Comic books 1888 w/ month not specified

1st Printing. Art by Maud Humphrey. Verses by Edith M. Thomas. Series of Chromolithograph paintings of children with accompanying verses. Hardcover, 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", 22 single sided pages, full color.

Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, no number, by Frank P.W. "Chip" Bellew. At least two versions of this exist; this version has an illustrated front cover and is 5-1/4" x 7". 1-1STB has a plain red front and back cover and is slightly smaller. Hardcover, B&W, 1888. (Title page lists publisher as "Successors to White, Stoke & Allen."

Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, no number, by Frank P.W. "Chip" Bellew. At least two versions of this exist; 1-1STB has a plain red front and back cover and is slightly smaller 4-3/4" x 6-1/2"; 1-1STA has an illustrated cover and is slightly larger. Hardcover, B&W, 1888. (Title page lists publisher as "Successors to White, Stoke & Allen."

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Second Edition. Collection of Columbia College-related cartoons published "originally upon the shrine of college journalism." Hardcover, 92 pages, black and white. 8"x9-5/8"

Collection of publisher's chromolithographic illustrations created for W. Duke, Sons & Co. cigarette cards and gathered here in varying formats from card size to full-page. Images produced on verso only, rectos are unprinted. Models used for the illustrations were noted stage actors of the time. Publisher's blue quarter-cloth binding over illustrated stiff boards. 10.25" x 7".

1st printing. Subtitled "A Parody on Yankee Inventiveness". Art by Wallace Peck. Hardcover 5-in. x 7-in. 56 pages B&W

Fifth Series -1st printing. Collection of captioned cartoons first published in Life Magazine. Gilted Hardcover, 8-3/8 x 10-1/2", 74pg, B&W.

Miniature Edition of The Illustrated London News (American Edition). Copyright 1888 with no volume or issue number. Cover art "Young Ducks" by R. Beyschlag. 5 7/8" x 8", 20 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Original edition published 1888. "Imagerie d'Epinal Album d' Images" by various French artists. Printed and hand colored in France expressly for the Humoristic Publishing Company by Jean-Charles Pellerin's Imagerie d'Epinal printing house, which was founded in 1796. Printed on one side only. This is a collection of fifty to sixty broadsheets (actual number of broadsheets vary by copy; a broad sheet is a single sheet), originally sold separately. Overstreet states: "all known copies only have fifty of the sixty known broadsheets, three slightly different covers known to exist," some with the original French text on the broadsheets, some with English translations, with or without the general title "Contes de Fees" ("Fairy Tales"). According to Overstreet, all known copies were collected with sheets 15-20, 23,24, 47 and 48 missing. See individual item description for further details. Each broadsheet tells a different fairy tale, in sequential art panels (with accompanying descriptive text below each panel). This historically important graphic collection presages the format used by Hal Foster in his Prince Valiant strips by some fifty years, and is a clear forerunner of the modern day comic book. Pellerin for Humoristic Publishing Co., Kansas City, Mo; no date but Overstreet states this was published in 1888. 11-1/2" x 15-1/2", Overstreet states 108 pages but page count may vary per copy. Please see individual item description for further details. Full color hardcover, hand colored interior.

Written and illustrated by Caran d'Ache, pseudonym of Emmanuel Poiré. Illustrated on every page. Each bifurcated leaf is mounted on a stub and opens into a full-length splash page. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. Publisher's yellow cloth with titles and decorations stamped in black and red. 13.5" x 10", 64 pages, full color. Note: All text in French.

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The Masked Detective by Judson R. Taylor. Cover price $0.10.

Drawings by Frederick Opper, reprinted from Puck magazine, a Victorian Age weekly humor periodical. This is Pucks first book collecting by a single artist; mostly sequential comic strips. Soft cover. Color cover, B&W interior. 68 pages. 13-7/8" X 11-3/4". Cover price $0.30.

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

1888 2nd edition.

3rd Edition. Political commentary on economic policy framed with the political humor and wit of Puck's Magazine. Cover price $0.10.

Pictures and text by Harry Parker, author of "The Man Who Would Like to Marry" and "The Girl Who Wouldn't Mind Getting Married." 56 pages, printed on one side only, 12-1/2" x 10-1/2", hard bound, B&W.

Part of the Cock Robin Series. The tale of Tom Thumb featuring 6 full color illustrations. Saddle-stitched linen book, 9" x 6-3/4", 12 pages, full color.

Promotional item for G.G. Green's August Flower (for dyspepsia, indigestion, and liver complaint) and Boschee's German Syrup (for coughs, colds, and consumption). Jokes, gag panels, ethnic cartoons. Published by G.G. Green, Woodbury, N.J. USA. 4-1/2" x 7", 36 pages, red and green ink covers with B&W interior.

1st printing. Stories and Pictures for Young People. Hardcover, 7 3/8" x 9 3/4", 226 pages, text w/B&W illustrations.