"SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT" ANTI-COMIC BOOK FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER.
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5.75x8.5" hardcover book by Fredric Wertham and published by Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1954. This is the first version/first state of the book complete w/dust jacket and bibliography page intact. 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. Arguably the most infamous tome about comic books, this book almost ended the comic book industry w/the author's dissertation on how comic books were directly linked to juvenile delinquency and the degradation of 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/unclipped DJ, which has even lt. aging and shows some lt. scattered edge wear w/some tiny edge tears and slight spine fade. VF overall. Book shows some lt. aging and minor corner tip wear. Binding separation inside front cover, though binding remains intact. Back cover has slight vertical bend, which is only noticeable on interior. Exc. w/NM pages. A high grade example (and rarely found as such) of this very historically significant publication in comic book history.
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