The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons

Bob Eckstein (ed)

ISBN 10: 1616898046 / ISBN 13: 9781616898045

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2019

About this Item

SIGNED. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Bob Eckstein on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean unmarred boards. There is a slight bow to the back cover. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. No dust jacket as issued. $19.95 price on back board. 8" X 8 3/4" tall. 144 pages. This exuberant collection of cartoons is an enthusiastic love letter to books and bookstores. The cartoons celebrate and critique the literary world through the work of thirty-three of the masters of cartoon art, including Sam Gross, Roz Chast, Arnie Levin, Danny Shanahan, Peter Steiner, Mick Stevens, Nick Downes, Liza Donnelly, Bob Mankoff, and Michael Maslin.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616898046
• ISBN 13: 9781616898045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sam Gross, Roz Chast, Arnie Levin, Danny Shanahan, Peter Steiner, Mick Stevens, et al
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

This exuberant collection of cartoons is an enthusiastic love letter to books and bookstores. The cartoons celebrate and critique the literary world through the work of thirty-three of the masters of cartoon art, including Sam Gross, Roz Chast, Arnie Levin, Danny Shanahan, Peter Steiner, Mick Stevens, Nick Downes, Liza Donnelly, Bob Mankoff, and Michael Maslin. Many of the cartoons have been published in the New Yorker, while others are published here for the first time.

About the Author

Bob Eckstein is an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer whose work frequently appears in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and MAD magazine. He is author of Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores, and his work has been exhibited in the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco, the Cartoon Museum of London, and the Smithsonian Institute.