Polly and Her Pals launches our new oversized 12" x 16" hardcover "Champagne Edition" series with what historians and critics consider one of the essential masterpieces of comic strip art. Polly debuted in 1912 as one of the first "pretty girl" strips, but it was in 1925 that Cliff Sterrett's magnificent Sunday pages entered their peak period, as he developed a style with distinctive surreal perspectives, abstract backgrounds, and bold, vibrant use of color. Art Spiegelman says, “Polly and Her Pals is a glorious composition…a happy pop synthesis of Art Deco, Futurism, Surrealism, Dada, and Pure Cartoon.”
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Volume 1. Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate inside. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal collection at her home in Frederick, Maryland. Seller Inventory # SB17A-03980
Seller: Memories Lost and Found, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Light corner wear to boards. UU. Seller Inventory # ABE-1724285402014
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Fourth edition. 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. Seller Inventory # E21881
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003640513
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Seller Inventory # 292839
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversize. Near Fine. Faint sticker ghost in top right corner of front flyleaf. A little wear to upper tip of dust jacket on back. Seller Inventory # 223629
Seller: RiverRaisinBooks, Dundee, MI, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: As New. Super light jacket wear. Inside with no flaws or issues. Seller Inventory # 240806009
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edited and with an introduction by Rick Marschall. Foreword by Art Spiegelman. First printing thus. About fine in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 105323
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First printing. First printing. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine, bright dust jacket. 95 pages. Color pictures and comic strips. Seller Inventory # E23017
Seller: Heights Catalogues, Books, Comics, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Like new. HECC88877 The Complete Color Polly & Her Pals: Series 1, The Surrealist Period, Volume 1, 1926-1927, Cliff Sterrett, Edited & With Introduction by Rick Marschall, Foreward Art Spiegelman, 1990 Remco Worldservice Books, 1st Printing, hc w dj, color, 95 pages, 13.25"x10.5". Seller Inventory # HECC88877