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.
Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages, hardcover in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Folio 12 1/2 '' x 10 1/4 ''. Contains 436 printed pages of text with 350 color and approximately 550 monochrome illustrations throughout. Illustrator Raeburn Van Buren's copy with his ownership signature on the half-title page dated February 24, 1978. His illustrations featured on several pages. Foreward by Norman Rockwell, notes on the artists, bibliography. Dust jacket bright with minor shelf wear.
Hardcover. Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in slipcase. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 695 pages of b&w and color Doonesbury. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. NY, Princeton Architectural Press , 2nd pr, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, unpaginated, color illustrations throughout. This book is the first and only compilation of more than 200 45 record covers from all genres of music. Unpaginated, includes brief historical essays by collectors and graphic designers. Covers the 50s through the 90s. Clean, bright copy.
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. Park Forest IL, Ken Pierce, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, b&w art. Reprinting of the 1937, 1941 and 1942 Abbie an' Slats comic strip. Introduction by Herb Galewitz. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Park Forest IL, Ken Pierce, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages, b&w art. Reprinting of the 1937, 1941 and 1942 Abbie an' Slats comic strip. Introduction by Herb Galewitz. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. North Clarendon, VT, Periplus, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages. Softcover with little to no wear on edges. Clean, tight copy with color pictures throughout. Includes CD. Absolut Sequel is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, Absolut Book. This companion volume provides a definitive illustrated history of the last ten years of one of the most successful ad campaigns in history. Since Absolut Book's release, the Absolut advertising campaign has broadened its scope from movies to websites and gone global with its international reach. The clever ads found in Absolut Sequel are organized into themes including Cities, Artists, Writers, Album Covers, Collectors, Movies, and the Internet. This is the ultimate collection of the last ten years of Absolut ads, many never before seen, including controversial advertising created, but never used in print. Absolut Sequel is sure to make readers fall in love with the ads, and the vodka, all over again. As Goran Lundquist, president of Absolut, says about the Absolut sensation, "the consumers drink the ads as much as they drink the vodka."
Hardcover. NY, First Second, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This riveting graphic novel biography chronicles Vladimir Putin's rise from a mid-level KGB officer to the autocratic leader of Russia and reveals the truth behind the strongman persona he has spent his career cultivating. In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance? Two-color art throughout by Brian "Box" Brown. Clean copy.
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, Hardcover. Color comic art by Peelleart, red boards, Dust jacket with repaired tears. Mildly erotic French comic, with English text by Richard Seaver.
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. NY, Dragonfly Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war.It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.
Hardcover. NY, Dragonfly Books, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, hardcover, 32 pages. The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war.It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.
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. Acoustic Learning , 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Go back in time to the prehistoric kingdom of Moo and follow the fantastic, whimsical -- and often cleverly satirical -- Stone Age adventures of V. T. Hamlin's irrepressible caveman, Alley Oop! This oversized volume collects every Alley Oop Sunday strip from 1939through 1941 in full color.
Softcover. New York, Abrams, Wraps, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 190 pages of great advertising art. 160 illustrations, 150 in color. Oblong Paperback.
Softcover. New York , First Comics, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 90 pages illustrated in color by Chaykin. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. US, Laurence King Publishing, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. This is the first comprehensive survey of Modernist graphic design as it emerged in America in the period from 1920 and 1960 in various media--advertising, information design, brand identity, magazine design, book design, and posters. It examines the great works which by mid-century had defined American graphic design. The book begins with a section devoted to the emergence of Modernism and its major historical influence, such as European avant-garde movements, popular culture, educational innovations such as the Bauhaus School, architecture, industrial design, and photography. The heart of the book includes the key works of mid-century Modernism as it matured into a fully-formed American style, bringing together such great names as Alexey Brodovitch, Lester Beall, Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Will Burtin, and Alvin Lustig. The final section looks at the impact of and reactions to this new movement as graphic design in America matured in the 1960s and beyond.
Softcover. NY, Monacelli Press,, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 272 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. The roadside sign has become an American icon: a glowing neon symbol of the golden age of the open road. Yet signs are complex pieces of design, serving not only as physical markers but also as cultural, political, and economic ones. In American Signs, Lisa Mahar traces the evolution of motel signs on Route 66 in a distinctive visual approach that combines text, images, and graphics. American Signs reveals the rich vernacular traditions of motel sign-making in five eras, spanning from the late 1930s through the 1970s. The motel signs of the early 1940s, for instance, reflect vernacular traditions dating back at least a century, while examples from the later years of the decade reveal a culture newly obsessed with themes. America's fascination with newness and technological progress is manifested in 1950s motel signs. Finally, in the 1960s, a turn toward simplicity and the use of new, modular technologies allowed motel signs to address the needs of a mass society and the beginnings of a national, rather than regional, aesthetic for motel signs.
Softcover. New York , Ballantine Books, 1st thus, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 320 pages, b&w art by R. Crumb, Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett and others. Clean, bright paperback. The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie "American "Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival "American Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them--he is himself. "Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life."
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