Written and illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960), The Adventures of Kitty Cobb (1912) is a unique example of an early proto comic book. it is listed as a Platinum Age Comic in Overstreet.

An ad for the book touts: “[Mr. Flagg] tells, by means of thirty-one inimitable pictures and short descriptive legends, a delightfully humorous and tender love-story.”

It is story of a pretty small-town girl who moves to the big city in pursuit of a career and finds love instead.

The story originally debuted in 1912 as a 25-week Sunday newspaper serial syndicated across major U.S. newspapers. It was published in book form in 1912 by the George H. Doran Company. The work was adapted into a silent film in 1914.

Told in 31 pictures with text below, this book presents itself like an oversized comic strip.

This copy includes the rarely-seen dustjacket! The dustjacket is stained, chipped and worn, but present, and now protected in an acid-free archival dustjacket cover.

As for the book itself, the top and bottom edge of the paper covered boards are rubbed and worn, especially at the corners, but the front and back covers—protected for over a century by the dustjacket—are bright and clean; and the binding and interior are sound.