Cartoonists, Signed (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by several cartoonists. Edited by Edwin Fisher, Mort Gerberg, and Ron Wolin. Illustrated primarily in color. 224pp. 4to, black boards, d.w. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). Gift inscription opposite the title page, otherwise a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Signed on endpaper by Mort Genberg, Marvin Tannenburg, Jack Ziegler, Dana Fradon, Al Ross, and Ed Fisher.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 50th Anniversary edition of an irregularly compiled album of NCS members, each of whom contributes a one-half page autobiography with self-portrait and sample strip or illustration. A rare inside look at the personal details about famous (and not-so-famous cartoonists). Also includes photos of past NCS events, past Reuben Award winners, etc. 8.5 x 11-inches and over an inch thick! This example has a full-page autograph and illustration by editor Bill Janocha (assistant to Mort Walker of "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois" fame). Inscribed: "To Norm, a great guy and authority on comic art! Sincerely, Bill Janocha, '96." The inscription references Norman Witty, the New York/Northampton/Paris rare book dealer and collector from whose estate this book comes. Slight crease near spine, bent lower right corner, and one slight discoloration along bottom suggests this was periodically referenced, but overall Very Good+ and unusual to have autograph and large original illustration. Inscribed by Author(s).

Four signed art cards, showing illustrations by cartoonists Donio Christen, Maja Damkovac, Falk Hühne and Heike Laufenberg, each circa 4 x 5,75 inch, signed by the cartoonists in blue ink and black felt tip, in very fine condition.

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. (See his entry and that of her father in the Oxford DNB.) 6pp, the first four on two 4to leaves, the last two on a 12mo leaf. Signed 'E. Winnie Parsons / nee / Winnie Burnand'. In fair condition, lightly aged and with some creasing, particularly to the last (12mo) leaf. Slight rust staining from paperclip. A delightful letter, written in a strong and energetic hand, with various words underlined in red pencil for emphasis. She is staying with Desmond Lysart, 'who in his lovely study has all your delightful books', and they are both great admirers of MP. She describes herself as 'the youngest of Sir F C Burnand's family of 14 (a mere girl of 76) but still "Not Out" as they say in the Cricket World & hope to Carry my bat a bit longer! (Here she has drawn an amusing ink cartoon, picked out in red pencil, of her walking purposefully to the left with a cricket bat under her arm.) 'One Big Thing I would so like you to tell me / Dont you rather deplore the Change of Punche's [sic] Cover?? I quite know that so many people used to say to my Father (Sir F C B) Oh! Punch is not half as good as it was? & Poppa used to raise his bushy eye-brows & reply It never was!! Still I do so miss Mister Punch & Toby & "All the little Charavari men adorning the cover of Punch"'. She continues with her lament, ending in large letters, 'I consider Punche's [sic] well known Cover is a National Loss!!!.' She thanks him for the references to her father and her mother, 'Rosina Ranoe': 'I wonder if you ever knew her when she was on the stage? She gave it all up!!! to marry Papa & bring up our Family of 14!!!! & oh! happy we hae all been, entirely due to Mother & Papa's devotion to Real Home Life! But of course a family of 14!! these hectic days would not be fashionable!!!! in fact Not tolerated! I am so glad I lived in the days of the "Gaiety" for enchantment!!!' Her 'host & hostess (your great admirers) have a charming country House, & Desmond Lysart owns Chepstow Castle!' She is leaving for London, where she will post the letter. (Here, taking up half of one page of the 12mo leaf, she draws herself looking rather doll-like as she advances with a parasol, feathered hat and polka-dotted dress towards a post box, letter in hand, and an eager little dog behind her.) She concludes with 'enormous thanks from a very sincere admirer'.

First Edition. First printing. Limited issue; no. 50 of 100 clothbound copies signed by Burck. Quarto; tan buckram with titles and decorations stamped in brown on front and rear covers; 247pp. A lovely, fine copy, free of soiling or wear. There was a simultaneous trade issue in pictorial wrappers. The very scarce limited issue of this compilation of Burck's Depression-era cartoons, most originally published in the Daily Worker and The New Masses. Burck trained at the Art Students' League under Boardman Robinson; became the full-time editorial cartoonist for the Daily Worker in 1929, and worked as a political cartoonist for the rest of his life, though following a 1936 trip to the Soviet Union he renounced Communism and began working for mainstream periodicals including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Chicago Daily Times. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1941; survived a period of persecution during the 1950s Red Scare, and continued to produce new work until shortly before his death in 1982. This volume quite scarce, and the few copies we have seen previously were well-worn. Signed.