Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s de Adelman, Bob & Richard Merkin & Art Spiegelman - 1997

Simon & Schuster, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Simon & Schuster, 1997. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Oblong folio, 160 pages, white boards; inch tear at top panel of dj Introduction by Art Spieglemann. "One certain fact, confirmed by numerous anecdotes, is that these comic books were for many young men their first peek into the forbidden world of erotic intimacy - Acknowledgments". "Tijuana Bibles were the very first real comic books in America to do more than merely reprint old newspaper strips, predating by five or ten years the format we've now come to think of as comics. In any case, without the Tijuana Bibles there would never have been a MAD magazine - Spiegelmann."

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pages with a collection of underground erotic comic strips, published in the 1930's - 1950's in America. Introductory essay by Art Spiegelman. Commentary by Richard Merkin. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. ADULT CONTENT.. Record # 352583

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Second printing, 1997. Oblong quarto, hardcover in dust jacket, 160 pp., heavily illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket, some age-toning or discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including some creasing and minor tearing to the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. This large book might require an additional shipping charge.

Simon & Schuster, 1997-09-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Simon & Schuster, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jakcet. 23.5 x 30.5 cm. Oblong. 160pp. Glossy boards in dust jacket. Jacket spine faded. Head and tail of spine are bumped.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, oblong quarto volume bound in cream paper covered boards, in publisher's graphically illustrated non price-clipped dust-jacket. 160 pages. Introductory essay by Art Spieglman. Commentary by Richard Merkin. Essay on "The Lingo of the Tijuana Bibles" by Madeline Kripke. illustrated with 100 examples of complete 8 and 16 page "Bibles". First edition, first printing with full number line. An illustrated history of the infamous underground art form which combined adult (and at the time illegal) entertainment with the phenomenon of comic book art that swept the nation. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Edges lightly soiled. (Humor, Wit, Comics, Cartoons)

New York: Simon & Schuster Editions, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to oblong. 160 pp. Glossy white paper-covered boards in pictorial dust jacket. DJ spine sunned. Spine ends gently bumped. Otherwise clean and sound. Signed by Artist, Richard Merkin to half-title, dated 1998. Introductory essay by Art Spiegelman. Commentary by Richard Merkin and essay by Madeline Kripke. Fully illustrated.

Simon & Schuster, 1997-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!