Chasing the Blues (First Edition, Jewish Humor, Cartoon/Comics)

Goldberg, R.L. [Rube Goldberg]

Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1912

About this Item

FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full green cloth with paste down plate on front cover, heavily worn, soiled, webbing visible in gutter behind front cover, binding shaken, unpaginated, soiled and thumbed, marginal closed tears -- well read. Overall in FAIR condition only. Photos available upon request. Quite rare. Reuben Garret Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was an American cartoonist who received a 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning. He is best known for his series of popular cartoons depicting Rube Goldberg machines, complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The Reuben Award of the National Cartoonists Society is named in his honor. In addition, there are several contests around the world known as Rube Goldberg contests which challenge high school students to make a complex machine to perform a simple task. Goldberg graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco in 1900 and earned a degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904. Goldberg was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer, however, his fondness for drawing cartoons prevailed, and after just a few months, he quit the city job for a job with the San Francisco Chronicle as a sports cartoonist. The following year, he took a job with the San Francisco Bulletin, where he remained until he moved to New York City in 1907. He drew cartoons for several newspapers, including the New York Evening Journal and the New York Evening Mail. His work entered syndication in 1915, beginning his nationwide popularity. A prolific artist, Goldberg produced several cartoon series simultaneously; titles included Mike and Ike, Boob McNutt, Foolish Questions, Lala Palooza and The Weekly Meeting of the Tuesday Women's Club. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chasing the Blues (First Edition, Jewish Humor, Cartoon/Comics)
• Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York
• Publication Date: 1912
• Binding: Full Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Book Type: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Y2Y
  • Illustrated