Polly and Her Pals Tapa dura - 1990

Kitchen Sink Press / Remco Worldservice Books, January 1990. Hardcover. Used Very Good/Very Good. Dust Jacket is clean and intact, with minor edge and corner wear. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Front and back covers have very light edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition/ printing. A fine, fresh copy in bright, crisp dust jacket. Folio in black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. A collection of one of the forgotten masterpieces of comic strip history, "Polly and Her Pals" by Cliff Starrett. In it's day, it was compared to Krazy Kay and Little Nemo but Polly existed not in a world of fantasy like those characters in but rather in a normal family beset by everyday trials. Polly was depicted in quitessental flapper clothes styles in this era and some of the related characters were Dot and Dash, Damon and Pythias, Pa and others. The strip ran from 1912 to 1957 first in Hearst newspapers and later distributed by King Features. This volume deals with the Jazz Age Polly of 1926-27.

Kitchen Sink Press / Remco Worldservice Books, 1990. Hardcover. Fine.

Kitchen Sink Pr (Nrt), 1990-12. Hardcover. Good.

Kitchen Sink Press / Remco Worldservice Books. Used - Very Good. 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Folio. 95 pp. Mild shelf wear and chipping to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Comics & Graphic Novels).

Princeton WI: Remco/Kitchen Sink Press, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 95 pages in color, black cloth covers, bright and unclipped dust jacket. Introduction by Art Spiegelman. Cliff Sterrett was one of the outstanding newspaper cartoon artists in the formative period of this 20th Century art: a skilled draftsman, borderline (and sometimes over the line) surrealist, and humorist. Record # 350664

Remco Worldservice Press, 1990. Used - Near Fine condition. Binding shows light shelf wear along edges; text block and binding are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership marks. DJ shows shelf wear with mild curling at the edges and a small 1/4" tear at the top of the spine; dj has a sticky spot on the back where a price tag once was. Overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Kitchen Sink Pr (Nrt), 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine, bright dust jacket. 95 pages. Color pictures and comic strips.

Northampton, Massachusetts: Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. Stated First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 95 pp. Art Spiegelman contributed the forward for the book, and he wrote: " Visually, Polly and Her Pals is a happy pop synthesis of Art Deco, Futurism, Surrealism, Dada and Pure Cartoon. Polly is one great comic strip. Your eyes can dance to it." Reproductions of full page cartoons, many pages include Sterrett's top-strip Dot & Dash.

Kitchen Sink Press / Remco Worldservice Books. Collectible - Very Good. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. Volume 1. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front pastedown. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. (Cartoons, Comics)