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Softcover. Hartford, Blue Star, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Softcover. Measures: 15" H X 11" W. Black & white illustrations by Jeff Jones. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Adults only. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Milan, A. Mondadori, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 6 unnumbered pages including the inside of both covers. Publisher's thick pictorial boards backed in white cloth-patterned paper & saddle stapled Lightly soiled, edges slightly rubbed, otherwise very good. A nice example with all flaps and concealed color illustrations in perfect working order. Laid in is a typed English translation of the text. Bruno Munari was "one of the most celebrated names in twentieth century Italy in graphic designing who fundamentally altered the landscape of many fields of visual arts, futurism and modernism He is credited for his contribution to industrial design, sculpture, painting, literature, film and concrete art." A collector's copy of this scarce title.

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 267 pages. Minor spine edge wear. Cover corners lightly bent. Front cover lightly curved. Front and back flyleaf yellowed. Crease on frontispiece. Spotting throughout index, half title page, full title page and book edges. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy.

Softcover. The Illustrated Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, color illustrations. In this issue: the brilliant work of Saul Tepper, illustrated profusely with original paintings and rare tear sheets. Next up the work of James Avati, and his paperback cover paintings for the novels of William Faulkner. The final feature Gum's Graphics concerns the packaging design and illustrations for chewing gum over the years. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.

Softcover. Princeton WI, Kitchen Sink Press, 2nd pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 142 pages illustrated in b&w by Caniff. Clean, very good.

Softcover. NY, Simon and Schuster, 4th pr., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 173 pages, b&w drawings by Price. Droll humor from the man who later gave us Droodles and Mad-Libs. Clean, bright copy with mild shelf wear.

Hardcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press, reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. First published in Italy in 1956, Bruno Munari's In the Darkness of the Night tells the tale of an interconnected, intimate yet expansive journey across three settings--in the darkness, through a meadow, and into a mysterious cave--through a spellbinding combination of paper stocks, transparencies, cutouts, and simple but lively characters. This timeless artist's book, available in a new English edition, is a must-have for Munari fans, designers, bibliophiles, and lovers of exceptional book design.

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Tall vertically oblong folio (14 1/2" ) board book. Speigelman addresses his personal experiences in New York during the attack on the twin towers as he, his wife and daughter walked in New York. He decided on this large format, almost elephant folio sized, board book in his unique graphic illustrated style. A unique attempt at coming to grips with the tragic and frightening events of nine eleven. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists' works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects. Additional illustrations show behind-the-scenes working processes of the cartoonists and particular works by others that have influenced or inspired them. Through the eyes of these artists, we see with a new clarity the achievement of contemporary cartoonists and the extraordinary possibilities of comic art.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of the artists' works, including some that have been published and others not originally intended for publication, such as sketchbooks and personal projects. Additional illustrations show behind-the-scenes working processes of the cartoonists and particular works by others that have influenced or inspired them. Through the eyes of these artists, we see with a new clarity the achievement of contemporary cartoonists and the extraordinary possibilities of comic art.

Hardcover. NY, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 192 pages. 200 black-and-white photographs by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Ben Shahn, Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, Russell Lee, and Others. Black cloth, missing dust jacket.

Softcover. New York , Epic/Marvel Comics, 1st US, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcovers, unpaginted. Color art throughout by Moebius. Three books, the complete series. Clean, bright set.

Softcover. NY, BisPublishers, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps with flaps. 393 pages. Infiltrate is a comprehensive collection of contemporary, cutting-edge New York design. It features established and emerging studios together with some extraordinary, little known companies and individuals. Each of the 30 ground-braking designers is interviewed and all artwork is captioned. Infiltrate is full of creative energy, experiments, challenging ideas and unexpected solutions. Clean copy.

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.

Softcover. New York, Graphic Books, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Paperback. A Graphic Mystery # 125. Moderate wear to pictorial wrappers. Pages tanned. Previous owner's ink notation on first page. Cover art by Saul Levine.

Softcover. New York, Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1982 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages. A history of the classic VW ad campaign that began in 1959. Profusely illustratedClean copy.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, ISoftcover, graphic novel llustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, graphic novel Illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli International Publication, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 239 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive color and b&w photographs throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Tear to top right corner of rear dust jacket flap repaired with tape. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

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.

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. 322 pages. 100 B&W and color plates and 56 B&W illustrations. Pictorial dust jacket with edgewear. Light brown cloth. Auction stamp on front pastedown. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Spotless and tight copy. 128 Italian film posters that are a rich array of both Italian films and the international cinema. Includes text and notes on each poster. Arranged by genre from the 30's to the late 50's.

Softcover. NY, Harry N Abrams, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, large format, 64 pages. A catalog for an exhibition at The Corcoran Gallery of Art showcasing works that blend mundane, found materials with sophisticated graphic design. The collection highlights, with text by Dore Ashton, how Chermayeff repurposed, for example, office scraps, envelopes, and paper, creating complex, often whimsical, portraiture. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Watson Guptill, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Beautiful copy of this detailed study of the American illustrator. Color, black & white plates. 206 pages. In a bight, unclipped dust jacket.