(August 1904)

Frederick A. Stokes, 1904 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
[0.70 USD] (see notes)
Pages
66
On-sale Date
1904-07-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
16 inches wide x 11.25 inches tall (oblong)
Paper Stock
cardboard glossy exterior; glossy paper interior
Binding
cloth bound; squarebound
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

The comic stories are printed on only one side of the page, the reverse sides are left blank.

All the stories are copyrighted 1903 by The New York Herald Co.

Overstreet's Platinum Age section states the book was the first nationally distributed comic book, distributed through the Sears and Roebuck catalog originally.

The price is not listed on this book. Information on how much it was sold for was found in The Publisher's Weekly (R. R. Bowker, 1872 series) #1738 (May 20, 1905) on page 1354.

On sale date from the publication date as reported by the publisher to the U.S. Copyright Office, recorded in the Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles, Third Quarter, 1904. Page 452. Copyright number: A 92841. Two copies arrived at the Copyright Office on July 27, 1904.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Buster Brown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 34 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, inside back cover, back cover, and the reverse side of all printed pages.

Buster Brown, His Dog Tige and Their Troubles [Title Page] (Table of Contents: 2)

Buster Brown / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Buster Brown, Tige
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Along with the nearly full page illustration with a Buster Brown resolution, this page also serves as the title page.

His Dog Tige Has a Guest (Table of Contents: 3)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-09-27

Buster Brown Tries Raising Chickens But Doesn't Succeed (Table of Contents: 4)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-08-23

Buster Brown Gives a Surprise Party for Himself (Table of Contents: 5)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-11-08

Buster Brown Just Cleans Up the House a Little (Table of Contents: 6)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-11-15

Buster Brown Gives a Party for the Dog Catcher (Table of Contents: 7)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-08-30

Buster Brown Puts on Girl's Clothes (Table of Contents: 8)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-10-04

Buster Brown Just Practices on His Violin (Table of Contents: 9)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-07-19

Buster Brown Milks the Cow with the Crumpled Horn (Table of Contents: 10)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-11-29

Buster Brown Visits the Zoo and Talks to the Stork (Table of Contents: 11)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-07-26

Buster Brown Goes Shopping with His Ma (Table of Contents: 12)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-12-06

Uncle Buster Pays a Visit to Buster Brown (Table of Contents: 13)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-11-01

Buster Brown Helps the New Cook Bake a Cake (Table of Contents: 14)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1904-01-19

Buster Brown Acquires a New Bicycle (Table of Contents: 15)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-10-25

Buster Brown Has a Christmas Tree (Table of Contents: 16)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-12-13

Happy New Year Boys and Girls !! (Table of Contents: 17)

Buster Brown / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Pencils
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Inks
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)
Colors
?
Letters
R. F. Outcault (signed as R.F. Outcault)

Genre
humor; children
Reprints
  • from Buster Brown Sunday (The New York Herald Co.) 1903-12-27