Seduction Innocent by Wertham (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 108pp, printed wrappers. Includes an 11-page review essay on Jules Feiffer's "The Great Comic Book Heroes" by Mordecai Richler (includes discussion of Fredric Wertham and several extracts from "Seduction of the Innocent"); plus a short essay by George Woodcock on the revival of Celine, the early poem "Paris" (5pp) by Michael Ondaatje and writing by Margaret Atwood et al. Unmarked copy, light cover rubbing and shifting to metallic front cover highlight color. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Photo copies of the 2 pages that were incised from most copies of the original hard cover book. Literally torn out. 2 page biographical Note. A list of publishers of the comics quoted or referred to in the text. Pages 399 and 400 photo copied directly from the book. BOOK ITSELF IS NOT INCLUDED. Very good. One sheet folded in half.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in very good + condition with only cover wear, few tiny spots top page edges and 1 written name on ffep. Does not contain bibliographical Note pages in the rear, that were incised from most copies. Seduction of the Innocent was a highly controversial 1954 book by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, which argued that comic books were a direct cause of juvenile delinquency and posed a serious threat to youth. The book's primary influence was not a lasting impact on youth themselves, but rather the creation of the Comics Code Authority (CCA), which dramatically reshaped and censored the comic book industry for decades.Scarce copy of the book in this condition. 397 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

8° , Leinen. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. x, [1], 397 pages, 16 plates showing examples. Kante mit kleiner Bestossung, sonst guter Zustand. english. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Slight dampstaining along lower board edges. Bottom edge pages smudged, fore-edge pages (near top edge) also smudged, front and rear boards rubbed and spotted, front board has a thin red streak, however pages are still clean and bright. Overall a tight solid copy. ; 8vo, black cloth, 400pp. , bibliographical note. Scarce second edition. Illustrated with a few comic book examples.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. The d/w ( not present) reads 'The Influence of "Horror Comics" on Today's Youth 8vo. x, [1], 397 pages, 16 plates showing examples. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Very good. Decent copy. This British edition, which adds an Introduction by Randolph S. Churchill, is uncommon. Wertham was a German-born psychiatrist who worked in the US, where he observed a correlation between the phenomenon of comic books, with graphic representations of sex and violence, and increasing juvenile delinquency - 'an account of the gradual and relentless perversion of a whole generation', a problem created in the US, 'but the same terrible diet is now being fed to British children' (publicity).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. With the elusive Bibliographical Note pages in the rear; considerable rubbing to board edges, minor spine lean, light soiling/wear to pageblock edges, ownership information inked at top of title page, a few tiny holes in endpapers, missing left side of the two-page title spread so title page reads only OF THE INNOCENT plus other typical information, small chips/heavy cracking to jacket edges, mild overall soiling to dust jacket else a tight unmarked copy in price-clipped dust jacket in archival cover; first printing with Rinehart's circled "R" on copyright page; photos available ; 400 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WITH PUBLISHERS PRICE OF 21/ INTACT, HALF TITLE, SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 10 + 397 PAGES. SOME MINOR EDGE WEAR & MINOR MARKS TO JACKET, FEW MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH COVER, MODERATE FOXING TO HALF TITLE, ENDPAPERS & PAGE FORE-EDGES, BOTTOM MARGIN OF TITLE PAGE FOXED, SMALL OLD BOOKSELLERS STAMP TO FRONT ENDPAPER. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES FROM THE CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 16 plates showing examples, pp. x, [1], 397, 8vo, original black boards, backstrip lettered in gilt with slight lean to spine, top edge a trifle dusty, dustjacket slightly rubbed and chipped at extremities, very good. This edition, which adds an Introduction by Randolph S. Churchill, is scarce. Wertham was a German-born psychiatrist who worked in the US, where he observed a correlation between the phenomenon of comic books, with graphic representations of sex and violence, and increasing juvenile delinquency - 'an account of the gradual and relentless perversion of a whole generation', a problem created in the US, 'but the same terrible diet is now being fed to British children' (blurb).