The Sting of the Wasp: Political and Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly. WITH prospectus.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1967. Illustrated with lavish full color lithographs. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Twenty single and double spread plates each accompanied by explanatory text. Illustrated in color and b&w. Gilt-lettered gray buckram. For many years "The Wasp" was under the editorship of Ambrose Bierce, as evinced in the satirical verbal and graphic attacks, the latter reproduced from the gorgeous lithographs. Single and double-spread plates with explanatory text by Kenneth Johnson, culled from 2,756 issues of the long-lived periodical. Printed by The Plantin Press, this is one of 450 copies. Prospectus, which features a full-color plate, has an old crease from being folded in half. Fine. Item #1281
Bookseller inventory A040411L.
Price: $110.00