Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Comics, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Features 670 illustrations and photos -- including dynamic and bizarre cover art compiled under such curious headings as Atomic Bombs, Death with Indignity, Gorillas, Headlights, Hooded Menaces, and Skulls. Containing countless stories gleaned from over 150 interviews of comics industry veterans, Comics Between the Panels is loaded with more than half a century of insider information on the talented and eccentric creators who forged the comics industry and art form.
Hardcover. San Diego, CA, Advanced Marketing Services, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 816 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Large heavy volume. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This book curates 125 unputdownable entries from a list of names that are as eclectic and intriguing as its contents, which include myriad reasons given by ancient Egyptians for missing work, Albert Einstein's demands of his estranged wife, F. Scott Fitzgerald's extensive conjugation of "to cocktail," and many more. Rarely intended for the public eye, these lists reveal hopes, priorities, and musings in a most engaging and entertaining way. Each transcript is accompanied by an artwork, most a captivating facsimile of the list itself. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, 1st, February 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages. illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Slight foxing to top edge and upper edge of lightly worn jacket, else a very nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. London/ New York, Dorling Kindersley, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. A year by year overview of critical science fiction works (and movies and TV series), and a synopsis of all the major writers of serious,quality science fiction up to the mid-1990s (when the book was published). An invaluable reference for the avid science fiction fan, especially one who wishes to learn about the many overlooked, but decent, writers of yesteryear.
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