Four items. Daffydils is 5-5/8x7.5” hardcover ©1911 The National News Association published by Cupples & Leon Co. Front cover has art of Silk Hat Harry at easel trying to be an artist. Page 3 has nice photo of cartoonist Thomas A. Dorgan (Tad) with Silk Hat Harry on the right smoking cigar and friend on left smoking cigar. 48 pages. Indoor sports hardcover is 6x9-1/8” published by National Special Co. New York. 64 pages with panel cartoons involving people inside in humorous situations. c. 1920. Tad’s Joke Book is 9.75x12”. ©1917, issued as special supplement to Boston Sunday American newspaper. 16 newsprint pages with wonderful front cover art of Silk Hat Harry and friends sledding. Numerous cartoons by Tad and others along with jokes and stories. Both hardcovers have scattered lt. dust soil and cover surface wear. Color rubs around edges with bumps at corner tips. VG/Fine. Joke book has 1” vertical tear at top right center and is missing a few flakes at bottom edge. Tanned and a bit brittle. Fair/Good. 4.5x5.5” thin artboard has wonderful ink image of smiling Silk Hat Harry standing in field during snowstorm. Lower left has Tad ink signature. Trace of lt. dust soil. VF. An instant collection of books by one of America’s top early cartoonist along with drawing of his most famous character. See Tad baseball themed original art #2098. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.