Sloan, Donna; and Whyte, Mal - The Love Bug: Coloring & Limerick Book. Pictures by Donna Sloan. Limericks by Mal Whyte

San Francisco: Troubador Press, (1968). (1968). San Francisco: Troubador Press, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled glossy pictorial wraps with a brightly colored psychedelic illustration of beetles on leaves by Donna Sloan decorating the front cover and a matching butterfly on the rear cover. The edges of the covers are slightly darkened and mildly foxed and the corners are lightly bumped. 32 pages, with a pictorial title page and 15 full-page black & white plates by Donna Sloan with limericks by Mal Whyte on the facing page. Very good. First edition of the second book of the Press. RARE. [Not in WorldCat]. Co- founder of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, the author, editor, and publisher Malcolm Whyte produced nearly 200 books. He founded the Troubador Press in 1959 as a job printer and released his first published book "The Fat Cat Coloring & Limerick Book", also illustrated by Donna Sloan, in 1967. By 1970, Troubador became a full-time book publisher, producing educational books, cookbooks, and art books, working with Edward Gorey on "Gorey Games" and "Gorey Cats Paper Dolls" among others as well as work on "Dungeons & Dragons". Having sold his Troubador Press, Whyte founded World Play Publications and published signed, limited illustrated books, including Edward Gorey's bibliography "Goreyography" and works by undergound cartoonist Crumb. Very good .

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