Illustration

 
Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Cathy, Fine, Grass Valley, CA, Underwood Books, 2000, 1st, 1887424555, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 200 pages, over 300 color illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

This seventh annual collection of the best in contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and horror art is a treasure trove of imaginative work by many of the...

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Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Cathy, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Underwood Books, Grass Valley, CA, 2001, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 176 pages, color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Spectrum 8, the latest addition to the best-selling series, is a showcase for the best and brightest creators of contemporary fantasy and science fiction...

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Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Fenner, Arnie Fenner, Cathy, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Underwood Books, Nevada City, CA, 2002, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 176 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

The ninth installment in the best-selling Spectrum series once again sets the standards for the field of fantastic art. This compendium honors the...

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Chris Foss, Rian Hughes, Chris Foss, Foss, Rian Hughes, Chris, Foss, Chris, #94 of 100 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine in Very Fine translucent slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, London, Titan Books, 2011, 1st, 9780857685599, 12.75 inches, 10 inches, 248 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The Special Edition was limited to 500 signed & numbered copies. Of those, the first 100 of those copies were sold directly by Chris Foss as an...

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Chris Foss, Rian Hughes, Chris Foss, Foss, Rian Hughes, Chris, Foss, Chris, One of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine in Very Fine translucent slipcase, London, Titan Books, 2011, 1st, 9780857685599, 12.75 inches, 10 inches, 248 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Out of print in all editions. This Signed & Numbered Special Edition is limited to 500 copies. Mint in original shrinkwrap. From the publisher:...

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John Foster, Foster, John, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Gloucester, MA, Rockport Publishers, 2006, 1st, 1592532225, 12 inches, 9.7 inches, 256 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

In much the way that the CD replaced the album, the poster has waned as a messaging vehicle. The poster has now become a postcard and e-mail blast, leaving...

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Cinderella - First Printing
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John Fowles, Sheilah Beckett, Fowles, John, Beckett, Sheilah, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to the dustjacket), Boston, Little Brown, 1976, 1st, 1557043124, 11 inches, 8.875 inches, 32 pages, black & white, hardcover, cloth, English

MATTINSON stamped on the endpapers, page 19, and the dustjacket. John Fowles adapts the immortal fairy tale from Perrault's Cendrillon of 1697....

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Peter Frank, Gottfried Helnwein, Frank, Peter, Helnwein, Gottfried, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (upper corners have small bumps, light rubbing to covers, interior Fine), New York, Friedman Benda, 2010, 1st, 9780982911204, 13.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 80 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Approximately 60 paintings and an interview with the artist. From the publisher: I Was a Child is the first full-scale exhibition of Helnwein's work...

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Polly & Kelly Freas, Michael Whelan, Freas, Polly & Kelly, Whelan, Michael, 120 of 2000 hardcover copies signed by the artist. This copy has been warmly inscribed by Whelan to Dr. [Dave] Winiewicz, a true lover of fantasy art!, Very Fine/Fine, Donning, Norfolk, VA, 1979, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 120 pages, 52 color & 47 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, leather, English

The Signed & Numbered Slipcased Hardcover Edition. This copy has been warmly inscribed by Whelan "To Dr. [Dave] Winiewicz, a true lover of fantasy art!"...

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Ludwig Hohlwein (1926)
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Ludwig Hohlwein, Frenzel, H. K, Hohlwein, Ludwig, Very Good+ (spine faded & ends frayed, corners lightly rubbed & frayed with boards showing but corners are still sharp, front cover bright, binding and interior Fine and well above average), Phonix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag, Berlin, 1926, 1st, 12 inches, 10 inches, 226 pages, 69 color and over 250 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English, German

An incredible book on the most renown German commercial artist of the 20th century. Hohlwein was a master of design, the human figure and animal anatomy....

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Josh Alan Friedman, Drew Friedman, Friedman, Josh Alan, Friedman, Drew, From the collection of Nick Meglin with a Certificate of Authenticity, Very Good+ (moderate wear to rear corners, light wear to covers, interior sound), Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1994, 1st thus, 978-1560971436, 7.4 inches, 7.8 inches, 88 pages, black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

This copy is from the collection of longtime Mad Magazine editor Nick Meglin with a Certificate of Authenticity "Madly Yours, From The Estate Collection of...

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Fine, issued without dustjacket, with original band & fairy cut-out, Brian Froud, Terry Jones, Brian Froud, Froud, Terry Jones, Brian, Froud, Brian, Barnes & Noble, 1998, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 64 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: This perennial bestseller never loses its charm. It really happened - a hoax perpetrated by two girls who claimed to have...

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Brian Froud, Terry Jones, Brian Froud, Froud, Terry Jones, Brian, Froud, Brian, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine with original band & fairy cut-out laid in, Turner, Atlanta, GA, 1994, 2nd, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 64 pages, color illustrations throughout, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Publisher's Note: The RSPCF (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies) has asked the publisher to make it clear that no fairies were...

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Brian Froud, Terry Jones, Brian Froud, Froud, Terry Jones, Brian, Froud, Brian, Fine with original band & fairy cut-out, Turner, Atlanta, GA, 1994, 1st American, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 64 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Publisher's Note: The RSPCF (The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies) has asked the publisher to make it clear that no fairies were...

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Errol Fuller, Ray Harris Ching, Fuller, Errol, Ching, Ray Harris, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (gift inscription on front free end paper, very light shelfwear), Auckland, SeTo Publishing, 1990, 1st, 090869749X, 13.3 inches, 10.8 inches, 192 pages, 75 color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Kiwis are small flightless birds only found in New Zealand. Extremely shy, and extremely cute, they have a cult following. The renown wildlife artist Ray...

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The Executive
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Virgil Partch, VG+ (gift inscription, spine tail bumped otherwise NF), Gabriel, Philip Louis, Partch, Virgil, Citadel, 1959, 1st, boards

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Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess, Gaiman, Neil, Vess, Charles, The 29 color plates are all Very Fine. Susanna Clarke chapbook is Very Fine. Gaiman chapbook has a mild crease to the upper corner of two pages but is otherwise Very Fine. Folder has a few mild creases along the folds and two 3/8-inch tears at the top of , Green Man Press, Abington, VA, 1999, 1st, 10.25 inches, 7 inches, 29 color plates and 20 pages, 29 color plates and 10 black & white illustrations, Softcover, color folder, English

A Fall of Stardust portfolio was published in 1999 by Vess's own Green Man Press and contained 29 full color plates measuring 6.5 x 10 inches and two prose...

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Blueberry Girl
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Neil Gaiman, Charles Vess, Gaiman, Neil, Vess, Charles, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, HarperCollins, New York, 2009, 2nd, 10.25 inches, 10.25 inches, 32 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Nationally bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Stardust) and Eisner Award winner Charles Vess (Stardust, A Circle of Cats, Seven...

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Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Gaiman, Neil, McKean, Dave, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, New York, Vertigo/DC, 2014, 1st thus, 9781401250669, 11 inches, 8 inches, 208 pages, color, Hardcover, leather, English

The artwork for every Sandman cover reproduced full-page without obscuring logos or text. With numerous extra illustrations and entirely designed by Dave...


The Book of Ballads
  $35.00
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Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, Jeff Smith, Emma Bull, Sharyn McCrumb, et al, Charles Vess, Gaiman, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, Jeff Smith, Emma Bull, Sharyn McCrumb, et al, Neil, Vess, Charles, Near Fine (very slight shelfwear), New York, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2004, 1st, 9780765312150, 0765312158, 10 inches, 7 inches, 192 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

A finalist for the 2005 Eisner Award, The Book of Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike. Illustrated by Charles...

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Toonerville Trolley
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Fontaine Fox, NF/NF (one corner bumped, very clean & tight), Galewitz and Don Winslow, Herb, Fox, Fontaine, Weathervane, circa 1972, 1st Weathervane, cloth

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The Mural At The Waverly Inn
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Edward Sorel, Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket, Gallagher, Dorothy, Sorel, Edward, Pantheon, 2008, 1st, boards, English

Includes a 58" fold-out mural.

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Memories
  $35.00
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Maud Earl, Galsworthy, John, Earl, Maud, Very Good (spine nicked & corners rubbed, top of title page scraped), Scribners, New York, 1914, 1915 printing, 69 pages, 4 color and 24 b&w plates,, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

This illustrated gift book is a sensitive tribute to a pet cocker spaniel with great illustrations by Maude Earl, an artist who specialized in dogs. 4 color...

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VG+/VG+ dustjacket (corners rubbed, boards showing, hinges cracked, otherwise covers quite clean & bright, binding tight, pages Fine, dustjacket spine torn with a small piece missing). An impressive copy. Rare with the Dustjacket, Frank Brangwyn, Gaunt, William, Brangwyn, Frank, The Studio, 1926, 1st, Hardcover, vellum spine, top edge gilt

A complete illustrated catalogue raisonné of Brangwyn's etchings completed between 1900 and 1926. Each of the 331 etchings is reproduced in...

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Charles Bell, VF/VF, Geldzahler, Henry, Bell, Charles, Abrams, 1991, 1st, cloth

The first book-length study of this photorealist painter best known for his extreme close-ups of gleaming pinball machines. With an essay by Louis K. Meisel

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Epic Art: The Art of Joe Smith
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Gary Gerani, Joe Smith, Gerani, Gary, Smith, Joe, Print run of 1000 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Dreams and Visions Press, Modesto, 2021, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 160 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The first art book devoted to this movie poster artist. Capturing a long lost era of movie promotion. From the publisher: Award-winning illustrator...

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Frank Gibson, Becky Dreistadt, Gibson, Frank, Dreistadt, Becky, Signed by the creators with an original drawing, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Easthampton, MA, Benign Kingdom, 2013, 1st, 9781939959003, 6.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 312 pages, over 150 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Capture Creatures is a showcase of 151 creatures hand-painted by Becky, with their stories adapted by her partner Frank Gibson. This lovely art book has...

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Signed by the author and the artist who includes a brush sketch, Very Fine, Frank Gibson, Becky Dreistadt, Gibson, Frank, Dreistadt, Becky, Patty Pan, 2010, 1st, 9780473165284, 8 inches, 6.75 inches, 24 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards

"Dear Reader, The book in your hands is our homage to the vintage storybooks we spent our youth reading. This is a tale of a little tiger named Tigerbuttah...

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Alma M. Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish, Gilbert, Alma M., Parrish, Maxfield, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, London, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2005, 1st, 9780856676017, 11 inches, 9.5 inches, 136 pages, over 90 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: Maxfield Parrish, Master of Make-Believe describes the life and popularity of this famous early twentieth-century American artist....

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Archie Goodwin, Walter Simonson, Goodwin, Archie, Simonson, Walter, Near Fine (scuff/scrape to a square inch of the back cover, covers slightly rubbed, otherwise Fine, no thumbdents, tight, bright), Heavy Metal/Simon & Schuster, New York, 1979, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 64 pages, color, softcover, wraps, English

Heavy Metal Presents... A first printing of the original 1979 edition of the graphic novelization of the film. By Goodwin and Simonson fresh off their...

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Lucinda Gosling, Fortunino Matania, Gosling, Lucinda, Matania, Fortunino, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Book Palace, 2016, 1st, 9781907081309, 13 inches, 10 inches, 342 pages, over 750 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: This is the ultimate art book featuring one of the most talented and respected illustrators of the 20th Century. This is the first...

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Rene Gruau (1984)
  $250.00
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Frieda Grafe, Rene Gruau, Grafe, Frieda, Gruau, Rene, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (topedege of dustjacket is lightly edgeworn), Rizzoli, New York, 1984, 1st, 11.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 136 pages, 59 color and 15 black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards, English

The English language edition of this spectacular monograph on the iconic illustrator/designer Rene Gruau (1909-2004). Renown in the fashion and...

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Monogram Models
  $30.00
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Thomas Graham, Graham, Thomas, Near Fine (light wear to lower front corner, other corners sharp, flat, tight, clean), Atyglen, PA, Schiffer, 2006, 1st, 9780764324819, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 160 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

An illustrated history of Monogram scale models. 300+ photos of models and box art. From 1940s onward, Monogram's model cars, ships, aircraft, and...

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The Wind in the Willows
  $48.00
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Kenneth Grahame, Christopher Dunn, Grahame, Kenneth, Dunn, Christopher, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Buhl, France, Editions Caurette, 2022, 1st, 9791096315932, 11 inches, 8.3 inches, 260 pages, over 100 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A grand classic illustrated with over a hundred watercolor paintings. From the publisher: When Mole decides to go for a walk one beautiful spring...

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Posy Simmonds: The Illustrators
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Paul Gravett, Posy Simmonds, Gravett, Paul, Simmonds, Posy, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Thames & Hudson, 2019, 1st, 9780500022139, 9.9 inches, 7.5 inches, 112 pages, 115 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

A nicely designed, compact career overview with 115 color illustrations. From the publisher: An inaugural volume in a new series showcasing the most...

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Brendan M. Greeley Jr., Tom Lea, Greeley Jr., Brendan M., Lea, Tom, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear), College Station, TX, Texas A&M University Press, 2008, 1st, 9781603440080, 12.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 228 pages, over 150 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

The Two Thousand Yard Stare: Tom Lea's World War II: Paintings, Drawings and Eyewitness Accounts by Tom Lea. From the publisher: Few artists saw World...

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Allan Gross, Frank Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley, Gross, Allan, Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley, Frank, Signed by the artist, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Baltimore, Insight Studios Group, 2001, 1st, 188931711X, 9.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 112 pages, over 200 illustrations, most in color, hardcover, cloth, English

A retrospective and detailed discussion of the careers of three artists:Frank Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley .From the publisher: See eye-popping...

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Allan Gross, Frank Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley, Gross, Allan, Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley, Frank, Signed by the artist, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket lightly rubbed), Baltimore, Insight Studios Group, 2001, 1st, 188931711X, 9.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 112 pages, over 200 illustrations, most in color, hardcover, cloth, English

A retrospective and detailed discussion of the careers of three artists:Frank Cho, Marc Hempel, Mark Wheatley. From the publisher: See eye-popping...

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Signed & dated 2001 by Cho with a full-page ink drawing of an ape pounding his chest "ROARRR!!" Also SIGNED & dated 2003 by Wheatley with a drawing, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Frank Cho, Marc Hempel & Mark Wheatley, Gross, Allan, Cho, Marc Hempel & Mark Wheatley, Frank, Insight Studios Group, 2001, 1st, 9.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 112 pages, over 200 illustrations, most in color, Hardcover, cloth, English

This copy has original drawings on the front free endpaper by two of the artists profiled: Frank Cho and Mark Wheatley. Signed and dated 2001 by Cho with...

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Marie-Ange Guillaume, Jean-Marie Pigeon, Guillaume, Marie-Ange, Pigeon, Jean-Marie, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Paris, Christian Desbois Editions, 1995, 1st, 291015002X, 12 inches, 9 inches, 72 pages, color photographs, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Jean-Marie Pigeon is one of the premier sculptors in the world of Bande Dessinee. This monograph features over 100 color photographs of the sculptors' many...

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The Fantastic Pulps
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Peter Haining, Haining, Peter, Laid in is the illustrated bookplate of the previous owners Roy and Dela White, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, St. Martin's, New York, 1976, 1st American, 8 inches, 5.5 inches, 420 pages, over 600 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

"Selections from the magazines, popular for over half a century, in which appeared stories--fantasy, horror, adventure--that were the predecessors to...

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The Art of Pin-Up - Boxed Edition
  $400.00
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Dian Hanson, Sarahjane Blum, Louis Meisel, Hanson, Sarahjane Blum, Louis Meisel, Dian, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in a Near Fine carrying box, Cologne, Taschen, 2014, 1st, 978-3836535700, 19.5 inches, 13.5 inches, 546 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards

Out of print. This copy is new and unopened. Armstrong, Bolles, Elvgren, Frahm, Medcalf, Moran, Mozert, Petty, and Vargas. The Art of Pin-Up is one of...

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The Revenge Of The Hound
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Steranko, VF/VF, Hardwick, Michael, Steranko, Villiard, 1987, cloth, English

"The Revenge Of The Hound is set on June 1902, only months after the publication of the most popular mystery of all time, The Hound of the Baskervilles ....

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations, with some color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

A mint copy of this out-of-print monograph! The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Mild rubbing to three corners otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations, with some color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He created numerous panel cartoons for...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Mild rubbing/wear to the rear corners, front corners sharp, light blunt bump to the bottom of the spine, otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations throughout with 30 pages in color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He created numerous panel cartoons for...

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Carmean
  $75.00
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Very Fine/Near Fine (1/8" nick to lower dustjacket edge), Harry Carmean, Harwood, June, Carmean, Harry, Harry Carmean, 1974, 1st, 144 pages, 52 paintings reproduced as full-page color plates, 19 drawings, Hardcover, cloth, English

A self-published collection of paintings and life drawings by this artist and longtime Art Center instructor. “Carmean has exhibited around the...

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Carmean - Signed
  $100.00
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June Harwood, Harry Carmean, Harwood, June, Carmean, Harry, Signed by the artist on the half-title page, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Harry Carmean, Los Angeles, 1974, 1st, 11.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 144 pages, 52 paintings reproduced as full-page color plates, and 19 drawings, hardcover, cloth, English

A self-published collection of 52 paintings and 19 life drawings by this artist and longtime Art Center instructor. Signed by the artist on the half-title...

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