Bill's Diary (SIGNED with original drawing)
Stanton & Lee, Publishers: Sauk City WI, 1945. First Edition. With original SIGNED drawing in green ink by Dwig on ffep. 12mo; xx, 288pp. A Near Fine copy (lower corner bumped) in a Very Good dust illustrated jacket (light extremity wear, one tape-repaired closed tear) in green cloth lettered at spine. Item #22349
Dwiggins was an American cartoonist who signed his work Dwig. Dwiggins created a number of comic strips and single-panel cartoons for various American newspapers and newspaper syndicates from 1897 until 1945, including his best-known strip, the long-running School Days. (wiki) The book contains almost 300 panels illustrating the world of a young boy, reminiscent of Twain's Tom and Huck.
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