first edition
1991 · New York
by [GAINES, William M.] REIDELBACH, Maria
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (26cm); green cloth spine over yellow paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and decoration blind embossed to front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 208pp; illus. Designed by Alexander Isley Design. Light creases to final pages of text, else a Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Alexander Isley, unclipped (priced $39.95), with trivial surface wear and light surface scratch to front panel; Near Fine. Explores the history of Mad magazine, with 200 black and white drawings, and 350 color shots, including each magazine cover, beginning in 1952. [84052]. (truncated)