Passionella and Other Stories #[nn] (20368)

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-10117. Copyright 1957, 1959 by Jules Feiffer.

The number 20368 shows up on the back cover.

On sale and publication dates are from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 13, Part 1, Number 1, Books and Pamphlets Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, January-June 1959. Class A book. Copyright number A385189.

Could be considered an early Graphic Novel, as it is comics material created to be published in a book format. Some of the content did appear in magazines earlier, but that content has been significantly revised for book publication.