THE COMPLETE LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, Volume I through VI: Edited and with Introductions by Richard Marschall and Bill Blackbeard
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 1990-1993. Hardcover. The first volume is a second edition; all others are first editions. The full run of Winsor McKay's graphic masterpiece Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905-27), which was renamed In the Land of Wonderful Dreams when it was brought over to William Randolph Hearst's New York American. Includes McKay's Sunday color page work for the never-before-reprinted Hearst-page period and the never-before-collected 29 color appearances of McCay's brilliant predecessor to Little Nemo, The Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. Quarto, six volumes: various paginations with full-color artwork throughout. Original cloth bindings, with gilt titles. Previous owner's ink address stamp to the front flyleaf in the first five volumes. A bit of edgewear to the boards; othewise a very good set in clean and bright dust jackets. Very good / Very good. Item #77831
Price: $225.00