[Rarebooks] F/S First Comic Book printed in America & a companion piece

[Garry R Austin]

We offer for your consideration the following; Postpaid with the 
customary 20% trade discount or both at Net $800
Thank you for looking.

Timothy Crayon, (pseudonym). The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. 
Wherein Are Set Forth The Curious, Comical, Despairing, Disastrous, 
Extraordinary, Extravagant, Funny, Farsical, Lively, Lackadaisical, 
Pathetical And Perplexing Incident By Which His Courtship Was Attended. 
Showing Also The Issue Of His Suit And His Espousal To His Ladye-Love. 
New York: Brother Jonathan Office [c1843-1849]. Oblong 24mo; pp; 80; 
this is a colored copy; original printed pictorial tan paper wrappers; 
On wrapper: "The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. Done with Drawings 
By Timothy Crayon, Gypsographer. 188 Comic Designs On Antimony. The 
front wrapper is chipped with loss at extremities & lacks the rear 
wrapper; book block is complete, coloring is bright; Neatly printed on 
the cover in two places is the owner's name, G. A. Johnson. Overall a 
very good copy of a very scarce piece; Original title; "Amours de Mr. 
Vieux Bois". OCLC locates just three copies at Yale, UCLA & NYPL.
"Comics in the United States originated in the early European works. In 
fact, in 1842, the publication Les amours de M. Vieux-bois by Rodolphe 
Töpffer was published under the title The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck. 
(The first comic book printed in America) This edition is a pirating of 
the original work as it was done without Töpffer's authorization. This 
first publication was followed by other works of this author, always 
under types of pirated editions. Töpffer comics were reprinted regularly 
until the late 1870s, which gave American artists the idea to produce 
similar works. In 1849, Journey to the Gold Diggins by Jeremiah 
Saddlebags by James A. and Donald F. Read was the first American comic." 
   $750.00

Anonymous. The Wonderful And Soul Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea!  
Of Oscar Shanghai. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald [c1875]. Oblong 24mo; pp; 
48 leaves, printed on rectos only; Black & White Cartoons signed A.L.C.; 
A comic book; original printed pictorial blue paper wrappers; On 
wrapper: "The Wonderful And Amusing Doings By Sea & Land Of Oscar 
Shanghai". The front wrapper is chipped at bottom right corner with loss 
& lacks the rear wrapper; book block is complete; Overall a very good 
copy of a very scarce piece; OCLC locates just three copies at Yale, the 
Smithsonian & Duke University.  $325.00


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