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Morpho: Joint Forms and Muscular Functions: Anatomy for Artists
  $15.00
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Michel Lauricella, Lauricella, Michel, Very Fine, Rocky Nook, San Rafael, CA, 2019, 9781681985404, 7 inches, 4.6 inches, 96 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps, English

From the publisher: In Morpho: Joint forms and muscular functions, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a mechanical view of the human body. In...

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Morpho: Muscled Bodies: Anatomy for Artists
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Michel Lauricella, Lauricella, Michel, Very Fine, San Rafael, CA, Rocky Nook, 2021, 1st, 9781681987590, 7 inches, 5 inches, 96 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps, English

From the publisher: In Morpho: Muscled Bodies, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw the human body....

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Morpho: Simplified Forms: Anatomy for Artists
  $15.00
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Michel Lauricella, Lauricella, Michel, Very Fine, Rocky Nook, San Rafael, CA, 2019, 1681984482, 7 inches, 4.6 inches, 96 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps, English

From the publisher: This small, portable book presents a unique perspective on the human body for artists to study and implement in their drawing work....

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Morpho: Skeleton & Bone Reference Points: Anatomy for Artists
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Michel Lauricella, Lauricella, Michel, Very Fine, San Rafael, CA, Rocky Nook, 2019, 9781681984520, 1681984520, 7 inches, 4.6 inches, 96 pages, black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps, English

From the publisher: This book provides a simplified and practical vision of the human skeleton to help you in your drawing studies. Here you will find...

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The Style of Loish: Finding your artistic voice
  $50.00
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Loish (Lois van Baarle), Loish (Lois van Baarle), Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, 3dtotal Publishing, Worcester, 2022, 9781912843435, 10.5 inches, 10.5 inches, 168 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: In this visually stunning hardback, globally loved artist Lois van Baarle, AKA Loish, explores the origins, influences, and features...

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Creative Illustration
Creative Illustration
  $40.00
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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Titan Books, 2012, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 302 pages, approx. 300 black & white illustrations, with 17 pages in color, Hardcover, boards, English

Andrew Loomis' crowning achievement was this thick volume: the best of all his instruction books. Advanced concepts in picture-making for editorial or...

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Creative Illustration - Early Printing
  $75.00
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket (upper corner bumped, other corners sharp, moderate wear to edge of dustjacket with numerous small tears), Bonanza, New York, circa 1947, 1st thus, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 302 pages, black & white, with 22 pages in color, hardcover, cloth, English

Available in a modern reprint, this is a very attractive copy of an early printing with better reproduction: The gradations of grey in the black &...

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Creative Illustration - Pres Romanillos' Copy
  $195.00
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (mild shelfwear, corners rubbed but sharp, binding & interior very soun, Viking, New York, 1947, 2nd 1948, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 302 pages, well-illustrated in black & white, with 22 pages in color, hardcover, cloth, English

This 1948 second printing of the original edition is from the library of Disney and Dreamworks animator Pres Romanillos. His original sales receipt from...

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Drawing The Head & Hands
  $80.00
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Very Good+/Very Good+ (mild fraying and bumping to the upper corners, otherwise book is very clean and brigh, Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1956, 7th 1970, Hardcover, cloth, English

Recently reprinted by Titan, this is the original publisher's edition with far superior reproduction of the many pencil drawings. Loomis provides detailed...

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Drawing the Head and Hands
  $40.00
Very Fine in Fine Dustjacket , Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Titan, 2011, Hardcover, boards with dust jacket, English

From the publisher: "The illustrator Andrew Loomis (1892-1959) is revered amongst artists - including the great American painter Norman Rockwell and...

Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
  $40.00
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, London, Titan Books, 2011, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 204 pages, over 200 illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

A modern facsimile reprinting of Loomis' classic instruction book. The best book of its kind, how to draw idealized figures of the Chicago School epitomized...

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Fun With A Pencil
  $175.00
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Andrew Loomis, Fine/NF. A very attractive copy, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1939, 21st 1977, cloth

An incredibly clean copy of Loomis' first book: a "how to draw" book with basic and intermediate instruction.

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Fun With A Pencil
  $150.00
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Andrew Loomis, NF/NF (light shelfwear to bottom corners otherwise Fine, two short tears to very clean dustjacket) . A very attractive copy, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1939, 21st 1977, cloth spine

An incredibly clean copy of Loomis' first book: a "how to draw" book with basic and intermediate instruction.

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Fun with a Pencil
Fun with a Pencil
  $40.00
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Very Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Titan Books, 2013, 1st thus, 9780857687609, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 120 pages, black & white, Hardcover, boards, English

A brand-new reprinting of Loomis' famous first instructional volume. Fabulous reproduction of the 1939 original. From the publisher: Andrew Loomis...

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I'd Love to Draw
  $40.00
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Small remainder mark next to spine otherwise Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Titan, London, 2014, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.25 inches, 122 pages, black & white, Hardcover, cloth, English

A new Andrew Loomis book! Full of never before seen drawings by the famed Chicago school illustrator! Published for the first time, I'd Love To Draw is...

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I'd Love to Draw (Near Fine Dustjacket)
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Small remainder mark next to spine otherwise Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (lightly rubbed), Titan Books, London, 2014, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.25 inches, 122 pages, black & white, Hardcover, cloth, English

For those of us who love Andrew Loomis' pencil drawings for their own sake, there is a lot to love in this lost "dummy" for an unfinished instruction book....

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Successful Drawing
  $300.00
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Andrew Loomis, Fine. A very crisp copy without dustjacket, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1951, 1st, cloth

The emphasis in Loomis' fourth book is perspective. However, the final two sections: Drawing the Figure in Costume and A Gallery of Drawings are primarily...

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Successful Drawing
  $200.00
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Andrew Loomis, VG+ (spine ends frayed, boards showing at bottom corners, interior clean & Fine), Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1951, 1st, cloth

The emphasis in Loomis' fourth book is perspective. However the final two sections: Drawing the Figure in Costume and A Gallery of Drawings are primarily...

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Successful Drawing
  $40.00
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Andrew Loomis, Loomis, Andrew, Very Fine in Very Fine Dustjacket, London, Titan, 2012, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 160 pages, over 200 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The illustrator Andrew Loomis is revered amongst artists for his mastery of drawing technique and his clean, realist style. His hugely influential series of...

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The Eye Of The Painter And The Elements Of Beauty
  $400.00
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Andrew Loomis, VG+/VG- (spine ends slightly frayed, upper corners mildly bumped, lower corners rubbed with boards peeking, otherwise very sound, tight, bright pages, dustjacket quite worn), Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1961, 1st, cloth spine

Loomis' final and scarcest title . Contents: Unity, Simplicity, Design, Proportion, Color, Rhythm, Form, Texture, Values, Beauty of Subject, Technique. Two...

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Three-Dimensional Drawing
  $225.00
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Andrew Loomis, VG+/VG price-clipped dustjacket (corners lightly worn, 4 pages have had the upper corner folded over, some pages are wrinkled at the top edge from being paperclipped, dustjacket is edgeworn with small tears). Overall an attractive copy, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1958, 1st, cloth

The revised edition of "Successful Drawing." "Mr. Loomis has added sixteen pages of new technical material on perspective, replacing a purely pictorial...

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Three-Dimensional Drawing
  $225.00
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Andrew Loomis, VG+/VG (one corner lightly rubbed, other corners sharp, book is flat, tight, clean, dustjacket is edgeworn with small tears). Overall an attractive copy, Loomis, Andrew, Viking, 1958, 1st, cloth

The revised edition of "Successful Drawing." "Mr. Loomis has added sixteen pages of new technical material on perspective, replacing a purely pictorial...

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Terracotta: The Technique of Fired Clay Sculpture
  $25.00
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Margit Malmstrom, Bruno Lucchesi, Malmstrom, Margit, Lucchesi, Bruno, Fine in Fine dustjacket, New York, Watson Guptill, 1977, 11.3 inches, 8.6 inches, 160 pages, black & white, Hardcover, boards, English

Demonstration sequences for standing, seated, and reclining nude figures, a bas-relief, and female and male torsos show the unique working methods of a...

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How I Make A Picture by Fred Ludekens (Famous Artists Advanced Program)
  $400.00
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Fred Ludekens, Ludekens, Fred, Near Fine in a Near Fine binder. All the pages are present including all the color plates. Pages are clean but have age toning. Some ringholes show mild wear/stress but none are torn. The one-page assignment sheet is missing, but a facsimile is included. , Institute of Commercial Art, Westport, CT, 1951, 1st, 14 inches, 12 inches, 98 + fold-out transparent page pages, 306 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, printed custom binder, English

"America's most famous artists have spent a lot of their time, thought and energy in putting down for you in words and pictures all the ideas and methods...

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How I Make A Picture by Fred Lukekens - Famous Artists Advanced Program
  $400.00
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Fred Ludekens, Ludekens, Fred, Near Fine in Near Fine binder. All the pages are present including the tracing paper foldout. Except for the first and last page which have some toning and wear, the pages are clean. Ringholes show only mild wear/stress. The one-page assignment sheet is m, Institute of Commercial Art, Westport, CT, 1951, 1st, 14 inches, 12 inches, 98 pages, 306 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, printed custom binder, English

"America's most famous artists have spent a lot of their time, thought and energy in putting down for you in words and pictures all the ideas and methods...

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H-Point: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging (2nd Edition)
  $55.00
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Stuart Macey, Geoff Wardle, Macey, Geoff Wardle, Stuart, Very Fine, Design Studio Press, Culver City, CA, 2014, 9781624650192, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 288 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: The 2nd edition is completely revised with an additional 68 pages of indispensable material. Currently used as the educational...

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Laugh And Draw With Jefferson Machamer
  $90.00
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Jefferson Machamer, VG+ (corners rubbed, bookplate on front end paper, previous owner's signature of half-title page), Machamer, Jefferson, Greenberg, 1946, 1st, cloth

"Laugh And Draw With Jefferson Machamer who shows you how to create and sell comic art." A really fun and lively cartoon instruction book. Machamer was a...

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Laugh And Draw With Jefferson Machamer
  $75.00
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Jefferson Machamer, VG+ (corners lightly bumped otherwise bright & clean), Machamer, Jefferson, Greenberg, 1946, 1st, cloth

"Laugh And Draw With Jefferson Machamer, who shows you how to create and sell comic art." A really fun and lively cartoon instruction book. Machamer was a...

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Tiny Big Worlds by Tiffanie Mang - Signed
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Signed by the artist, Very Fine, Tiffanie Mang, Mang, Tiffanie, 2022, 1st, 8 inches, 8 inches, 228 pages, over 250 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

From Tiffanie: This book features 100 of my 2 x 2-inch gouache paintings that I painted between 2018-2022. Each spread features the thumbnail true to...

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In Your Face: A Cartoonist At Work
  $20.00
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Doug Marlette, VG+ (mild shelf wear), Marlette, Doug, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, 1st, wraps, English

Doug Marlette describes the life and work of an editorial cartoonist, how he creates a caricature, and more.

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Framed Drawing Techniques
  $30.00
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Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Mateu-Mestre, Marcos, Very Fine, Design Studio Press, Eagle Rock, CA, 2019, 978-1-62465-0-406, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 136 pages, color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: No matter what stage artists are in their careers, "it's necessary to look toward the future eager to learn and to be better every...

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Framed Ink 2: Frame Format, Energy, and Composition for Visual Storytellers
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Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Mateu-Mestre, Marcos, Very Fine, Eagle Rock, CA, Design Studio Press, 2021, 1st, 9781624650536, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 128 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: The highly anticipated follow-up to Framed Ink from Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Framed Ink 2 provides insight into another compositional...

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Framed Ink: Design and Composition for Visual Storytellers
  $25.00
Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Mateu-Mestre, Marcos, Very Fine, Design Studio Press, Culver City, 2010, 9781933492957, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 128 pages, 230 black & white illustrations and 166 diagrams, Softcover, wraps, English

A clearly written instructional book for storytelling in both graphic novels and storyboards for motion pictures. The book explains fundamental concepts in...

Framed Perspective, Vol. 1: Technical Drawing for Visual Storytelling
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Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Mateu-Mestre, Marcos, Very Fine, Design Studio Press, Culver City, CA, 2016, 978-1-62465-0-307, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 228 pages, color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: Perspective is a discipline often set aside when it comes to general art study, though it is essential to master in order to produce...

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Framed Perspective, Vol. 2: Technical Drawing for Shadows, Volume, and Characters
  $25.00
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Marcos Mateu-Mestre, Mateu-Mestre, Marcos, Very Fine, Design Studio Press, Culver City, CA, 2016, 978-1-62465-032-1, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 132 pages, color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: Building on the foundation established with Framed Perspective, Vol. 1: Technical Drawing for Visual Storytelling, artist and...

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Understanding Comics
  $125.00
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#635 of 750 copies signed by the artist, VF, Scott McCloud, McCloud, Scott, Kitchen Sink Press, 1993, 1st, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

"Take a magic carpet ride through the hidden worlds of comics storytelling. Witness a history more than 3,000 years old. Explore the secrets between the...

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Understanding Comics (Signed)
  $50.00
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Scott McCloud, Inscribed by the artist, Very Fine, McCloud, Scott, Kitchen Sink Press, 1993, 2nd, pictorial boards

"Take a magic carpet ride through the hidden worlds of comics storytelling. Witness a history more than 3,000 years old. Explore the secrets between the...

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Rêverie: The Art of Sibylline Meynet
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Sibylline Meynet, Meynet, Sibylline, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Worcester, 3dtotal Publishing, 2022, 1st, 9781912843381, 9.7 inches, 7.8 inches, 152 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: For the first time, talented French illustrator and character designer Sibylline Meynet not only shares her beautiful artwork in this...

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Top Sketches: Top European Designer's Sketches on the Innovation Process
  $195.00
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Fine, issued without dustjacket, Jordi Mila, Stone Wen, Mila, Stone Wen, Jordi, Page One, 2009, 1st, 8.5 inches, 11.9 inches, 200 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: All the sketches selected in this book are from real projects. It shows the whole complete design processes including the product...

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The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design
  $300.00
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Todd Polson, Maurice Noble, Polson, Todd, Noble, Maurice, Very Good+ in Near Fine dustjacket (lower corners bumped with boards peeking otherwise Fine, very tight, very sound), San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2013, 2nd, 9781452102948, 1452102945, 11.25 inches, 9.75 inches, 176 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, boards, English

Out of print. From the publisher: This extraordinary volume examines the life and animation philosophy of Maurice Noble, the noted American...

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The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design
  $400.00
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Todd Polson, Maurice Noble, Polson, Todd, Noble, Maurice, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (very light wear to the dustjacket edges), San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2013, 1st, 9781452102948, 1452102945, 11.25 inches, 9.75 inches, 176 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, boards, English

Out of print. From the publisher: This extraordinary volume examines the life and animation philosophy of Maurice Noble, the noted American animation...

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How I Make A Picture by Al Parker - Famous Artists Advanced Program
  $600.00
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Al Parker, Parker, Al, Fine. Pages are clean. Ringholes are clean. The one-page assignment sheet is missing, but a facsimile is included. Lacking the binder., Institute of Commercial Art, Westport, CT, 1949, 1st, 14 inches, 12 inches, 192 pages, 4 color and over 500 black & white illustrations, English

"America's most famous artists have spent a lot of their time, thought and energy in putting down for you in words and pictures all the ideas and methods...

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How I Make A Picture by Al Parker - Famous Artists Advanced Program (Very Good+)
  $400.00
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Al Parker, Parker, Al, Very Good+ in Very Good+ binder. The binder is moderately worn along the edges and seams, and has a mild bump to the top of the spine., Institute of Commercial Art, Westport, CT, 1949, 1st, 14 inches, 12 inches, 192 pages, 4 color and over 500 black & white illustrations, printed custom binder, English

A complete copy with wear from use as well as storage (some folds and creases, torn or stressed ringholes, age toning, rust stains, other mild staining,...

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The Painting And Teaching Of Philip Pearlstein
  $35.00
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VF/VF, Philip Pearlstein, Viola, Jerome, Pearlstein, Philip, Watson-Guptill, 1982, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, English

A thorough step-by-step description of the methods of this realist painter.

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Drawthrough Collection 01: Limited Edition - Limited Hardcover Edition - Signed with a Drawing
  $300.00
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Scott Robertson, Robertson, Scott, #82 of 108 copies, each volume signed by Scott Robertson with a drawing. In addition, these copies have each been inscribed by Robertson., Fine in Near Fine slipcase (very light rubbing to the exterior), Design Studio Press, Culver City, 2006, 1st, 9.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 144+144 pages, over 1350 color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The Drawthrough Limited Edition is an exclusive, two-volume limited edition set of both Start Your Engines and Lift Off from Design Studio Press. Richly...

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SRD Sketch Collection Vol. 2: Scott Robertson
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Scott Robertson, Robertson, Scott, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Culver City, Design Studio Press, 2017, 1st, 978-1-62465-0-376, 8.25 inches, 8.25 inches, 96 pages, 288 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Scott Robertson returns with his much anticipated second collection of sketches, clocking in at a whopping 288 drawings that are sure...

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Start Your Engines: Surface Vehicle Sketches and Renderings - Limited Hardcover Edition - Signed with a Drawing
  $100.00
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Scott Robertson, Robertson, Scott, Limited to 1000 hardcover copies. This copy has been inscribed by Scott Robertson with a drawing of a spaceship., Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild wear to top edge of dustjacket,, Culver City, Design Studio Press, 2006, 1st, 9781933492629, 9.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 144 pages, over 700 color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The Hardcover Edition limited to 1000 copies. This copy has been inscribed by Scott Robertson with a drawing of a race car. From the Publisher: from...

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How I Make A Picture by Norman Rockwell - Famous Artists Advanced Program
  $300.00
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Norman Rockwell, Rockwell, Norman, Near Fine in Very Good+ binder. All the pages are present including all the color plates. Pages are clean. Ringholes show only light wear. The one-page assignment sheet is missing, but a facsimile is included. The binder is lightly worn along the edges an, Institute of Commercial Art, Westport, CT, 1949, 1st, 14 inches, 12 inches, 137 pages, 4 tipped-in color plates, over 400 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, printed custom binder, English

"America's most famous artists have spent a lot of their time, thought and energy in putting down for you in words and pictures all the ideas and methods...

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