BOB KANE "BATMAN AND ME" SIGNED AND NUMBERED DELUXE EDITION BOOK WITH SKETCH.
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Winning Bid:
$833.32
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 3, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Clothbound slipcase w/facsimile gold foil Bob Kane signature contains 8.75x11.25" hardcover by Eclipse Books, ©1989 Bob Kane. Slipcase is Exc. First printing. Subtitled "An Autobiography By Bob Kane" w/156 pages featuring art/photos chronicling Kane's career as well as full color reprints of Batman stories from New York World's Fair 1940 comic and World's Finest Comics #6 from 1942. Original owner has removed plain yellow flyleaf pages from front/back, but book comes w/glossy color paper (featuring cover illustration from "Detective Comics" #31) bookplate signed in black ink by Kane which was originally tipped-in inside front cover. Bookplate has "724/1000" hand-numbered edition number. While 1,000 signed and numbered editions were released, this is on an even more limited release of just 200, that also came w/an original Batman sketch by Kane, all of which differed somewhat. These more limited editions originally cost $250 as opposed to $100 for the signed and numbered edition w/o sketch. Book comes w/7.5x10" sheet of art paper w/superb portrait image of Batman drawn by his creator, attached inside book as issued. Exc. Book is Exc. overall w/NM pages. A great item for any Batman fan, as it chronicles both Batman and the man behind the Bat - Bob Kane. From the collection of Chip Kidd, renowned author, graphic designer and pop culture enthusiast extraordinaire.
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