Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Box Set, Volume 1 & 2: Through the Wild Blue Wonder 1949-50 and Bona Fide Balderdash, 1951-52, Fantagraphics, FINE, 4to, HC, Comics

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Kelly, Walt. Washington: Fantagraphics
English, First Edition, FINE, HC, 4to, 11.8" × 9.7", 688 pp. 
ISBN:9781606996294

Fine quarto, blue cloth over board, blind stamped illustration to covers, blue gilt lettering to spine. Binding tight, sharp tips, and no markings throughout. Pages are pristine and intact. Fine, full-color pictorial dust jacket. Sunning to back cover of slipcase, books are in perfect condition. 688 pp. Replete with black-and-white and full-color reproductions, many full page. Text in English. Contents include Forewords by Stan Freberg and Jimmy Breslin, dailies, historical essays by Steve Thompson and R.C. Harvey. Fantagraphics projected 12- volume reprinting of the syndicated Pogo strip introduces two of Walt’s recurring storylines.

This gift box set contains the first two volumes, complete with a handsome, collectible slip case. This amazing set showcases the first four years of Kelly's magnificent comic strip, including the initial three years of Sundays published in full, restored color for the first time in book form including all the dailies, meticulously retouched by Kelly's own daughter (who edits the series).