Caricature and Other Comic Art: in All Times and Many Lands by James Parton - 2012-01-10

Harper & Brothers, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 334 pp; over 203 bw illustrations. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt comic scene. Hinges cracked. Shelf wear. Hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. First edition [1877]. A very heavily worn but useful copy of this extensive reference on the art of caricature and comic illustration. Includes sections entitled: Among the Romans; Among the Greeks; Among the Ancient Egyptians; Among the Hindoos; Religious Caricature in the Middle Ages; Secular Caricature in the Middle Ages; Caricatures Preceding the Reformation; Comic Art and the Reformation; In the Puritan Period; Later Puritan Caricature; Preceding Hogarth Hogarth and his Time; English Caricature in the Revolutionary Period; During the French Revolution; Caricatures of Women and Matrimony; Among the Chinese; Comic Art in Japan; French Caricature; Later French Caricature; Comic Art in Germany; Comic Art in Spain; Italian Caricature; English Caricature of the Present Century; Comic Art in "Punch"; Early American Caricature; and Later American Caricature. Illustrated in black and white. Red cloth printed in red and gilt, gilt top, 340 pages plus… Read More

New York: Harper and Row, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; no wear, some marks on front. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's bookplate on front pastedown. Drama. Stax.

New York: Harper, 1969. hardcover. 203 Illustrations. Tall 8vo, cloth. New York: Harper, (1969).<br/><br/>

Harper & Brothers, 1877-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. In hard mylar sleeve. Publishers brown cloth. Gilt to spine and cover. Top edge gilt. Good binding and cover. Repair to head and tail of spine. Shelf wear. Fading to spine gilt. Stain to first few pages upper corner, does not affect text. Gift inscription.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1878 [1877]. Hardcover. Comics; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 340+4 pages; Publisher's original decorative cloth. Front cover starting. Contens clean and VG. .

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth gilt, TEG. Corners bumped/frayed, slightly canted, insecting to cloth. Hinges slightly starting, one signature pulled forward a bit. Tissued frontis. Crisp pages. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340+ads pages .

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1878. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn with some scratching/smudging; spine strip is more heavily frayed at the ends; inner hinge of front cover is beginning to crack; rear hinge has been reinforced with clear tape; textblock is cracked; interior is lightly toned with the occasional smudge.). Dk. Green cloth over boards; gold lettering on front and spine; 334 pp; over 203 bw illustrations. This volume is a contribution to the amusement and curiosity of the public; never before has a single volume brought all the comic and satirical casts of the world and presented it in one extraordinary view.