The Library of American Comics Essentials series was expensive to print and largely avoided by collectors when released, but now are quite collectible.

From the publisher:

The New York Journal of Books said that the first volume of LOAC Essentials (Baron Bean 1916) "sets the standard for archival and reprint quality." The Washington Times wrote that it's "beautiful. It showcases showcases Mr. Herriman's developing style and his move toward a combination of absurdity, surrealism, and art deco."

LOAC Essentials Volume Six presents the second year of George Herriman's much-lauded masterpiece. These strips are nearly a century old and are reprinted here for the first time ever.

Edited and Designed by Dean Mullaney / Introduction by Jared Gardner

LOAC Essentials reprints, in yearly volumes, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also significantly contributing to the advancement of the medium. The strips are reproduced one per page, giving readers an immersive experience, similar to the one newspapers readers had many decades ago―reading the comics one day at a time.