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BREAKDOWNS: FROM MAUS TO NOW. AN ANTHOLOGY OF STRIPS BY ART SPIEGELMAN
(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. New York: Nostalgia Press Inc. / Belier Press, 1977. First Edition 1/1677. Large 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Breakdowns..." is a 1977 large-format, pre RAW Magazine anthology of short strips by "Maus" creator Art Spiegelman. A handsome example of the "disputed" 1977 first hardbound printing which was according to Belier Press publisher J.B. Rund limited to one thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven copies bearing a Nostalgia Press Inc. imprint on the title page with Rund's "Don't Believe Everything You Read..." bookplate correcting that misconception and substituting his own alternate ISBN (0-914646-14-1) affixed to the facing page next to what appears to be a non-authorial inscription in red ink. It has been priced accordingly. 0-87897-052-5 Inventory Number: 026157