"FELIX" HARDCOVER STORY BOOK #1 WITH DUST JACKET.
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Auction #204 - Part II
Item numbers 1447 through 3204 in auction 204
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Item Description
6.25x8.25" Copyright 1931 Pat Sullivan published by Henry Altemus Co., Philadelphia. Front and back covers of dust jacket and book have wonderful image of Felix carrying hobo bundle on pole happily walking down road with buildings in bkg. Has 36 full color slick paper pages reprinting Felix's adventures in Mother Goose Land from Sunday comic strip with two panels to the page. Wonderful specialty art on inside front cover shows Felix coming down rainbow and greeting Mother Goose characters while specialty art on inside back cover shows him in open cockpit airplane waving good-bye to angry animals in jungle. Although unsigned, all art appears to be by Felix's creator Otto Messmer. Dust jacket has some dust soil and creasing with 1" vertical tear at bottom of back cover with 1.25" pencil mark at upper right. Dust jacket VG. Book itself has lt. bumps at spine tips but overall covers are VF+ with Exc. contents. An exceptional book and rare with dust jacket. First of four books in this series. See next item Felix book No.2 #2022.
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