Batman Collected.
"It's a floppy thing. From the 60s. Without the stick... floppy. Nice piece. Scarce": First edition of Chip Kidd's Batman Collected; signed by him with an original drawing of Batman
Batman Collected.
KIDD, Chip.
$475.00
Item Number: 146988
Boston: A Bullfinch Press Book/Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
First edition of Kidd’s tribute to the power of the Batman legend, drawing on his own collection as well as DC Comics archives. Quarto, original pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, photographs by Geoff Spear. Signed by Chip Kidd opposite the title page with an original drawing of Batman, and additionally signed by him on the front panel of the dust jacket. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket photographs by Geoff Spear.
From the 1940s onward, Batman's ever-growing popularity has spawned thousands of toys, gadgets and other collectibles - plastic figurines, nightlights, wristwatches, windup toys, clothing, food products, costumes and more. Chip Kidd, acclaimed book designer and passionate Batman collector, brings these objects to life in Batman Collected, his tribute to the power of the Batman legend.
