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French Imports

Stuart Ng Books is the largest importer of French Bande Dessinee (and related art books) in the United States. We select and stock new titles and current releases and source them directly from the French publishers and distributors. We carry the most mainstream publishers such as Casterman, Dargaud, And Dupuis, to boutique publishers such as Comix Buro, Stardom and Bruno Graff. We also buy and sell used, secondhand, and collectible Bande Dessinee and related art books from collectors here and abroad.

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Gatonomor - Signed & Numbered Portfolio
  $195.00
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Claire Wendling, #32 of 250 copies signed by the artist, Very Fine plates in a Near Fine folder, Wendling, Claire, Jour de Fete, 1994, 1st, 16 inches, 12 inches, color illustrations, French

A set of fine silk-screened color prints on heavy paper stock. Eight images and a title plate. Eight related images with four illustrations featuring...

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Peintre, Sculpteur, Animalier
Paul Jouve: Peintre, Sculpteur, Animalier
  $195.00
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Very Fine/Very Fine, Paul Jouve, Marcilhac, Felix, Jouve, Paul, Les Editions de l'Amateur, 2005, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, French

The first monograph devoted to the fantastic animal painter, sculptor, and illustrator Paul Jouve (1878-1973). Up till now, the only books available on this...

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Michael Sowas Welt (Michael Sowa's World)
Michael Sowas Welt (Michael Sowa's World)
  $195.00
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Near Fine/Near Fine (some slight discoloration along lower cover edg, Michael Sowa, Nasuda and Sakae Kimoto, Jun, Sowa, Michael, Kodansha, Ltd., 2005, 1st, 9784062129046, 4062129043, Hardcover, boards, Japanese

An original Japanese publication of the works of surrealist German painter & illustrator Michael Sowa (Sowa's Ark). 45 paintings in color and five color...

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Charles Gleyre: Le Genie De l'Invention
Charles Gleyre: Le Genie De l'Invention
  $195.00
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Very Fine, Charles Gleyre, Lepdor (ed.), Catherine, Gleyre, Charles, 5 Continents Editions, 2006, 1st, 978-88-7439-355-8, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A retrospective on the Swiss artist (2 May 1806 – 5 May 1874), who painted in Paris and taught and influenced a number of younger artists, including...

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Belladone, Tome 1: Marie - Collection 2B - Inscribed with a Full Page Drawing/Self-Portrait
  $195.00
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Ange, Pierre Alary, Ange, Alary, Pierre, Inscribed by the artist with a full page drawing, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Toulon, Soleil, 2004, 1st, 2845658591, 13.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 96 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This limited edition is long out of print and will not be reprinted. This copy has a big, full-page pencil and watercolor dedicace by the artist. This...

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Inside Moebius, Tome 6
  $195.00
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Moebius (Jean Giraud), Moebius (Jean Giraud), Limited to 3500 copies, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Stardom/Moebius Production, 2010, 1st, 9782908766462, 9.6 inches, 7 inches, 120 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This final volume has the best artwork in the series. Since published in English, this is the original first edition/printing, self-published by Moebius,...

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Belladone, Tome 1: Marie - Collection 2B - Inscribed with a Drawing
  $195.00
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Ange, Pierre Alary, Ange, Alary, Pierre, Inscribed by the artist with a full-page pencil drawing, Very Good+, issued without dustjacket (bump to the tail of the spine end with a small 1/8" scrape, corners very lightly bumped, interior Very Fine), Toulon, Soleil, 2004, 1st, 2845658591, 13.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 96 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Inscribed by the artist with a nice full-page pencil drawing of Belladone and dated in the year of publication: 2004! This Limited edition is long out...

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Belladone, Tome 1: Marie - Collection 2B - Inscribed with a Drawing
  $195.00
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Ange, Pierre Alary, Ange, Alary, Pierre, Inscribed by the artist with a full-page pencil drawing, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Toulon, Soleil, 2004, 1st, 2845658591, 13.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 96 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Inscribed by the artist ("Pour Pauline ... Merci ...") with a nice full-page pencil drawing of Belladone in Indian garb! This is long out of print and...

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Polaroids Portfolio - Signed & Numbered
  $190.00
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Gabriele Pennacchioli, Pennacchioli, Gabriele, One of 100 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine plates in Very Fine portfolio, Les Sculpteurs de Bulles, Cresserons, 2020, 1st, 13 inches, 10.5 inches, color, English

Gabriele Pennacchioli's first portfolio, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the artist. This beautiful and luxurious collectible gathers 53 of his...

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Big Ben Bolt: Harvard Heavyweight
  $175.00
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#147 of 1000 numbered copies, Very Fine/Fine, John Cullen Murphy, Caplan, Elliot, Murphy, John Cullen, Pollischansky, 1978, 1st, 15.5 inches, 11 inches, 112 pages, Hardcover, cloth, English, German

The first 406 dailies - 68 weeks (2/20/50 to 6/7/51). This adventure strip with its blend of melodrama, romance and comic relief was John Cullen Murphy's...

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Drawers 2.0 (Near Fine)
  $175.00
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Claire Wendling, Wendling, Claire, Near Fine (slight rubbing to the tips of each corner otherwise Fine), Le Cycliste, Bordeaux, 2005, 2912249740, 11.75 inches, 10 inches, 144 pages, over 650 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, French English

This is the revised and expanded 144-page edition of Drawers, the retrospective of Claire Wendling's work in comics, games, animation, and illustration....

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Drawers 1.0 - Signed 1st
  $175.00
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Claire Wendling, Wendling, Claire, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket (crisp, sharp, unread), le Cycliste, Bordeaux, 2001, 1st, 11.75 inches, 10 inches, 112 pages, over 500 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, French


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Les Gardiens du Maser 5: le bout du monde, Les Originaux - Signed & Numbered
  $175.00
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Massimiliano Frezzato, Frezzato, Massimiliano, One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist, Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap, Paris, Editions USA, 2003, 1st, 2-914409-30-3, 17.25 inches, 13.5 inches, 44 pages, color, Hardcover, spiralbound, French

Frezzato's Keepers of the Maser Volume 5 This collector's album, in A3 format (about 33x44 cm), presents the cover and all the original pages of Volume 5...

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Chroniques Metalliques (1992) First Printing
  $175.00
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Moebius (Jean Giraud), Moebius (Jean Giraud), Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (bright, tight, unrea, Les Humanoides Associes, Paris, 1992, 1st, 11.7 inches, 10.6 inches, 92 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards, French

The dustjacketed first edition/first printing of this excellent 1992 collection of Moebius artwork. Some 40 color and over 200 black & white...

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Tao Bang 1: le Septieme Cercle - Signed & Numbered Deluxe Edition
  $175.00
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Olivier Vatine, Daniel Pecqueur, Didier Cassegrain, Fred Blanchard, Vatine, Daniel Pecqueur, Olivier, Cassegrain, Fred Blanchard, Didier, #535 of 550 numbered copies signed by the four creators, Fine, issued without dustjacket (very slight surface wear, corners sharp, tight, clean), Delcourt, Paris, 1999, 1st, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

This is the deluxe edition of Didier Cassegrain's great first album. Layouts by Olivier Vatine, designs by Fred Blanchard, drawn and colored by Cassegrain....

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New York Carnets
  $150.00
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Fine, Philippe Dupuy, Charles Berberian, Dupuy & Charles Berberian, Philippe, Cornelius, 2001, 1st, 8.25 inches, 11 inches, 48 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, French

A collection of sketches and drawings from a trip to New York by Dupuy & Berberian in April-October 1995. Wonderful atmospheric images of the city,...

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Flash by Benjamin
  $150.00
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Benjamin, Benjamin, Near Fine (light shelfwear), Xiao Pan, Paris, 2008, 2nd, 12.6 inches, 9.6 inches, 160 pages, color, softcover, French wraps, English, French

This is the long out of print art book devoted to Chinese comic artist and illustrator Benjamin (artist-writer of Orange, Remember, and One Day). A large...

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Sky Doll 3: La Ville Blanche - Collection 2B
  $150.00
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Barbara Canepa, Alessandro Barbucci, Canepa, Barbara, Barbucci, Alessandro, Very Fine, Soleil, Toulon, 2004, 1st Limited, 13.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 108 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This long out of print limited edition reproduces the third Sky Doll volume (with an alternate ending) in its pencil form: the lefthand pages reproduce the...

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Sketchtravel - Deluxe Edition
  $150.00
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Limited to 2000 numbered copies, Very Fine, Chene, Paris, 2011, 1st, 11.75 inches, 8.5 inches, 192 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth

The Deluxe Edition is a facsimile of the original sketchbook that traveled the world. Dice Tsutsumi describing the Deluxe Edition: "As you may know,...

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Crumb 30/40
  $150.00
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Robert Crumb, Crumb, Robert, Near Fine (only light wear, flat, tight, bright), Futuropolis, Paris, 1982, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 36 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, French

This eleventh volume in Futuropolis' series of oversized 30x40 cm large-format comics collections (Moebius, Moscoso, Poivet, Jeff Jones, Wrightson, etc.)...

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Iguana Bay 2.0 - Signed & Numbered Deluxe Edition
  $150.00
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Claire Wendling, Wendling, Claire, One of 950 copies signed by the artist, Fine, issued without dustjacket, le Cycliste, Bordeaux, 2003, 1st, 9.75 inches, 6.6 inches, 96 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This long out-of-print signed and numbered Deluxe Edition is printed on an extra heavy fine art paper (Old Mill 190 gr. paper) which reproduces the artwork...

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Silence, on Rêve (Near Fine)
  $150.00
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Moebius (Jean Giraud), Moebius (Jean Giraud), Near Fine (upper corner very lightly bumped otherwise Very Fine, very bright, tight, clean), Casterman, Paris, 1991, 1st, 11.8 inches, 9 inches, 124 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Moebius contributed an 8-page comic story "Marie Dakar," provides 8 erotic illustrations and 8 other illustrations for this anthology he created and...

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Miroirs - Signed & Numbered
  $150.00
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Jean-Michel Nicollet, Nicollet, Jean-Michel, One of 423 of 450 numbered copies (and 50 HC copies) signed by the artist, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Zanpano, 2009, 1st, 978-2-915757-13-2, 8.3 inches, 11 inches, 132 pages, 144 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Out of print. A beautiful art book devoted to the French illustrator Jean Michel Nicollet best known in America for his cover to first issue of Heavy Metal....

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Caza de Metal et de Chair: 100 illustrations pour J'ai lu - SF
  $150.00
Philippe Caza, Caza, Philippe, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Sevres, Editions la Sirene, 1994, 1st, 9782840450580, 11 inches, 9.25 inches, 88 pages, 100 color plates and 11 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Out of print and quite scarce. Beyond his work in French comics (Metal Hurlant and more), Caza was a popular science fiction illustrator. This...