Shaoyang, Hunan, China: Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Two oblong 32mo. booklets. Pictorial wraps. Light edgewear, with minor pen/soil to page block of second booklet only. Minor dampstaining to back cover of second booklet only. Light foxing/toning throughout. Very good plus (Star Wars) and very good (Empire). Set...

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Publisher's maroon boards in original dust jacket. Jacket lightly frayed at corners. Boards fresh. Interior bright and clean. Very good plus. 324pp. The 2008 ediiton of The Best American Comics, with selections from T. Edward Bak, Alison Bechdel...

(New York): DK, (2005). Revised. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Near fine in a very good plus DJ. Mild touches of edgewear, rubbing to jacket. Book bright, crisp, and clean inside and out. Several pages lightly creased. Binding sound. 144pp. Comprehensive illustrated guide to Batman and...

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Third printing. Wraps. Small 4to. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. A good plus copy. Some yellowing to wraps, and dampstaining to pages, resulting in light wrinkling throughout. Owner's name to FFEP. Else unmarked. Binding sound. 17pp. Bukowski's short story of a Las Vegas stand-up comedian, illustrated...

(Berkeley, CA): (Last Gasp Eco-Funnies Co.), (1972). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. A very good copy, with moderate wear and rubbing to covers; small chip to back cover; a bit toned throughout, but clean. First issue of this explicit African-American themed comic following the adventures of three...

San Francisco: Apex Novelties, 1971. Second printing. Wraps. 8vo. Original stapled color pictorial wraps. Mild rubbing, some toning internally. Else clean and sound. [28]. [Kennedy 2285].

(Milwaukie, OR): Dark Horse Comics, (1998). Second printing. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace soil to top edge of pages. Else bright, crisp, and clean inside and out. Binding tight. 498pp. A comprehensive encyclopedia of comic books and their history.

New York: Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Publisher's red cloth in original dust jacket. Mild toning to jacket with touches of edgewear, including two short closed tears at top edge of front panel. Price-clipped. Cloth fresh. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. Handsome copy of this first edition...

(New York): (School of Visual Arts), 1975. First Edition. Small 4to. pictorial self wraps. Offset on newsprint. Some toning, as expected. Mild wear. Else clean and sharp. Near fine overall. Early work from John Holmstrom, published the same year he founded PUNK magazine. At the time, Holmstrom was studying cartooning...

Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown faux-leather boards, no jacket. Light edgewear and soil to boards. Faint staining/scuffing to spine. Ownership signature to ffep. Touches of soil to endpapers; interior otherwise unmarked. Good plus. 361pp. Early collection of the first "Barnaby" comic strips, beginning with "Episode One...

(Seattle): (Fantagraphics Books), (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pictorial boards in dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Trace dust to boards and jacket, but clean and sharp overall. 589pp. First volume in a series collecting all Dennis the Menace comics.

Iowa City: The Happy Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Saddle-stapled pictorial wraps. Very good plus. Small chip to front cover at spine; light handling wear; wraps a bit bleached. 1/4" tear to fore edge of pages throughout. Else clean and unmarred. [22] pp. including covers. Edited by Dave Morice...

Akron, OH / New York, NY: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1934. Wraps. 24mo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very good. Light edgewear and some reading wear to spine; wraps just a bit faded; small dampstain to fore edge. Heavily tanned throughout (as typical for paper quality) but clean; binding tight. Unpaginated. Rare...