Cartoons & Caricature from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Novo Laughs / NOVO Comic Greeting Cards2 Sample Books, 13"x10"; cards mostly 4.25x5.5" in folded form. 36 greeting cards in each book 1945-1948 – humorous greeting cards, many depicting the misogyny and racial stereotypes of the period. Artists not identified; Birthday, Get Well, Graduation, Congratulations, Xmas. In the form of two photograph albums, two-post, decorated burgundy covers, black paper pages, with… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine. 1925. 1st edition. . 1st ed., 8vo, ¼ yellow cloth/batiked boards. Unpaginated. The artist’s first book of theatrical and literary caricatures - f ollowing a two-year stint drawing for Vanity Fair and the New Yor ker. Dozens of caricatures of American and British celebrities f rom the 1920s. Four color plates,… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Bowles/Hopkins Publishing. Fine. 1980. 1st edition. 1st ed., 4to. Deluxe leatherbound edition, limited to 1200 signed and numbered copies in slipcase. Bragg (1931- 2017) was an Ameri can sculptor, painter, artist and author known best for his satir ical artwork. His work is displayed in numerous museums and exhib itions and won… Read more about this item

Walt Disney Productions. Good. 1939. Concept drawing for the court jester, based upon real life actor Ned Sparks. Art is in black graphite with red and green details a nd highlights on thin manila paper. Numerous typed production not es. The film is a parody of Mother Goose nursery rhymes using car icatures of Hollywood celebrities of the 1930s.… Read more about this item

Daily Worker. Near Fine. 1935. 1st edition. 1st ed., 8vo, illustrated boards. 184 pp. 160 full-page single-pa nel cartoons satirizing the capitalist upper class from a sociali st perspective, reprinted from the Daily Worker where they ran as a feature from 1933-1935. Illustrated end papers satirizing K-Q cards in red and blue and title-page in red & black. Afterword, "… Read more about this item

NY, Chicago: P. F. Volland. 1918. 1st ed., oblong 4to, ½ green cloth, illustrated boards. Briggs ’ classic work on the joys and frustrations of the sport, most of which had been previously published in the New York Herald-Tri bune. Very good: Externally very clean with rubbed corners, edge s; spine a bit loose; front hinge… Read more about this item

London: Ackermann & Co. Poor. 1853. 1st edition. London: Ackermann & Co, , (1853). 1st ed., 4to approx.. 12-3/4” x 9-3/4”. Green cloth with large pictorial paper paste-on. 64 pages. Each page illustrated with elaborate b/w etchings An alpha bet book, including the proper phonetics for the English language . Poor; internally sound but substantially shaken; occasional… Read more about this item