An excellent (and enormous!) hardcover book on the history of the comic strip, Comics: The Complete Collection is well-researched and profusely illustrated. It is available only at Borders B&M, where it is stickered at $19.99 but now rings up at $9.97. A great deal if you are into comic strips.
Here's the link so you know what to look for in-store (look in or near the Bargain Books aisles):
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0681037865
And here is a review of the book:
http://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2008/12/xmas-list-comics-the-complete-collection.html
Enjoy!
Here's the link so you know what to look for in-store (look in or near the Bargain Books aisles):
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0681037865
And here is a review of the book:
http://gocomics.typepad.com/rcharvey/2008/12/xmas-list-comics-the-complete-collection.html
Enjoy!