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Golden Age Illustrators

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Familiar Faces: The Art of Mort Drucker - Signed & Numbered Hardcover
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David Duncan, Mort Drucker, Mort Drucker, Duncan, Mort Drucker, David, Drucker, Mort, #87 of 1000 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, Stabur, Redford, 1988, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 96 pages, 19 color & 91 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The only career retrospective of this illustrator-caricaturist best known for his Mad magazine film/TV satires and his covers for Time and TV Guide. It is...

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Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel
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Paul Levitz, Will Eisner, Levitz, Paul, Eisner, Will, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (upper corners bumped, otherwise Fine), Abrams, New York, 2015, 1st, 10.7 inches, 11.5 inches, 224 pages, 200 color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Will Eisner (1917-2005) is universally considered the master of comics storytelling, best known for The Spirit, his iconic newspaper...

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Stripped Bare: The Art of Animal Anatomy
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David Bainbridge, Bainbridge, David, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Hudson, NY, Princeton University Press, 2018, 1st, 9780691181424, 9.8 inches, 7 inches, 256 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: A lavishly illustrated compendium of the art and history of animal anatomy from antiquity to today For more than two thousand...

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Howard Pyle
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Rowland Elzea, Howard Pyle, Elzea, Rowland, Pyle, Howard, Very Fine (new and unread, no thumbdents, very flat, tight, clean), Peacock Press/Bantam, New York, 1975, 1st, 11.25 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, 43 color plates, 2 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

A necessary volume for anyone interested in Pyle. 43 full-page color plates. 36 of the paintings are reproduced from the originals in the Delaware Art...

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Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators
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Patricia Janis Broder, Dean Cornwell, Broder, Patricia Janis, Cornwell, Dean, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (light shelfwear, slight yellowing to the top edge of the pages, mild wear and tears along the top edge of the dustjacket), Collectors Press, Portland, OR, 2000, 1st thus, 10.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 240 pages, 63 color plates, 236 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

From the dustjacket: Dean Cornwell, in his magazine and book illustrations, posters, calendar art, and advertising art recaptured decade by decade the...

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Old Paris and Changing New York: Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott
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Kevin Moore, Eugene Atget, Berenice Abbott, Moore, Kevin, Atget, Berenice Abbott, Eugene, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2018, 1st, 9780300235791, 10.25 inches, 11.75 inches, 156 pages, 100 color photographs, Hardcover, decorative cloth with an onlaid color plate, English

From the publisher: An insightful new look at two renowned photographers, their interconnected legacies, and the vital documents of urban transformation...

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Prints & Drawings of Frank Brangwyn, with Some Other Phases of His Art (1919)
  $75.00
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Walter Shaw Sparrow, Frank Brangwyn, Sparrow, Walter Shaw, Brangwyn, Frank, Very Good (spine ends and corners bumped and worn, hinges starting, interior is mildly foxed but sound), John Lane, London, 1919, 1st, 11.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 288 pages, 50 color and monochrome plates and 95 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Frank Brangwyn was so popular in his day that monographs were published on each aspect of his career: mural painting, oil, watercolor, and two thick books...

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The Forgotten World of Zdenek Burian (Zapomenutý svet Zdenka Buriana)
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Zdenek Burian, Burian, Zdenek, Very Fine in Very Fine obi band in the publisher's shrinkwrap, Albatros Media, Prague, 2020, 1st, 13.3 inches, 10 inches, 508 pages, over 450 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, Czech

A follow-up to "Adventurous World of Zdenek Burian" and "The Wonderful World of Zdenek Burian," this third massive volume (9 1/2" x 13" and 508 pages)...

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The Prehistoric World of Zdenek Burian, Book 1 (Praveký svet Zdenka Buriana - Kniha 1)
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Zdenek Burian, Burian, Zdenek, Small bumps to the tips otherwise Very Fine in Very Fine obi band in the publisher's shrinkwrap, Albatros Media, Prague, 2022, 1st, 13.3 inches, 10 inches, 600 pages, 412 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, Czech

This incredible 600-page tome reproduces 412 Burian paintings, illustrations, and sketches of the prehistoric world! This volume covers "the Origin of...

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The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature
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Peter Mendelsund, David J. Alworth, Mendelsund, David J. Alworth, Peter, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, New York, Ten Speed Press, 2020, 1st, 9780399581021, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 290 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A fun, idiosyncratic survey of book covers--both hardcovers and paperbacks. From the publisher: Fusing word and illustrations, as well as design...

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The Art of Earl Oliver Hurst
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Earl Oliver Hurst, Hurst, Earl Oliver, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Saugerties, Graphic Collectibles, 2005, 1st, 0976150603, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Long out of print. This is the only book on the art of the illustrator Earl Oliver Hurst, 1895-1958. Hurst illustrated mostly for Collier's Magazine...

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J. W. Waterhouse
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Peter Trippi, J. W. Waterhouse, Trippi, Peter, Waterhouse, J. W., Fine in Fine dustjacket, Phaidon, London, 2005, 9780714845180, 11.4 inches, 10 inches, 252 pages, 211 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A profusely illustrated study of the Victorian painter. 211 color illustrations. Out of print. From the publisher: John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)...

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