A History Of American Graphic Humor.
£80.00
Publisher
Whitney Museum of American Art
Place
New York
Date
1933
Synopsis
Volume i (1747-1865). [volume ii] (1865-1938).
Item Description
FIRST EDITIONS. 4to. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I, xvii + 245 pp.: [Volume II], xiv + 271 pp. Bound in quarter ivory paper over light brown cloth, with maroon titles and phoenix block on front boards and spine, in pictorial dust wrappers with edge chips and loss at head and tail of spines, which are sunned ([Volume II] is price clipped). A little wear to extremities, but otherwise a very good set. 1938 signature on first free endpaper, Volume I. Illustrated throughout by 479 text figures, including whole page. An illustrated history of US graphic humour from pre-Revolutionary times to Walt Disney. By English born writer on US art, William Murrell (1889-1969). A pioneering work on the subject, using newspaper cartoons, comic strips, humorous magazines, book illustrations and individual prints (Dictionary of Art Historians website).
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