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Hardcover. Rube Goldberg (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto with brown cloth boards and gilt stamping; tan endpapers; illustrations; 214p. Provides an overview of Reuben (Rube) Goldberg's evolution as an artist, and his place in the history of pictorial humor and its influence on world culture. "Although Goldberg's name is identified singularly with ridiculous inventions, a dozen or more comic strip creations amused and captivated readers over five decades. Extraordinary qualities of Goldberg editorial cartoons, short stories, essays, poetry, song lyrics and, finally, sculpture are evident in this volume." --Introduction. Contents: Introduction, The Invention of the "Inventions"; How it All Began; Foolish Questions; From the Mail; To the Ladies, Bless Them; All a Lotta Boloney; Funny Asides on War Fronts; The Boob and Me; Mike and Ike, they Look Alike; "Bill" Was No Boob; In Literary Moods; On to Editorial Cartoons; My New Career in Sculpture; Appendix: The Rise of Comic Art up to Goldberg and its Advancement in His Era, Notes on the Text, Goldberg Bibliography. An about vg to vg(-) copy; some age-toning to endpapers and edgewear; spine cardboard is loose and front board ever so slightly bowed; but binding is tight, pages clean and bright.