[Comics] Töpffer, Rudolphe. The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1870s. 80 p. Orig. wr. Obl. Library call no. sticker (?) on front cover and title-p. Front cover detached, but contents in remarkably good condition. 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 Töpffer. Published first in Europe and then in the US as a newspaper supplement 'The Adventures Of Obadiah Oldbuck' is commonly referred to as the first comic book printed in the US and America's first newspaper comic. Early editions such as this one are quite rare.

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