Zinga Zinga Za! - From Little Italy To The Pulitzer Prize by John Fischetti - 1973

Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Company. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0695804227 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Unpaginated pages .

Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing Company. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0695804227 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Unpaginated pages .

Chicago, IL: Follett Publishing, 1973. Rare pre-publication copy of Pulitzer-prize winner Fischetti's hilarious and bitingly satiric book of commentary and political cartoons. In an oversized spiral soft-cover, with green covers and a special intro page from the publisher.. FIRST PRINTING. Spiral Soft-Cover. Very Good.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Oblong quarto. Edges lightly faded, else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine lightly faded, edges modestly worn.

Chicago, IL: Follett Publshing Company, 1973. First edition. Oblong hardcover. An interesting memoir from this Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist. Includes numerous illustrations. A clean close to near fine copy in black coth boards with some sunning to the edges in an about very good dust jacket with sunning to and along the spine and some other minor wear. Also with laid in related ephemera. Signed and warmly inscribed by Fischetti (using an aka): "For Lois and wayne with my fondest wishes for a longer friendship - it took me 57 years to write this- please look forward to my next one in 2030 AD Love, Giovanni -1974." A nice association copy as one of the recipients, Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Uncommon signed.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. Oblong 12mo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, (ca. 200pp). Extensive full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Quite mild bit of jacket edgewear. A superb first edition of this well-known editorial cartoon collection (subtitled "From Little Italy to the Pulitzer Prize" on the jacket front panel) by the Pulitzer Prize-winning (1969) syndicated political cartoonist (1916-80) who delighted "Chicago Daily News" readers for many years before switching to the "Chicago Tribune" in 1978. Handsomely inscribed and signed by the cartoonist in the year of publication on the title page in blue ballpoint: "To Doris and Felix Popper / Who's Mom is a real doll! / -- My warmest good wishes to you both / -- John Fischetti -- " Felix Popper (1908-2000) was a conductor with the New York City Opera, his wife Doris (born 1924) an opera singer with that same company. An all-around memorable copy.