"LITTLE SAMMY SNEEZE" VERY RARE PLATINUM AGE COMIC BOOK.
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$3,450.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction 190 - Part II
Item numbers 955 through 2671 in auction 190
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L - $2,000 to $5,000 Help Icon
Item Description
11x16.5” with 72 pages. Frederick A. Stokes Co. August, 1905. Written and illustrated by Little Nemo creator Winsor McCay. Book has vertical crease to front cover resulting in a 3” split at bottom. Crease/split are not that noticeable and do not greatly detract from overall appearance of book. Binding has tear to interior where cover meets front title page. Pages retain their beautiful color with some very minor soiling at margins from reading. Second page of story has two tears at bottom right-hand corner approximately 1” each. Other than that, pages retain a VF appearance. Some small areas of surface paper lift to extreme margins of front cover. Book remains completely intact and is structurally Fine. A beautifully illustrated book, one of 7 known examples. Other known examples are being held in private collections. Very rare. Overstreet 2006 Fine = $4,100.
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