"SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT" ANTI-COMIC BOOK HARDCOVER PUBLICATION.
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Winning Bid:
$463.37
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:00:00 AM)
Item Description
5.75x8.5" hardcover book by Fredric Wertham and published by Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1954. This is the first version of the book complete w/dust jacket. First edition is noted by "R" colophone on publication page. Only a few copies were released w/the "Bibliographical Note" page intact at the end of the book before this page was physically removed by the publisher after the comic publishers listed demanded its removal. Fearing lawsuits, this page was sliced out of the book, leaving a stub of the page along the binding (book comes w/facsimile of the removed page). Arguably the most infamous tome about comic books, this book almost stopped the comic book industry w/the author's dissertation on how comic books were directly linked to juvenile delinquency and the degradation of the morals among young people. Some of the book points state that comic books "Are An Invitation To Illiteracy, Create An Atmosphere Of Cruelty And Deceit, Stimulate Unwholesome Fantasies, Suggests Criminal Or Sexually Abnormal Ideas, Create A Readiness For Temptation, Suggest Forms Of Delinquent Impulse May Take And Supply Details Of Technique" among many others. Several comic books of the time were cited along w/illustration from "Phantom Lady" #17 and "Reform School Girl." Book is complete w/DJ, which has corner clip (price) to inside front cover at top as well as some corner tip wear and small tears at top/bottom of spine. DJ is Fine overall. Book itself and interior pages have some handling but are still Exc. A very historically significant publication in comic book history.
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