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Art Spiegelman: The Wild Party, Signed 1st Ed.

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Art Spiegelman: The Wild Party, Signed 1st Ed.
<B>[Art Spiegelman]. </B></I><B><I>The Wild Party: </B></I></B></I><B>The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March</B></I><B><I>.</B></I></B></I><I> </B></I>New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. <BR>Comic book artist Art Spiegelman's take on March's hard boiled jazz-age classic, <I>The Wild Party</B></I>, a story about a vaudeville dancer who throws a booze- and sex-filled party. Due to its risque nature it took several years for March to find a publisher, but once printed it was very successful despite being banned in Boston.<BR><BR>First edition. Octavo. 111 pages. Dramatic black and white illustrations.<BR><BR>Black embossed image of dancers over green wrappers; gray cloth spine with green lettering. A few bumps to board edges, but generally very fine. Red endpapers; inscribed and signed by Spiegelman <I>"</B></I>For the underground comix Hall of Fame<I>," </B></I>accompanied by a drawing of a bottle of alcohol sporting a skull and crossbones. Dust jacket shows faint soiling overall and slight rubbing at spine ends, but is generally very fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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