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Hardcover, oblong quarto volume bound in cream paper covered boards, in publisher’s graphically illustrated non price-clipped dust-jacket. 160 pages. Introductory essay by Art Spieglman. Commentary by Richard Merkin. Essay on “The Lingo of the Tijuana Bibles” by Madeline Kripke. illustrated with 100 examples of complete 8 and 16 page “Bibles”. First edition, first printing with full number line. An illustrated history of the infamous underground art form which combined adult (and at the time illegal) entertainment with the phenomenon of comic book art that swept the nation. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.