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The Art of the Comic Strip
by Glubok, Shirley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 002736500X
- ISBN 13
- 9780027365009
- Seller
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VALATIE, New York, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Knickerbocker Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002646
- Title
- The Art of the Comic Strip
- Author
- Glubok, Shirley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 002736500X
- ISBN 13
- 9780027365009
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's & Illustrated;
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