“BUSTER BROWN AND THE CAT” PLATINUM AGE REPRINT BOOK.
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Auction #200 - Part II
Item numbers 1187 through 2776 in auction 200
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Item Description
5.5x6.5” with cardboard covers has nice full color front cover showing Buster Brown & Tige laughing at each other. R.F. Outcault name at lower left. 48 single-sided pages in full color reprinting 2 Sunday pages with single panels on each page. ©1911/1917 by Fredrick A. Stokes Co. Bw title page repeats front cover art. First Sunday page has Buster’s cat spilling ink on itself and large mess is caused when Buster and Tige try to clean up the cat. Second page has Buster and Tige using green dye to color clothes and then dying themselves along with cat to mother’s shock. Covers show handling wear/dust soiling with vertical creasing. Good/VG. Pages have some penciling and lt. aging/wear. Fine/VF. Funny, well-drawn examples by creator Outcault. Scarce. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.
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