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Hardcover. Paris, Hachette, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 48 pages illustrated in color. FRENCH LANGUAGE, graphic novel. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Munich, Williams College Museum of Art/Prestel, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 812 pages. Blue cloth slip case, 2193 illustrations including 100 color plates. Book still in shrink wrap, in excellent condition. If you think that Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) only produced decorative park and beach scenes rendered in an abstract style, these two new volumes will set the record straight. Thanks in large part to the generosity of the Eugenie Prendergast Foundation, Mathews has produced a splendid exhibition catalog that surveys the career of the American Impressionist. She also labored for over six years as part of a team of art historians to create a monumental, ten-pound, slip-cased tome that documents the total artistic output of the two Prendergast brothers, Maurice and Charles, A Catalogue Raisonne. A good balance has been struck between the books. The exhibition catalog, of interest to both lay people and scholars, offers a chronological discussion of Maurice's ever-evolving style along with selected works represented by 130 glorious color plates. In contrast, the comprehensive catalogue raisonne , with its highly detailed essays by eight art historians, features 2200 illustrations, 100 of which are in color. All works discussed are represented by an image and catalog entry and range from the sketchbooks, monotypes, and applied graphics of Maurice to the carved and painted panels and sculpture of Charles (1863-1948). A Herculean achievement, the catalogue raisonne will long serve as a cornerstone in the arena of American art history reference.

Softcover. NY, Pantheon, reprints, 1986/1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two matching softcover books, illustrated in b&w by Spiegelman, 159, 136 pages. Pulitzer Prize winner. Light shelf wear, clean copies.

Hardcover. New York , Pantheon, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 136 pages, b&w illustrations by Spiegelman. The second installment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" (Wall Street Journal) and "the first masterpiece in comic book history" (The New Yorker).A brutally moving work of art--widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written--Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

Softcover. NY, Pantheon, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two softcover volumes in a cardboard slipcase. Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History, Vol. 2: And Here My Trouble Began. Slipcase has some light rubbing, books are clean and bright. A brutally moving work of art--widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written--Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.

Softcover. NY, Chartwell Books, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 448 pages, color illustrations throughout. Originally published as a hardcover in 2004. Errata slip laid in. Color illustrated wraps.

Hardcover. NY, McSweeney's, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 263 pages. Guest-editing Dave Eggers's literary journal, Jimmy Corrigan cartoonist Ware has assembled a beautifully designed anthology of contemporary art comics, with a few vintage treats thrown in, including an excerpt from "Obadiah Oldbuck"--an 1842 publication that's arguably the first American comic book--and a series of very rough sketches by Charles Schulz. A few pieces have recently been published elsewhere (including excerpts from Mark Beyer's loopy, design-heavy Amy and Jordan and Joe Sacco's comics essay on Sarajevo, The Fixer), but the book is a superb introduction to the best American cartoonists working today. Some of them, including Richard McGuire and Mark Newgarden, haven't published much since the heyday of RAW in the late 1980s and early '90s; others, like Lynda Barry and Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, are prolific creators at the top of their form. As Ira Glass points out in his introduction, Ware seems to believe cartooning gets no respect at all, and his McSweeney's is a passionate defense of the medium. Ware has included work by artists with an impressively varied range of visual styles and narrative techniques. And Ware's own contribution is brilliant: the book's cover unfolds into a gigantic "comics supplement" of his bitter little cartoons, with extra, tiny comic books by Ron Rege Jr. and John Porcellino tucked into its folds.

Hardcover. US, McSweeney's, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 263 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Focus of Vol. 13 is on comic art. Preface by Ira Glass. Introduction by Chris Ware. Work by scores of artists from R. Crumb to Rodolphe Topffer (considered the creator of the comic strip and graphic novel). DJ is a broadside decorated with comics with minor shelf wear. Reverse side of broadside has descriptions of contributing artists along with strips of comic art.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 392 pages, 684 illustrations, 664 in color. Text in English, German and French. Large volume, pictorial covers, no dust jacket issued. Menu Design is an omnibus showcasing the best examples of this graphic art. With nearly 800 examples, illustrated in vibrant color, this deluxe volume not only showcases this extraordinary collection of paper ephemera but serves as a history of restaurants and dining out in America. An introduction on the history of menu design by graphic design writer Steven Heller and extended captions by culinary historian John Mariani accompany the menus throughout the book.

Hardcover. London , Korero Books , 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages, hardcover. Extensive b&w and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers and fly leafs. Gilt decoration on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. Neshannock, PA], Hermes Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 145 pages. Milton Caniff's famous good girl, created just for servicemen during WW II, known to G.I. Joes everywhere as "Lace," is available to all her fans in a deluxe hardcover art book reprinting the entire run of the strip. Move over Rita Hayworth - sultry, sassy Miss Lace and her daily adventures are given the royal treatment with a host of extras including a detailed intro by noted Caniff historian R.C. Harvey, complete with unused art, documentary materials, advertising art, and more.

Softcover. Checker, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 148 pages. The entire first year of the great Milton Caniff's landmark action and adventure strip featuring All-American flyboy Steve Canyon and a menagerie of faithful comrades and diabolical rogues. Recurring sidekicks and villains like Copper Calhoon and Happy Easter appear are introduced in four great stories: "Copperhead", "Delta," "Easter's Oil," and "Jewels of Africa."

Softcover. Checker, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 168 pages. Year two on Steve Canyon sees comics master Milton Caniff truly hit his stride. Gorgeously rendered exotic locales, breathlessly paced adventure, and beautiful women as only Caniff could draw await in four story arcs: "Medical Sabotage," "The Nine Maid," "Convoy," "Plantation Sabotage," and "Puppy Love."

Hardcover. Woodstock NY, Overlook Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with wear to extremities. 239 pages with 344 illustrations, 97 in color. This book explores the extraordinary achievement of America's pre-eminent graphic artist. Here Glaser undertakes not only a wide-ranging representation of his oeuvre but, in a personally revealing introduction, speaks of the influences on his work, the responsibilities of the artist, the hierarchies of the traditional art world, and the role of graphic design in the area of his creative growth. His work ranges from posters to book and record covers; from store and restaurant design to toy creations, magazine formats, and logotypes all of which define the look of the 1960s and 70s. Tape repair to reverse of dust jacket, no markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 265 pages, two-color comics throughout. Comics artist Archie Bongiovanni explores queerness in this shockingly frank and funny adult graphic novel. Best friends Chris, Jo, Elise, and Alex work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall completely apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party (like they are at every other queer event in Minneapolis), the crew decides to put on a new party called Grind!, a queer gathering specifically for folks in or over their dirty-thirties. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Secaucus NJ, Chartwell Books, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. Catalogue of the posters by Gloria Picazo. 119 posters reproduced in full color. 269 pages. Thick 4to, beige boards. Inscription on front fly leaf, therwise clean. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Hacker Art Books, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 269 pages, illustrated throughout with 119 plates in color. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY/Boston, MOMA/New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 152 pages. Text by the brilliant curator John Szarkowski accompanies a wide ranging collection of B&W and Colour photographs by the articts such as Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, Paul Caponegro, Danny Lyon, Bruce Davidson and numerous others. A tight, 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.

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, Sterling, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, 12 pages with 6 pop-up spreads. Call me Ishmael." Three of the most famous words in all literature, they begin Herman Melville's masterpiece, Moby-Dick. Now, the epic saga of Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for the white whale comes vividly to life in this three-dimensional graphic novel, the first of its kind. This phenomenal work is the creation of multi-talented artist Sam Ita, apprentice to Robert Sabuda, one of the world's master paper engineers. Every amazing element is awe-inspiring: there's not just one pop-up per spread, but several, surrounded by colorful comic book-style panels that convey the story's drama. Some of the pops-ups are huge and incredibly detailed, like the Pequod itself, which rises gloriously from the page, complete with rigging. Others, smaller but no less wonderful, hide beneath flaps and folds. In one instance, readers actually get to look through a 3-D periscope and see Ishmael through the lens, drifting in the ocean. Clean copy w/o any flaws to paper.

Hardcover. London, Gingko Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 256 pages. Modart editors showcase some of the actions and events from the first decade of the new millennium. It features now iconic images, passionate writing and a veritable fount of great new art from around the world.

Hardcover. Czech Republic, Kant, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 264 pages. Venturing across five decades of American culture, this landmark book explores how modern graphic design emerged in the United States and how it became an intrinsic feature of the country's identity. Author and design professor Christopher Long tells this story in a wholly new way, exposing many long-forgotten figures and movements and resurrecting the debates and conceptions that were integral to the new art. In a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who helped shape the very look of the modern age, Modern Americanness offers a sweeping story of the country's visual culture and its distinctiveness across a variety of designed objects: magazine covers, food labels, event posters, chapbooks, advertisements, propaganda and much more. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. London, Black Dog Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Hardcover no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards.