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Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, Vol. XXI ['21], No. 1), Fall 1953. Jacques Villon/His Graphic Art.by: William S. Lieberman
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Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, Vol. XXI ['21], No. 1), Fall 1953. Jacques Villon/His Graphic Art.
by: William S. Lieberman

Softcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", twenty-four page exhibition catalog is bound in stapled wrappers and is in VG+ condition. B&W reproductions and photographs. Foreword by William S. Lieberman, Curator of Prints for MOMA.

Record # 363594

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STEVE DITKO OMNIBUS. VOLUME TWO : STARRING THE HAWK AND THE DOVEby: Ditko, Steve
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STEVE DITKO OMNIBUS. VOLUME TWO : STARRING THE HAWK AND THE DOVE
by: Ditko, Steve

Hardcover. New York, DC Comics, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 400 pages, hardcover. Extensive color illustrations throughout. Illustrated cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 351006

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California on Stoneby: Peters, Harry Twyford
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California on Stone
by: Peters, Harry Twyford

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 227 pages plus 112 b&w and color plates. Cream colored boards. Light smudging to covers and edges. Else a very clean, tight copy. A facsimile reprint of the 1935 first edition, a study of 19th century lithography in California.

Record # 452689

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House and Garden's Complete Guide to Interior Decorationby: N/A
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House and Garden's Complete Guide to Interior Decoration
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 5th Ed., 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue glossy boards with gilt lettering, beige cloth spine, 319 pages. No dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated with color, black and white photographs. Many rooms illustrated were by well-known interior designers and belonged to the rich and famous of the 1940s. Valuable reference for movie or live theatre sets featuring interiors in the 50's, whether traditional or modern. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386253

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Uneeda Comix by: Crumb, R.
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Uneeda Comix by: Crumb, R.Uneeda Comix by: Crumb, R.

Uneeda Comix
by: Crumb, R.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, The Print Mint, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover First Edition July 1970. .50 cent printed price. (28 pages.) Close to near fine in stapled pictorial printed wrappers. Text mildly toned.

Record # 367569

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Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Gardeby: Dluhosch (Ed.), Eric and Rostislav Svacha
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Karel Teige/1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde
by: Dluhosch (Ed.), Eric and Rostislav Svacha

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages, illustrated with mostly b&w plates, 8 color pages. Small remainder stamp on bottom edge. "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time."--from the introduction by Kenneth FramptonKarel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural affairs and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scripts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances.

Record # 351118

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That's the Way I See Itby: Hockney, David
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That's the Way I See It
by: Hockney, David

Hardcover. San Francisco, Calif., Chronicle Books, 1st, September 1, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 248 pages. Oversized. Blue cloth cover, embossed design, minor wear to edges and corners. Dust jackethas light edgewear, some small dents. Many color and b&w illustrations throughout. A bright and clean copy.That's the Way I See It offers a revealing look at one of our most popular artists. In this tour de force, over 350 reproductions of Hockney's paintings, graphic designs, and experimental work are closely interwoven with the artist's insightful and highly personal narrative. Accessible, articulate, and always ahead of their time, Hockney's compostions and reflections offer a fascinationg look at a uniquely talented artist.

Record # 455394

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GIOVANNI DI PAOLO. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin Fall 1988by: John Pope-Hennessy

GIOVANNI DI PAOLO. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin Fall 1988
by: John Pope-Hennessy

Softcover. NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 386486

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R. Crumb, Checklist of Work and Criticism: With a Biographical Supplement and a Full Set of Indexes by: Fiene, Donald M.
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R. Crumb, Checklist of Work and Criticism: With a Biographical Supplement and a Full Set of Indexes
by: Fiene, Donald M.

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Boatner Norton Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Illustrated with black & white examples of works by Robert Crumb - 4 pages in full color.

Record # 367585

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Louise Lawler: An Arrangement of Picturesby: Meinhardt, Johannes
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Louise Lawler: An Arrangement of Pictures
by: Meinhardt, Johannes

Hardcover. New York, Assouline, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, color photographs. In publisher's shrinkwrap. A beautiful collection of the work of contemporary artist Louise Lawler, who, for the past twenty years, has photographed art as it is situated and displayed, whether in private homes, public buildings, or museums, galleries, and auction houses. From an exhibition of Degas's materpieces to an Andy Warhol installation, this book invites you to discover Lawler's unique vision of modern and contemporary art. Lawler is fascinated by what "happens" to the art object after it leaves the artist's studio - where it goes, how it's displayed, how it's valued, what it means. In a Lawler photograph taken in a private home, the furnishings and objects surrounding the art are given as much attention as the art; in a museum, the view out of a window next to the artwork; in an auction house, the label identifying the artwork. Her striking and provocative photographs show us how the environment that surrounds it affects our perception of art and how it in turn affects all aspects of that environment.

Record # 351159

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Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Designby: Noble, Ian
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Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design
by: Noble, Ian

Softcover. AVA Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Cover has very little wear. Color and b&w illustrations throughout. A bright, clean copy.

Record # 455867

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William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books by: Blake, William
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William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books
by: Blake, William

Softcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 480 pages. In his 'illuminated' books, William Blake combined his handwritten text with his exuberant imagery on pages the like of which had not been seen since the great decorated books of the Middle Ages. To have Blake's great prophetic poems - Jerusalem and Songs of Innocence and of Experience, for example - in cold letterpress bears no comparison to seeing and reading them in Blake's own medium, with his sublime and exhilarating colours.This edition, produced together with The William Blake Trust, contains all the pages of Blake's twenty or so illuminated books reproduced in true size, an appendix with all Blake's text set in type and an introduction by the noted Blake scholar, David Bindman. Clean, bright copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386768

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1906: November 23 - Wild West Weekly #214 "Gold Dust Drift Or, Losing a Cool Million" - Colorful Action Cover Art of Exploding Buildingby: N/A
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1906: November 23 - Wild West Weekly #214 "Gold Dust Drift Or, Losing a Cool Million" - Colorful Action Cover Art of Exploding Building
by: N/A

Softcover. NY, Frank Tousey, 1st, 1906, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Stapled wraps in color, worn, chipping, short tears to margins of cover but not affecting image. Cover art is bright. Owner's name written in ink above masthead. 30 pages, cheap pulp paper. Offered for cover art.

Record # 367676

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Matta: Surrealism and Beyondby: Carter, Curtis L. and Thomas Monahan
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Matta: Surrealism and Beyond
by: Carter, Curtis L. and Thomas Monahan

Softcover. Milwaukee WI, Haggerty Museum of Art, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, illustrated in color. Essays by Octavio Paz, Andre Breton and Sabine Eckman. Like new.

Record # 351214

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Cezanneby: Cachin, Francoise
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Cezanne
by: Cachin, Francoise

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 600 pages, illustrated throughout with 504 illustrations, including 242 plates in full color. Heavy oversized book. Light edgewear and faint tanning to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. A definitive survey of the life and work of the Paul Ce+a7zanne follwows the evolution of his art from drawing school in the 1860s to his death in 1906, providing more than six hundred reproductions of drawings, watercolors, paintings, and sketchbook pages that demonstrate his masterful artistic style.

Record # 458451

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Elektra Lives Again by: Frank Miller / Lynn Varley
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Elektra Lives Again
by: Frank Miller / Lynn Varley

Hardcover. NY, Epic Comics, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardccover, 76 pages. color art by Frank Miller. The conclusion of Elektra by the master craftsman, Frank Miller, at the top of his game. No comic book collection is complete without it. This may be the best single work that Miller has done for Marvel. Written and with all line art by Miller, and with exquisite colors by Lynn Varley - Elektra Lives Again takes us back to the damaged life of Matt Murdock/Daredevil. Haunted now by the ghost (or is it?) of the woman he loves. Ballet level battles. Elegant panel work. Sharp story telling. Another textbook amalgam of American/European/Asian comics. Full number line, no dust jacket, clean copy.

Record # 387000

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Riley Rosesby: Whitcomb Riley, James and Howard Chandler Christy

Riley Roses
by: Whitcomb Riley, James and Howard Chandler Christy

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill Company, 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with green cloth covers and gilt lettering. Color illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy throughout. Heavy stock pages, gutter cracked in several places. Glue repair abrasion on first chapter. Cover boards clean with minimal wear.

Record # 367993

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Beg the Question (Minimum Wage)by: Fingerman, Bob
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Beg the Question (Minimum Wage)
by: Fingerman, Bob

Hardcover. Seattle WA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st thus, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Originally released as Minimum Wage Book One and a subsequent series of the Minimum Wage comics with new material added. Bob Fingerman tells the story of Rob and Sylvia, two twentysomethings navigating the labyrinth of contemporary life in New York From pandering and peddling porn, to battling bellicose Brooklyn bozos, grappling with unsatisfactory careers, potential parenthood, nuptials and vicissitudes aplenty."

Record # 351292

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Hayley Leverby: Lowrey, Carol
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Hayley Lever
by: Lowrey, Carol

Hardcover. NY, Spanierman Gallery, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 112 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Illustrated, laminated boards, no dust jacket issued. Clean, tight copy. This is a beutifully produced catalog of a NY retrospective for the Australian/British/American painter Hayley Lever (1876-1958). His painting also crossed boundaries including elements of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism & Tonalism. Perhaps it was this refusal to sit in one box that accounts for his being so nearly forgotten. There are many lovely pictures here, mostly of St Ives & the coasts of New England.

Record # 459679

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Playboy Magazine June 1997 Vol. 44 No. 6 by: Hefner, Hugh M. (Ed.)
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Playboy Magazine June 1997 Vol. 44 No. 6
by: Hefner, Hugh M. (Ed.)

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1997, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Victoria Silvstedt on cover,The Timothy McVeigh Story, Dennis Rodman Interview, Carmen Electra, centerfold Carrie Stevens, George Carlin humor.

Record # 387321

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The Night, They Say, Was Made For Love Plus My Sexual Scrapbookby: Callahan, John
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The Night, They Say, Was Made For Love Plus My Sexual Scrapbook
by: Callahan, John

Softcover. New York, Quill William Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 109 pages. Softcover with light wear to paper wrappers. Illustration in black and white by Callahan. Tight copy.

Record # 368482

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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Ironby: Clowes, Daniel
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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
by: Clowes, Daniel

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 200 pages. Like a Velvet Glove... collects all 10 chapters of the serialized story Eightball. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters, including a pair of sadistic cops who carve a strange symbol into the heel of Clay's foot; a horny over-the-hill suburban woman whose sexual encounter with a mysterious water creature produced a grotesquely misshapen, but no less horny, mutant daughter; a dog with no orifices whatsoever (it has to be fed by injection); two ominous victims of extremely bad hair implants; a charismatic Manson-like cult leader who plans to kidnap a famous advice columnist and many more! This edition has a brand new cover, new title and end pages-plus: Clowes being the perfectionist that he is, there are tweaked and re-drawn panels that really make this a transcendent piece of storytelling art!

Record # 351359

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Erte: The Last Works: Graphics / Sculptureby: Estorick, Eric
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Erte: The Last Works: Graphics / Sculpture
by: Estorick, Eric

Hardcover. New York, Dutton Studio, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages, illustrated throughout with 176 plates in full color. Additional text by Ray Perman and David Rogath and photographs by Daniel Kramer. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Romain de Tirtoff, who worked under the pseudonym Erte (the French pronunciation of his initials), was a celebrated artist and designer who produced 250 covers for "Harper's Bazaar" as well as fashion designs for some of the world's most glamorous stars, and costume & set designs for Hollywood and stage productions.

Record # 460195

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Achievement in Photo-Engraving and Letter-Press Printing by: Flader, Louis/ Compiler & Editor View larger image
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Achievement in Photo-Engraving and Letter-Press Printing
by: Flader, Louis/ Compiler & Editor

Hardcover. Chicago, American Photo-Engravers Association, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, simulated leather decorated in blind and stamped with a red and yellow eagle on the front cover, top edge gilt. 488 pages.A massive compendium of articles and illustrations concerning the arts of photo-engraving and printing. Numerous printers submitted various inserts that to the Photo-engraver's and Printer's Union for compilation in this huge book. Hundreds of inserts from printers across the country reflect everything from black and white to eleven color zinc plate printing. This work offer a nice overview of the various printing techniques of the early twentieth century. Publisher's rare prospectus laid-in. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 387406

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100 Christmas Wishes: Vintage Holiday Cards from the New York Public Libraryby: Cash (EDITOR), Rosanne
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100 Christmas Wishes: Vintage Holiday Cards from the New York Public Library
by: Cash (EDITOR), Rosanne

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color pictures of vintage christmas postcards. Clean, tight copy with no wear to covers.

Record # 369009

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First Ladies of the Poster: The Gold Collectionby: Gold, Laura
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First Ladies of the Poster: The Gold Collection
by: Gold, Laura

Softcover. Poster Auctions International, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 148 pages. Nowhere are we given a more profound glimpse into the dawning stages of women's emancipation than in turn-of-the-century posters. In this revealing book with 206 full-color posterswe are presented with women stepping out of the confining traditional roles which they were cast and exercising their new-found liberation. We see them taking to the roads on bicycles, getting behind the wheel of automobiles, hoisting an aperatif, attending a ball unescorted and we are provided with glimpses into women's burgeoning, nascent sexual freedom. This volume features all the top artists of the period: Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Grasset, Chret, Mucha, De Feure, Cappiello, Steinlen, Grn, Pal, Bradley, Penfield and others. These lively images not only reflected their time, but did much to inspire this new-found freedom.

Record # 351416

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Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Artby: Dehejia, Vidya (Editor) View larger image
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Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art
by: Dehejia, Vidya (Editor)

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Prestel, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 408 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Large oversized book. Devi, the Great Goddess of India is beautiful, beneficent, terrifying, all-powerful, and glorious. Ubiquitous in India's social and spiritual fabric, she has, over the millennia, been painted, sculpted, carved, and wrought from silver and bronze in a myriad of shapes and forms. Devi: The Great Goddess brings together one hundred and twenty of these diverse examples of Devi and a group of distinguished essayists who explore facets of Devi worship and tradition, including ritual, architecture, literature, history and contemporary issues such as feminism and gender politics. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 460375

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Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly: Art Human Rights and the Power of Writing a Letterby: Weiwei Ai/ Spalding David (Editor)

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly: Art Human Rights and the Power of Writing a Letter
by: Weiwei Ai/ Spalding David (Editor)

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2018, Softcover, 128 pages. Includes essays by Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Haines, Jasmine Heiss, and David Spalding. Renowned artist Ai Weiwei engaged nearly 900,000 visitors in a conversation about human rights with his art installation @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. In one participatory piece, Yours Truly, visitors sent 92,829 postcards to prisoners of conscience around the world. This book delves into those postcards' lasting impact. Five former prisoners and their loved ones reflect on the experience of receiving hundreds of postcards while imprisoned. Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project. And photographs taken during the exhibition show visitors and the messages they wrote. The book also includes four pre-addressed, tear-out postcards, inviting readers-whether art lovers or activists-to send hope to individuals still imprisoned for defending human rights. Clean copy.

Record # 387542

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Heath Robinson's Great Warby: Robinson, Heath
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Heath Robinson's Great War
by: Robinson, Heath

Hardcover. Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with black and white illustrations by Heath Robinson

Record # 369114

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Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 23: 1957 Elvis in Dogpatchby: Capp, Al
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Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 23: 1957 Elvis in Dogpatch
by: Capp, Al

Softcover. Kitchen Sink Press, reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 176 pages. A great send-up of '50s youth culture and Elvis Presley parody (Daisy Mae almost marries Elvis!) Li'l Abner eats mud mushrooms and becomes the size of a blimp. The Lizard of Ooze menaces Manhattan in a spoof of '50s monster movies. And Fearless Fosdick goes to Paris. Moonbeam McSwine catches Tiny Yokum in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day Race. Also in this volume: Lower Slobbovia, Senator Jack S. Phogbound, Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe. Plus a surprise appearance by Phil Silvers (TV's Sgt. Bilko). And don't miss the very entertaining introduction by James Vance which focuses on "cartoonist feuds," a special form of publicity stunt mastered by Capp, pitting himself publicly against such fellow creators as Will Eisner (The Spirit), Allen Saunders (Mary Worth) and Milton Caniff (Steve Canyon). Harvey Kurtzman ultimately parodied the feud schtick in a "Hey Look!" strip reprinted here. [See the Volume 17 introduction for Capp's thinly-disguised attack on fellow cartoonist Ham Fisher.] Heavily ghosted during this period by Frank Frazetta.

Record # 351445

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Wolf Kahn, continuity and change: Paintings & works on paper 1958-66/2000-03by: Kahn, Wolf
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Wolf Kahn, continuity and change: Paintings & works on paper 1958-66/2000-03
by: Kahn, Wolf

Hardcover. US, Ameringer Yohe Fine Art, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Light shelf-wear to heavy cardboard covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462723

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Voluptuarioby: Fuentes, Carlos & Nissen, Brian
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Voluptuario
by: Fuentes, Carlos & Nissen, Brian

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages. Brian Nissen's talented art work make this lovely book not only a collection of erotica, but also very humorous. Clean copy.

Record # 387723

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I. Ukiyo-e Paintingby: Stern, Harold P.
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I. Ukiyo-e Painting
by: Stern, Harold P.

Softcover. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages. Softcover with paper wrappers. Tape repair on top spine. Previous owner's bokplate on inside front wrapper. Tight copy. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 369325

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1937 New Yorker Albumby: N/A
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1937 New Yorker Album
by: N/A

Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth spine and green paper-covered boards.A nice collection of b&w cartoons from The New Yorker. No dust jacket.

Record # 351617

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Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8Th-14th Century (Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, No 48)by: Fong, Wen C.
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Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8Th-14th Century (Princeton Monographs in Art and Archaeology, No 48)
by: Fong, Wen C.

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 549 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This book presents a survey of Chinese painting from the eighth to the 14th century, a period during which the nature of China's pictorial art changed dramatically. Illustrated by works in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the author begins by describing the advent toward the end of the Bronze Age of figural representation in Chinese art, and next traces the development of Chinese landscape painting from the third to the tenth century. He then moves on to discuss the art of the Sung dynasty, when the imperial government was increasingly absolute and repressive. In this period artists shifted from a realistic rendition of nature to more symbolic representation of single flowers, rocks and trees. By the time of the Yuan dynasty, following the Mongol conquest of 1279, objective representation in art had been replaced by imagery that drew on the artist's inner response to his world. Because it was believed that the meaning of a painted subject, made complex by personal and symbolic associations, could no longer be expressed without language, the painter began to inscribe poems and incorporate calligraphy in his works, the multiple relationships among word, image and calligraphy forming the basis of a new art. At this stage Chinese art entered its richest and most diverse stage f development.

Record # 464663

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Klimowski Poster Book by: Klimowski, Andrzej
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Klimowski Poster Book
by: Klimowski, Andrzej

Hardcover. London, SelfMadeHero, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 128 pages. In the mid-1970s, Klimowski's fearlessly original artwork caught the eye of leading Polish theatre and film companies, for whom he designed some of the period's most influential and iconic posters. The London-born artist, who moved to Poland at a time when many East Europeans dreamed of going West, went on to create posters for works by filmmakers and playwrights from Scorsese to Altman, Beckett to Brecht. Drawing on folk art, Polish Surrealism and the work of his mentor at the Warsaw Academy, Henryk Tomaszewski, Klimowski uses techniques including photomontage and linocut to create posters that are filled with metaphor, drama and originality. The Klimowski Poster Book compiles the best of his Polish work, while also tracing his career after his return to London, where he remains Emeritus Professor of Illustration at the Royal College of Art. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 396293

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The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology by: Cooke, Jon B.
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The Book of Weirdo: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology
by: Cooke, Jon B.

Hardcover. Last Gasp, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages. The Book of Weirdo is the definitive - and hugely entertaining- examination of Weirdo magazine, renowned underground comix cartoonist Robert Crumb's legendary humor comics anthology, which was originally published throughout the 1980s. A "low-brow" counterpoint to Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouley's rather high-faluttin' RAW comix publication, Weirdo influenced an entire generation of alternative and neo-underground artists, as well as creative refuge for the underground comix veterans, and this book features the complete story of the well-recalled comics magazine, along with testimonials from over 130 of the publication's contributors, including interviews with Weirdo's three editors - R. "Keep on Truckin'" Crumb, Peter "Hate" Bagge, and Aline "The Bunch" Kominsky-Crumb - and publisher "Baba Ron" Turner. As much a history of the alternative comics scene of the 1980s - from New York City punk to Seattle grunge - this exhaustive retrospective includes rare and unseen artwork from that era, as well as new comics from modern-day artists celebrating their love for the great oddball magazine. In its time, the periodical featured the finest work of many artists, particularly the best material by Robert Crumb himself, Weirdo's founder and best known for ZAP Comix, Fritz the Cat, and Mr. Natural, and a man widely heralded as the greatest cartoonist of all time. We get photos of the various contributors, some samples of the work, more than a few brand-spanking-new artistic tributes to the magazine and the people who made it. And lots and lots of stories about what it was like to work for and with Robert Crumb.

Record # 369655

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Made In L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editionsby: Baldessari, John
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Made In L.A.: The Prints of Cirrus Editions
by: Baldessari, John

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Artwork by John Baldessari, Chris Burden. Contributions by Bruce Davis.

Record # 351671

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Wifredo Lam (Spanish Edition)by: Oria, Lucy Villegas
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Wifredo Lam (Spanish Edition)
by: Oria, Lucy Villegas

softcover. Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Softcover with light fading to spine. Edgewear to corners, wrappers. Color pictures throughout. SPANISH TEXT.

Record # 470362

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Superman - The Action Comics: Archives Volume 3 by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
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Superman - The Action Comics: Archives Volume 3
by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster

Hardcover. NY, DC Comics, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. These are the stories that catapulted Superman into the spotlight as one of the world's premier heroes of fiction. These volumes feature his earliest adventures in Action Comics when the full extent of his powers was still developing and his foes were often bank robbers and crooked politicians. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 396498

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The History of EC Comicsby: Geissman, Grant
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The History of EC Comicsby: Geissman, GrantThe History of EC Comicsby: Geissman, Grant

The History of EC Comics
by: Geissman, Grant

Hardcover. Taschen, 2nd pr., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Huge oversized hardcover, 16x11", 596 pages. The full, fascinating story of this fabled company, written and designed by EC-expert Grant Geissman. Even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts will find something new within these pages, with the Gaines family archives providing over 100 rarities that have never seen print. Cover images are reproduced from Gaines file copies. 1,000 illustrations include the rarest and most notorious covers, interior pages and panels, rare photos, vintage original artwork, and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors. Author Grant Geissman was a customer in Bud Plant's San Jose comic book store in 1968-69, long before he became a recording star and EC expert. Grant has written several books on EC and, in my mind, is the foremost authority on both Mad and EC. He generously did a special bookplate for us, which reproduces a "fantasy" cover for Incredible Science Fiction that he commissioned from Angelo Torres. It's in full color and signed by Grant.

Record # 370562

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Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!by: Spiegelman, Art
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Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!
by: Spiegelman, Art

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st thus, 2008, Hardcover, pictorial boards. no dust jacket issued. Originally published in a different form in 1977 by Belier Press, this collection of comics by Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author/artist of "Maus," presents the seminal works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today. Revised and re-issued in 2008, with an introduction that's almost as long as the book it introduces, and certainly autobiographically intimate and daring. Clean, very good.

Record # 351715

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Ancient Painting - From the Earliiest Times to the Period of Christian Artby: Swindler, Mary Hamilton
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Ancient Painting - From the Earliiest Times to the Period of Christian Art
by: Swindler, Mary Hamilton

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press. , 1st , 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Illustrated in black & white, 5 color plates. 487 pages + 646 photos, 16 plates in rear. Previous owner's inscription, bookplate on front pastedown. End papers tanned.

Record # 500060

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The Paintings and the Journal of Joseph Whiting Stock by: Stock, Joseph Whiting/Juliette Tomlinson (Ed.)
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The Paintings and the Journal of Joseph Whiting Stock
by: Stock, Joseph Whiting/Juliette Tomlinson (Ed.)

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 180 pages illustrated in b&w, some color. The life & work of a 19th century American folk artist Brings together for the first time all of Stock's extant papers-his will, one lengthy letter to his brother, various newspaper notices concerning him, and his remarkable journal written sometime after 1846. In addition, it includes reproductions of all known surviving Stock paintings. Clean copy.

Record # 396685

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John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil Pastel and Miniature With Biographical Sketchesby: Parker Barbara Neville and Anne Bolling Wheeler
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John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil Pastel and Miniature With Biographical Sketches
by: Parker Barbara Neville and Anne Bolling Wheeler

Hardcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. 284 pages, 210 BW illustrations. A catalogue raisonne of Copley's work in America prior to his departure for England in 1774. Begins with a 12-page biography. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 371185

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Poster Style XXXVIIIby: Rennert, Jack (Editor)
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Poster Style XXXVIII
by: Rennert, Jack (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Posters Please, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, catalog for poster auction held Sunday, May 2, 2004 featuring American show posters, PKZ posters, Olympic posters, International posters, books and periodicals. Bright, clean covers.

Record # 351753

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Risko Book, Theby: Carter, Graydon and Kevin Sessums
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Risko Book, The
by: Carter, Graydon and Kevin Sessums

Softcover. New York , Monacelli Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 pages, color illustrations throughout by Robert Risko. These celebrity caricatures are instantly recognizable -- recognizable both as unmistakable portraits of famous subjects and as examples of Risko's bold and fluid style. Risko's career was launched in 1978 when Andy Warhol gave him an assignment for Interview magazine. Since then he has drawn likenesses of hundreds of notables from the worlds of film, television, politics, and culture. In addition to countless images for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and other major magazines, Risko has illustrated book jackets, video covers, movie posters, and CD packages. Very good plus.

Record # 512150

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Venus in Sackcloth: The Magdelen's Origins and Metamorphosesby: Malvern, Marjorie M.
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Venus in Sackcloth: The Magdelen's Origins and Metamorphoses
by: Malvern, Marjorie M.

Hardcover. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 219 pages, b&w illustrations.Prostitute, saint, penitent, woman taken in adultery, the Magdalen--a Venus in sackcloth----has evolved through two thou-sand years of iconography and literature little understood, this original and pro-vocative study shows. The complex intermingling of the Mag-dalen myth in religion and culture pro-vides a fascinating chapter in the history of ideas. This important new book there-fore not only fills a gap in religious and humanistic studies but also deepens our understanding of how the ideas implanted in the Magdalen figure were sustained over the years--from her origins in Scrip-ture and Apocrypha to rock opera in our time.

Record # 396761

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A. B. Durand : 1796-1886by: N/A
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A. B. Durand : 1796-1886
by: N/A

Softcover. Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 111 pages 49 b&w plates and 4 color plates, along with a catalog of works from the exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum from October 24 - November 28, 1971. Includes a biographical introduction. Overall, a good clean copy, pages unmarked.

Record # 371571

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Best of the Forties / Book #2by: Gladir, George
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Best of the Forties / Book #2
by: Gladir, George

Softcover. Archie Comics, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, color throughout

Record # 351796

Price: $20.00 
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