"A CHRISTMAS CAROL" KING FEATURES SYNDICATE PROMO BOOK WITH HAL FOSTER COVER.
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$138.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #207 - Part II
Item numbers 1235 through 2949 in auction 207
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Item Description
5x7" hardcover w/slipcase. 1946 King Features Syndicate Inc. Cover and slipcase have nighttime winter scene of church by Prince Valiant creator/artist Hal Foster. Back cover art continues scene. Book has 160 bw pages w/classic story by Charles Dickens. Full color frontispiece repeats scene from book back cover. End papers have specialty art w/multitude of KFS comic strip characters waiting to eat Christmas dinner, decorated Christmas tree at left. Characters shown include Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Felix, Blondie & Dagwood, Mandrake, Popeye & Olive Oyl, Rip Kirby and Little Iodine. Endpapers on back of book show scene of KFS characters riding in sleigh w/Santa and reindeer. Included are Katzenjammer Kids, Henry, Smitty, Little King, others. Slipcase has lt. aging. Overall VF. Book is Exc. Limited issue, primarily sent to newspaper editors.
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