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Softcover. NY, Scala, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 pages. The diversity of New York City's people, cultures, religions, and backgrounds make it the indicator of American sexuality. It is black, white, gay, straight, rich, poor, rough, and tender all at once. From Margaret Sanger's dissemination of birth control to the Stonewall riot of 1969, New York City has repeatedly seen its sexual dynamics changed and American and international culture follow suit. Published to coincide with the much-anticipated opening of the Museum of Sex in New York, NYC Sex features conversations between major cultural figures and historians on sexual topics, including Grady T. Turner on "Sodom on the Hudson"; Martin Duberman and Joan Nestle on queers; Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Xaviera Hollander, and Tracy Quan on whores; Karen Finley, Luc Sante, Gene Simmons, and Art Spiegelman on the underground; and Vanessa del Rio, Legs McNeil, and Annie Sprinkle on porn. And what's a book about sex without pictures? In between the steamy conversation, NYC Sex posts photographs by Mapplethorpe, Ferrato and Gatewood; 19th-century drawings and photographs; film stills; posters; magazine pin-ups; and images of sex symbols past and present. It's a treat the whole family can enjoy. NYC Sex is the official book of the inaugural exhibition of the Museum of Sex, which will open in New York in September.

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.

Hardcover. NY, Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S., 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 143 pages. Illustrated in color, b&w.

Hardcover. New York, William Farquhar Payson, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth covers with black titles, 141 pages. Foreword by Walter Lippmann. A selection of his editorial cartoons which appeared in The World newspaper. Each drawing has a page of text opposite, giving background and context to the cartoon. Light shelf wear, clean interior.

New Orleans LA, Wesson Oil Co., 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Art "Pie crust made with Snowdrift is good...", color art by Rene Clarke. 11 1/2 X 13 1/2", very good. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Softcover. SelfMadeHero, 1st US, 2015, Softcover, 142 pages illustrated in color by Stok. Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson. This graphic biography documents the brief and intense period of creativity Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) spent in Arles, Provence, in southern France. Here van Gogh dreams of setting up an artists' studio--a haven where he and his friends can paint together. But attacks of mental illness leave the painter confused and disoriented. When his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin refuses to reside permanently at the Yellow House, a distraught van Gogh cuts off part of his own ear. Throughout this period of intense emotion and hardship, Vincent's brother, Theo, stands by him, offering constant and unconditional support. Writer and illustrator Barbara Stok breathes riveting new life into a fascinating episode of art history, creating a vivid portrait of one of the world's most beloved and legendary artists. Clean copy.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 180 pages. The Sweetly Diabolic Art features paintings, drawings, and sketches from the 1940s through the 1990s, most never previously published or exhibited, as well as more artifacts from Flora's 1940s tenure in the Columbia Records art department and rare newspaper and magazine illustrations spanning several decades. Sweetly Diabolic is also the first printing of an abandoned children's book concept, The X-Ray Eyes of Wallingford Hume. Equally fascinating are original, never-before-published roughs and rejected images from Flora's 1950s and '60s children's books and a gallery of pen and pencil sketches from the 1940s. Sweetly Diabolic also collects, for the first time rarely seen cartoon-science illustrations: the images are augmented by personal vignettes, mementos from the family archives, and a 1984 interview with award-winning graphic designer Robert M. Jones, who offers priceless insights.

Hardcover. London, Merrell Publishers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Illustrated with over 250 photographs and sketches. Future Beauty is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion of the last 30 years. Such designers as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late twentieth century, challenging established notions of beauty and turning fashion into art.

Softcover. NY, International Center of Photography, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages. Profusely illustrated.

Hardcover. NY, Benjamin Blom, reprint, 1971, Hardcover, oversize folio, brick red boards with gilt lettering and black etchings on the front. 1971 reissue of the commemorative edition published in Antwerp, 1642, by Meursius, with descriptive text by Casperius Gervatius and engravings, after design Of Peter Paul Rubens, by Theodor van Thulden. Clean, bright copy, no dust jacket. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 152 pages. The history of advertising is detailed here through five of the world's most influential figures in the field. Albert Davis Lasker, who changed the consumer habits of the American public with his campaigns for Palmolive, Kotex and Lucky Strike. Leo Burnett, who gave life to mythical characters such as the Marlboro man and the Green Giant. Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, the Frenchman who earned a place at the side of the American giants. David Ogilvy, who brought British style to American advertising. And finally, Bill Bernbach, who invented a new style of advertising, inspiring unique and creative work for clients such as Levy's bread and Polaroid film. This book profiles these pioneers and illustrates the campaigns that made them authorities in the advertising world. Although The 5 Giants Of Advertising focuses primarily on these men, it also includes many others who created, animated and reformed this profession. This book is a tribute to all these great talents who have made history with their contributions to the advertising industry.

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.

Hardcover. Corte Madera CA, Gingko Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. The latest limited edition from Ryan McGinness - No Sin/No Future follows the trajectory of the artist's book Project Rainbow (2003, Gingko Press). A collection of snapshots, sketches, and scans, all extracted with a discerning eye from the artist's studio archives. Sketchbook notes collide with paintings-in-progress and combine with vectors and bitmaps to create a dense site-specific visual concoction that provides unprecedented insight into how this artist's mind works and the mental processes that deliver his unique style. The work of Ryan McGinness has exercised great influence in graphic design and visual art circles, and is collected by venerable institutions around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The edition is limited to 2500 copies.

Softcover. Hong Kong, Bonhams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 111 pages illustrated in color. Auction catalogue for Bonhams Hong Kong 29 May 2023 Sale 28699, Lots 101 - 183. Text in English/Chinese. Printed in Hong Kong. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st, 2005, Book: N, Hardcover, 256 pages. In 1936, the founder of Herman Miller Inc, D. J. De Pree, committed Herman Miller to 'modern' furniture, partly because he saw a moral dimension to Gilbert Rohde's clean designs, honest materials and lack of ornamentation. In 1984, a major impetus behind Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick's Equa chair was a desire to give a reasonably priced, comfortable, good-looking chair to everybody in offices - not just the top bosses. These are just two examples of the best work done at Herman Miller. The company is concerned with larger issues of humanity, equality and bettering the world by creating great places to work through design, and has, perhaps more than any other company, revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace. This book is the most up-to-date compilation available of the design efforts and results from Herman Miller since its foundation, reflecting its most recent work, activities and products. But it goes beyond simply cataloguing the work of the famous design team; it shows design-related attitudes of HMI and provides examples of the benefits of creative thinking and problem-solving. Written in clear, engaging prose, Herman Miller is a must-read for anyone interested in design.

1899, Color art of colonial couple under mistletoe by Jessie Wilcox Smith. An early piece by this important American illustrator. PLEASE NOTE: The image shown is a scan of the actual product you are purchasing. What you see is what you get. The sheet may have some imperfections beyond the cropped area shown. You are buying THIS PAGE ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper and an acetate overlay, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Softcover. Germany, Steidl, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Adieu Saigon covers a varied range of imagery from Saigon, where Depardon photographed two wars and, on visits as recent as 2014, the unrecognizable, globalized city now called Ho Chi Minh. Depardon's work bears witness to a city in transition.

Hardcover. NY, DC Comics, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A collection of classic tales featuring the Man of Steel fighting subversion and sabotage on the home front during World War II, meeting mythic figures like Paul Bunyan and Hercules and foiling villains including the Toyman and the Prankster. Reprints Nos. 25-29 of Superman. This volume also features the first episodes of "Lois Lane, Girl Reporter." Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket issued. This beautifully illustrated book-the definitive volume on American sculptor Mark di Suvero-features more than two hundred images of his most important works, interspersed with short texts by the artist and by other writers who have inspired his art-making practice, plus a contribution by Francois Barre. Humanist in approach and populist in sensibility, di Suvero's sculpture is accessible, inviting, and inclusive. Praised in particular for his monumental assemblages incorporating steel and wood, di Suvero emerged as a superstar in the 1960s. He was the first living artist to show his sculpture at the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, and the first honored with three major exhibitions at Storm King Art Center. His distinctive, bold pieces can be found in museums and public collections all over the world, and he continues to be the subject of numerous exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe. Mark di Suvero: Dreambook is a celebration of his artistic oeuvre and of his long, distinguished career. 

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. A tight copy. The American realist artist John Sloan is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the Ashcan School, alongside peers like Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, and George Luks. Sloan's artistic approach was shaped by his experience as a commercial illustrator, a type of work that inaugurated his professional career-at newspapers like the Philadelphia Press and later for mass-market magazines-and which he pursued even after he turned his focus to painting. In John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration, Michael Lobel explores the impact of Sloan's illustrating on his wider output, including his paintings, his drawings for the radical journal The Masses, and his response to the watershed 1913 Armory Show. Illuminating the interaction between art and popular culture, this book provides an important new framework for understanding the modern genre of illustration, and in so doing touches on major 20th-century currents, including the rise and expansion of the mass media and the visual legacy of European modernism.

Softcover. San Francisco, Rip Off Press, 3rd pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages. Contains tale of Dale Steinberger, Jewish Cowgirl, Eggs Ackley among the Vulture Demonesses and others. Pages physically, if not morally, clean. 3rd printing as pictured with Crumb's name in red box, matte cover, green pants and shoes). 50 cents cover price. Mild wear.

Softcover. UK, PS Artbooks, reprint, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers. A facsimile reprint from 1940, 68 pages. Color art by C.C. Beck, Pete Costanza et al. The origin and first adventures of Captain Marvel (issue #1 was an ashcan). Young Billy Batson discovers the magical word that transforms him into the mighty Captain Marvel. Includes the first appearance of these back-up strip stars, most who would get their own title: Spy Smasher, Ibis, Golden Arrow, Dan Dare, Scoop Smith and Lance O'Casey. First appearance of arch villain Sivana. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Publishing, 1st , 1983, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages, illustrated throughout with drawings in b&w. Black blind-stamped boards, brown cloth spine with gilt title. White pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to covers and spine, else a very nice, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwich House, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Journeys through the world of Carl Faberge to explore some of his elaborate and exquisite gold pieces and to provide information on his craftsmen, art, and aristocratic patrons.185 photos with 100 in full color.

Hardcover. Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, 1st Edition, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 127 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket with minor edge & shelf wear. More than 100 ull color and b/w photographs throughout. Photographs by Barbara Karant. Clean, unmarked & tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket, 319 pages, b&w illustrations. Biography of one of England's greatest painters and engravers. Shelfworn, a nice reading copy.

Hardcover. Boston, MA, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 335 pages. 134 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography and index. Dust jacket slightly sun-faded. Examines Steiglitz's revolutionary role in the American avant-garde from the turn of the century to 1917. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, VH1 Press , 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 160 pages. She was riveting to look at, a sprite of the zeitgeist, the living distillation of the over-amped vision of New York in the mid-sixties. Like many exotic creatures that Andy Warhol shed his light on, she initially bloomed--became the symbol for all that was hip and stylish--and just as quickly began to disintegrate. Told with unsparing candor, and with images that capture her at the peak of her Factory stardom, Edie Factory Girl is the short but enduring cultural story of Edie Sedgwick--releasing in time for the film of the same name starring Sienna Miller, and including rare photos of Miller as Edie.

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press , reprint, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 281 pages. A fascinating exploration of the life and work of one of America's most famous and enigmatic postwar visual artists Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century. Clean copy.

Softcover. Hanover NH, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 374 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Issued in connection with an exhibition held March 8 to September 7, 2008, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Black Womanhood examines an especially charged icon - the black female body - and contemporary artists' interventions upon historical images of black women as exotic Others, erotic fantasies, and supermaternal Mammies. This book presents icons of the black female body as seen from three separate but intersecting perspectives: the traditional African, the colonial, and the contemporary global. The display and contemplation of such iconic images addresses complex and often competing forces of self-presentation and the representation of others. Clean, like new. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 123 pages plus appendix, bibliography, etc. B&w and color illustrations throughout. Mild soil to back cover, small marks on fore-edge. Light rubbing to spine. Else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2014, 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. Collects December 1951 - April 1952 Issues 26-30. Foreword by David Tosh.

Hardcover. New York, AMMO Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. This definitive monograph on the wide repertoire of Emberley's life's work has been beautifully put together by Todd Oldham and Caleb Neelon. Highlighting work spanning over five decades, this gorgeous and comprehensive book celebrates the talented and prolific life of Ed Emberley.

Softcover. NY, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 40 pages illustrated in color and b&w. 6 color, 32 b&w plates, frontispiece. Showcases select artwork by Edward Hopper. With an essay by Douglas Dreishpoon. Many of these works were included in a traveling exhibition entitled "Edward Hopper: The Early Years", and held Mar. 14 to Apr. 18, 1987. The exhibition checklist cites 81 pieces, and about 40 are shown here. Clean copy.

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. Spine slightly cocked. Else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London/NY, The Studio Ltd., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with white stamping. 192 pages, 150 beautiful b&w woodcuts from the era. Review slip laid in, former copy of American illustrator Aldren Watson with his stamp on half-title page. Minor fraying to top of cloth spine.Otherwise a tight, clean copy. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 240 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Collects issues nos. 1-6 (Oct. 1952-Sept. 1953).

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 394 pages. Collects responses to Spiegelman's monumental work that confirm its unique and terrain-shifting status. The writers approach Maus from a wide range of viewpoints and traditions, inspired by the material's complexity across four decades, from 1985 to 2018. The book is organized into three loosely chronological sections-- "Contexts," "Problems of Representation," and "Legacy"--and offers for the first time translations of important French, Hebrew, and German essays on Maus. The book includes work from twenty-one leading critics, authors, and academics--including Philip Pullman, Robert Storr, Ruth Franklin, and Adam Gopnik--on the radical achievement and innovation of Maus, more than forty years since the original publication. Remainder dot on bottom edge otherwise clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 123 pages. Exhibition catalog. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light wear/crease to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. Tales exploring the supernatural featuring featuring Issues 6-11 from May/June 1952 to November 1952 of the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds. This second volume has been meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored.

Hardcover. US, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 3. 208 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Scala Arts Publishers/Cornell, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages illustrated in color. Featuring African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewelery, this book celebrates African dress as a product of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. Featuring African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewelery, this book celebrates African dress as a product of global interactions, generational conflict and continuity, and expressions of gender. The book highlights the strength and resilience of long-standing practices that characterize African dress; the wide variety of cultural, religious, and political motivations for adorning oneself; and the varying identities reflected in analyzing African material culture of the last century and a half. Textile selections include hand-woven and dyed examples alongside factory-woven and machine-printed cloth. Items of adornment include amber and silver jewelery from North Africa, beadwork-embellished clothing from South Africa, and various headdresses from across the continent, to name a few examples. From formal European colonization, to independence for African countries, to the liberalization of African economies, this book will demonstrate how dress practices reveal personal and group identities, cultural traditions, religious associations, political affiliations, and aspirations. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages. 189 illustrations, including 98 plates in full color. Light brown cloth. Clean, bright copy. As good as new. Peale painted thousands of canvases and that provided a superb record of colonial and federal society. In mid-life Peale turned to the study of nature and assembled a museum in Philadelphia that was, at its time, the most important institution of its kind in the country.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Kalman's beautiful, exuberant tribute to her dogs. The artist illuminates our cherished companions as only she can. From the dogs lovingly illustrated in her acclaimed children's books to the real-life pets who inspire her still, Kalman's Beloved Dog is joyful, beautifully illustrated, and, as always, deeply philosophical. With humor and intelligence, Kalman gives voice to the dogs she adores, noting that they are constant reminders that life reveals the best of itself when we live fully in the moment and extent unconditional love. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Paris, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 506 pages, hundreds of b&w and color illustrations featuring English sculptors and their work. Boards with die-cut to front cover revealing art on front fly leaf. FRENCH TEXT, clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. 480 pages. Wyndham Lewis was a modernist painter and writer, and a leader of the Vorticist movement and antagonistic collaborator with Ezra Pound in the London years. Essays in four parts: The 'Blast' Period, World War I and the early twenties, The Trough Between the Wars, The forties and after. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 181 pages with 177 illustrations, including 50 plates in full color. Oblong folio. With an introduction by Thomas Hart Benton. Focuses on the life and art of the great American artist, George Caleb Bingham. Green cloth with silver lettering to spine and decoration in silver on front cover. Pictorial dust jacket with minor rubbing to lower edge of front cover. Beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2012, Hardcover, 112 pages. Fully half of this volume of Hal Foster's epic masterpiece -- again scanned from superb syndicate proofs -- is devoted to the remaining chapters of "The Winning of Aleta," a 20-month (!) epic in which Valiant obsessively pursues his bride to be. Not surprisingly this is followed by a sequence called "Matrimony," which ends with a newly wed queen adjusting to the luxurious, exciting court life at Camelot. But Val's marriage does not signal an end to his adventures. In "War in the Forest" Val is sent out to spy on encroaching Saxons -- unknowingly aided by Aleta, who, disguised as a small knight (and dubbed "Sir Puny") helps prevent disaster. But the 1946 strips end with Val and Aleta unable to return to Camelot and the displaced couple journeying to Thule. Half the strips in this volume also include the delightful "The Medieval Castle," Foster's chronicle of two young boys growing up during the time of the First Crusade -- but by the end of the 1945 strips this series has ended and the Valiant portion resumes its full-page glory.

Hardcover. New York, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Best known for his luscious paintings of pies and ice-cream cones, American artist Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman since he began his career in the 1940s as an illustrator and cartoonist. This book of 116 drawings-compiled with the full cooperation of the artist to accompany a major new exhibition at the Morgan Library Museum-explores the wide range of Thiebaud's production on paper, including early sketches, luminous pastels, and watercolors, and charcoal drawings made in connection with his teaching. In subjects ranging from deli counters and isolated figures to dramatic views of San Francisco's plunging streets, Thiebaud's drawings endow the most banal, everyday scenes with a sense of poetry and nostalgia.

Hardcover. New York, John Day, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, slate blue boards with black cloth spine with gilt lettering, 9 page introduction by Calkins, followed by 50 b&w plates. The best of ad brochures and catalogs from the 1920s. Front hinge cracked, small stamped name to endpapers, otherwise clean.