The Smithsonian collection of newspaper comics

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press & Abrams, 1977. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Light crease to spine, extremely little wear to spine head & foot, few faint marks to spine, else near fine(+).. Black folio; 336 p, b&w illlus ; 36 cm. Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States. || Contents: Struwwelpeter, Pagliacci, and Puss and Boots : folklore figures in the early Sunday comic strip, 1896-1916 -- Mr. Caudle, Sherlock Holmes, and the Artless dodger / popular images in the early daily comic strip, 1907-1925 -- Old cunning stagers : Long-lived stars of the comic strip's second two decades, 1916-1936 -- Sunny Toonerville and the darkling world : anecdote and narrative in the daily comic strip, 1917-1933 -- Popeye, the Skipper, and the abyss of space and time : anecdote and narrative in the Sunday comic strip, 1930-1941 -- Shadow shapes in moving rows : extended narrative in the daily and Sunday comic strip, 1928-1943 -- Cats, dogs, possums, counts, and others : a comics miscellany, 1928-1950 -- Little people, wise guys, and witches : the return of the funnies.