Caplin George (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Over-sized hardbound (folio). Just a light touch of wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The priced ($13.95) dust jacket shows edge wear, short edge tears, a chip top of the rear panel, no sun fading. Dj in an archival protector. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. "While a picture history cannot be as complete and as definitive as a more lengthy text, yet it does provide a feeling of the times, a pictorial representation of events that complements written history." Ships same or next business day. Sticker residue on front free endpaper. Spine is slightly skewed, small bumps on spine ends, shallow dent on tail edge of back board; overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, tiny tears on corners and spine ends, 1-inch tear on head edge of back cover, 1/2-inch tear on tail edge of front cover, small rough tear on front flap from sticker removal, lightly tanned on interior, shelf wear on back cover. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition. 4to, 199 pp., section of color photos, b/w throughout. Two related ephemera laid in. Slight yellowing to endpapers, date in ink on front free endpaper. Jacket sunned, worn, torn.

No Binding. Condition: Good. George Catlin (illustrator). With illustrations carefully revised from his original paintings.Engraving prints only not complete. Volume I, 107 pages/prints and mainly clean. Volume II, 139 pages/prints a degree of spotting round the round the perimeters on at least half of prints/pages. The is also a part, Vol I containing approx 69 prints/pages which are mainly clean.

Vintage promotional reference photograph of Al Capp from the 1956 film. "Culver Pictures, Inc." and "131242" stamps and two later date "Culver Pictures, Inc." labels on verso. Based on the 1954 Broadway play "King of Hearts" by Jean Kerr. Al Capp, famed cartoonist for his long-running satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner," portrays himself in a cameo role, as well as providing promotional art for the film. Divorced comic strip cartoonist Francis X. Dignan (Bob Hope) is hired as a ghost-writer for the pompous fiance (George Sanders) of his ex-wife (Eva Marie Saint). Set in Port Huron, Michigan and New York City. 8 x 10.25 inches. Very Good, with creasing, primarily to margin.