Used, Rare & Out-of-Print Art Books - pg. 67 including Heaven on Earth: Tiepolo Masterpieces of the Wurzburg Years by: Kruckmann, Peter O.

Hardcover. Munich/NY, Prestel, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 143 pages with 100 color and 79 b&w illustrations. In 1750 the Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo arrived in Wurzburg, capital of the small German principality of Franconia. Its ruler, Prince-Bishop Carl Philipp von Greiffenclau, had commissioned him to decorate the Kaisersaal, one of the state rooms in his palace, the Residenz. Later extended to include the decoration of the Residenz's staircase, the commission resulted in a series of frescos that are numbered among the greatest glories of Baroque painting. Created by the last major representative of the Venetian tradition in painting, the frescos in the Wurzburg Residenz are a truly epochal work of art. They form the culmination of a venerable tradition of fresco decoration initiated by Giotto over four hundred years earlier and, in their marriage of mythological and historical subject-matter, constitute a monument to the dying age of absolutism. In his highly readable text Peter O. Kruckmann tells the story of how Tiepolo came to receive the commission, explores in detail the thematic and artistic intricacies of the frescos, and documents their genesis as a continuous process, from the preliminary sketches to the finished works. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Washington DC, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 310 pages. John Evelyn (1620-1706), an English virtuoso and writer, was a pivotal figure in seventeenth-century intellectual life in England. He left an immensely rich literary heritage, which is of great significance for scholars interested in garden history and the histories of intellectual life and architecture. Evelyn is perhaps best known for Sylva, a compilation of thoughts on practical estate management, gardening, and philosophy, and the first book published by the Royal Society in London. As one of the group of learned men who founded the Royal Society in 1660 to promote scientific research, discussion, and publications, John Evelyn was at the center of many of the vital intellectual currents of the time. "Elysium Britannicum," Evelyn's unpublished manuscript of almost a thousand pages of densely packed drafts, rewrites, and projects, was perhaps something of an enigma to his contemporaries, who nevertheless urged its publication. It remains for scholars today a treasure-trove of fascinating insights on Evelyn and his milieu. Clean copy.

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

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket with light fading to dj spine. 139 pages of text, 124 b&w plates in rear section. This is the second volume of Edgar Wind's selected papers, a companion to The Elegance of Symbols. Of all the scholars associated with the early development of the Warbur Institute Edgar Wind was the first to apply different theoretical principles to the study of English Art, above all in his early study of English portraiture, now a classic art history text. As the seminal essay, it gives title to the present volume, and is here translated into English for the first time. In this essay, which marked a change of direction in Wind's own development, he argues that two opposing styles of portraiture, exemplified in the art of Gainsborough and Reynolds, can be related to the different notions of humanity subscribed to by the philosophers David Hume and James Beattie. Other important studies, also reprinted here, make this volume an excellent resource to Wind's tremendous contributions to art history. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Alexandria VA, Art Service International / Yale University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 263 pages. Comprehensive treatment of Grandma Moses, her life, work, significance, and with a Catalogue of her work. Illustrated in color. Designed for a major traveling exhibition of Moses' work, the hardcover copies were distributed by Yale. Clean copy.

Softcover. Lewiston ME, Bates College, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover exhibition catalog, 40 pages illustrated in color. A twenty year retrospective, May 20-August 26, 1990, Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Duke University Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 381 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Photography is one of the principal filters through which we engage the world. The contributors to this volume focus on Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived experience, politics, race, and human agency. In essays that range from examinations of Benjamin's and Sigmund Freud's writings to the work of Kara Walker and Roland Barthes's famous Winter Garden photograph, the contributors explore what photography can teach us about the nature of the unconscious. They attend to side perceptions, develop latent images, discover things hidden in plain sight, focus on the disavowed, and perceive the slow. Of particular note are the ways race and colonialism have informed photography from its beginning. The volume also contains photographic portfolios by Zoe Leonard, Kelly Wood, and Kristan Horton, whose work speaks to the optical unconscious while demonstrating how photographs communicate on their own terms. The essays and portfolios in Photography and the Optical Unconscious create a collective and sustained assessment of Benjamin's influential concept, opening up new avenues for thinking about photography and the human psyche. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Miami FL, Vanguard Publishing, 2nd pr., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, glossy pictorial wrappers, 207 pages. Color art throughout. This contains the complete collection of non-EC, 1950s crime and horror comics by Wally Wood. Some of the highlights are: Captain Steve Savage; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; Sabu the Elephant Boy; Frank Buck; Martin Kane; Fu Manchu; and many, many more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 345 pages. This volume includes a pig with an ominous resemblance to Nikita Khrushchev and a scruffy goat who looks exactly like Fidel Castro. Both assure Okefenokeeans that a one-party system is the way to go; all will be well economically, they explain, because "the shortage will be divided amongst the peasants." Other storylines spotlight Kelly's remarkable cast: Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, Howland Owl, "Churchy" LaFemme, Beauregard Bugleboy, Porky Pine, Miz Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, Deacon Mushrat, and so many others. All 104 Sunday strips from those two years are included, with supplementary features (including comprehensive annotations and index) by comics historians R.C. Harvey, Maggie Thompson, and Mark Evanier. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, DC Comics, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, color throughout. Classic Superman stories from the Silver Age are collected together in this brilliant hardcover omnibus. Fans of the Man of Steel won't want to miss this stunning collection of some of the best tales of the 1950's and 1960's! Superman- The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 contains stories from Action Comics #241-265 and Superman #122-137.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 236 pages, b&w art throughout. Jack Kamen's stories for The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear favored unnerving creepiness over gruesome shock. With his penchant for deft delineations of scheming women, jealous husbands, murderous love triangles, and not-so-innocent children, Kamen's pen laid down a precise, sure line that brought each story's shock ending into sharp relief. This volume features 27 Kamen favorites, drawn at the peak of powers, including:"Kamen's Kalamity," our title story, featuring the "true" origin story of the artist himself! Clean copy.

Softcover. Milwaukee, Dark Horse Comics, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages, color art throughout. Fully remastered in magnificent digital color, this far-out volume includes twenty unbelievable tales from a stellar collection of writers and artists- Jack Oleck, Al Feldstein, Wally Wood, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Jack Davis, Roy G. Krenkel, and Al Williamson. Featuring a foreword by Mark Evanier!. Incredible Science Fiction issues #30-#33 and Weird Science-Fantasy issues #30 -#33.

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.

Hardcover. Hudson NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 143 pages. No dust jacket issued. The perfect gift for an anniversary--or your divorce lawyer--All's Fair in Love and War will woo over hopeless romantics and cynical heartbreakers alike. Find wit and wisdom on love in all its varieties, from a first date to a third divorce. This curated collection features work by over forty of the best and brightest New Yorker cartoonists, including Roz Chast, Sam Gross, Liana Finck, Bob Mankoff, and Edward Steed. Many of the cartoons appear in print for the first time. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 286 pages. A focused investigation of Whistlers watercolors that introduces readers to a rarely seen aspect of the artists creative output In the 1880s, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) reinvented himself through the medium of watercolor. At the time, excellence in watercolor was most often associated with British artists, and most notably with the work of J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). Whistlers embrace of watercolor allowed the expatriate artist to present himself as an heir to the great Turner, while at the same time creating easily portable works that could supply an American market and, the artist hoped, help secure his art-historical legacy in his home country. Indeed, it was the American Gilded Age industrialist Charles Lang Freer who would amass the largest collection of Whistlers watercolors, eventually bequeathing them to the Smithsonian in 1906. This publication is the first systematic study of Freer's amazing treasure trove of more than 50 watercolors by Whistler and includes figures, landscapes, nocturnes, and interiors. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. DUE TO WEIGHT DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. NY, Bantam, 1st pbk., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages in color. Experience the Star Wars universe as never before in this stunning visual journey that carries you to the farthest reaches--and into the deepest mysteries--of George Lucas's cinematic masterpiece. Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary main concept artist for all three Star Wars films, and Kevin J. Anderson, the New York Times bestselling Star Wars author, present the ultimate voyage: a vivid and close-up look at the exotic worlds and remarkable inhabitants of the Star Wars universe. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Milwaukee OR, Dark Horse Books, 3rd pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, 88 pages in color. Writer-artist Frank Miller and colorist Lynn Varley retell the battle of Thermopylae in the exciting and moving graphic novel 300. They focus on King Leonidas, the young foot soldier Stelios, and the storyteller Dilios to highlight the Spartans' awe-inspiring toughness and valor. Miller and Varley's art is terrific, as always; the combat scenes are especially powerful.The armies of Persia--a vast horde greater than any the world has ever known--are poised to crush Greece, an island of reason and freedom in a sea of madness and tyranny. Standing between Greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. Frank Miller's epic retelling of history's supreme moment of battlefield valor is finally collected in its intended format--each two-page spread from the original comics is presented as a single undivided page. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, DC Comics, 1st pbk, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 248 pages in color. The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognized as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world. The thing is, most of the world doesn't realize that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. NY, Watson-Guptill, 1st pbk, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 292 pages. A detailed resource on the comics and collectibles inspired by the classic character provides close-up photography and information on everything Batman, from the history of the character's graphic design to sixteen new pages of obscure memorabilia. Chip Kidd, who also wrote a neat "Batman Animated" coffee able book on the well-loved and critically acclaimed "Batman: The Animated Series" that debuted in 1992, turns here to the hobby (and serious business, for some) of collecting. He includes his own childhood remembrances of Bat-items, as well as wonderfully quirky photography. This book, full-color throughout, is not a "guide" to the collectibles, as it does not include price values or manufacturers (it does give the year and dimensions for each piece pictured). Plus, there is an editorial comment on the Andy Warhol Batman piece that's got a bit of an attitude. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Lucas Books & Del Rey, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in gray boards with a black cloth spine. This lavish volume features more than six hundred examples of the art created for The Phantom Menace each a masterpiece in its own conceptual illustrations, sequential art, and brilliant, fully executed paintings. Digging deep into the exclusive Lucasfilm archives, The Art of Star The Phantom Menace details Episode 1's revolutionary use of traditional and high-tech media. Magnificent paintings that capture the exotic environments of Naboo, Tatooine, and Coruscant Key action sequences, including the Podraces on Tatooine and the riveting ground and space battles Fascinating insights and photos revealing the secrets of the artists at work The earliest conceptual drawings, following the evolution of Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Amidala, and Jar Jar Binks Exciting new poster art, created expressly for Episode 1. Clean copy, lacks dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Peter Pauper Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Small hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A lovely little book containing poems and short essays about nature. Beautiful woodcuts in color by Eric Carle. One of the award-winning children's illustrator's early books. small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Palo Alto CA, Sunday Press Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 152 pages. A companion catalogue of original art, memorabilia, and more from "The Nancy Show", a 2024 exhibition honoring Ernie Bushmiller at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. This book includes reproductions from the museum show, including over 100 pieces of original artwork, with special bonus material. Ernie Bushmiller stated that his Nancy was created for "the gum chewers" and not the "caviar eaters." He might be surprised to find his work honored in an important art exhibition. Nancy herself would believe she deserves nothing less! By scholars, collectors, and fans, the importance of Ernie Bushmiller's work has been acknowledged in recent years as he takes his place among the great classic cartoonists. Folded b&w poster laid in.

Softcover. Manchester VT, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 66 pages, 14 color and b&w illustrations. A collection of paintings by Italian-American artist Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988). One of his most-known pieces, 'Farewell to the Birches,' appears on the cover. With essays by Stuart P. Embury and Robert L. McGrath. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a in a bright dust jacket except for a sliver of fading to fore-edge, oblong format, unpaginated, illustrated with 52 full color cartoons. Foreword by Mark Boxer. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf with bottom corner clipped. Uncommon in hardcover.

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 144 pages. B&w drawings throughout by Paul Hogarth. Small ownership stamp to front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Northampton MA, White Star Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 86 pages, exhibition catalog. Full of b&w plates. . Catalogue of works from the Charles Derby collection of African art. 136 pieces are pictured and described in brief. With an introduction by Derby, an exhibition checklist, and addendum.

Hardcover. Smithsonian Institution / Victoria and Albert Museum, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Eighty-two watercolors and drawings selected from the extensive Searight Collection in London present a variety of 19th-century artists' encounters with the diverse cultures and dramatic lands of the fabled Ottoman Empire. Complementing the artworks are essays by experts in Middle Eastern studies elucidating the exchange of ideas and influences between East and West. Artists include Edward Lear, Luigi Meyer, David Roberts etc. 128 pages. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 127 pages. Gold, red, green and black (old Lucky Strike colors) boards, no dust jacket. A history of cigarette smoking. Great photos of smoking in films, antique ads and packages, etc. Laid in are publicity photos of author and designer. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1998, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Holiday anniversary issue. Grant Hill interview. Billy Bob Thornton's outrageous ex; Bettie Page's story. Teri Hatcher 20 questions. How smart are you about Seinfeld. Queen of the B's, Shannon Tweed. Shel Silverstein's Street Smart hamlet. playmate review. Centerfold: Heather Kozar.

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.

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.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1998, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Baywatch babe Marliece Andrada on cover, also as Centerfold Miss March; Kevin Kline interview; swimsuit issue, playboy style; the real boogie nights - life and death of John Holmes and more.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1997, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear to bottom of rear cover 10 pages in rear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Claudia Schiffer on cover. Full of beautiful women as always including supermodels.Highlights: Lynn Thomas as Miss May, Donald Trump Article, Saul Bellow interview, 20 Questions for Lucy Lawless, and more.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1998, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Baywatch Babes on fold-out cover. This month articles feature: Navy flier shows her stuff, breaks the Playboy barrier; Interview with Paul Reiser; Nascar, history of the sexual revolution, 60 to 69 (make love not war), playmate Anne Randalll and more.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1998, Book: Very Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Lisa Rinna Melrose Place mom on cover & Pregnant Pictorial; sweet life of Ahmad Rashad; smartest women in porn; Patrick Moynihan inteview; Vanessa Gleason Miss September and more.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1989, Book: Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear to bottom edge, rear cover. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Donna Mills on cover, centerfold Renee Tenison. Stories on sex inthe Cinema 1989 pictorial; abortion opinions; Donna Mills Knots Landing; interview with Garry Kasparov; solving the murder of Jimmy Hoffa; confessions of an SOB and more.

Softcover. Chicago, Playboy Press, 1997, Book: Good, Single issue. Soft cover. Very Good. Minor wear. Centerfold intact. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictorial wraps with Faye Resnick on cover, '3001: The Final Odyssey' by Arthur C. Clarke, Clint Eastwood interview, 20 questions for Michael Jordan, article on Don King, Miss March Jennifer Mariam and more.

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 133 pages illustrated in color. This lavishly illustrated volume offers a unique survey of Italian commercial graphic design during a period of both creative artistic vitality and extreme political turmoil. The first English-language book to showcase the bold typography and streamlined imagery of modern Italian design motifs on commercial products of the day, this fascinating and important resource for designers, history buffs, and collectors includes a discussion of the Futurist influence on the Italian Art Deco style and the success of such individualized expression despite a ruthless Fascist regime. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, DC Comics, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 32 pages, 15 cents cover price. Mild wear.

Softcover. NY, DC Comics, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 32 pages, 15 cents cover price. Mild crease, edgewear to cover.

Softcover. NY, PaceWildenstein, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages illustrated in color. Catalogue from the exhibit, Naum Gabo Pioneer of Abstract Sculpture November 4 - December 11, 1999. Essay by Graham Williams. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Baltimore MD, Maryland Historical Society, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pictorial wraps with color illustration and white lettering; 173 pages. 45 color, 88 b&w plates. Exhibition catalogue lists 83 extensively annotated works, and a Supplemental Catalogue lists an additional 13 works. Selected bibliography and short-list of titles. Each essay includes extensive notes. The definitive work on the early Afro-American portrait painter. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Baltimore, MD: Maryland Historical Society, Sept. 26, 1987 to Jan. 3, 1988, three other locations. Scarce. Previous owner's stamp and bookplate, short inscription on inside front cover. Related clipping, brochure laid in.

Hardcover. Miami FL, Mad Cave Studios, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 206 pages in color. No dust jacket issued.

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.

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.

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.

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

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. In the vein of earlier comics-to-multimedia stars Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, Atlas Comics launched their own pulp hero in 1951, looking ahead to the futuristic year 2000. Across five issues of Space Squadron (and one of Space Worlds), headline talents including George Tuska, Werner Roth and Allen Bellman (with back-up features by Joe Maneely, Christopher Rule, George Klein and Vern Henkel) showed Captain Jet Dixon and his Space Squadron blasting into action, facing cosmic threats like "The Armada of Death," "The Space Demons," "Terror from the Deep," "The Temptress of Jupiter," and "The Midnight Horror."Come 1953, Hank Chapman and Joe Maneely gazed further into the future, envisioning the distant year 2075 and the adventures of Speed Carter, Spaceman. Scripted throughout by Chapman, Maneely launched and drew the first three issues before handing off one issue each to Mike Sekowsky, George Tuska and Bob Forgione, with back-up features by John Romita, Maneely, and Bill Savage. As other aspects of the Atlas line leaned into the peak of pre-Code horror, the Captain of the Space Sentinels and young cadet Johnny Day battled monstrous aliens with stories including "The Space Trap," "A Slaughter in Space," "Die, Spaceman, Die," and "The Thing in Outer Space." Unseen in 70 years, scanned in high resolution, restored to perfection and packaged as one extra-sized, beautiful hardcover volume, In the Days of the Rockets! will open a wormhole to the early cold-war four-color era of futuristic science fantasy.

Hardcover. Indiana University Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 475 pages. Rembrandt's stunning religious prints stand as evidence of the Dutch master's extraordinary skill as a technician and as a testament to his genius as a teller of tales. Here, several virtually unknown etchings, collected by the Feddersen family and now preserved for the ages at the University of Notre Dame, are made widely available in a lavishly illustrated volume. Building on the contributions of earlier Rembrandt scholars, noted art historian Charles M. Rosenberg illuminates each of the 70 religious prints through detailed background information on the artist's career as well as the historical, religious, and artistic impulses informing their creation. Readers will enjoy an impression of the earliest work, The Circumcision (1625-26); the famous Hundred Guilder Print; the enigmatic eighth state of Christ Presented to the People; one of a handful of examples of the very rare final posthumous state of The Three Crosses; and an impression and counterproof of The Triumph of Mordecai. From the joyous epiphany of the coming of the Messiah to the anguish of the betrayal of a father (Jacob) by his children, from choirs of angels waiting to receive the Virgin into heaven to the dog who defecates in the road by an ancient inn (The Good Samaritan), Rembrandt's etchings offer a window into the nature of faith, aspiration, and human experience, ranging from the ecstatically divine to the worldly and mundane. Ultimately, these prints? modest, intimate, fragile objects?are great works of art which, like all masterpieces, reward us with fresh insights and discoveries at each new encounter. Clean copy.

Softcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 386 pages, b&w illustrations. The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics.