The Adventures Of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck Wherein are Duly Set Forth the Crosses, Chagrins, Calamities, Checks, Chills, Changes, and Circumgirations, by which his Courtship was Attended

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1870. Hardcover. Rebound in brown cloth spine and charcoal cloth boards. Very good. 80 pages. 14.4 x 20.7 cm. Originally published in 1837 as 'Histoire de M. Vieux Bois', this work was published in English as 'The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck', written and illustrated by Swiss caricaturist Topffer. When Töpffer's Oldbuck first appeared on New York newsstands in 1842 as a Brother Jonathan extra,it was the first glimpse that Americans had of a completely new genre: the comic book. Early editions are quite rare. Illustrations in black and white, generally clean and fresh. Title page slightly foxed. (Inventory #: 24519)