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The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame, 1968-2011 by: William Feaver
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame, 1968-2011
by: William Feaver

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 557 pages, b&w and color illustrations. In this brilliant second and final volume of the definitive biography of Lucian Freud--one of the most influential, enigmatic and secretive artists of the twentieth century--William Feaver, the noted art critic, draws on years of daily conversations with Freud, on his private papers and letters and on interviews with his friends and family to explore the intimate life of Freud, from age forty-five to his death in 2011 at the age of eighty-nine. The final forty years of Freud's life were a period of increasing recognition and fame, and of prodigious output. He was obsessed with his art, and with the idea of producing paintings that "astonish, disturb, seduce, convince." He was equally energetic and ambitious in his private life. This book opens with his dramatic affair with Jacquetta Eliot, which led to some of his most intimate portraits and to the start of two important, lifelong friendships, with Jane Willoughby and Susanna Chancellor. Freud talks about his art at all stages, how it changed in the seventies and his first retrospective in London in 1974. Small remainder dot on bottom edge otherwise clean.

Record # 383473

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 
 

Hollywood: Don Bachardy by: Garson Kanin; Bachardy, Don
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Hollywood: Don Bachardy by: Garson Kanin; Bachardy, DonHollywood: Don Bachardy by: Garson Kanin; Bachardy, Don

Hollywood: Don Bachardy
by: Garson Kanin; Bachardy, Don

Hardcover. NY, Glitterati Incorporated, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Beautiful monograph on artist Don Bachardy with portraits of people associated with Hollywood: directors, writers and actors. Also included are several abstract works. Introductions by Armistead Maupin, Don Bachardy and Tom Ford. Includes portraits of: Charlotte Rampling, Henry Fonda, Mia Farrow, Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Modine, Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Andie McDowell, Tom Waits, Madeleine Stowe, Simon Callow, Patrick Swayze, Brooke Shields, Melanie Griffith, Joan Rivers, Stockard Channing, Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Streisand, Natalie Wood, Marlene Dietrich, John Gielgud, Gore Vidal, John Huston, Ian McKellen, and many, many more. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 383474

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant by: Stein, Perrin
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Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant
by: Stein, Perrin

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An exquisitely illustrated volume that emphasizes the importance of drawing in Fragonard's creative process One of the most forward-looking artists in 18th-century France, Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is considered the preeminent draftsman of his time. This fresh assessment of the artist focuses on the role of drawing in his creative process and showcases Fragonard's mastery and experimentation with drawing in a range of media, from vivid red chalk to luminous brown wash, as well as etching, watercolor, and gouache. Unlike many old master painters, Fragonard explored the potential of drawings as works of art in their own right, ones that permitted him to work with great freedom and allowed his genius to shine. Still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Record # 383475

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 
 

The Great War: July 1 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme by: Sacco, Joe/Adam Hochschild (Contributor)
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The Great War: July 1 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme
by: Sacco, Joe/Adam Hochschild (Contributor)

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 24-foot-long black-and-white drawing printed on heavyweight accordion-fold paper and packaged in a deluxe hardcover slip-case. From "the heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman" (Economist) comes a monumental, wordless depiction of the most infamous day of World War I. Launched on July 1, 1916, the Battle of the Somme has come to epitomize the madness of the First World War. Almost 20,000 British soldiers were killed and another 40,000 were wounded that first day, and there were more than one million casualties by the time the offensive halted. In The Great War, acclaimed cartoon journalist Joe Sacco depicts the events of that day in an extraordinary, 24-foot- long panorama: from General Douglas Haig and the massive artillery positions behind the trench lines to the legions of soldiers going "over the top" and getting cut down in no-man's-land, to the tens of thousands of wounded soldiers retreating and the dead being buried en masse. Printed on fine accordion-fold paper and packaged in a deluxe slipcase with a 16-page booklet, The Great War is a landmark in Sacco's illustrious career and allows us to see the War to End All Wars as we've never seen it before. Clean copy.

Record # 383477

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 
 

Doonesbury by: Trudeau, G.B.; Erich Segal
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Doonesbury
by: Trudeau, G.B.; Erich Segal

Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Gary Trudeau's first book of Doonesbury cartoons, which originally appeared in the Yale Record and Yale Daily News. Subtitled: The popular cartoon strip featuring B.D., star Quarterback; Megaphone Mark, campus radical; and Michael J. Doonesbury, would-be lover. Written and illustrated by G.B. (Gary) Trudeau; foreword by Erich Segal. Dust jacket with light edge wear, clean copy.

Record # 383500

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

No Good Dogs by: Steadman, Ralph
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No Good Dogs
by: Steadman, Ralph

Softcover. NY, Perigee Book, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated. B&w cartoons that satirize the efforts of owners to discipline their pet dogs and pokes fun at the behavior of dogs. Mild shelf wear, clean copy.

Record # 383520

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 
 

History of Art: Gothic Painting II by: H?©rubel, Michel
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History of Art: Gothic Painting II
by: H?©rubel, Michel

Hardcover. Geneva, Edito-Service, 1st English Ed., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pebbled red cloth with gilt decoration and color label on front cover. Good general overview of painting in Western Europe during the later Medieval period. Illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 383532

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 
 

Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists (SIGNED COPY) by: Cutler, Laurence C. & Judy A. G. Cutler
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Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists (SIGNED COPY)
by: Cutler, Laurence C. & Judy A. G. Cutler

Hardcover. Edison NJ, The Wellfleet Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, large oblong volume, 448 pages illustrated in color. First printing of arguably the finest work in print on the life and work of Maxfield Parrish. SIGNED on the title page by both Cutlers, founders of the National Musem of American Illustration. Maxfield Parrish's images achieved remarkable popularity and critical acclaim when they appeared on the covers of countless periodicals and books making him the most celebrated illustrator of the first half of the 20th century as well as incredibly famous and immensely wealthy. Clean copy. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 383724

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 
 

Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island by: diCurcio, Robert A.
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Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island
by: diCurcio, Robert A.

Hardcover. Nantucket MA, Nantucket Historical Association, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with color pastedown on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. 269 pages illustrated with color and b&w plates. Number 1242 of 2000 copies. Introduction by Stuart P. Feld. Printed dedication to Walter Beinecke. No dust jacket, a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383736

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 
 

Comics Before 1945, The by: Walker, Brian

Comics Before 1945, The
by: Walker, Brian

Hardcover. NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, 575 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. A comprehensive survey of fifty years of comics explores how such characters as Buster Brown, Krazy Kat, and Li'l Abner reflected societal attitudes and changes in the first half of the twentieth century, providing in-depth biographies of twenty-one influential comic creators and featuring rare original depictions of those creator's work. Lacks dust jacket but a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383737

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Comics Since 1945, The by: Walker, Brian

Comics Since 1945, The
by: Walker, Brian

Hardcover. NY, Harry Abrams, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 336 pages, 776 illustrations, more than 100 plates in color. Contents include comic strips from the post war years followed by each decade to the nineties concluding with the twenty-first century. Lacks dust jacket but a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383738

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

1909 March 19 - Work and Win : An Interesting Weekly for Young America . No. 537 - Fred Fearnot in the Slums Or, The Mystery of a Great City - Colorful Action Cover Art of woman fallinf from a building.
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1909 March 19 - Work and Win : An Interesting Weekly for Young America . No. 537 - Fred Fearnot in the Slums Or, The Mystery of a Great City - Colorful Action Cover Art of woman fallinf from a building.

Softcover. NY, Frank Tousey, 1st, 1909, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Stapled wraps in color, worn, chipping, short tears to margin, chipping 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 # 383819

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

A Rare Salish Blanket by: William C. Orchard

A Rare Salish Blanket
by: William C. Orchard

Softcover. NY, New York Museum of the American Indian, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, leaflet of the Museum of the American Indian, account of a rare blanket, thought to be woven of dog hair, of the Salish Indians along with discussion of technique. Very good condition, bound between stiff card wraps.

Record # 383833

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Ingres (Drawing Gallery) by: Prat, Louis-Antoine
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Ingres (Drawing Gallery)
by: Prat, Louis-Antoine

Softcover. Milano, 5 Continents , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 96 pages. Considered one of the greatest French draughtsmen of all time, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). left thousands of preparatory drawings for his paintings, along with an incomparable series of almost five hundred graphite portraits that have always been deemed the highest expression of his genius. The Louvre collection offers excellent examples of these two aspects of Ingres' graphic activity; each work is accompanied by a brief comment. Clean copy.

Record # 383841

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

Le Mouvement Symboliste dans L'Art du XIX Siecle: Gustave Moreau, Redon, Carriere, Gauguin et le Groupe de Pont-Aven, Maurice Denis by: Charles Chasse

Le Mouvement Symboliste dans L'Art du XIX Siecle: Gustave Moreau, Redon, Carriere, Gauguin et le Groupe de Pont-Aven, Maurice Denis
by: Charles Chasse

Softcover. Paris, Librairie Floury, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, gray wrappers with black and red lettering, 213 pages. Illustrated with black & white plates. Small tears at foot and crown of paper spine. Clean, tight copy. FRENCH TEXT.

Record # 383855

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Grosz by: Fiske, Lars
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Grosz
by: Fiske, Lars

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 79 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A graphic novel of the German artist's life, b&w art by author. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 383921

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 
 

How to Make Victorian Letters and Signs for Posters and Buildings by: James Callingham
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How to Make Victorian Letters and Signs for Posters and Buildings
by: James Callingham

Softcover. Watkins Glen NY, American Lfe Books, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial orange wrappers, facsimile reprint of the 1871 edition, "Sign Writing and Glass Embossing; A Complete Practical Illustrated Manual of the Art" by James Callingham. heavily illustrated with solid introduction, drawing essentials, many different alphabets, numerals and more. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383928

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 
 

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways: Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78 by: Ellen R. Goheen; Christo [Illustrator]; Wolfgang Volz [Photographer];
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Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways: Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78
by: Ellen R. Goheen; Christo [Illustrator]; Wolfgang Volz [Photographer];

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Stiff glossy covers completely illustrated in color, folded flaps, perfect binding, essay by Ellen R. Goheen and photography by Wolfgang Volz, 150 illustrations with 70 in full color, with documents, plans and fabric from the exhibition. Mild rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 383934

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 
 

Ik James Ensor by: Robert Hoozee, et al.
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Ik James Ensor by: Robert Hoozee, et al.Ik James Ensor by: Robert Hoozee, et al.

Ik James Ensor
by: Robert Hoozee, et al.

Softcover. Gent, Netherlands, Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Dutch text. 160 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Frontispiece portrait, many plates & text-illustrations, essays, catalogue of 136 items depicted & described, bibliography, list of exhibitions. Light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 383935

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Vito Acconci: Thinking Space by: Richard Saunders; Emmie Donadio; Stephen Donadio
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Vito Acconci: Thinking Space
by: Richard Saunders; Emmie Donadio; Stephen Donadio

Softcover. Middlebury VT, Middlebury College Museum of Art, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages illustrated in color and b&w. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition held from September 3-December 8, 2013. Clean, bight copy.

Record # 383946

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 
 

Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts by: Bidwell, John
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Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts
by: Bidwell, John

Hardcover. University Park PA, Penn State University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Graphic Passion recounts the publication history of nearly fifty books illustrated by Matisse, including masterworks such as Lettrew portugalises, Mallarme's Poisies and his own Jazz. A fantastic production executed with great care. Part of the Penn State series in the history of the book. From 1912 until his death in 1954, Matisse was involved in nearly fifty illustration projects, many of which rank among the greatest artists' books of the twentieth century. He directly participated in page layout, typography, lettering, ornament, cover design, and even the choice of text. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and business documents, this book pays scholarly attention to his illustration methods, typographic preferences, literary sensibilities, and opinions about the role of the artist in the publication process. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 383953

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 
 

Ingres and the Studio: Women, Painting, History by: Betzer, Sarah
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Ingres and the Studio: Women, Painting, History
by: Betzer, Sarah

Hardcover. Penn State University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 328 pages illustrated in color. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres has long been recognized as one of the great painters of the modern era and among the greatest portraitists of all time. Over a century and a half of scholarly writing on the artist has grappled with Ingres's singular identity, his relationship to past and future masters, and the idiosyncrasies of his art. Ingres and the Studio: Women, Painting, History makes a unique contribution to this literature by focusing on the importance of Ingres's training of students and the crucial role played by portraits-and their subjects-for Ingres's studio and its developing aesthetic project. Rather than understanding the portrait as merely a screen onto which the artist's desires were projected, the book insists on the importance of accounting for the active role of portrait sitters themselves. Through careful analysis of familiar and long-overlooked works, Ingres and the Studio traces a series of encounters between painters and portrait subjects in which women sitters-such as the artist Julie Mottez, art critic, salonniere, and historian Marie d'Agoult, and tragic actress Rachel-emerge as vital interlocutors in a shared aesthetic project. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 383954

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 
 

The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman by: Voloj, Julian, Illustrator: Campi, Thomas
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The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman
by: Voloj, Julian, Illustrator: Campi, Thomas

Hardcover. NY, Super Genius, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 180 pages. Everyone knows Superman, but not everyone knows the story of two youngsters from Cleveland who created Superman. Based on archival material and original sources, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way: The Joe Shuster Story" tells the story of the friendship between writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster, and puts it into the wider context of the American comicbook industry. Told in graphic novel format in color.

Record # 383955

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 
 

Torso by: Bendis, Brian Michael; Andreyko, Marc
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Torso
by: Bendis, Brian Michael; Andreyko, Marc

Hardcover. NY, Icon/Marvel, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. A graphic novel of of Eliot Ness's hunt for America's first serial killer-Cleveland's 1935 torso killer. B&w art by Bendis followed by pages of news clipping with photos of the actual crime scene and investigators at work. Clean copy.

Record # 383986

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 
 

The Art and Science of William Bartram by: Magee, Judith
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The Art and Science of William Bartram
by: Magee, Judith

Hardcover. University Park PA, Penn State University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 264 pages. Numerous color illustrations. An exploration of Bartram's writings and artwork; all sixty-eight Bartram drawings owned by the Natural History Museum are brought together for the first time. Works by other eighteenth and nineteenth century natural history artists are included. His love of nature led him to explore the environs of the American Southeast between 1773 and 1777. Here he collected plants and seeds, kept a journal of his observations of nature, and made drawings of the plants and animals he encountered. The completed drawings were sent to his patron in London, and these make up the bulk of the collection held at London's Natural History Museum. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 383992

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 
 

Pulp Power: The Shadow Doc Savage and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe by: Mcginness, Neil/ Mille, Frank Foreward By/ Didio, Dan Contributor
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Pulp Power: The Shadow Doc Savage and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe
by: Mcginness, Neil/ Mille, Frank Foreward By/ Didio, Dan Contributor

Hardcover. NY, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Pulp Power gives fans a rare glimpse into the pre-war pulp novel decade of the 1930s, a period of bold action and adventure storytelling that ultimately led to the creation of the comic book and the superheroes we know and love today. This period, a pre-Batman, pre-Superman golden era of American creativity and artistic excellence, starred two main characters in leading roles: The Shadow and Doc Savage. In more than 500 novels written between 1930 and 1940, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Street & Smith universe of characters captivated a generation of Americans with their heroic exploits and inspired a new generation of writers to create a pantheon of comic book superheroes in their mold. Street & Smith, the renowned publisher of these novels, commissioned leading artists to provide bold and original cover artwork for their publications, and in Pulp Power, hundreds of these eye-catching covers are reproduced as a collection for the first time. Comics legend Dan DiDio provides context for the cover illustrations alongside a narrative discussion of the influence of the Street & Smith superhero universe on legendary creators such as Orson Welles, Truman Capote, Michael Chabon, George Lucas, Agnes Moorehead, James Patterson, Walter Mosley, Dwayne Johnson, Frank Miller, James Bama, Jim Steranko, Jim Lee, Gail Simone, and many more. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 383993

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 
 

The John Severin Westerns Featuring American Eagle by: Severin, John
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The John Severin Westerns Featuring American Eagle
by: Severin, John

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 484 pages illustrated in color. In the 1950s, between his legendary EC work and his celebrated Marvel comics, John Severin joined with Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins to introduce a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. While Native Americans had generally been vilified or left in the shadows of gun-slinging cowboy heroes, the American Eagle stories featured in Prize Comics Western were built around action-packed tribal intrigues and a heroic Crow warrior. Collected here for the first time are all of the American Eagle stories drawn by Severin from Prize Comics Western #85-#113. Plus Severin-drawn stories featuring The Fargo Kid, Black Bull and The Lazo Kid. More than 55 exciting, gorgeous, Western tales of bullets vs. arrows, stampedes, tribal warfare, prospectors, buffalo hunters, broken treaties, gun battles, cavalry charges, wagon trains, and warriors on horseback. Thanks to Severin's famously exacting art, you'll be able to smell the leather and gunpowder. With commentary by comics historian Howard Leroy Davis. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383994

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 
 

Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by: Griffith, Bill
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Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by: Griffith, BillThree Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy by: Griffith, Bill

Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy
by: Griffith, Bill

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 265 pages illustrated in b&w. From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Nobody's Fool, comes Three Rocks, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception to 1895 with the Yellow Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. When Bushmiller died in 1982, Nancy was running in almost 900 daily newspapers--a number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve. Nancy is hailed as the "perfect" comic strip by fans and cartoonists alike. The title Three Rocks refers to the trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller landscape--just enough to communicate environment to the reader. This distillation is exemplary of the iconic, diagrammatic look of Nancy, a comic strip about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip--the perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of creating comics. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383995

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

1001 Nights by: Nielsen, Kay, Editor: Daniel, Noel
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1001 Nights by: Nielsen, Kay, Editor: Daniel, Noel1001 Nights by: Nielsen, Kay, Editor: Daniel, Noel

1001 Nights
by: Nielsen, Kay, Editor: Daniel, Noel

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 142 pages. In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishing touches on his illustrations of A Thousand and One Nights. The results are considered masterpieces of early 20th-century illustration: bursting with sumptuous colors of deep blues, reds, and gold leaf, and evoking all the magic of this legendary collection of Indo-Persian and Arabic folktales, compiled between the 8th and 13th centuries. However, publishers retreated from Nielsen's project in the financially strapped postwar climate, and the publication never happened. A rising star, Nielsen moved on to other work. This world heritage classic's spectacular pen, ink, and watercolor images remained under lock and key for 40 years. Published just once in the 1970s, the illustrations were rescued from oblivion after Nielsen's death in 1957 and are now held by the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Art Institute of Chicago, and in two private collections. This publication is a unique compilation of fine art prints and stunning illustrations reproduced directly from Nielsen's original watercolors--the only complete set of his extraordinary drawings to have survived. The book features descriptions of all of the images and three generously illustrated essays on the making of this series, the origin of Nielsen's unique imagery, and a history of the tales. In addition, it shows many unpublished or rarely seen artworks by Nielsen and intricate black-and-white drawings Nielsen created for the original publication. Text in English, German and French. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 384020

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

Dauntless Dames: High-Heeled Heroes of the Comic Strips by: Robbins, Trina,/ Maresca, Peter
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Dauntless Dames: High-Heeled Heroes of the Comic Strips
by: Robbins, Trina,/ Maresca, Peter

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with lavender cloth spine. 160 pages in color. The audacious exploits of ten great adventurous female stars from the Golden Age of comic strips. In the 1920s they were socialites and flappers. In the 1960s they were homemakers and heartthrobs. But from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, female stars of the newspaper comic strips were detectives, spies, soldiers of fortune, even superheroes. Accomplishing everything the male comics stars of the time achieved, except they did it in high-heels and flowing skirts. Follow the daring exploits of these smart, tough, independent AND sexy Dauntless Dames. Both a product of their era and ahead of their time, the women in these stories gave their audience just what they needed. Through the Sunday Comics readers could escape from the woes of the Depression, travel to exotic foreign lands, feel the glamor and gangsters of the entertainment world, and support the Allied efforts in World War II. Presented in an extra-large format, here are the colorful, pulse-pounding tales of ten incredible women, both known and unknown to comics fans - and most are reprinted here for the first time in three-quarters of a century! The book also includes a special bonus: an insert section with a dozen paper doll cutouts starring the most popular women comic strip characters of the day. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 384021

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 
 

ALLEY OOP IN WORLD WAR II: THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOL 04 1942-1944 by: V.T. Hamlin
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ALLEY OOP IN WORLD WAR II: THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOL 04 1942-1944
by: V.T. Hamlin

Hardcover. NY, Andrews McMeel, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glazed boards. Alley Oop's color time-traveling adventures continue! Come with Alley as he crashes into the War in the Pacific, becomes a screen star in Hollywood's Golden Age, and more! 139 never-before-reprinted strips are presented in this oversize hardcover (12' x 16'), covering 1942 through August 1944, featuring a foreword from former Alley Oop writer Carole Bender. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 384022

Price: $120.00
Price: $120.00 
 

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Nov. 20 1965 - sun setting through living room window by: Albert Hubbell (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Nov. 20 1965 - sun setting through living room window
by: Albert Hubbell (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of fall scene through living room window by Albert Hubbell, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384048

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 
 

ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Dec. 4 1965 - glass with flower bouquet by: Abe Birnbaum (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Dec. 4 1965 - glass with flower bouquet
by: Abe Birnbaum (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of flower petals and leaves floating out of a glass by Abe Birnbaum, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384049

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Jan. 23 1965 - musicians assembling for concert by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Jan. 23 1965 - musicians assembling for concert
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of musicians with instruments entering concert setting by Arthur Getz, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384050

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Feb. 6 1965 - mounted policeman in traffic by: Andre Francois (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Feb. 6 1965 - mounted policeman in traffic
by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of policeman on horse in crowded traffic by Andre Francois, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384051

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 17 1965 - worker buffing floor by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 17 1965 - worker buffing floor
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art by Getz of worker buffing floor of large public space, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384052

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker - July 10 1965 - business meeting in water by: Andre Francois (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker - July 10 1965 - business meeting in water
by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of board meeting in resort water by Francois, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384053

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 24 1965 - scenic view from patio by: Beatrice Szanton (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 24 1965 - scenic view from patio
by: Beatrice Szanton (Illust.)

1965, Book: Very Good, Color art of patio overlooking vacation coastline by Szanton, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384054

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker June 3 1967 - house framing by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker June 3 1967 - house framing
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of house under construction against green foliage by Getz, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384055

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker June 17 1967 - summer scene with birds, rainbow and flowers by: Andre Francois (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker June 17 1967 - summer scene with birds, rainbow and flowers
by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of summer tableau by Francois, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384056

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker May 20 1967 - Arranging outdoor sculpture by: Charles Saxon (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker May 20 1967 - Arranging outdoor sculpture
by: Charles Saxon (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon by Saxon of couple placing a sculpture outdoors from their glass house, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384057

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 1 1967 - America by: Saul Steinberg (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker July 1 1967 - America
by: Saul Steinberg (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of American icons by Steinberg. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384058

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 15 1967 - Arranging deck chairs by: Charles E. Martin/C.E.M. (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 15 1967 - Arranging deck chairs
by: Charles E. Martin/C.E.M. (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of moving deck chairs on ocean liner by Martin, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384059

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Sept. 23 1967 - Moon/clock fall scene by: Andre Francois (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Sept. 23 1967 - Moon/clock fall scene
by: Andre Francois (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of moon over house by Francois.8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384060

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Dec. 2 1967 Painting on a palette
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of artist standing at easel painted on a palette. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384061

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Mar. 11 1967 - Man planting flower seeds by: Charles Saxon (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Mar. 11 1967 - Man planting flower seeds
by: Charles Saxon (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color cartoon of man putting seeds in flower bed behind glass windows. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384062

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker May 30 1964 - Dining couples by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker May 30 1964 - Dining couples
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1964, Book: Very Good, Color art by Getz of evening diners by large open window. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384064

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 1 1967 - couple on a windy boardwalk by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 1 1967 - couple on a windy boardwalk
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of couple walking down the boardwalk in the wind. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384065

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 22 1967 - Manhattan canyon by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker April 22 1967 - Manhattan canyon
by: Arthur Getz (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of skyscrapers with rooftop tree by Getz. 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384067

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Mar. 18 1967 - Country farm scene by: Albert Hubbell (Illust.)
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER: New Yorker Mar. 18 1967 - Country farm scene
by: Albert Hubbell (Illust.)

1967, Book: Very Good, Color art of farm land in spring by Hubbell, 8 3/4 X 12", 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 THE COVER ONLY- not the entire magazine. Your order will be placed carefully between stiff paper in clear plastic envelope, then packed in a rigid cardboard sleeve to prevent bending.

Record # 384068

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Price: $15.00 
 


  

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