Comic Strips & Cartoons

 
Arnold Roth, Roth, Arnold, One of 250 copies with an illustrated bookplate signed & numbered by the artist, Near Fine (light shelfwear, very flat, tight, clean), Fantagraphics, Seattle, 2001, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 124 pages, over 120 color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

One of 250 copies with an illustrated bookplate signed & numbered by the artist. Over 120 color and black & white illustrations by Arnold Roth...

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Arnold Roth, Roth, Arnold, One of 250 copies with an illustrated bookplate signed & numbered by the artist, Very Good+ (light bumps to the spine, light shelfwear, flat, tight, clean), Fantagraphics, Seattle, 2001, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 124 pages, over 120 color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

One of 250 copies with an illustrated bookplate signed & numbered by the artist. Over 120 color and black & white illustrations by Arnold Roth...

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Popeye, The First Fifty Years
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Bud Sagendorf, NF (spine sunned), Sagendorf, Bud, Workman, 1979, 1st, 894800663, wraps, English

A profusely illustrated firsthand history of Popeye by Sagendorf (creator Segar's first and only assistant, hired in 1930, who eventually took over the...

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Popeye, The First Fifty Years
  $30.00
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Bud Sagendorf, VG+/VG+ (corners rubbed, mild bump to tail of spine), Sagendorf, Bud, Workman, 1979, 1st, 894800663, cloth spine

A profusely illustrated firsthand history of Popeye by Sagendorf (creator Segar's first and only assistant, hired in 1930, who eventually took over the...

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The Cisco Kid
  $15.00
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NF (cover rubbed near spine), Jose Luis Salinas, Reed, Rod, Salinas, Jose Luis, Ken Pierce, 1983, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

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Gerald Scarfe, NF/NF (tips slightly bumped, slight shelf wear), Scarfe, Gerald, Hamish Hamilton, 1986, 1st, cloth, English

The artists's autobiography. Of the three Brits, Scarfe is more scabrous than Searle and more anarchic than Steadman.

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Gerald Scarfe, Boldly signed by the artist on the front free end paper, NF/NF (tips slightly bumped), Scarfe, Gerald, Hamish Hamilton, 1986, 1st, cloth, English

The artist's autobiography. Of the three Brits, Scarfe is more scabrous than Searle and more anarchic than Steadman . Boldly signed by the artist.

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Scarfe's Line Of Attack
  $125.00
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Gerald Scarfe, NF (tips lightly bumped, light shelf wear), Scarfe, Gerald, Hamish Hamilton, 1988, 1st, cloth, English

A retrospective collection of political cartoons 1967-1988. Scarfe's pen is dipped in acid in these scabrous cartoons.

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Fine, Charles M. Schulz, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 3rd, 10 inches, 7 inches, 192 pages, black & white, Softcover, wraps

Strips from 1960-63.

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Very Good (general mild wear), Charles M. Schulz, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, 192 pages, black & white cartoons, Softcover, wraps

Strips from 1952-57.

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Charles M. Schulz, NF, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 3rd, wraps

Strips from 1975-76.

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Charles M. Schulz, VG+ (corner bumped, mild shelf wear), Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 1st, wraps

Strips from 1956-59. "Rust Craft Edition."

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Charles M. Schulz, Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 1st, wraps, English

Strips from 1965-67. "Rust Craft Edition."

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Charles M. Schulz, VG+ (mild bump to corner, slight shelf wear), Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, 2nd, wraps

Strips from 1972-73.

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Peanuts Treasury
  $10.00
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Charles M. Schulz, VG+/Fair Dustjacket (creases at top, faded from age) , Schulz, Charles M., Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1968, 1st, cloth, English

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Charles M. Schulz, NF (bump to back cover), Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975, 5th, wraps

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Charles M. Schulz, Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 2nd, wraps, English

Strips from 1958-61.

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Charles M. Schulz, Schulz, Charles M., Very Fine, Andrews McMeel, Kansas City MO, 2020, 1st thus, 12 inches, 9 inches, xii, 492 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

A bargain! The first decade of Peanuts dailies in a single volume: from the first ever Peanuts comic strip October 2nd, 1950 through December 31st, 1959!...

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Charles M. Schulz, Schulz, Charles M., Very Fine, Andrews McMeel, Kansas City MO, 2020, 1st thus, 12 inches, 9 inches, xii, 532 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

A bargain! An entire decade's worth of dailies in a single volume from January 1st, 1960 through December 31st, 1969! Over 3,100 daily comic strips! Each 9...

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Charles M. Schulz, Schulz, Charles M., Very Fine, Andrews McMeel, Kansas City MO, 2020, 1st thus, 12 inches, 9 inches, xiv, 530 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

A bargain! An entire decade's worth of dailies in a single volume from January 1st, 1970 through December 31st, 1979! Over 3,100 daily comic strips! Each 9...

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Charles M. Schulz, VF/VF, Schulz, Charles M., Fantagraphics, 2004, 1st, pictorial boards

2005 Eisner Award Winner for Best Archival Collection/Project and Best Publication Design. "(This) second volume is packed with intriguing developments,...

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Charles M. Schulz, VF/VF, Schulz, Charles M., Fantagraphics, 2005, 1st, pictorial boards

"The third volume in our acclaimed series takes us into the mid-1950s as Linus learns to talk, Snoopy begins to explore his eccentricities (including his...


Charles M. Schulz, Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 1st, wraps, English

Strips from 1955-62. "Rust Craft Edition"

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Charles M. Schulz, Top of the spine bumped otherwise Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, 1986, 1st, wraps

Strips from 1983-84.

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Charles M. Schulz, Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 1st, wraps, English

Strips from 1958-65. "Rust Craft Edition."

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Two-By-Fours
  $50.00
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Charles M. Schulz, VG+ (corners lightly rubbed), Schulz, Charles M., Warner Press, 1965, 1st, pictorial boards

"A small unassuming book about children in their second, third, and fourth years. "Includes cartoons and text designed in an open-ended sort of way to help...

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Two-By-Fours
  $25.00
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Charles M. Schulz, VG+ (covers soiled, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed), Schulz, Charles M., Warner Press, 1965, 1st, pictorial boards

"A small unassuming book about children in their second, third, and fourth years. "Includes cartoons and text designed in an open-ended sort of way to...

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Charles M. Schulz, Fine, Schulz, Charles M., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, 4th, wraps

Strips from 1962-65.

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Alex Atkinson, Ronald Searle, Atkinson, Alex, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (sharp corners, clean and tight, previous owner's name written on front endpaper, dustjacket rubbed, edgeworn, with a chip out of the top edge, spine sunned), World, Cleveland, 1960, 1st, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 95 pages, 39 black & white cartoons, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

"The first-hand report of a man who has never been there." A no-holds-barred report by a team of intrepid pen-and-ink satirists showing us the real...

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Forty Drawings
  $275.00
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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ (wear to the paper cover along the joints and the top and bottom edges, binding and pages sound), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1946, 1st, 11.25 inches, 9 inches, ii, 40 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, hardcover, decorative boards, English

From 1946, a first printing of Ronald Searle's first book. A collection of the drawings Searle did as a soldier and prisoner of war of the Japanese in the...

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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners lightly bumped, very clean, mild wear to dustjacket), Viking, New York, 1964, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.25 inches, 112 pages, 31 color and 70 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A very sharp, well above average copy of this Ronald Searle title from 1964. A Searle travelogue, from Alaska through Canada and down the US Eastern...

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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Previous owner Disney Legend Burnett "Burny" Mattinson's name & address stamped on the front free endpaper, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket is bright and sharp with just a 1" closed tear--invisible under a protective dustjacket cover-- marring it), Viking, New York, 1964, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.25 inches, 112 pages, 31 color and 70 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Burny Mattinson's copy with his name & address stamped on the front free endpaper. A very sharp, well above average copy of this Ronald Searle...

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Heinz Huber, Ronald Searle, Huber, Heinz, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (rear board slightly bowed, dustjacket has a few small tears and some slight staining to the rear flap), Viking, New York, 1966, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.9 inches, 190 pages, 150 illustrations, 11 pages in color, hardcover, cloth, English

"Germany from the inside and out." This book is divided into two parts: the first half is an examination of Germany and its history by Huber and...

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Paris Sketchbook
  $60.00
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Ronald Searle, Kaye Webb, Ronald Searle, Searle, Kaye Webb, Ronald, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ in remnants of the dustjacket (spine ends and corners lightly worn and bent slightly inward, endpapers stained), Saturn, London, 1950, 1st, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 80 pages, 105 illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The first edition of this book. By Ronald Searle and his wife, writer Kaye Webb. It was substantially revised & expanded in 1957.

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Paris Sketchbook
  $95.00
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Kaye Webb, Ronald Searle, Webb, Kaye, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners sharp, pages and edges bright, mild wear to the ends of the dustjacket spine), George Braziller, New York, 1958, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 120 pages, 130 illustrations, hardcover, cloth spine, English

An above average copy of this scarce Ronald Searle title. This is a guidebook to Paris circa 1958 by husband & wife Searle & Webb. Filled with 130...

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Paris Sketchbook
  $75.00
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Kaye Webb, Ronald Searle, Webb, Kaye, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (small bump to upper corner with board showing, otherwise book is very clean, mild edgewear to dustjacket, spine and top inch of dustjacket sunned), George Braziller, New York, 1958, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 120 pages, 130 illustrations, hardcover, cloth spine, English

This is a guidebook to Paris circa 1958 by husband & wife Searle & Webb. Filled with 130 drawings from Searle's sketchbooks, woven together by...

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Very Fine, Ronald Searle, Wootton, David, Searle, Ronald, Chris Beetles ltd., 2012, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

Ronald Searle Remembered (1920-2011) England's Greatest Cartoonist! A great full color catalogue for a huge commemorative exhibition of Searle's life and...

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Very Good+ (corners bumped, rubbed, otherwise tight, bright, and unread), Ronald Searle, Wootton, David, Searle, Ronald, Chris Beetles Ltd., 2012, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

Ronald Searle Remembered (1920-2011) England's Greatest Cartoonist! A great full color catalogue for a huge commemorative exhibition of Searle's life and...

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Ronald Searle: A Biography
  $45.00
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Russell Davies, Ronald Searle, Davies, Russell, Searle, Ronald, Limited to 5000 copies, Scrape to the spine of the dustjacket otherwise Fine in Fine dustjacket, Chris Beetles, London, 2003, 1st revised, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 194 pages, 42 color and 190 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A revised reprinting of this illustrated biography. Originally published to coincide with Searle's seventieth birthday, it is a brilliant and lavishly...

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Matt Jones, Ronald Searle, Jones, Matt, Searle, Ronald, Very Fine, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, 2013, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A 96-page full-color catalog of the exhibition at the Cartoon Art Museum, featuring 50 pieces of Ronald Searle's original artwork for reportage assignments...

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The Big City, or The New Mayhew
  $35.00
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Alex Atkinson, Ronald Searle, Atkinson, Alex, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light shelf wear, light edge wear and chipping to dustjacket), Braziller, New York, 1959, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 112 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A survey of London's urban poor in prose and pictures, told with wit, humor, and compassion. Originally a series in Punch.

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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Very Good in Good dustjacket (spine ends and corners are worn, binding strong, interior sound, dustjacket worn and heavily chipped), Knopf, New York, 1954, 1st, 10.25 inches, 7.5 inches, x, 148 pages, over 160 cartoons, hardcover, boards, English

"The Belles of St. Trinian's and Other Cartoons." Over 160 cartoons. Introduction by Malcolm Muggeridge, Editor of Punch. This copy has been inscribed by...

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Kildare Dobbs, Ronald Searle, Dobbs, Kildare, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners lightly bumped, faint crease to lower corner of pages, otherwise interior bright, clea, McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1970, 1st, 11.125 inches, 8.25 inches, 128 pages, 2 color and 52 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Two full color and 52 pen & ink illustrations by Ronald Searle. From the publisher: From fur factories to chain stores - a witty and irreverent...

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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Fine in Fine dustjacket, London, Souvenir Press Ltd, 2006, 1st thus, 9780285637450, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 192 pages, 197 color drawings, hardcover, cloth, English

In 1939, as an art student, Ronald Searle volunteered for the army, embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival there, however, he became...

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E. C. Segar, NF (corners lightly bumped otherwise bright, flat & tight), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1984, 1st, pictorial cloth

Foreword by Jules Feiffer. Introduction by Richard Marschall. Bibliographical essay by Bill Blackbeard.

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E. C. Segar, NF (corners lightly rubbed), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1990, 1st, wraps

The final volume completing the reprinting of Segar's Popeye.

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E. C. Segar, VF, Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1990, 1st, wraps

The final volume completing the reprinting of Segar's Popeye.

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E. C. Segar, NF (one corner lightly rubbed), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1990, 1st, wraps

From the publisher: "This volume concludes strip creator Segar's run on the series with a Goon Island adventure. "Few comic-strip characters have had the...

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