Misc Vintage Paper

Third US reprint. On front cover, giant is holding a banner that reads "Done With Drawings by Timothy Crayon, Gypsographer, 188 Comic Etchings on Antimony". Title pages changes address to No. 15 Spruce Street. 5-11/16*8-3/8, 84 pgs., B&W, yellow-c paper.

4th reprint, Brother Jonathan Offices. Cover states " New York: Published by the Brother Jonathan Office". Front cover is a giant holding a banner that reads "Done With Drawings by Timothy Crayon, Gypsographer, 188 Comic Designs on Antimony". 5-11/16 x 8-3/8.

"Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1875 reprint. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

1882 Reprint. "Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 56 pages of art and text in a transitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title. Translated from the 1865 Germain original." Cover price $0.75.

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1889 reprint with new art on cover printed in full color. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transiitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. 1898, 1899 reprint (5 3/4" x 8 1/8", 72 pgs, hardcover, black ink on orange paper). OVERSTREET HISTORICAL NOTES: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. 1902 reprint, (5 3/4" x 8 1/8", 64 pgs, hardcover, black and white). OVERSTREET HISTORICAL NOTES: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

Puck Miniatures are small pocketbooks that were used as promotional items for Keppler & Schwarzmann's Puck publications. Interior typically had reprints of art and cartoons from earlier Puck magazines. 12 pages, 5 1/5" x 3 1/2", color cover, B&W interior. This miniture was published by Puck Publishing Co.

Tabloid sized magazine featuring jokes and cartoons with humorous captions. 10-5/16" x 13-11/16", 16 pages, process color cover and centerfold, rest B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tabloid sized magazine featuring jokes and cartoons with humorous captions. Cover by Archie Gunn. 10-5/16" x 13-11/16", 16 pages, process color cover and centerfold, rest B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tabloid sized magazine featuring jokes and cartoons with humorous captions. Cover by Archie Gunn. 10-5/16" x 13-11/16", 16 pages, process color cover and centerfold, rest B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tabloid sized magazine featuring jokes and cartoons with humorous captions. 10-5/16" x 13-11/16", 16 pages, process color cover and centerfold, rest B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Tabloid sized magazine featuring jokes and cartoons with humorous captions. 10-5/16" x 13-11/16", 16 pages, process color cover and centerfold, rest B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Words and illustrations by A.B. Frost. Features "The Humane Man and the Bull Calf," "A Warning to Mutton that Thinks Itself Lamb," "Antonio and Jeremiah, an Inharmonious Tale," "Dizzy Joe," "Violet's Experience," "The Entire Discomfiture of Uneasy Walker," "'Twas a Poem about Gentle Spring," "The Kidnapping of Private Jean Francois: A Frontier Episode of the Next War," "A Low Down Trick; or, Louisa's Capitulation," and "A Tale of Two Tails." 7 in. x 9 in., 116pg, hardcover, B&W.

White and Allen - 1888. Humorous illustrations about Victorian-era life. Green full-cloth hardcover binding with decorations stamped in gilt and maroon. Gilt page edges. 10-1/4" x 8-1/2", 64 pages, B&W

This is the Hand Colored Edition, which was hand colored during the production process; not listed in Overstreet. Sampson Low Son & Marsten, Wilhelm Busch comic strip reprints translated by Harry Rogers, no number, 6-1/4 x 9-7/8, 138 pages.

Sampson Low Son & Marsten, Wilhelm Busch comic strip reprints translated by Harry Rogers, no number, 6-1/4 x 9-7/8, 138 pages, red binding.

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By Wilhelm Busch. Published by Griffith & Farran, London: September, 1872. 8-1/2"x5-1/2", 168 pages, printed one side only, orange, black & white hardcover, B&W interior. Notes from Overstreet: Reprint published by Phillipson & Golder, Chester; text written in English to accompany Busch art.

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1871 first edition (5-1/2" x 8-1/8", 74 pages, hardbound cover, black and white.) Overstreet has incorrect page count. Overstreet notes that "page count includes 56 pgs of art, two blank endpapers at the front (one colored), 8 pgs of ads at the back, two blank endpapers at the end (one colored), and the covers." However, there is only one blank, colored endpaper at the front of the book. Overstreet further notes "Green or brown illustrated hardcover. The name of the author is given on the title page as 'William Busch.'" Overstreet assumes "this to be the 1st edition. Back side of title page states: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Roberts Brothers, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." HISTORICAL NOTES FROM OVERSTREET: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

This is the softbound edition of the 1st printing. "Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1871 first edition (5-1/2" x 8-1/8", 74 pages, softbound cover, black and white.) Overstreet notes "Green or brown illustrated hardcover. The name of the author is given on the title page as 'William Busch.'" Overstreet assumes "this to be the 1st edition. Back side of title page states: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Roberts Brothers, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." HISTORICAL NOTES FROM OVERSTREET: "Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

"Max and Maurice: a Juvenile History in Seven Tricks" by Wilhelm Busch. Roberts Brothers, Boston. 1872 edition. OVERSTREET NOTES: "56 pages of art and text in a transiitional format between a regular children's book and a comic book (the page count difference is ad pages in back). Seminal inspiration for William Randolph Hearst to acquire as a "new comic" (following the wild success of Outcault's Yellow Kid) to license M&M from Busch and hire Rudolph Dirks in late 1897 to create a New York American newspaper incarnation. In Hearst's English language newspapers it was called The Katzenjammer Kids and in his German language NYC newspaper it was titled Max and Moritz, Busch's original title...Translated from the 1865 Germain original."

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Sampson Low Son & Marsten -1868. Wilhelm Busch comic strip reprints translated by Harry Rogers. Hardcover, green quarter-cloth binding. 6.5" x 10", 134 pages, B&W.