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Vietnam Journal No. 7: Dustoffby: Lomax, Don

Vietnam Journal No. 7: Dustoff
by: Lomax, Don

Softcover. Bethel CT, Apple Comics, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled comic book with color wraps, 28 pages illustrated in b&w by Lomax. Creator Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran, has entrenched his Vietnam Journal as one of the most realistic graphic representations of the Vietnam War. Recommended by The Military Book Club. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 411220

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The Complete Dickie Dareby: Caniff, Milton

The Complete Dickie Dare
by: Caniff, Milton

Softcover. Agoura CA, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Softcover, 147 pages, b&w illustrations. Dickie Dare was a comic strip syndicated by AP Newsfeatures. Launched July 31, 1933, it was the first comic strip created by Milton Caniff before he began Terry and the Pirates.. Edited with introduction by Rick Marschall. Light stains to front cover, inside clean, very good.

Record # 356744

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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer by: Voloj, Julian (Author); Willian, Wagner (Artist)

Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
by: Voloj, Julian (Author); Willian, Wagner (Artist)

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Comicarts, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 168 pages. B&w art by Wagner Willan. Author Julian Voloj and award-winning illustrator Wagner Willian's Black & White is the first graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy. It begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling--chess. In 1972, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War. Later, Fischer became the youngest-ever US Chess Champion and the game's youngest grandmaster. Never before had chess received such international attention. Fischer, whose sole focus in life up until then was chess, reached the Olympus of chess at 29, and then . . . he disappeared. Suffering from mental illness, the chess genius became increasingly paranoid, lost in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories--despite the fact that he himself was Jewish--and died as a fugitive in Iceland. Clean copy.

Record # 386919

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Way We Wore, The: Black Style Thenby: McCollom (Ed.), Michael

Way We Wore, The: Black Style Then
by: McCollom (Ed.), Michael

Hardcover. New York, Glitterati, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages illustrated in color and b&w. A visual survey of Black style from the 1940s through the 1970s. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Featuring snapshots of over 150 black men and women's most unforgettable "style moments", the book includes personal photographs taken from the author's own family and circle of friends including Oprah Winfrey, James Baldwin, Iman, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Tracy Reese, Patrick Kelly, Kimora Lee, Bobby Short, Bethann Hardison, and Portia LaBeija, among countless others. This is the 2006 first printing with a different cover than the later reprint.

Record # 351123

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Tale of One Bad Rat, The (Books 1-4)by: Talbot, Bryan

Tale of One Bad Rat, The (Books 1-4)
by: Talbot, Bryan

Softcover. Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse, 1st, 1994-95, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, the complete set of 4 books, first published in comic book format. Color illustrations by Talbot. All clean, bright copies.

Record # 411200

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Palazzo Te: Giulio Romano's Masterwork in Mantuaby: Ugo Bazzotti

Palazzo Te: Giulio Romano's Masterwork in Mantua
by: Ugo Bazzotti

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 255 color plates. Built for Federico II Gonzaga Duke of Mantua between 1525 and 1536, Palazzo Te is the masterpiece of Renaissance artist, designer, and architect Giulio Romano, the most accomplished and favored of Raphael's pupils.The palace's interiors are replete with frescoes depicting imaginative scenes and trompe l'oeil fantasies of gods and heroes, fictive marble statues, and portraits of the Duke's favorite thoroughbreds. From the erotic scenes of the Sala di Psiche to the famous Sala di Giganti, based on the mythological defeat of the Titans by the gods of Olympus, the High Renaissance ideal of classical harmony and balance is overtaken by breathtaking illusionist techniques and images of giants, falling masonry, and the thunderbolts from the gods.

Record # 374976

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Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde: The Modern Woodcut Movementby: Xiaobing Tang

Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde: The Modern Woodcut Movement
by: Xiaobing Tang

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages. In Origins of the Chinese Avant-Garde, Xiaobing Tang studies the art and art theories of the first half of the twentieth century, when modern Chinese art and literature emerged. He argues that the most consequential expression of the avant-garde was the modern woodcut movement that thrived in China in the 1930s. In this innovative study--also the first comprehensive account of this Chinese movement available in English--Tang examines the aesthetic, intellectual, and social appeal of the modern woodcut and places the movement at the intersection of historical events, individual efforts, and competing discourses on art. He also shows how the woodcut movement drew upon international inspiration--from German Expressionism, Soviet wood engravings, and Japanese creative prints.

Record # 362104

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Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Artby: Breuer, Karin and others

Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art
by: Breuer, Karin and others

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 203 pages, approximately 200 color plates. In publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 351163

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Marcel Rochas: Designing French Glamourby: Rochas, Sophie

Marcel Rochas: Designing French Glamour
by: Rochas, Sophie

Hardcover. New York, Flammarion, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean copy still in publishers shrink-wrap, however shrink wrap has been torn at bottom edge for a remainder mark to bottom edge of textblock and a small tear near top edge. The first fashion monograph on Marcel Rochas, a key twentieth-century women's wear designer, written by his daughter. Fashion designer Marcel Rochas (1902-1955) made considerable and enduring contributions to the world of fashion; his legacy has inspired a range of contemporary designers. In this lavish monograph, his daughter, Sophie Rochas, provides an intimate first-hand account that includes her childhood memories and rare access to the family's private archives. She provides insight into her father's talents as an innovative designer, communications genius, revered socialite, attentive father, and demanding husband, as well as the style influences that inspired him.

Record # 353170

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Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Artist as Photographerby: Riehlman, Franklin, Tom Wolf, and Bruce Weber

Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Artist as Photographer
by: Riehlman, Franklin, Tom Wolf, and Bruce Weber

Softcover. West Palm Beach, Fla, Edith C. Blum Art Institute / Bard College / Norton Gallery, First, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 10.5" x 8.5" catalog for exhibition at the Edith C. Blum Art Institute in 1983. 46 pages and additional plates. Essays by Franklin Riehlman, Tom Wolf, and Bruce Weber. 28 full-page b&w photographic plates by Kuniyoshi, in addition to some by others. 42 b&w Kuniyoshi drawings. Accompanied by text. Minors scuffs on back cover. Else in very good condition

Record # 806697

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The Complete Crepax: Evil Spells: Volume 3by: Guido Crepax

The Complete Crepax: Evil Spells: Volume 3
by: Guido Crepax

Hardcover. Seattle, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, mostly b&w, some color. In this collection of erotic comics, Valentina encounters the baddest witch of them all: Baba Yaga! The third volume of Fantagraphics' monumental collection of Guido Crepax's comics collects the "Baba Yaga" storyline, which recasts the witch of folklore (it was adapted for the screen in 1973 starring Carroll Baker as the middle-aged, lesbian villainess). Under Baba Yaga's influence, a doll, Annette, comes to life; Valentina and her lover, Philip, are forced to act out the fairy tale Bluebeard; and Philip must fight the witch in her lair. Evil Spells also features the famed Italian cartoonist's sinuous adaptations of several literary masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, and a giallo genre take on Edgar Allan Poe. Due to size and weight, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 374539

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

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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Max Beckmann: The Still Lifesby: Schick, Karin and Hubertus Gassner (editors)

Max Beckmann: The Still Lifes
by: Schick, Karin and Hubertus Gassner (editors)

Hardcover. New York, Prestel, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, No dj, as issued. 197 pages with 184 color illus. and several bw archival photos. Presenting work from every stage of the versatile artist's career, this book is the first to focus solely on Max Beckmann's still lifes. Featuring nearly eighty paintings and watercolors, this volume covers a half-century of the artist's forays into the genre. With several essays. Published to coincide with the exhibition held at the Kunsthalle, Hamburg, from September 2014 to January 2015. Bottom corners bumped otherwise like new.

Record # 353200

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Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashionby: Dilys E. Blum

Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion
by: Dilys E. Blum

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 202 pages. color and b&w illustrations. Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (b. 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form," and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources, including art, architecture, and nature. This beautifully illustrated book, the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's work in the United States, examines his career from the 1950s to the present in the context of the rise of Italian fashion.

Record # 361146

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Playboy Magazine September 1997 Vol. 44 No. 9 by: Hefner, Hugh M. (Ed.)

Playboy Magazine September 1997 Vol. 44 No. 9
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 Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy on cover,180 pages Features Jenny, playmate of the month Nikki Schieler, "a tribute to blonde ambition"; Christopher Walken interview; NFL preview; Fred Goldman's grand obsession, dream girls Pamela and... Chris Farley's size XXXL mind; 25 hot sex sites online and more.

Record # 387320

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Naked Vinyl: Classic Album Cover Art Unveiledby: O'Brien, Tim

Naked Vinyl: Classic Album Cover Art Unveiled
by: O'Brien, Tim

Softcover. Chrysalis, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. Color illustrations throughout.

Record # 351302

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Hogan's Alley: Magazine of the Cartoon Arts No. 21by: Heintjes, Tom(Editor)

Hogan's Alley: Magazine of the Cartoon Arts No. 21
by: Heintjes, Tom (Editor)

Softcover. Atlanta, GA, Bull Moose Publishing, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrapper edges. Slight creasing on bottom right corner of front wrapper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes a rare, long, previously unpublished interview from 1937 with the artist, George Herriman.

Record # 352945

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Best American Comics 2015, Theby: Kartalopoulos, Bill (Editor)

Best American Comics 2015, The
by: Kartalopoulos, Bill (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Remainder mark on top edge, otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers. Color, black and white pictures/comics throughout.

Record # 352650

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Mister Wonderful: A Love Story by: Daniel Clowes

Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
by: Daniel Clowes

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards in an oblong format. 80 pages. Color art by Clowes. The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally seri-alized in The New York Times Magazine, now collected and with forty pages of new material. Meet Marshall. Sitting alone in the local coffee place. He's been set up by his friend Tim on a blind date with someone named Natalie, and now he's just feeling set up. She's nine minutes late and counting. Who was he kidding anyway? Divorced, middle-aged, newly unem-ployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn't ex-actly what you'd call a catch. Twenty minutes pass. A half hour. Marshall orders a scotch. (He wasn't going to drink!) Forty minutes. Then, after nearly an hour, when he's long since given up hope, Natalie appears--breathless, apologiz-ing profusely that she went to the wrong place. She takes a seat, to Marshall's utter amazement. A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name. Clean copy.

Record # 387381

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Giorgio Armaniby: Armani, Giorgio

Giorgio Armani
by: Armani, Giorgio

Hardcover. NY, Guggenheim Museum/Abrams, 1st, 2000, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 381 pages. A sumptuous photographic essay, which accompanies a new museum exhibition, celebrates the design genius of Armani, discussing his wide influence and the radical changes in fashion that he has inspired, tracing the evolution of his unique artistry. crease/wrinkle to front panel of dj otherwise very good. several pages with creases.

Record # 351355

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The Art of Frank C. McCarthyby: Kelton, Elmer

The Art of Frank C. McCarthy
by: Kelton, Elmer

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor shelfwear to dust jacket. This beautiful book is a spectacular overview of McCarthy's exciting Western work, presenting colorful paintings from his fine art career. Color illustrations throughout.

Record # 353054

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Christenberry: Reconstruction: The Art of William Christenberryby: Stack, Trudy Wilner

Christenberry: Reconstruction: The Art of William Christenberry
by: Stack, Trudy Wilner

Softcover. Jackson MS, University Press of Mississippi, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to wrappers, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Essays by Trudy Wilner Stack and Allen Tullos was published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of the same name. Christenberry's paintings, photography, sculpture and instal lations address the Southern identity. They describe and examine the social and material culture of the deep South.

Record # 350321

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The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths by: John Adair

The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths
by: John Adair

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 8th pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 220 pages with black & white illustrations. A thorough study of the art of the Indian silversmiths of the Southwest. Includes the history of the craft as well as names and localities of pioneer artisans. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 387558

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Putman Styleby: Gerschel, Stephane

Putman Style
by: Gerschel, Stephane

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 189 pages. "Not only is Andree Putman a wizard of design; she is also a muse that inspires timelessness." Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture. Andree Putman was first cut above the rest when, twenty years ago, she conceived the first boutique hotel, the Morgan. She was also the one to open a new path for modern design, reinstating the importance of such major designers as Eileen Gray, Robert Mallet Stevens, Mariano Fortuny, and Jean-Michel Frank, among informed professionals. Since then, Putman's eclecticism has led her to embrace projects as diverse as the Guggenheim Museum, the Azzedine Alaia boutique and Peter Greenaway movie sets. Today, the designer's elegant and bold style is known throughout the world, from Los Angeles to Shanghai, a city where she created numerous projects. Andree Putman Style is a journey into the world of an uncommon designer, one which acquaints the reader with the influences and taste that inspired this amazing woman.

Record # 351402

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Akira Vol. 1 No. 8by: Otomo, Katsuhiro

Akira Vol. 1 No. 8
by: Otomo, Katsuhiro

Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 411139

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More Old Jewish Comedians: A BLAB! Storybookby: Friedman, Drew

More Old Jewish Comedians: A BLAB! Storybook
by: Friedman, Drew

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2008-, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Record # 350350

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Xiangdao: A Wisp of Tranquility - 29 May 2023by: Bonhams

Xiangdao: A Wisp of Tranquility - 29 May 2023
by: Bonhams

Softcover. Hong Kong, Bonhams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 328 pages illustrated in color. Auction catalogue for Bonhams Hong Kong 29 May 2023 - Fine ceramics related to the incense culture of China Sale 28987, Lots 301 - 358. Text in English/Chinese. Printed in Hong Kong. Clean copy.

Record # 396270

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The Great Anti-War Cartoonsby: Yoe, Craig

The Great Anti-War Cartoons
by: Yoe, Craig

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 184 pages. Color frontispiece, b&w illustrations. The Great Anti-War Cartoons by Craig Yoe offers a "hard-hitting but hopeful" collection spanning centuries of anti-war drawings by some of the best graphic artists, from Honore Daumier to R. Crumb and many others. As noted in the foreword, the works included in this compilation of responses to war come from both the left and the right, and this is indeed one of the strengths of this book. The insightful, thought-provoking introduction is delivered by none other than Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus and proves to be well worth reading in its own right.

Record # 351430

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Werner Koch: Retrospective 1956-2012by: Baleka, Johann

Werner Koch: Retrospective 1956-2012
by: Baleka, Johann

Hardcover. US, Kerber, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Dual language English and German. Spanning a half-century of painting, this comprehensive catalogue is published on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of Werner Koch (born 1937), who lived for many years in the legendary Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. Koch is known for his works based on newspapers and pop imagery, and his drawings done on colorful backgrounds.

Record # 352757

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Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence by: Butterfield, Andrew [Editor]

Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence
by: Butterfield, Andrew [Editor]

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd pr., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 372 pages, color plates throughout. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering.A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacher Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was one of the most versatile and inventive artists of the Italian Renaissance. He created art across media, from his spectacular sculptures and paintings to his work in goldsmithing, architecture, and engineering. His expressive, confident drawings provide a key point of contact between sculpture and painting. He led a vibrant workshop where he taught young artists who later became some of the greatest painters of the period, including Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Lorenzo di Credi, and Domenico Ghirlandaio. This beautifully illustrated book presents a comprehensive survey of Verrocchio's art, spanning his entire career and featuring some fifty sculptures, paintings, and drawings, in addition to works he created with his students. Through incisive scholarly essays, in-depth catalog entries, and breathtaking illustrations, this volume draws on the latest research in art history to show why Verrocchio was one of the most innovative and influential of all Florentine artists.Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Small white sticker on dj spine, otherwise like new. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 386083

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Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art by: Roach, David

Masters of Spanish Comic Book Art
by: Roach, David

Hardcover. Dynamite Entertainment, 1st, 2017, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 272 pages. A celebration of the great artists who revolutionized horror comics in the 1970s with their work on Warren's Vampirella, Creepy, and Eerie horror comics. This first-ever comprehensive history of Spanish comic books and Spanish comic artists reveals their extraordinary success -- not just in Spain and America, but around the world. Containing artwork from over 80 artists, this in-depth retrospective includes profiles of such legends as Esteban Maroto, Sanjulian, Jose Gonzalez, Jordi Bernet, Enrich, Victor De La Fuente, Jose Ortiz and Luis Garcia Mozos. With 500 illustrations, over half scanned directly from the original artwork, Masters Of Spanish Comic Book Art honors the "Golden Generation" whose artwork inspired the imagination of comic book lovers everywhere. Clean copy.

Record # 396496

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Blasphemy: Art That Offendsby: Plate, S. Brent

Blasphemy: Art That Offends
by: Plate, S. Brent

Hardcover. Black Dog Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 189 pages. Blasphemy: Art that Offends is a prescient examination of the perpetually troubled, often explosive relationship between religion, politics and art. This book draws on a rich wealth of visual material, tracing both the history of blasphemy as a concept and re-positioning the term in the twenty-first century. Questions of censorship and freedom of expression are today extremely volatile, a fact evinced by the recent international backlash against the Danish newspaper Islamic caricatures and the murder of the Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh following the release of his notorious Submission. Blasphemy: Art that Offends provides a vital vantage point from which to view the complicated, compelling interrelations between religion, politics and the visual arts.

Record # 351456

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Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470'sby: Rubin, Patricia Lee

Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470's
by: Rubin, Patricia Lee

Hardcover. London, National Gallery London, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 360 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Slight soiling to dust jacket. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color illustrations throughout.

Record # 353300

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The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers - No. 5 "Grass Roots"by: Shelton, Gilbert & Mayrides, Paul

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers - No. 5 "Grass Roots"
by: Shelton, Gilbert & Mayrides, Paul

Softcover. San Francisco, Rip Off Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages plus color wraps. Staple bound, 75 cents cover price. B/w art by Selton inside. Some chipping to the topof the spine cover.

Record # 374607

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Whiz Comics #24: Facsimile Editionby: N/A

Whiz Comics #24: Facsimile Edition
by: N/A

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers. A facsimile reprint from 1941, 68 pages. Color art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza, Charles Sultan, Binder Studio et al. Another classic pre-war issue of Fawcett's #1 title, where Captain Marvel and all these other characters got their start. CM goes after a Nazi commander to rescue Whitey and Mr. Morris. Classic cover! Back-up strips include Doctor Voodoo, Ibis, Golden Arrow, Spy Smasher, Lance O'Casey.

Record # 396733

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Skyscraper Primitives: Dada and the American Avant-Garde, 1910-1925by: Tashjian, Dickran

Skyscraper Primitives: Dada and the American Avant-Garde, 1910-1925
by: Tashjian, Dickran

Hardcover. Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Study of American artists influenced by Dada and their relationship with American avant-garde. 283 pages, 94 black/white illustrations. Cloth bound book in near fine condition, only sign of wear is slight discoloration to the top edges of pages (light spotting), not visible when reading the book.

Record # 804815

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An Atlas of Geographical Wonders: From Mountaintops to Riverbeds A Selection of Comparative Maps and Tableauxby: Bailly Jean Christophe; Besse Jean Marc; Grand Philip

An Atlas of Geographical Wonders: From Mountaintops to Riverbeds A Selection of Comparative Maps and Tableaux
by: Bailly Jean Christophe; Besse Jean Marc; Grand Philip

Hardcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st US, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated cloth covers, oblong format. This is the first book to catalog comparative maps and tableaux that visualize the heights and lengths of the world's mountains and rivers. Produced predominantly in the nineteenth century, these beautifully rendered maps emerged out of the tide of exploration and scientific developments in measuring techniques. Beginning with the work of explorer Alexander von Humboldt, these historic drawings reveal a world of artistic and imaginative difference. Many of them give way--and with visible joy--to the power of fantasy in a mesmerizing array of realistic and imaginary forms. Most of the maps are from the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection at Stanford University.

Record # 381663

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Leonardo Da Vinci: Engineer and Architectby: Theberge, Pierre

Leonardo Da Vinci: Engineer and Architect
by: Theberge, Pierre

Hardcover. Monteal, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 345 pages plus 8 pages in rear. Large, hardcover exhibition catalog profusely illustrated with DaVinci's drawings. Some color fade to the dust jacket spine otherwise very good.

Record # 406638

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The Stanze of Raphael by: Deoclecio Redig de Campos

The Stanze of Raphael
by: Deoclecio Redig de Campos

Softcover. Rome, Del Turco Editore Roma, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 71 pages illustrated with 4 color plates and 61 b/w illustrations. Full account of the paintings in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Stanza of Heliodorus, the Stanza of the Incendio and the Hall of Constantine; uncredited English translation. No date, clean copy.

Record # 396769

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Eskimo Artby: Burland, Cottie

Eskimo Art
by: Burland, Cottie

Hardcover. New York, Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated guide to historical and modern Eskimo art. 96 pages, illustrated with more than 100 photographs, both color and black/white (many full-page). Book and dust jacket are in very good condition, dust jacket shows some light edge wear.

Record # 805388

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The Drawings Of Hans Holbein In The Collection Of His Majesty The King At Windsor Castleby: Parker, K T.

The Drawings Of Hans Holbein In The Collection Of His Majesty The King At Windsor Castle
by: Parker, K T.

Hardcover. London, Phaidon Press, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 62 pages plus 85 plates. Gift dedication signed by 8 people on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 373504

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Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahnby: Pattison, Harriet

Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
by: Pattison, Harriet

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press , 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 438 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. On a winter day in 1953, a mysterious man in a sheepskin coat stood out to Harriet Pattison, then a theater student at Yale. She would later learn he was the architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974). This chance encounter served as preamble to a fifteen-year romance, with Pattison becoming the architect's closest confidante, his intellectual partner, and the mother of his only son. Here for the first time, Pattison recounts their passionate and sometimes searing relationship. Married and twenty-seven years her senior, Kahn sent her scores of letters--many from far-flung places--until his untimely death. This book weaves together Pattison's own story with letters, postcards, telegrams, drawings, and photographs that reveal Kahn's inner life and his architectural thought process, including new insight into some of his greatest works, both built and unbuilt. What emerges is at once a poignant love story and a vivid portrait of a young woman striving to raise a family while forging an artistic path in the shadow of her famous partner. Clean copy.

Record # 382260

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Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art by: MacAdam, Barbara J. with John Wilmerding, Mark D.Mitchell

Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art
by: MacAdam, Barbara J. with John Wilmerding, Mark D.Mitchell

Softcover. Hanover NH/ New York, Hood Museum of Art/Hudson Hills Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 282 pages. with 82 color plates and 270 halftones. Catalogue to accompany the centerpiece exhibition of a year-long celebration commemorating the Hood's 20th anniversary and its permanent collection. Thorough text accompanies each plate, and the essay material includes an overview of the collection. Clean, like new. DOMESTIC SHIPPIG ONLY.

Record # 396850

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Maurice Prendergast: The Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbookby: Oklahoma Museum of Art

Maurice Prendergast: The Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook
by: Oklahoma Museum of Art

Softcover. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Museum of Art, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 21 pages plus 44 b&w and color plates. Rubbing, creases to wrappers. Slightly wrinkled near spine. Previous price sticker on back cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 401853

Price: $15.00 
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Striptease: From Gaslight To Spotlightby: Glasscock, Jessica

Striptease: From Gaslight To Spotlight
by: Glasscock, Jessica

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 175 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. illustrated throughout. Very clean and tight copy. Striptease is the history of unapologetic fun aimed not at the head, not at the heart or even the stomach, but south of all three. Beginning with the birth of the striptease in the mid-19th century and culminating with its garish heyday in the 1950s, this book charts the evolution of the infamous bump and grind, which is, at its simplest, a pretty girl in a pretty dress ... and then not. The only fully illustrated book available on the subject, Striptease tells the history of this provocative form of stagecraft from its birth in vaudeville and burlesque through the "take it all off" attitude for which the term "striptease" was coined. Along the way, the book highlights such performers as Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, Maud Allen, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tempest Storm, and Blaze Starr. The witty and well-informed text is illustrated with an array of titillating images, including never-before-published ephemera and illicitly photographed performances in progress. Whether revealing ankles or breasts, playing peek-a-boo or going the full monty, Striptease pays tribute to the women who made a vocation of their sex appeal and shimmied their way into American culture.

Record # 455699

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The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonistby: Buenaventura, Alvin(Editor)

The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist
by: Buenaventura, Alvin (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Abrams ComicArts, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very minor wear to top edge of dust jacket. An otherwise very clean, unmarked, tight copy. Throughout his 25-year career, alternative cartoonist/screenwriter Daniel Clowes has always been ahead of artistic and cultural movements. Clowes has been praised for his emotionally compelling narratives that reimagine the ways that stories can be told in comics. The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist is the first monograph on this award-winning, New York Times-bestselling creator. It includes all of Clowes's best-known illustrations as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art.

Record # 353254

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Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art by: E. Carmen Ramos

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art
by: E. Carmen Ramos

Hardcover. Washington DC /London, Smithsonian/Giles, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 366 pages including index. E. Carmen Ramos addresses the whole issue of the definition of "Latino art" and how this emerged within the context of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s as American artists of Latino descent (Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and, more recently, Dominican) began to give a tangible face to their culture and history. Highlights include an installation altar by Amalia Mesa-Bains, the "recycled" films of Raphael Montanez Ortiz, and a 1960 geometric painting by Carmen Herrera. Other notable artists include Olga Albizu, Melesio "Mel" Casas, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Margarita Cabrera, Enrique Chagoya, Teresita Fernandez, Ken Gonzales-Day, Luis Jimenez, Ana Mendieta, Pepon Osorio, Sophie Rivera, Freddy Rodriguez, and John M. Valadez, among many others. Color illustrations explore how one group of Latin American artists express their relationship to American art, history and culture. Clean, bright copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 396869

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Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast, The: A Loan Exhibitionby: N/A

Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast, The: A Loan Exhibition
by: N/A

Softcover. New York, David & Long , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 148 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light rubbing, soiling to wrappers. Previous price sticker on back cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 401850

Price: $12.00 
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Begin With Bailey by: Bailey , David and George Hughes

Begin With Bailey
by: Bailey , David and George Hughes

Hardcover. London , J. M Dent & Sons , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 221 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Includes extensive notes and documentation accompanying every photograph. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 350980

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Witches Tales: # 4: Harvey Horrors Collected Worksby: James Lovegrove (Foreword)

Witches Tales: # 4: Harvey Horrors Collected Works
by: James Lovegrove (Foreword)

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 350552

Price: $30.00 
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