Walt Kelly Collection. Recap Page 10. 10/15 Percent Off! 0

[SteveDuin]

Over the next several days, I'll list a large Walt Kelly collection. The owner of the books bought most of them in the 1970s. The collection includes the full run of Animal Comics (1-30), several dozen Raggedy Ann + Andy, a large group of Our Gangs, and assorted Looney Tunes, New Funnies and Four Colors.

The basic rules apply.

in the thread trumps all.

PayPal or personal check. $10 for U.S. shipping, priority insured, for up to four books, $5 if you want the comics to arrive via Pony Express.  Postage for larger groups of books will be calculated along those lines.

Most of the comics are in the Good-VG range. Page quality is surprisingly good. Whenever possible, I'll show examples of the interior art. I've tried to make note of interior page tears and folds, penciled puzzles and other such "flaws," but I can't guarantee I caught them all. Once upon a time, the comics were read by children. They are graded accordingly.

No, none of the books are slabbed. Kelly's work doesn't belong inside plastic. As always, I take returns if you're not happy with the comics.

Invoices won't go out until early next week, when I return from the Baltimore con. I'll ship as quickly as possible thereafter. PM me with any questions.

 

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Four Color 68  Sold to jimjun12

Fine+. Off-white pages. Bumped at upper right corner of the front cover, a flaw that is better seen on the back-cover scan. Light creases interior pages. A complete Walt Kelly book, with quite the fairy queen.

$65

 

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Looney Tunes 24

Fine+.  OW/White pages. Light creases lower right corner front cover.  Penciled "24" at the top of the cover. A really sweet 1943 book.

$140

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Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies 23

VG.  Tears at spine. Light spine roll. Creases top right corner front cover. Staple pull and small tear. Good pages.

$55

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Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies 22

Good+.  Off-white pages. Tape on spine on the back cover. Pencil on the cover and filling in the interior puzzles.

$35

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Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies 21

Fine/Fine+.  Off-white pages. Light crease top right front cover. Scuff at the ol' rocket rip. Light crease breaking color at the bottom of the front cover. Light creases back cover and top interior pages.

$120

 

 

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Two more Looney Tunes in the batch.

Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies 15

Good+. Spine roll. Christmas cover. Significant wear at the right edge of said cover, and small tears at the spine. The occasional fold or pencil mark on the OW pages. Apologies, but the connect-the-dot puzzle at the centerfold is already complete.

$60

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Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies 8

Fine+.  Off-white pages (or better). Crease bottom right corner of the front cover. Tiny dings at three of the four corners, and a stress line or two at the spine on the back cover. Slight pulls at the staples, and a tiny folded corner on an interior page. A 6.5 copy of this 1942 book sold for $198 last December, according to GPA.

$225

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Tiny Tots 1

Good/VG, as the cover is detached. Off-white pages. Small piece missing bottom of back cover. And we're talking 1943.

$60

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Animal Comics 30

Very Good. OW/W pages. Tiny nicks, arrival date, back-cover tears, and bumps at the top and bottom of spine. But we are talking Walt Kelly and John Stanley art and affordable Golden Age.

$15

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Animal Comics 29

Very good. Off-white pages. The usual wear, and the unusual pencil impressions at the center of the cover, over those great looking dogs. Pogo and more John Stanley interior art.

$15

 

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Animal Comics 28

Good/Very Good. Off-white/white pages. Small piece out bottom front cover, and small piece out on several interior pages. Walt Kelly, John Stanley interiors.

$12

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Animal Comics 27 Sold to Bobpfef

VG/Fine. Light creases top left corner, light creases lower right back cover. A sweet Newark store stamp on the back cover for Jersey Girls in the crowd. A bit of tanning on otherwise OW pages.

$18

 

 

 

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Animal Comics 26 SOLD TO AJD

Fine. Bumps at top and bottom of spine, but OW/W pages.

$24

 

 

 

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Animal Comics 25  SOLD TO AJD

Very Good/Fine. Feels better in your hands, but there's tanning at the top right corner of the book, and a tiny corner or two missing.

 

$20

 

 

 

 

 

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Animal Comics 24 SOLD TO AJD

Fine/Fine+. Light wear and off-white pages.

$30

 

 

 

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Animal Comics 23

VG-. Chips at edges. General wear. Nice pages.

$14

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Animal Comics 22 Sold to AJD

Let's go with Fair/Incomplete. I count 44 pages, so it appears we're missing the centerfold of the Rover story.

$5 ... tho' I'll throw this in if someone claims it with the purchase of any other book in the run.

 

 

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Animal Comics 21

Good/Very Good. Off-white (or better) pages. Tear at staple. Tape on an interior page. I'm guessing it was a fight with the little brother.

$10

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Animal Comics 20

Good, owing to that tear at the bottom of the spine and the tear/pull at lower staple. General wear and almost OW pages.

$10