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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODustjacket ISSUED ,UNDATED EARLY ,First Edition. VG/GOOD, NOJACKET, In original OBLONG paper covered boards. In GOOD condition with some minor wear and tear externally but internally a very good condition with FOXING. Oblong 4to Grey Boards TITLED IN RED & BLACK with wear edges & tears wear Along Cvr Spine , TEARS chips CVR SPINE AREA Oversized 14 3/4 X 10 3/4 IN. , Charles E Crombie, of whom little appears to be known, is now best remembered for the 3 books of cartoons he drew for the Perrier water company, based on texts from the The Laws of Cricket, Golf and Motoring. CHAS. or Charles CROMBIE (illustrator).…

Significant archive of over 2350 original cartoon artworks and cartoon sketches by American comic artist Reamer Keller, circa 1950s-1970s. Nearly all the illustrations are Keller's characteristic one-frame cartoons, and nearly all are signed and/or with Keller's stamps. An exhibition-size overview of the Keller's work, including: Over 575 preliminary sketches, including approximately 225 pencil or charcoal sketches and over 350 pencil sketches with yellow gouache. Over 750 developed pencil and ink cartoons. Approximately 250 developed pencil, ink, and black and gray wash cartoons. Nearly 750 developed pencil, ink, and blue gouache cartoons. 27 xerographically reproduced cartoons, two over-painted with blue gouache, and four magazine proofs. Keller's various series work represented in the archive includes: Over 110 teen and collegiate sketches and cartoons for Keller's Family Weekly series, "Addle-essence," circa 1950s-1960s. 19 preliminary pencil sketches for Keller's Boy's Life series "Pedro," circa 1950s-1960s, about the adventures of a donkey named Pedro. Over 75 hillbilly sketches and cartoons, the majority for Keller's Collier's series, "Kennesaw," circa 1950s. Nearly 60 sketches and cartoons relating to doctors and psychiatrists for Keller's syndicated "Medicare" series, circa 1960s-1970s. Twelve multi-panel sketches and developed artworks, including ten sketches for the aforementioned "Kennesaw" series. 18 unsigned sketches by (or done in the style of) cartoonist Fred Neher, five with Neher's name neatly written in the top margins, and thirteen others in the same style with Keller stamps. Two paste-up cartoons on card stock produced for publication. Among the many subjects in the archive lampooned by Keller include: women, marriage and couples, sex, babies and parenting, jobs and office work, kids and school, adolescence and college, crime, courtrooms and prison, hillbillies, soldiers and sailors, the beach, ethnic humor, animals and pets, automobiles, ladies' hats, art, cavemen, desert islands, golf, information and help desks, fortune tellers and fortune-telling weight scales, the circus, and bums. Also: Two memos, undated, on "Worth Gatewood" letterhead noting selected cartoons by number for publication. Typed letter signed from Joy Winters on "The News" letterhead, dated January 7, 1970, selecting cartoons by number for publication. Short typed list on onionskin of five cartoons listed by number for "half-page horizontal" publication with the title "Fresh Heir Fund." Detailed inventory available upon request. Keller was raised in the region between Massanutten, Virginia, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a young man he honed his distinctive cartooning style while working in Portsmouth at the Compton Engraving and Printing Company. He went on to study architecture at University of Cincinnati, finishing his degree at Ohio State University. He sold his first cartoon in the late 1920s to The Columbus Citizen in Columbus, Ohio. Keller eventually settled in Staten Island, New York, having realized the majority of his work was selling to Manhattan-based magazines. Keller did his earliest work for Collier's, and his first big success was a cartoon syndication between 1952-1955 of his Collier's character "Kennesaw," a hillbilly to end all hillbillies, based on the artist's experiences as a youth in the American South. Keller was quite prolific, and is today credited with creating over 22,000 drawings over the course of his career, most being one-frame cartoons. His work was published in magazines including The New Yorker, Esquire, Forbes, Life, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, McCall's, Collier's, College Humor, Reader's Digest, and This Week, among many others. Other notable cartoon series included his feature "Addle-essence" for Family Weekly, and his series character, "Pedro," created for Boys' Life. Keller's single-panel work was largely devoted to human relationships, satirizing relationships between men and women in particular. His characters varied widely, from simple country folk to sophisticated wealthy city dwellers. He also took a wry look at crooked behavior, jailed convicts, and the comical side of criminals and law enforcement. Altogether, the archive represents over 2350 leaves of original artwork, executed variously in pencil, charcoal, ink, and yellow and blue gouache, on various 8.5 x 11 inch paper stock, including newsprint and bristol drawing paper. One grouping of eleven leaves ("Stone Quarry") bound with a single staple, and one grouping of 23 ("Stars and Gripes") bound with a large paper clip. Most material quite well preserved in Very Good plus to Near Fine condition, with occasional (but infrequent) examples of a damaged leaf. In sum, one linear foot of material.…

Four charming and amusing cartoons from Punch's golden age. All four are executed in a similar style, but the identity of the cartoonist or cartoonists is unknown. (The first of the two cartoons in Item Two below, as published by Punch, has the monogram signature 'F C' engraved in the bottom right-hand corner. No Punch cartoonist with these initials is apparent.) ONE: Captioned: 'Another Brilliant Idea, Only Brillianter!' 21 x 13.5cm. In good condition, on leaf of browned high-acidity paper torn from a notebook. Two men idle in a punt while two women hold up sheets. Appeared on 26 August 1865, as companion piece to an earlier Punch cartoon (5 August 1865), the latter captioned 'Brilliant Idea, How we had ourselves blown up the river, as it was a great deal too hot to row.' TWO: Two companion pieces, 12 x 10cm and 11 x 9cm, laid down on 13.5 x 21 cm leaf. Both in good condition, lightly-aged; with slight loss to one edge of mount. Mount captioned in manuscript: 'ON THE ICE. | Being Helped along a Slide by some one Else's Brother, and - Being Helped along by one's own Brother.' Dated in bottom right-hand corner of mount to August 1866, but in fact appearing in Punch, 10 March 1866. In the first of the two a pretty young girl is solicitously assisted along an icy path by a dapper young man with moustache, straw hat and cane; and in the second the same young lady's younger brother propels her forwards along the path with a heave, his head planted firmly in her bustle. THREE: Captioned: 'Boat-Race of the Future. Drifting down to the Starting-Point.' 11 x 17cm. On 13 x 21cm mount. Two row boats, each containing five ladies in, with an urban river bank behind them. The five ladies in the boat in the foreground are smartly dressed in uniform striped dresses and spotted hats. Published in Punch, 2 June 1866. Both in good condition, lightly-aged; with slight loss to one edge of mount. FOUR: 'This is what we may Expect to see this Season.' 21 x 13.5cm. In good condition, on leaf of browned high-acidity paper torn from a notebook (as Item One). Lady dressed in high style with top hat and bustle, rides side-saddle on a bicycle with her little dog scampering beside her, while pursued by a surprised John Bull on another bicycle, past a bemused bystander. Published in Punch, 18 May 1869, with the slightly different caption 'Oh! Then, this is what we may expect to see this season.'.…