Softcover. London, Laurence King, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated cardboard covers, large format, 12 x 16". 20 removable posters ready for framing. The posters included are: The Man with the Golden Arm; Saint Joan; Love in the Afternoon; Bonjour Tristesse; The Big Country; Vertigo; Anatomy of a Murder; Exodus; Spartacus; The Magnificent Seven; Advise & Consent; The Cardinal; In Harm's Way; Bunny Lake is Missing; Seconds; Grand Prix; The Fixer; Such Good Friends; The Shining; Schindler's List.
Softcover. New York , Princeton Architectural Press, 2nd printing, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illustrated throughout in color. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. 45 RPM: A Visual History of the Seven-Inch Record celebrates a often overlooked, yet vital form of art, that of the seven inch sleeve. Not only are there more than 200 pictures display in this book, but an excellent history detailing the rise and fall of this format. There are basically five main chapters starting with the 50's all the way to the 90's. Each chapter is preceded by a written piece authored by different individuals, ranging from a record collector, renown sleeve artists, a music journalist and a music critic. Each provides thoughful, authorative, and interesting insights into the period of time they are introducing. The real meat is the pictures, and there are a lot of them.
Softcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 152 pages. The history of advertising is detailed here through five of the world's most influential figures in the field. Albert Davis Lasker, who changed the consumer habits of the American public with his campaigns for Palmolive, Kotex and Lucky Strike. Leo Burnett, who gave life to mythical characters such as the Marlboro man and the Green Giant. Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, the Frenchman who earned a place at the side of the American giants. David Ogilvy, who brought British style to American advertising. And finally, Bill Bernbach, who invented a new style of advertising, inspiring unique and creative work for clients such as Levy's bread and Polaroid film. This book profiles these pioneers and illustrates the campaigns that made them authorities in the advertising world. Although The 5 Giants Of Advertising focuses primarily on these men, it also includes many others who created, animated and reformed this profession. This book is a tribute to all these great talents who have made history with their contributions to the advertising industry.
Softcover. NY, Collins Design, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 528 pages. 500 Essential Graphic Novels is an all-in-one guide to this exciting form of visual literature. Including more than 350 authors and 400 artists, this lush volume contains an essential mix of some of the finest visually-stunning stories of our time. From politically-charged non-fiction sagas to imaginative fantasy tales, this ultimate guide has something to satisfy everyone's taste. The first of its kind, this book focuses on each graphic novel separately, honing in on art technique, style and prose, plus an age rating system so parents will know what is suitable for their children. Chapters are divided by genre, complete with individual plot synopses and star-scaled reviews for each book, providing the reader with a concise and balanced understanding of today's best graphic novels.
Softcover. New York , Dover Publications, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages with color illustrations. DVD with bonus images. Selected from a national archive, these vivid poster images from the Works Progress Administration date from 1935 to 1943. Promoting public health, travel, and civic activities, this collection features works by such artists as Erik Hans Krause, Richard Halls, Jerome Henry Rothstein, and Katherine Milhous.
Softcover. London, Black Dog Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 190 pages, pictorial wrappers. Now the world's foremost blues, rockabilly, soul and rock 'n' roll reissue label, Ace Records has been responsible for unearthing lost classics and neglected pioneers for over three decades, and provided some of the finest and most influential records of the post-war era. Illustrated with many unseen archive photographs dating back to the 1920s, rare artwork and newspaper clippings. Written by established music journalist and author David Stubbs.
Hardcover. East Yorkshire, UK, PS Artbooks Ltd., 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout. Tight copy. A collection of This Adventures into the Unknown comic books from 1954. Issues 51 through 57.
Hardcover. East Yorkshire, UK, PS Artbooks Ltd., 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy. Color illustrations throughout. Tight copy. A collection of Forbidden Worlds comic books from 1957 to 1958. Issues 59 through 64.
Hardcover. UK, PS Artbooks, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. Reprints in full color the first five issues (Fall 1948 - June/July 1949) of ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN horror comic, with a foreword by Barry Forshaw and additional color art by Glenn Chadbourne.
Hardcover. UK, PS Artbooks, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. American Comics Group. June/July 1950 - January 1951 Issues 11-15. Foreword by Paul Di Filippo.
Hardcover. UK, PS Artbooks, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, tight copy. American Comics Group. June/July 1950 - January 1951 Issues 11-15. Foreword by Paul Di Filippo.
Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Collects issues #16 through #20 of comic book "Adventures Into the Unknown" published by ACG from February to June 1951.
Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Collects issues #21 through #25 of comic book "Adventures Into the Unknown" published by ACG from July to November 1951.
Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Collects December 1951 - April 1952 Issues 26-30. Foreword by David Tosh.
Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Weird, Mysterious and Spine-tingling tales featuring Issues 31-36 from May - October 1952.
Hardcover. UK, PS Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 288 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to boards, else a clean, tight copy. Collects November 1952-May 1953 Issues 37-43.
Hardcover. New York , Grove Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Color comic art by Peelleart, red boards, Dust jacket with repaired tears.
Hardcover. New York, Grove Press, Inc, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Bright illustrations by Guy Peellaert throughout.
Hardcover. New York, Harrison House, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 210 pages. Over 200 color illustrations tell the story of Rockwell's advertising work. Good tight copy with a repaired tear to rear portion of dust jacket. Totally illustrated by Rockwell plus copy related to each advertising art work piece from Acme Markets to Valspar Varnish.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 120 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. A glimpse inside the mind and artistic process of a fascinating contemporary cartoonist. Born to working-class parents in a small town in Italy, and reared in Chicago, Ivan Brunetti (b. 1967) was drawn to cartoons and comic strips from an early age. Finding inspiration in Spider-Man and Peanuts, he began crafting his own stories and gradually developed a unique style that he applied to imaginative, sometimes shocking subjects. The dark humor of his graphic novels earned him a cult following, yet his illustrations have had broad appeal. Now recognized as an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, Brunetti has published his work in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney's, among others.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. New York , Epic Comics, 1st US, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, softcover comic book format. Illustrated throughout in color by Otomo. Clean, bright copy.
hardcover. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages illustrated in color. A visual history of the record album cover. Great graphic reference. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Phaidon, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages, remainder mark bottom edge. Otherwise like new. Alexey Brodovitch (1898-1971) is a legend among graphic designers. A Russian who fled the Bolshevik Revolution to settle eventually in Paris and then New York, Brodovitch was one of the pioneers of graphic design in the twentieth century. Brodovitch was Art Director of Harper's Bazaar for over two decades (1934-58); he designed and produced several exquisite and highly collectable books with collaborators such as Richard Avedon and Andre Kertesz; he was a talented photographer himself; and, through an informal class called the Design Lab in New York, he trained a younger generation of photographers and designers who went on to become famous artists and art directors in their own right. This book is a comprehensive monograph on Brodovitch's life and work, drawing from interviews with a wide spectrum of colleagues and collaborators - and assimilating previously unpublished material from archives and private collections around the world - to offer an in-depth analysis and appreciation of Brodovitch's unique and lasting contribution to the visual arts.
Hardcover. Milwaukie, OR, Dark Horse Comics, Inc. , 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardbound, 72 pages. Illustrated by David Dorman. INSCRIBED BY BISSETTE with drawing on title page. Dust jacket with Brodart cover. This exquisitely produced, Smythe-sewn, embossed hardcover volume features an Aliens tale written by today's master of horror comics, Steve Bissette, accompanied by 24 full-color paintings by the most sought-after painter in the field, Dave Dorman. An Alien has been detected on board a space station orbiting Earth, and a crack extermination team sets out to destroy it. The success of their mission depends on one man's sinister secret. The story is presented in the traditional text format accompanied by full-page color paintings by Dorman. This book also features a dust jacket illustrated by Dorman.
Softcover. Berkeley CA, Cartoonist's Co-op Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Very good. 32 pages with semi-glossy color covers, b/w interiors. Cover price is $.75. An adult comic, also a seminal work in the field of both Underground, and Autobiographical comic storytelling and collaboration, by two of the most influential figures in Underground comics.
Softcover. Berkeley CA, Last Gasp Eco-Funnies, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Comic Book. Standard Format and Size. First Printing. This is the #2 issue of the series, published December 1977 with a washtub on the cover. Cover price $1.00. Art by R. Crumb and his longtime girlfriend, Aline Kominsky.
Hardcover. Milwaukie OR, Dark Horse Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in original shipping material. Presenting the second in a series that collects, in chronological order, all the full color Sunday pages of the classic newspaper strip! Go back in time to the prehistoric kingdom of Moo, and follow the strange, hilarious and outlandish Stone Age antics of V. T. Hamlin's intrepid caveman, Alley Oop! This beautiful oversized volume collects every Alley Oop Sunday strip from 1936 through 1938.
Softcover. New York , First Comics, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 90 pages illustrated in color by Chaykin. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 248 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white illustrations. Degree of fading along very top edges of blue cloth covers. Unclipped dust jacket shows light wear - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Eldon Dedini has been one of Playboy's most recognizable full-page gag cartoonists. With a masterful watercolor technique that burlesques a broad range of subjects, from East and West Coast urban and suburban adult-hipster to classical Japanese erotic prints, Dedini's most personal cartoons rely on mythology and legend. They evoke a bucolic sexually-liberated paradise that leaves his readers lingering over the imagery long after the gag registers. The Art of Playboy's Eldon Dedini is the first retrospective collection of his work, and gathers in one volume the most sophisticated, elegant, and funny gag panels of the past six decades.
Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 400 pages, color and b&w cartoon art. Brunetti focuses on very recent works by contemporary artists engaged in presenting a world of rapid and unpredictable change. The book presents contemporary art comics produced by 75 artists, along with some classic comic strips and other related fine art and historical materials. Very good in a bright dust jacket.
Softcover. Berkeley CA, The Print Mint, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 8.25 x 10.75", 52 pages, including semi-glossy color cardstock covers, and b/w interior. An anthology comic. Cover art by Robert Crumb. Frosty the Snowman and His Friends, script and art by Robert Crumb; Frosty and friends plot to throw bombs disguised as snowballs at the "Rockerfella" mansion. Fun City In Ba'Dan, script by William Burroughs, art by S. Clay Wilson. As the Mind Reels, script and art by Art Spiegelman; a surreal soap opera. Dollboy, script and art by Bill Griffith; A ventriloquist's dummy is kidnapped. Stalin bio by Spain Rodriguez. The Adventures of Don Carlos Balmori, script and art by Kim Deitch; the story of a Mexican hoaxer. Saddle-stapled wraps.
Softcover. Berkeley CA, Print Mint, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 44 pages. An anthology comic. Cover art by R. Crumb. Sawney Beane bio. Let's Talk Sense About This Here Modern America, script and art by Robert Crumb; Crumb rants about America. Gilbert Shelton's Advanced Motoring Tips. Where Are They Now?, script and art by Kim Deitch; A reporter learns about a practical joker. A Couch in the Sun, script and art by Bill Griffith; biography of Henri Rousseau. Who Killed Lenny Bruce? article, art by Crumb. Goethe's Faust, script and art by Justin Green.
Softcover. Berkeley, Print Mint, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover comic, 8.25 x 10.75", with 52 pages, including semi-glossy color wraps and b/w interior. An anthology comic. Cover art by Jay Lynch. Crybaby's Blues, script and art by Robert Crumb; the harshness of life. Comedia Dell' Zippy starring Zippy The Pinhead, script and art by Bill Griffith; Outlawed clowns put on a show. The Great Ajeeb, Chess Playing Automaton, script and art by Kim Deitch; fake chess playing machine. The Corpse Gobblin' Ogre of Columbite Mountain, script and art by S. Clay Wilson. A Modern Mystery starring Arnold Peck, script and art by Willy Murphy. Some Boxes for the Salvation Army, script and art by Art Spiegelman. The Calvin Coolidge Story, script by Jim Hoberman, art by Kim Deitch. Gotterdammerung, script and art by Spain Rodriguez.
Hardcover. US, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 157 pages, ribbon marker. Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition. Continuing the Eisner Award-winning series of the rare Archie newspaper strips by Bob Montana, we turn our attention to his remarkable, full-color Sunday pages. Archie''s Sunday Best is the first-ever collection of the late 1940s and early 1950s Sundays. Montana is approaching the peak of his creative juices in these pages, which feature classic Archie themes and characters.
Hardcover. San Diego, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 152 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Color pictures throughout. Dan DeCarlo was the dean of Archie artists. Aside from Bob Montana, no single artist is more associated with the teenagers of Riverdale High. Beginning his career at Archie in the mid 1950s, DeCarlo soon became the main artist on Betty and Veronica, and drew every character at one time or another in his nearly 50-year career with Archie. Dan DeCarlo was also the first artist ever to draw Josie and Sabrina, establishing the visual looks of these two long-running and fondly remembered characters. Reproduced from the original art to ensure the highest possible quality reproduction, the stories in this collection are from what is generally regarded as one of DeCarlo's best periods -- the mid 1950s to the early 1970s. Each story was handpicked by DeCarlo connoisseurs' and has been re-colored to match the flavor of how it was originally published.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 290 pages, illustrated in b&w and reddish tones by Bechdel. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel's childhood . . . and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter good night, forever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It's a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of the iconic twentieth-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel's own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother -- to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers.
Softcover. New York , Marvel Entertainment Group, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages illustrated in color by Jones. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, 120 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy. The third volume of the popular "Arf" series, Arf Forum, runs the gamut from Krazy Kat's kartoonist George Herriman to heartbreak rocker Elvis Presley, Spider-Man's Stan Lee to New Yorker cartoonist Otto Soglow, Little Nemo's Winsor McCay to silent-film star Charlie Chaplin, Nancy's Ernie Bushmiller to Surrealist Max Ernst.
Softcover. Seattle, WA, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy. Arf Museum explores the unholy marriage of art and comics in a stunning array of rare masterpieces, guaranteed to make you "pop-eyed!" With 120 large-format and colorful pages, Arf is a treat for the senses, encompassing a rich treasure trove of images spanning the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. This iconoclastic tome showcases the gamut of artists, from celebrated innovators to forgotten geniuses.
Softcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 172 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Blue pictorial stiff wrappers. Covers slightly sunned and lightly worn around the edges. Writings in ink on front cover. Nice, tight copy.
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