Babysan (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12th Printing. 127 pages. Paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Soft-cover 12th Japan printing (1953) in illustrated wraps has minor shelf-wear, slightly sunned spine, small disturbance to back cover where price tag has been removed, tight and unmarked. A nice copy of this obviously wildly popular look at the Occupation from American G.I. and Japanese women's perspectives. Own a piece of cultural history.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Japanese edition and tenth printing. In good yellow, white and black pictorial card with humorous image of lady and sailor and soldier looking on. The covers are quite firm and flat and a little grubby and slightly edge-worn. The text pages are fairly secure, slightly warped and tanned, mostly around the edges. With black and white illustrations on most pages. No dedications etc. Good minus condition.…

PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. 3rd printing. 127pp, large 12mo paperback. mild wear to cover wraps, 2" tear along bottom front cover along spine, binding and block remain solid, text clean and legible.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good++. In illustrated wraps. Vintage Softcover, Stated Seventh Printing, Nov 1953, Kasuga Boeki K.K Tokyo Japan, 127 pages. Very Good++, in illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. Only flaw is a touch of dust soiling to rear cover. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Spine is uncreased and binding tight. Feels unread. Babysan was a comic created by American artist Bill Hume while he was stationed in Japan in the 1950s. The comic depicts American sailors interacting with a pin-up style Japanese woman named Babysan. A superb copy.LOC SSS_02.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Moderate shelf and perusal wear, including creases to the cover/corners and a few stains to the edges.

Softcover; 13th Printing. Condition: Very Good. Yellow and black pictorial wraps rubbed and lightly thumbed. ; MCF04692; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 127 pp.

Paperback. reprint digest size. near fine paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, gray cloth boards show light spotting/soiling, corners are a bit softened. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues other than some pulling at the title page. Front and rear end pages show foxing and toning. The front end page contains signature of the original soldier who owned the book, no other handwriting found, no bookplates, no library markings etc. Bill Hume (illustrator). …

thirteen Japan printing ed. paperback good to very good condition with some wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Minus Jacket. First Edition .. 127pp. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Edges of text block are dust stained. Spine is sunned. Boards are sunned along edges. Spine is shaken and cocked. Boards have light stains. Front board has a stain at lower edge. Inside of boards and endpapers are sunned along edges. Inside of boards have light glue bleed from pastedown. Endpapers have light horizontal stains. Inside of rear board and rear endpaper have a long, light vertical stain. Pages 74/75 have a small, light stain at signature. Pages are toned. Inide of dust jacket is sunned along edges and heavily foxed. Edges of jacket have creases, have tears, and are missing pieces. Rear flap fold shows signs of biopredation. Jacket is sunned and soiled. Text is unmarked. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Scarce. Presumed first. Includes rare dust jacket. Some dust wear, minor chipping at edges. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Condition: Good +. First Edition. Tokyo: Kasuga Bokei K.K. / Charles E. Tuttle, 1953-54. Two volumes; editions vary. Small octavos measuring 18cm each. Publisher's illustrated wraps; second volume retains original price at rear panel. Illustrated. Boards bumped and toned; first volume more worn. Binding sound. First volume textblock and interior pages toned; second volume clean. Altogether Good or better. Early (fourth and first editions, respectively) trade paperbacks of Bill Hume's Babysan comic, which featured a Japanese pin-up girl interacting with American servicemen. Hume created the series while stationed in Japan with the US' post-WWII occupying force. The comic quickly became popular among his fellow service members and was published in military periodicals. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Author signed/dated and inscribed. NO DJ. Nice corners, clean bright lettering and decorations. Minimal use. Gray cloth with black lettering and decorations.