic strip heroes became counterfeit sex studs and boggled the eyes and imagination of every American school boy in the thirties and forties.' A solid selection of over 60 Tijuana Bibles, or 'eight-pagers', reproducing classic strips, characters, and themes. 9610, 9615.

New York: The New York Times Company, 1945. Book. Illus. by Freeman, Don; Rose, Carl. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 48 Pages. Features: Cover photo of house-to-house fighting in Germany; Nice one-page photo ad for Freed-Eisemann radio-phonographs inside front cover; Great one-page color-photo ad for Rheingold Beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd; Illustrated Fairchild ad shows airplane being loaded for a landing in Japan; What kind of Peace? - this article says the men on the front want hard peace terms; Dramatic photos of the battle for the Rhine; Article arguing that Hirohito's Palace must be bombed; Troop carrier planes defy the weather and also serve as supply ships and ambulances (C-47 shown in photo); Poets in battle; To Prevent War - No News Blackout - so argues the Exec. Director of Associated Press; Nice one-page color ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes shows stylilsh cigarette case; Housewife or Career Woman? - making the case… Read More