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The Patricia [Patty] Hearst Coloring Book (First Edition)
by [Symbionese Liberation Army] Patricia [Patty] Hearst (subject); Daniel Drapiewski, Myra Shapira (authors)
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- 1977
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$3,130.20
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San Francisco: Drapiewski and Shapiro, 1977. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Patricia C. Hearst Exhibition: A Museum by [San Francisco lawyer] Daniel Drapiewski and [poet] Myra Shapiro," held at the Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco in February, 1977.
OCLC locates one holding at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$3,130.20
The Phantom Gives Therapy (Original color lithographic print from the 2014 Printed Matter Los Angeles Art Book Fair)
by Lee Falk (creator); Carl Johan De Geer (artist)
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- 2014
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$1,099.80
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New York: Boo-Hooray / Carl Johan De Geer, 2014. Original color lithographic print created for the Carl Johan De Geer exhibition at Printed Matter's 2014 Los Angeles Art Book Fair, showing Lee Falk's comic strip character The Phantom spanking various women in a collage format.
SIGNED, titled, and numbered by De Geer along the bottom margin, noted… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,099.80
Original artwork for Fritzi Ritz comic strip, November 19, 1961
by Ernie Bushmiller (artist)
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- 1961
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NZ$1,269.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1961. Original eight-panel artwork for a Sunday strip of Ernie Bushmiller's comic strip "Fritzi Ritz," first published on November 19, 1961.
"Fritzi Ritz" was originally created in 1922 by Larry Whittington. In 1925 the strip was taken over by Bushmiller, which would eventually evolve into Bushmiller's seminal comic strip Nancy. The Sunday edition of "Fritzi Ritz"… Read more about this item Item Price
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Original artwork for Nancy comic strip, September 15, 1977
by Ernie Bushmiller (artist)
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- 1977
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NZ$2,284.20
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N.p.: N.p., 1977. Original three-panel artwork for the September 15, 1977, daily strip of Ernie Bushmiller's seminal comic strip Nancy. This particular strip features Nancy observing "the meanest kid in town" running to catch his mobile home, which appears in the third panel colored yellow and with Ben Day dots applied to it. An example of a typical practice… Read more about this item Item Price
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Original artwork for Nancy comic strip, July 5, 1975
by Ernie Bushmiller (artist)
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- 1975
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$2,115.00
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N.p.: N.p., 1975. Original two-panel artwork by Ernie Bushmiller for the July 5, 1975 daily strip of his seminal comic strip Nancy. This particular two-panel strip features Sluggo and a carnival fire-eater and a visual pun that is quintessential Bushmiller. With Bushmiller's original signature in the second frame, per standard practice.
As with American cinema, it was the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Man in the Mink Collar Coat (Original treatment script for an unproduced film)
by Bob Kane (screenwriter)
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- 1970
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NZ$634.50
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N.p.: N.p., 1970. Treatment script for an unproduced film.
The adventures of roguish gambler and man-about-town Anthony "Mink" Romano.
A later effort by comic book writer and artist Bob Kane, best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Batman alongside artist Bill Finger. In his later career Kane turned to screenwriting and film work, serving… Read more about this item Item Price
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Napoleon and Uncle Elby (Original untitled treatment script for an unproduced film based on the 1932-1961 comic strip)
by Clifford McBride (artist); Mary McCarthy (screenwriter)
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- 1960
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NZ$211.50
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N.p.: N.p., 1960. Treatment script for an unproduced film.
Based on Clifford McBride's 1932-1961 comic strip "Napoleon and Uncle Elby," a syndicated newspaper strip about the comic adventures of an ungainly, willful dog and his aging owner.
Yellow generic Paul Kohner Agency wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriter Mary McCarthy and comic artist Clifford… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tripping Corpse 3 (First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies)
by Raymond Pettibon
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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NZ$1,269.00
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Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1983. First Edition. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 105), noted in red manuscript ink annotation to the bottom right corner of the front wrapper by Pettibon.
Pettibon started as an underground artist on the west coast in the early 1980s. His early publications were issued by the SST… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collection of five original negatives from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969) and "Snoopy Come Home" (1972)
by [Peanuts] [Charlie Brown] Charles M. Schultz (creator)
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- 1972
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NZ$634.50
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New York: National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films, 1972. Three vintage negatives from "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969) and two vintage negatives from "Snoopy, Come Home!" (1972). Housed in four original Cinema Center Films envelopes, housed in turn in a Fox-Rank Distributors envelope.
"A Boy Named Charlie Brown" was a wildly successful release, and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Top-Drawer Rubber Stamp Catalogue: Book 1: Images! (First Edition)
by Art Spiegelman, Françoise Mouly (editors, contributors); R. Crumb, Bill Griffith, Aline Kominsky, Jay Lynch (contributors)
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- 1979
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$1,649.70
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Hancock, VT: Raw Books / Top Drawer Rubber Stamp, 1979. First Edition. First Edition. A catalogue of stamps for sale, created by Raw Books husband-and-wife team Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, with contributions by Spiegelman, Mouly, R. Crumb, Bill Griffith, Aline Kominsky, Jay Lynch, and others.
4.5 x 5.75 inches. Side stapled. Very Good plus in pictorial… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,649.70
Blade Runner (First Edition)
by Jim Steranko (cover art); Archie Goodwin (text); Jim Salicrup (editor)
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- 1982
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NZ$160.74
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New York: Marvel Illustrated Books, 1982. First Edition. No. 02839. First Edition, a paperback original. A comic adaptation of the 1982 film starring Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer, based in turn on Philip K. Dick's classic novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?".
Faint tidemark on the top right corner of the first three leaves, else Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Times Authors, No. 2: George Orwell (First Edition)
by George Orwell (author); Harold Whitaker (comic strip); Michael Marland (editor)
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- 1970
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NZ$3,807.00
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London: Times Newspapers, 1970. First Edition. First Edition.
The Times Authors series presented gatherings of resources relating to an author, including newspaper reviews, offprints of articles, film stills, and various ephemera, created for use by students and available for purchase via mail order from the "Times Education Services" office in London. This edition, noted as No. 2,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$3,807.00
Bootleg Hooligans (First Edition)
by Robert Rodriguez
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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NZ$1,099.80
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N.p.: Self published, 1991. First Edition. First Edition. A self-published comic compilation featuring "Los Hooligans," the impish characters created by Robert Rodriguez during his time at the University of Texas, and originally published in the school's paper, "The Daily Texan."
Rodriguez would go on to direct a number of action and neo-noir films, including "El Mariachi" (1992),… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collection of eleven Flash Gordon comic books, 1934-1948
by [Flash Gordon] Alex Raymond
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- 1948
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NZ$1,438.20
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1948. Collection of eleven "Flash Gordon" comic books, published variously between 1934 and 1948 as part of the Big Little Books series by the Whitman Publishing Company. Represented in the collection are issue Nos. 1110, 1166, 1171, 1190, 1407, 1423, 1443, 1447, 1469, 1484, and 1492.
King Features Syndicate artist… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mickey Mouse (First Edition)
by Walt Disney
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- First Edition
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- 1933
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NZ$211.50
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1933. First Edition. First Edition. First printing, with the original slender Mickey Mouse on the front board. The first Mickey Mouse Big Little Book.
Poor in pictorial boards, moderately edgeworn and rubbed, with spine missing, front hinge starting, and first two leaves detached from the binding.
Lowery GW10a.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$211.50
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Cauliflower Catnip: Pearls of Peril (Signed First Edition)
by Joe Wehrle Jr.
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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NZ$126.90
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N.p.: Teacup Tales, 1981. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by author Joe Wehrle Jr. on the front pastedown: "To Jerry Jurman / Joe Wehrle Jr."
Very Good plus in pictorial wrappers, in the Big Little Book style, with light foxing on the page block and endpapers. Item Price
NZ$126.90
Flash Gordon in the Water World of Mongo (No. 1447)
by [Flash Gordon] Alex Raymond
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$76.14
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1948. First Edition. No. 1447. First Edition.
Good in pictorial boards, with rear board warped, corners bumped, and faint foxing on the endpapers.
Lowery GW190. Item Price
NZ$76.14
Flash Gordon and the Tournaments of Mongo (No. 1171)
by [Flash Gordon] Alex Raymond
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- First Edition
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- 1935
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$76.14
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1935. First Edition. No. 1171. First Edition.
Very Good in pictorial boards, with a slight lean, wear at the board corners, and a gift inscription on the front pastedown.
Lowery GW108. Item Price
NZ$76.14
Mickey Mouse on Sky Island (No. 1417)
by Walt Disney
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- First Edition
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- 1941
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$76.14
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1941. First Edition. No. 1417. First Edition.
Good in pictorial boards, with moderate wear on the board edges, bumped corners, and rear hinge starting.
Lowery SW56. Item Price
NZ$76.14
Mickey Mouse and Bobo the Elephant (No. 1160)
by Walt Disney
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- First Edition
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- 1935
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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NZ$109.98
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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing / Big Little Books, 1935. First Edition. No. 1160. First Edition.
Good in pictorial boards, with light foxing on the endpapers and text block, boards warped, wear at the spine ends, and evidence of erasure on the front endpaper.
Lowery GW98. Item Price
NZ$109.98