Thank you for signing up for our Rare & Out of Print email list. Below you will find several brand new listings, a few books which are reduced in price, and more items you may have missed. Many of these books are newly listed and you are getting the first look. We have included a few Underwood Publisher File Copies which are out of print, but we have multiple copies of most, unlike the other titles. Reminder: we only have ONE copy of each of these books, so it is first come, first served. Condition of each is described in brief here, click on each item for more detail, longer descriptions and additional scans. To see our entire library of Rare & Out of Print books, click here. |
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NORMAN SAUNDERS By David Saunders. This spectacular new 368-page hardcover monograph is the catalog raisonne of the extensive career of the legendary artist Norman Saunders. From his work as one of the top pulp illustrators, to his paintings for men's adventure magazines, paperbacks, comics, Mars Attacks, Wacky Packages, and more, this book provides a thorough overview of his life's work. Illustrated in full-color with hundreds of images culled from Saunder's extensive archives. Illustrated Press, 2008. Very Fine. Small bump on the back corner cover and a small scratch to the back cover...More. Item Code: RB399 Hard Cover, 9x12, 368pg, Full Color $90.00 |
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EC ARCHIVES TERROR ILLUSTRATED Collects 1-3. By Johnny Craig, George Evans, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall et al. Gemstone Publishing at long last presents the final component of the Complete EC Library! Seldom seen and highly sought-after for generations, Shock Illustrated, Terror Illustrated, Crime Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated are among the hardest-to-find EC titles. Not only are each of the published issues collected in this deluxe hardcover set, but so are 18 previously unpublished Picto-Fiction stories! Gemstone Publishing, 2006. Very Fine. There is some tiny wear on the spine and the covers....More. Item Code: RB397 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 56pg, b&w $30.00 |
| We also have many out of print EC Archives published by Russ Cochran. |
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VARGA The Esquire Years: A Catalogue Raisonne By Alberto Vargas. Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut. The first lavish, full-color collection of the sensationally popular art of Alberto Vargas, whose scintillating Varga Girls became the 1940s feminine ideal. More than 150 full-color plates. Harpercollins, 1987. Very Fine/As New. Small bump on the back corner cover. Still in shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB400 Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color $140.00 |
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HANNES BOK SHOWCASE By Hannes Bok. Foreword By Frederik Pohl. A Hannes Bok Showcase is that rare jewel of a book filled with eight full color pages and over eighty of Bok's distinctive black and white illustrations. Hannes Bok is considered the most original and unique talent among science fiction artists. Self-taught, he developed an art style unlike anything that came before or since his work appeared. Charles F. Miller, 1995. Very Fine. Book is as new except for a small bump to the top right corner. Still in shrink wrap, open at the top....More. Item Code: RB394 Hard Cover, 9x11, 88pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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WILLIAM STOUT MONSTERS #2 Sketchbook Signed Signed & numbered, 950! By William Stout. Movie monsters, vampires, spiders, dinosaurs and fantasy creatures fill the pages of this exceptional new sketchbook from William Stout. This issue is double signed as William signed the cover in 2006. Terra Nova, 2002...More. Item Code: RB389 Soft Cover, 8x11, 60pg, b&w $60.00 |
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MOEBIUS UN SINGULIER PLURIEL Rare. Limited to 1000. By Moebius. Contains 11 black & white full page drawings and a color cover by Moebius. We don't read French, but this looks like an overview of his work, and possibly a 1984 interview. Cover is printed on handsome laid paper with delicate coloring, on a design probably done especially for this book. There's not a single copy online that we can find; this was done in a very small printing. Entirely in French. Vertige Graphic, 1992. Very Fine. Tiny bump on the bottom of spine and tiny curl to top corner of the cover....More. Item Code: RB388 Soft Cover, 5x7, 62pg, b&w $150.00 |
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MOEBIUS VIAMOR Signed & Limited 100! By Moebius. Limited edition. 16mo, full black leather, blindstamped titling to front. 320 copies produced; this is #33 of 100 intended for the US, with another series numbered 1-200 for Europe and the final 20 copies were not for sale. Introduction by Nathalie Coucke. Double-page title spread followed by 64 full page serigraphs printed on the right hand page only, all printed in purple reminsiscent of mimeograph ink. A listing of the drawings appears at the end, numbered in almost invisible white ink on the cream pages. A fine copy of a scarce item, enclosed in patterned paper slipcase. Atelier Vertical, 1988. Fine. Small scuff on spine that has discolored the leather. Slight curling of the beginning pages....More. Item Code: RB387 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 4x5, 64pg, b&w $1,000.00 |
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FRANKENSTEIN Introduction by Stephen King. By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Illustrated by Berni Wrightson. This edition reprints the full novel by Mary Shelley (1831 edition), with illustrations by Wrightson. It includes an introduction by Stephen King. The illustrations themselves are not based upon the Boris Karloff or Lee films, but the actual book's descriptions of characters and objects. Wrightson also used a period style, saying "I wanted the book to look like an antique; to have the feeling of woodcuts or steel engravings, something of that era" and basing the feel on artists like Franklin Booth, J.C. Coll and Edwin Austin Abbey. Fine. There are small tears in the jacket, and the pages have some light thumbing....More. Item Code: RB396 Hard Cover, 8x11, 192pg, b&w $350.00 |
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BERNI WRIGHTSON APPARITIONS PORTFOLIO By Berni Wrightson. A Portfolio of 4 color plates measuring 11x14 inches, issued in a cream colored folder with b&w illustrated cover. Sal Quartuccio, 1978. Very Fine. Cover of the folder has some slight age discoloration and a few small scuffs....More. Item Code: RB386 na, 11x14, 4pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF PORTFOLIO Signed & Limited 350! By Berni Wrightson. A Portfolio of 24 plates, 12 color (8 1/2 x 11 inches) and 12 black & white (9 1/2 x 14 inches), issued in a cream colored folder with b & w illustrated cover. Limited to 350 copies, this one is #300 of 350 and is signed by both Stephen King and Berni Wrightson. Stephen has written a short essay printed on the inside cover about working with Berni. Land of Enchantment, 1983. Fine. Slight smudges on cover, and a crease in the spine from handling. The inside covers and plates are in great shape....More. Item Code: RB384 na, 11x14, 24pg, Partial Color $800.00 |
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SPECTRUM Volume 2 First Edition! The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art. Edited by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner. Spectrum 2 features works by Hugo Award-winner Michael Whelan; Caldecott winners Diane and Leo Dillon; James Gurney, creator of Dinotopia; and more than 200 other pieces created by artists from Germany, England, the Netherlands, Australia, Japan, Canada, France, and America. Drawn from books, comics, magazines, art galleries, advertisements, and artist's portfolios, these visionary portraits of the future offer fans an intriguing look at the evolution of fantastic art over the past decade. Underwood, 1995. Very Fine. Book has a tiny bit of corner wear, still in shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB378 Soft Cover, 8x11, 140pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK 50 Years of Happy Frustration Limited 5000! By Flora O'Brien. Published in 1984 by Three Duck Editions of England and distributed in the U.S. by Scribner. This copy is numbered 1965 of 5000. Included are copies of congratulatory letters from Clarence; Ducky; Nash, Jack Hannah, and Carl Barks. There is also a nice color print, The Duck Family Tree (suitable for framing, of course). The book is marvelously illustrated throughout, with the drawings adding much to the text that details the history of one of the world's favorite ducks. 96 pages. Limited edition with silk backed buckram, full color pictorial onlay, gilt lettering, and all edges heavily gilded. In buckram slip case, with gilt lettering. Three Duck Editions, 1984. Very Fine. There is a small indentation on the front of the slipcase....More. Item Code: RB373 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $200.00 |
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JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG By Susan E. Meyer. James Montgomery Flagg was the most popular illustrator in America at a time when magazines combined the best in writing with the best in illustration. His satirical illustrations form a portrait of America between 1900 and 1940. Flagg's best-known work was the WWI "Uncle Sam Wants You" recruiting poster. It is the most famous American poster in history. Flagg's prowess as an artist was staggering; he worked in any medium with equal ease - pen and ink, watercolor, oils, charcoal, and pencil, and was even an expert sculptor. Watson-Guptill, 1974. Very Fine. Slight discoloration on the top edge....More. Item Code: RB369 Hard Cover, 9x12, 208pg, Partial Color $45.00 |
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ALEX TOTH SIGNED DELUXE Signed & Limited 500! By Alex Toth. Edited by Manuel Auad. Alex Toth is one of the major practitioners of the comic medium. His mastery of realism within a stunning illustrative style is his great contribution to the standards of this art/writing form. - Will Eisner. This book includes a tipped in plate signed by Manuel Auad and Alex Toth. #217 of 500. Kitchen Sink Press, 1995. Very Fine. Both covers have a tiny bit of scuffing and wear....More. Item Code: RB398 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 144pg, b&w $200.00 |
| We also have a unsigned softcover copy available for $75.00 [RB348]. |
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ABSOLUTE DARK KNIGHT By Frank Miller. DC Comics Absolute Editions set the standard for the highest quality, most in-depth presentation of classic graphic novels. Each oversized volume is presented in a slipcase and includes unique additional material making each Absolute Edition a cornerstone of any serious comic collection. On its publication in 1986, Frank Miller's THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS changed the landscape of the graphic novel irrevocably. With its dark vision of Batman's future and its stunning artwork, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS set the world on fire. 15 years later, Miller's sequel, THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN, further redefined the boundaries of the superhero genre. DC, 2006. Very Fine. There are tiny bumps to a couple corners of the slipcase. Still in the original shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB346 Hard Cover, 8x13, 512pg, Full Color $300.00 |
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MIKE PLOOG Original Art from Tom Sawyer By Mike Ploog. Size of image areal is 11x17. This is a page from the full color Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Classics Illustrated, 1990. The color is rich and vibrant, the three characters even extend beyond the panels right down to the very edge of the bottomof the piece. Painted on heavy board and covered with a tissue guard. Signed "Ploog" at the bottom. ...More. Item Code: RB325 na, 11x17, 1pg, Full Color $650.00 |
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A LOVECRAFT RETROSPECTIVE Preface by Stuart Gordon. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. This huge, four hundred page long tome features the work of over forty artists, including J.K. Potter, H.R. Giger, Raymond Bayless, Ian Miller, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Rowena Morrill, Bob Eggleton, Allen Koszowski, Mike Mignola, Michael Whelan, John Coulthart, Harry O. Morris, John Jude Palencar, and dozens of others, as well as twenty thousand words of original essays on H.P. Lovecraft and the works he created. Centipede Press, 2008. Very Fine. The jacket has a small wrinkle on the bottom, probably from the slipcase. The slipcase has a few scuffs....More. Item Code: RB319 Hard Cover, 12x15, 400pg, b&w $500.00 |
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ROGER DEAN VIEWS By Roger Dean and Martyn Dean. Views showcases the first seven years of Roger Dean's work after his graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1968. It includes paintings and graphics; branding such as the Yes typography and the first Virgin Records logo; groundbreaking stage sets; and album art including iconic early Yes covers such as the award-winning Tales From Topographic Oceans. This is the original edition. Dragon's Dream, 1975. Good. Cover is scuffed and creased in a few places. Cover is also coming away from the spine. Pages are nice sans some thumbing....More. Item Code: RB303 Soft Cover, 12x12, 155pg, Full Color $55.00 |
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PINOCCHIO By Pierre Lambert. Pinocchio is truly one of the most beautiful works of animation art ever produced. Through Lambert's research, and beautiful, careful reproductions, this elegant volume celebrates the genius of the legendary artist who, more than half a century ago, worked with Walt Disney to create one of the world's most beloved animated films. Pinocchio, the deluxe, fine-art celebration of the animated masterpiece, is a unique and precious collection that those who value fine art and animation will treasure immensely. This would be in fine condition, but the covers warped (concave, about 1/2" out of flat at the center) instead of absolutely flat. As if a weight was placed on the center and then it was stored like that, slowly warping it. Hyperion, 1997 First Edition...More. Item Code: RB13 Hard Cover, 13x13, 224 pg., Partial Color |
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SQUA TRONT 7 By Harvey Kurtzman, Larry Stark, Bill Elder, Bernard Krigstein. A great issue of the classic EC fanzine. Articles include: "Krenkel & Creepy" with 8 color and 22 black & white illustrations, Jack Davis in animation, Bernard Krigstein, "Lucky Fights It Through", and Harvey Kurtzman's 16-page 1949 educational comic about a cowboy who contracts syphilis. In full-color! John Benson, 1977. Very Fine. There is slight wear and rubbing on the front cover plus a small ding and dirt speck. Back cover and inside pages are pristine....More. Item Code: RB134 Soft Cover, 8x11, 50 pg., Partial Color |
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AS I SEE Artzybasheff By Boris Artzybasheff A striking collection of extraordinary images from one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed and unique American artists.This fantastical collection teems with ironic imagery which documents our culture's vanity, aggression, dreams, and neuroses with biting wit and wisdom. Boris Artzybasheff's striking graphic style, which includes everything from grotesque experiments in anthropomorphism, to the depiction of vivid and extreme ranges of human psychology and emotion, is displayed to full effect in this seminal collection of his work. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1954. Very Good. The book itself is very fine, dust jacket, fair. The jacket is torn and has been taped with black tape. Cover has tiny bumps to the corners, and some edge wear....More. Item Code: RB123 Hard Cover, 8.5x11.5, 93 pg., b&w |
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THE COMPLETE WRAITH! By Michael T. Gilbert. The Wraith, Gilbert's homage to Will Eisner's The Spirit, was published in a handful of stories in the 1970s, and here find their first collection. Michael T. Gilbert, 1998. Very Good. Bump in the top right corner, slightly effects the inside pages....More. Item Code: RB120 Hard Cover, 7x10, 95pg, b&w |
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EC ARCHIVES MAD Complete Set By Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder. SET-01 - 1st printing - Includes Vol. 1-4. Collects Mad (1952-1955) #1-23. By John Benson, Bill Mason, and Bob Stewart. Stories by Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. This set of beautiful hardcovers collects the entire comic book run of Mad. From issue #24 and on Mad went to the magazine format that everyone knows today. Includes all covers and all the humor Mad has come to be known for. Russ Cochran, 1986-87. Fine. There is some wear and rubbing on the slipcase, and the top has remnants of a removed sticker. The spine of the books have some slight bumps. The books are difficult to remove from the slipcase, which is common amongst these sets....More. Item Code: RB115 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 820pg, Full Color |
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MARILYN Signed limited edition in clamshell box. Edited by Norman Mailer. Photography by Bert Stern. "A novel biography" pieced together as only Mailer could do from several previous books, complemented throughout with stunning photographs of the screen goddess taken throughout her career. 271 pages, lavishly illustrated in both color & black-and-white. This signed limited edition is bound in padded white cloth with gilded marbled endpapers, blind-stamped with Marilyn in art deco caps, enclosed in black leatherette clamshell box with small black and white photo inset at bottom front corner. Signed by both Mailer and the "producer", Lawrence Schiller. Grosset & Dunlap, 1972. Very Good. A few tiny dirt specs to front cover of the book, light scuffing to the corners and bottom edge of the clamshell case, else fine....More. Item Code: RB114 Hard Cover, 10 x11, 271 pg, Partial Color |
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SWORDSMEN AND SAURIANS Highly Recommended. By Roy G Krenkel. Fantasy master Roy G. Krenkel died in 1983, and six years later Eclipse Books released Swordsmen and Saurians, a wonderful coffee table book devoted to the two subjects Roy loved most to draw. Some nudity. Introduction by William Stout. Oversized square format. Eclipse Books, 1989. Good to Very Good. Solid bump to the lower right corner, and another not quite so bad to the upper left corner. Also general rubbing along the edges of both front and back covers, some scuffing to the center of the back cover. Also a light crease a...More. Item Code: RB52 Soft Cover, 11x13, 152pg, b&w |
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STAR HAWKS Signed The Complete Series. Signed & limited by Ron Goulart, #929 of 1000. By Gil Kane and Ron Goulart Limited edition of 1000. Oblong 4to, full black cloth, signed by Ron Goulart on the limitation page, with a special b&w illustration by Gil Kane. Includes two pages from original art, full size or close to it, and a page of original rough layout drawings. Includes the first 2-1/2 months of Sunday in full color, one to a page. 15-page Introduction by Daniel Herman, discussing how the strip came to be created, and also discussing Gil Kane's other work, from Green Lantern to rare fan magazine covers, with many reproductions in full color. Hermes, 2003. Very Fine in fine plus jacket, just hint of wear on a couple edges, protected in a mylar cover....More. Item Code: RB45 Hard Cover, 12.5x9.5, 320pg, Partial Color |
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PRINCE VALIANT In The Days of King Arthur Hardcover By Hal Foster with Max Trell. Here for the first time Prince Valiant’s legion of admirers have the complete adventure-packed story of his boyhood. In the magic of Harold Foster’s unequaled pen drawings and the exciting text adapted from his own original prose, find the gay, grim, and roistering days of knighthood as real as events of now. Hastings House, 1951. Fine. There is a bump on the bottom edge and also the edge of the endpapers, slightly creasing the first 45. Pages and binding are in good shape. Inside of the jacket has been taped to repair rips, and the cover has a large tear....More. Item Code: RB284 Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, b&w $60.00 |
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FRANK FRAZETTA ICON Comes with a second bonus dust jacket! Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Frank Frazetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years. His art continues to exert a tremendous influence over collectors of classic comic and sci-fi art, who pay record-setting auction prices for his original works. This lushly produced, large-format retrospective follows Frazetta's career from his apprenticeships at various publishers in the 1940s, to his 1950s breakthrough with the "Buck Rogers" and "Lil' Abner" series, to his powerfully erotic compositions for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the famous "Conan" illustrations for Robert E. Howard. Underwood Books, 1998. Fine. There is a bump and small split to the top edge of the book itself, and a couple very small bumps/scuffs to the bottom edge. Dust jackets are as-new, from our inventory of unused extra jackets....More. Item Code: RB277 Hard Cover, 9x12, 164pg, Full Color $120.00 |
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PS MAGAZINE Lot of 4 PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly is series of United States Army technical bulletins published since June 1951 as a monthly magazine with comic book-style art to illustrate proper preventive maintenance methods. This is for a lot of 4 original magazines with issue numbers 142, 149, 151 and 164. American Visuals, 1964-66. Good. There is some wear and rubbing on the covers, but the inside pages are in very good shape....More. Item Code: RB89 Soft Cover, 5x7, 254pg, Partial Color $65.00 |
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THE SIXTH BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY Item Code: RB266 |
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MAN FROM UTOPIA By Rick Griffin. A book featuring the psychedelic art of Rick Griffin, best known for his rock poster and surfer art. Rick Griffin. Fine. The book is slightly curled at the top, and in the bottom corner. Slight wear on the spine and top corner. Inside pages are excellent and clean....More. Item Code: RB124 Magazine, 9x12, 21pg, b&w $100.00 |
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THE COMPLETE ELFQUEST Book One: Fire and Flight In Book One of the Complete Elfquest, the forest-dwelling elves called the Wolfriders are burnt out of their ancestral home by vengeful humans. Betrayed by cowardly trolls, the elfin band, led by Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs, must cross the Burning Waste to find a haven they've never seen before. Can the Wolfriders survive? And even if they do, what surprises wait for them at Sorrow's End? Father Tree Press, 1988. As New. There are no noticeable flaws to this book....More. Item Code: RB232 Soft Cover, 8x11, 188pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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HERITAGE FLASH GORDON By Doug Murray. Volume 1A - 1st printing. Edited by Doug Murray and Richard Garrison. Art by Bernie Wrightson, Carlos Garzon, and Al Williamson. Cover by Alex Raymond. Part art book, part graphic novel, this authorized fanzine celebrates the greatest sci-fi hero of all time -- Flash Gordon! Featuring amazing art of beautiful women and exotic, alien locales. Includes original King Features comic strips and more! This is a marvelous piece of comics history. Doug Murray & Richard Garrison, 1972. Very Good. There is wear on the edges and cover. Top of spine is bumped, and corners are slightly curled....More. Item Code: RB136 Soft Cover, 9x11, 31pg, b&w $60.00 |
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SATAN'S TEARS The Art of Alex Nino #53 of 1000. Condition: Very fine in a near fine jacket (see full description). A massive art book devoted to this unique Filipino comic artist. Only produced in this deluxe Signed & Numbered edition. This is it, one of the most fabled books ever produced on a comics artist. Limited to just 1000, this quickly went out of print back in 1977 and since then it has been one of the holy grails amongst comic fans who want something very special about their artist. And this is it, collecting a plethora of wonderful artwork by this amazing illustrator, the leading name amongst all the Filipino artists who came into the comics world in the 1970s. Land of Enchantment, 1977. Note: This is an out of print, used and/or rare book. It is not as-new, in "mint" condition...More. Item Code: RB40 Hard Cover, 10x13, 302pg, Partial Color $650.00 |
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FRANK FRAZETTA LEGACY Deluxe Signed Signed & limited, 2500! Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Arnie and Cathy Fenner. Includes German linen slipcase. Frank's health at the time of publication prevented him from signing these books, but as with Icon, each book is hand-stamped with the Frazetta seal of certification and Frank's signature. Only in this deluxe edition will you also get an additional 16 pages not in the trade edition, including two previously unpublished oils and one watercolor and 13 very rare or unpublished major b&w illustrations. These are VERY early numbers, beginning with #2. We will fill orders numerically beginning with the earliest. Underwood Books, 1999. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: FFLD Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Partial Color $300.00 |
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AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE Deluxe Signed by Brom, clothbound in slipcase, limited, 500! Recommended. By Robert E. Howard. Art by Brom and Frank Frazetta. Queen of the Black Coast and others. This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel. Also included is The Hyborean Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched world Conan inhabited. Full color map by George Barr, color front is by Brom, and Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings, appearing for the first time with the stories for which they were created. Underwood Books, 2008. ..More. Item Code: ANDD Hard Cover, 7x10, 424pg, Text/Full Color $140.00 |
| We have many other rare books by Robert E. Howard, including the Conan of Cimmeria series, The Ultimate Triumph, and Bran Mak Morn. |
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TELLING STORIES The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta Super Deluxe Lettered Limited to 26 lettered copies, with print! Highly Recommended. Fantasy art's most popular painter was also one of the most popular comic book illustrators during the industry's golden age. Telling Stories: The Classic Comic Art of Frank Frazetta celebrates the rare and largely forgotten stories created five decades ago by this iconic artist. These jungle adventures, true-life tales of heroism, and dreamy love stories not only exhibit the skill of a master craftsman but also provide tantalizing glimpses of where the young artist's career would ultimately take him. Underwood Books, 2008. There is some offsetting of the black ink on the edges of both sets of endpapers and in the rear, on the blank back of the free endpaper. We wanted to point out that these may not be "perfect" copies....More. Item Code: TELSSDL Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 192pg, Partial Color $650.00 |
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ILENE MEYER Paintings Drawings Perceptions Deluxe Signed & Limited 500! Highly Recommended. By Ilene Meyer. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. From the editors and publisher of Spectrum, a stunning art book on a unique and superlative creator whose imagination knows, quite literally, no bounds. Rich and expressively rendered, Ilene Meyer's oil paintings wrap viewers in the mists and myths of creation, exploring fantastical creatures and imaginary landscapes with piercing clarity and passion. As surreal as Picasso or Dali, this glossy gallery introduces sci-fi and New Age visualists to the first full-scale retrospective collection of Meyer's work. Underwood Books, 2004. As New....More. Item Code: ILENED Hard Cover, 9x12, 129pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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THE ART OF JEFFREY JONES Signed Deluxe Signed & numbered, 1200! 16 extra pages. Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Jeff passed away in 2011, but thanks to publisher Underwood Books, we are able to offer his finest art book complete with signature and slipcase and 16 bonus pages, at a price far below anything on the internet. From the 1960s through the early 1980s Jeffrey Jones was one of the most respected creators of fantasy and science fiction art. Comfortable as both a book cover illustrator and as a comics artist, Jones gained a large and loyal following that resulted in his being honored with a World Fantasy Award for Best Artist Underwood Books, 2002. Mature Readers...More. Item Code: ARTJJD Hard Cover, 9x12, 176pg, Full Color $140.00 |
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AGE OF INNOCENCE Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Art by Jeffrey Jones. Jeff Jones explores the feminine mystique in 48 masterful paintings and illustrations--30 of which are published here for the first time anywhere--celebrating the mystery and beauty of womanhood. From soft focus to Pre-Raphaelite to nudes, a full range of Jones's artwork that clearly reveals an emotional, deep, and profound sensibility. Underwood Books., 1994. ..More. Item Code: AGEIN Soft Cover, 8x11, 40pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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JEFF JONES AGE OF INNOCENCE HAND COLORED Print set Signed by Jeff Jones and Roger Dean, from 52! Highly Recommended. By Jeffrey Jones. Intended for the super-deluxe 52-copy, 1995 Age of Innocence, Jones carefully hand-colored this print that was reproduced from his original pen drawing. Only 26 copies were bound up into books. So here we have made up a set of the print, the un-numbered limitation page with a special reproduction, the limitation page which is hand-lettered (beginning with AA = 26) and matched to the print number, and SIGNED in full by both Jones and Roger Dean, who wrote the introduction. ..More. Item Code: JJAGEP 9x12, Partial Color $200.00 |
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VIRGIL FINLAY STRANGE SCIENCE Hardcover Highly Recommended. Virgil Finlay's Strange Science is a magnificent collection of Finlay's best science fiction and horror illustrations -- inspired monsters and alien creatures, displaying the jewel-like rendering of Finlay's painstaking stipple technique. This lavish collection, carefully reproduced and printed on quality art paper, creates a lasting tribute to a unique 20th century artist. Includes a foreword by Robert Bloch and an introduction by Harlan Ellison. Underwood-Miller, 1992. These copies have slightly scuffed covers....More. Item Code: VFSTRH Hard Cover, 8x11, 150pg, b&w $85.00 |
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HANNES BOK TREASURY Hardcover By Hannes Bok. Foreword By Ray Bradbury. Hugo award-winning artist Hannes Bok's fantastic illustrations graced the pages of many science fiction magazines and books. His paintings achieved a luminous, stained-glass quality, through the use of an arduous glazing process, reminiscent of his early mentor's, Maxfield Parrish. Underwood-Miller, 1993. ..More. Item Code: HANBTH Hard Cover, 9x11, 87pg, Partial Color $90.00 |
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HANNES BOK TREASURY By Hannes Bok. Foreword By Ray Bradbury. Hugo award-winning artist Hannes Bok's fantastic illustrations graced the pages of many science fiction magazines and books. His paintings achieved a luminous, stained-glass quality, through the use of an arduous glazing process, reminiscent of his early mentor's, Maxfield Parrish. Underwood-Miller, 1993. ..More. Item Code: HANBT Soft Cover, 8x11, 87pg, Partial Color $50.00 |
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DREAMQUESTS The Art of Don Maitz By Don Maitz. Introduction by Raymond E. Feist. This book is a lavishly produced collection of some of Maitz' most popular works, as well as some never before published paintings. Over 90 pages of full color paintings. Maitz likes to mix modern imagery with medieval icons and his pictures frequently display a keen sense of wit. He has designed more than 250 book covers for today's leading authors of cutting ege science fiction, including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradury, Piers Anthony, Stephen King, Raymond E. Feist, C. J. Cherryh, Janny Wurts and Gene Wolfe. Underwood-Miller, 1994. ..More. Item Code: ARTDMH Hard Cover, 9x11, 98pg, Full Color $50.00 |
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