Illustration

 
Man Bites Man
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Steven Heller, Fine/NF, Heller, Steven, A&W Publishers, 1981, 1st, cloth

Portfolios of drawings and cartoons by 22 comic and satiric artists 1960-1980, including Blechman, Franklin Booth, Feiffer, Francois, Gorey, Koren, Levine,...

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Robert Henning, Dan Sayre Groesbeck, Henning, Robert, Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2001, 1st, 0899511066, 9 inches, 11.4 inches, 71 pages, over 100 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

After a decade as a magazine and book illustrator, serving with the Allied forces in Russia, and several mural paintings, Groesbeck began a 25 year...

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Robert Henning, Dan Sayre Groesbeck, Henning, Robert, Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, Fine, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 2001, 1st, 9 inches, 11.4 inches, 71 pages, over 100 color illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

After a decade as a magazine and book illustrator, serving with the Allied forces in Russia, and several mural paintings, Groesbeck began a 25 year...

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Bruno Liljefors: The Peerless Eye
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Very Good+/Near Fine (slight binding flaw--a small gap between the first and second signatures - otherwise attractive copy), Bruno Liljefors, Hill, Martha, Liljefors, Bruno, Allen, 1987, 1st, 174 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth

Liljefors (1860-1939) was a bird & wildlife painter, one of the first of the modern school.

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The Art Of Tom Lea
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Tom Lea, Hjerter, Kathleen, Lea, Tom, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket edges lightly rubbed), Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 1989, 1st, 9.25 inches, 12.4 inches, 256 pages, over 200 full-page color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Tom Lea was a painter, muralist, book illustrator, novelist, and WWII combat artist. He specialized in the Southwest, but wrote about and illustrated many...

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The Art of Tom Lea
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Kathleen Hjerter, Tom Lea, Hjerter, Kathleen, Lea, Tom, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (a few small marks on the front free endpaper, otherwise only very light shelfwear, tight, bright, clean), Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 1989, 1st, 9.25 inches, 12.4 inches, 256 pages, over 119 color and 161 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Tom Lea was a painter, muralist, book illustrator, novelist, and WWII combat artist. He specialized in the Southwest, but wrote about and illustrated many...

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Very Good+ (mild rubbing to corners, mild shelfwear, otherwise new and unread, tight binding, pages clean), Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Hobbs, Susan A, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1996, 1st, 1560986239, Softcover, wraps, English

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) was "best known for paintings of elegant, long-lined women posed in dreamlike settings." This first full-length study...

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Near Fine (very light shelf wear otherwise new and unread, tight binding, pages clean), Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Hobbs, Susan A., Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1996, 1st, 1560986239, Softcover, wraps, English

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) was "best known for paintings of elegant, long-lined women posed in dreamlike settings." This first full-length study...

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Susan A. Hobbs, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Hobbs, Susan A., Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to the edges of the dustjacket), Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1996, 1st, 1560986239, 11.25 inches, 9.25 inches, xvi, 224 pages, over 150 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Released simultaneously in soft and hardcover, this hardcover edition is quite scarce. Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) was "best known for paintings of...

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Sassone - Signed
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Marco Massimo Sassone, SIGNED & dated November 1981 by the artist, NF/VG+, Hoopes, Donelson, Sassone, Marco Massimo, Arti Grafiche, 1979, 1st, cloth

A massive monograph on the Italian neo-impressionist Marco Massimo Sassone. The first major study of the Italian-born and California-adopted artist....

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Maurice Horn, VG+ ex-library copy (library bookplate on front end paper, library stamp on top edge otherwise unmarked, clean & tight), Horn, Maurice, Gale Research Co., 1986, 1st, cloth, English

"A biographical, bibliographical, and critical guide to current illustrators, animators, cartoonists, designers, and other graphic artists." Over 100...

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75 Years of Capitol Records
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Barney Hoskyns, Hoskyns, Barney, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's Near Fine custom cardboard carrying box, Taschen, Cologne, 2017, 9783836550284, 14 inches, 15.75 inches, 492 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of...

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Lori Haskins Houran, Genevieve Godbout, Houran, Lori Haskins, Godbout, Genevieve, Very Fine, New York, Golden Books, 2017, 1st, 9781524767662, 8 inches, 6.75 inches, 24 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Genevieve studied traditional animation in Montreal and at Gobelins in Paris and now lives in Montreal where she works as a children's book and fashion...

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Lori Haskins Houran, Brigette Barrager, Houran, Lori Haskins, Barrager, Brigette, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, New York, Golden Books, 2017, 3rd, 9780399552250, 8 inches, 6.75 inches, 24 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Brigette Barrager went through the Character Animation program at CalArts and worked at Pixar and Walt Disney before taking the plunge into children's books...


Robert E Howard, Gary Gianni, Howard, Robert E, Gianni, Gary, #68 of 100 copies of the Publishers Edition signed by the artist, Very Fine/Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase in custom cardboard box, Wandering Star, London, 1998, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, vi, 390 + 26 of notes pages, 5 color plates, over 200 black & white text illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

"This is a signed numbered copy of 100 publishers edition. It varies from the limited edition by virtue of an additional plate within the book and...

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Robert E. Howard, Gregory Manchess, Howard, Robert E., Manchess, Gregory, One of 50 numbered Publisher's Proof copies signed by the artist, numbered P11/50, P16/50, or P17/50., Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase, Book Palace, London, 2010, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, 416 pages, 13 color and 52 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Limited to 50 signed & numbered Publisher's Proof copies worldwide in an embossed slipcase, this copy is accompanied by an exclusive PORTFOLIO of 14...

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Robert E. Howard, John Watkiss, Howard, Robert E., Watkiss, John, Very Fine, Ballantine, New York, 2011, 1st, 9.25 inches, 6.25 inches, xxiv, 552 pages, 1 color and 7 full-page and over 30 smaller black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Eighteen short stories and poems illustrated by John Watkiss. One of the later collections in the Complete REH series, this volume sadly did not get the...

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Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures
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Robert E. Howard, John Watkiss, Howard, Robert E., Watkiss, John, Near Fine (light crease to the corner and first few pages, light tear on spine otherwise new and unread, very flat, tight, clean), Ballantine, New York, 2011, 1st, 9.25 inches, 6.25 inches, xxiv, 552 pages, 1 color and 7 full-page and over 30 smaller black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

Eighteen short stories and poems illustrated by John Watkiss. One of the later collections in the Complete REH series, this volume sadly did not get the...

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Robert E. Howard, Michael Kaluta, Howard, Robert E., Kaluta, Michael, Fine/Near Fine (topedge of dustjacket slightly chipped), Fax Collector's Edition, Linn, OR, 1974, 1st, 9.75 inches, 6.25 inches, xiv, 194 pages, color cover painting, 3 color plates, 8 full-page black & white illustrations, numerous decorations, and color illustrated endpapers, hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

Kaluta provides five paintings and numerous pen & ink illustrations for this Robert E. Howard collection of three Francis Xavier Gordon ("El Borak")...

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Robert E. Howard, Gary Gianni, Howard, Robert E., Gianni, Gary, #310 of 1050 copies signed by the artist, Fine in Fine dustjacket in Near Fine slipcase (very slight dust and soiling along the cloth seam of the slipcase), Wandering Star, London, 1998, 1st, 10 inches, 7 inches, vi, 390 + 26 of notes pages, 4 color plates, over 200 black & white text illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English


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Troy Howarth, Howarth, Troy, Very Fine, Baltimore, Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 2015, 1st, 9781936168507, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 236 pages, color, Softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: Vol. 1: 1963-1973 Beginning with the release of Mario Bava's THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1963, Italian filmmakers developed and...

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Heinz Huber, Ronald Searle, Huber, Heinz, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (rear board slightly bowed, dustjacket has a few small tears and some slight staining to the rear flap), Viking, New York, 1966, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.9 inches, 190 pages, 150 illustrations, 11 pages in color, hardcover, cloth, English

"Germany from the inside and out." This book is divided into two parts: the first half is an examination of Germany and its history by Huber and...

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A Little Boy Lost
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Very Good+ (mild wear, bookplate with a Rockwell Kent illustration on the front end paper), Dorothy P. Lathrop, Hudson, W.H, Lathrop, Dorothy P., Knopf, 1920, 2nd 1924, 187 pages, 8 full-page color plates, 4 full-page black & white and 37 text illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, top edge gilt, English

An early Dorothy Lathrop illustrated book. Lathrop (1891-1980) began her illustrating career in 1918 and was the recipient of the very first Caldecott Medal...

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A Dragon on the Hill Road
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Richard Huemer, Walt Peregoy, Huemer, Richard, Peregoy, Walt, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Valley Village Press, North Hollywood, 1958, 1st, 8.75 inches, 6.25 inches, 80 pages, 8 full-page and 2 smaller black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Written and illustrated in 1958 by two veteran Disney animation artists, a narrative poem in which Lancelot, by the magic of Merlin's horn Oliphant, is...

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Christopher Hume, Fine/NF, Hume, Christopher, Summerhill Press, 1986, 1st, cloth

Robert Bateman, Stanley Meltzoff, Bob Kuhn, George McLean, John Schoenherr, Fenwick Lansdowne, Glen Loates, Claudio D'Angelo, Lanford Monroe, Ron Parker,...

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Christopher Hume, NF/VG, Hume, Christopher, North Word, 1987, 1st revised edition, cloth

Robert Bateman, Stanley Meltzoff, Bob Kuhn, George McLean, John Schoenherr, Fenwick Lansdowne, Glen Loates, Claudio D'Angelo, Lanford Monroe, Ron Parker,...

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NF/NF ex-library copy (usual library marks and stamps, mild shelfwear), W. H. D. Koerner, Hutchinson, W. H, Koerner, W. H. D., University of Oklahoma Press, 1978, 1st, Hardcover, leather

An excellent biography of the Western artist/illustrator. Koerner was one of Howard Pyle's students and also influenced by classmates Harvey Dunn and Frank...

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Dick Bruna: The Illustrators
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Bruce Ingman, Dick Bruna, Ingman, Bruce, Bruna, Dick, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Thames & Hudson, 2020, 1st, 9780500094136, 9.9 inches, 7.5 inches, 112 pages, 116 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

A nicely designed, compact career overview with 115 color illustrations. From the publisher: A fascinating introduction to the art and techniques of...

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Very Fine, Charles Vess, Irving & Eric Nolen-Weathington, Christopher, Vess, Charles, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007, 1st, 978-1-893905-69-6, 1-893905-69-1, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 128 pages, Softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: Enchanting—that is the best word to describe the artwork of Charles Vess. Whether with his book illustrations, his...

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Signed by the artist with a drawing, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light rubbing to the acetate dustjacket), Elizabeth Ito, Kevin Dart, Ito, Elizabeth, Dart, Kevin, Fleet Street Scandal, 2011, 1st, 9 inches, 12 inches, 72 pages, color, Softcover, French wraps, English

Signed by the artist with a great drawing! This is the out-of-print Yuki 7 illustrated novelette featuring beautiful artwork on every page by Kevin...

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Linda Jacobson, Harry Carmean, Jacobson, Linda, Carmean, Harry, Very Good+ (cover edges rubbed and discolored), Borden Publishing Company, Alhambra, 1975, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, 105 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

105 dynamic life drawings by this revered Art Center instructor--the only living artist that was ever included in this Master Draughtsman Series. Quite...

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Linda Jacobson, Harry Carmean, Jacobson, Linda, Carmean, Harry, Fine, Alhambra, Borden Publishing Company, 1975, 1991 reprint, 9780875052106, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 48 pages, 105 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

105 dynamic life drawings by this longtime Art Center instructor. All the drawings are rendered in Conte crayon, charcoal and colored chalks. Carmean was...

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Linda Jacobson, Harry Carmean, Jacobson, Linda, Carmean, Harry, Near Fine (light wear, flat, tight, clean), Alhambra, Borden Publishing Company, 1975, 1991 reprint, 9780875052106, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 48 pages, 105 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

105 dynamic life drawings by this longtime Art Center instructor. All the drawings are rendered in Conte crayon, charcoal and colored chalks. Carmean was...

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John Jakes, Steranko, Jakes, John, Steranko, Fine (a crisp unread copy, spine tight and unbroken), Lancer, New York, 1970, 1st, 7 inches, 4.25 inches, 224 pages, Softcover, color wraps, English

Cover painting by Steranko. A massmarket paperback original sword & sorcery fantasy novel by John Jakes.

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Legends Of The City Of Mexico
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Walter Appleton Clark, VG+, Janvier, Thomas A, Clark, Walter Appleton, Harper & Bros., 1910, Reprint, cloth, English

"These legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some...

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Francis Lee Jaques, NF in a VG+ slipcase, Jaques, Florence Page, Jaques, Francis Lee, Doubleday, 1973, 1st, cloth

"A richly illustrated biography of one of America's greatest nature artists, written by his wife Florence." "With 64 paintings and dioramas in full color....

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N. C. Wyeth
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Kate F. Jennings, N. C. Wyeth, Jennings, Kate F., Wyeth, N. C., Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (large closed tear along the dustjacket spine, other light wear), Crescent, New York, 1992, 2nd, 14.75 inches, 10.75 inches, 112 pages, 84 color and 10 black & white illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A fine introduction to golden age illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth (1884-1945) with 84 largely full-page color plates and a biography with 10 black &...

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Diana L. Johnson, One of 7000 copies, Fine/Fine, Johnson, Diana L, Rhode Island School of Design, 1979, 1st, cloth

Exhibition catalogue describing 231 items, fully illustrated, with biographies of each artist represented.

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J. Stewart Johnson, Johnson, J. Stewart, Fine/Fine, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2000, 1st, 9780810942080, 0810942089, 10 inches, 10 inches, 192 pages, 142 color and 30 black & white photographs, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The book accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features 125 objects from...

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Chesley Bonestell, VG+ (shelfworn), Johnson, Paul, Bonestell, Chesley, Chronicle, 1974, 1st, wraps

Creating a painting of each of the twenty-one California missions was a passion of Bonestell's. This book reproduces all 22 paintings as full-page color...

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Jacob Johnston, Ron Cobb, Johnston, Jacob, Cobb, Ron, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, London, Titan Books, 2002, 1st, 9781789099584, 12.25 inches, 9 inches, 208 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, boards, English

Order this book from us and you will receive three exclusive items: 1) A limited edition color print of a Ron Cobb painting that does NOT appear in...

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Freak Show - Limited Edition
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Bruce Jones, Bernie Wrightson, Jones, Bruce, Wrightson, Bernie, Very Fine without dust jacket, as issued, Oosterhout, Netherlands, Houthaven Publications, 1997, 1st, 1582404666, 12.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 84 pages, black & white, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid color plate, English

This beautiful limited edition leatherbound volume published in the Netherlands was the first time the 44-page Freak Show, originally serialized in Heavy...

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Robert Lawson, Fine/VG+ (dustjacket edges chipped, spine sunned), Jones, Helen L, Lawson, Robert, Little, Brown, 1972, 1st, cloth

A scarce collection of the art of this popular and award-winning children's book illustrator (Ferdinand, Rabbit Hill, etc.). With an introduction and...

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Terry Jones, Brian Froud, Jones, Terry, Froud, Brian, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (mild rubbing to the corners otherwise Very Fine), New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996, 1st, 0684832062, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, unpaginated pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The sequel to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.

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Signed by the artist, Very Fine, Brian Froud, Jones, Terry, Froud, Brian, Simon & Schuster, 1996, 1st, 0684832062, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The sequel to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. Signed by the artist. 

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Brian Froud, With a small drawing of a faerie head signed by Froud on the half-title page, Spine tail lightly bumped otherwise VF without dustjacket as issued, Jones, Terry, Froud, Brian, Simon & Schuster, 1996, 1st, pictorial boards

The sequel to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. Signed by Froud with a small drawing of a faerie head.

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Terry Jones, Brian Froud, Jones, Terry, Froud, Brian, A bookplate signed by the artist is attached to the front free endpaper, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (mild wear to the covers, interior Very Fine), New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996, 1st, 0684832062, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 96 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The sequel to Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.

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Karen Essex and James L. Swanson, Karen Essex and James L. Swanson, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, General Publishing Group, New York, 1996, 1st, 11 inches, 9.5 inches, 288 pages, over 500 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The only Bettie Page book authorized by and featuring a Foreword by Page herself. Featuring 500 photos, many in color. "Forget Marilyn Monroe and Jayne...

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