R. Crumb Sketchbook: November 1974 to January 1978
Frankfurt am Main: Zweitausendeins, June 1978. First German edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 310pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] 3/4 maroon cloth with black cloth over boards. Publisher's turquoise blue text block edges. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon page-marker (with fraying to bottom edge). Slight lean to the spine. Light rubbing to the extremities. Bottom fore-edge corner of rear board a little scuffed. Subtle dust soiling to the fore-edge of the text block. In the thin card slipcase with a paper title label on the spine. The slipcase is in very good condition, with a price sticker stain on the side panel. With the 35-page booklet (in German). Very Good. Item #69577
Robert Crumb, from his humble beginnings as a greeting card artist in Kansas City, went on to become a sixties icon with his work for Zap Comix. He was responsible for creating Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, and is now collected by museums and galleries across the globe. He was the subject of the Terry Zwigoff documentary Crumb (1994).
An attractive edition, inscribed by R. Crumb to Neil Passey (dated "1985") on the half title page opposite the copyright page. Neil Passey (1950-1995) was a Utah-born artist whose groundbreaking work in the art poster movement of the '60s and '70s remains the definitive word on Utah psychedelic rock'n'roll art.
Price: $750.00