Here is our occasional list of Rare Books. We've added a dozen titles never listed before; most others have only appeared once in a weekly email. With The Fantastic Paintings of Frazetta due soon, here's a good offering of other titles of his. We've gathered up some fine 19th century artists, including Howard Pyle; Stephen Fabian; signed portfolios, Bode & Crumb, Pogo etc. Just a reminder that all orders over $300 receive free standard shipping. |
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FRAZETTA ILLUSTRATIONS ARCANUM
By Eleanor Frazetta. Art by Frank Frazetta. This book collects a set of very detailed pencil drawings by the fantasy art master Frank Frazetta. Most of them depict violent scenes of humans in conflict with monsters of several types, from large reptiles, to four-legged mammalian predators to humanoids. Contains 30 full size drawings. Verotik Publishing, 1994. Very Fine/ As New. ...More. Item Code: RB1226 Soft Cover, 9x12, 42pg, b&w $100.00 |
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FRANK FRAZETTA Book 2
First Edition. Another 40 plus works of art by Frank Frazetta, most in color. The plates are printed on one side only. Contains 32 color and 12 b&w plates. Book is a little over 11 inches tall. This is the second book of the Frank Frazetta series done by Peacock Press & Bantam Books. Featuring images and scenes from the mind of the master of sci/fi, horror, and fantasy illustration: Frank Frazetta. Includes Tarzan, Ghoul Queen, Golden Girl and The Destroyer. Peacock Press/ Bantam Books, 1977. Very Fine. Front cover has a line down the middle and a few circle indentations....More. Item Code: RB1233 Soft Cover, 9x11, 88pg, Full Color $40.00 |
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FRAZETTA INDEX BONANZA
First edition. Indexed by Milton Courter. Art by Frank Frazetta.Acknowledged author Milton Courter wrote Frazetta: Index bonanza : behold! there was a dreaming of a new age of art--Frazetta illustrated it, and the earth shook comprising 131 pages back in 2001. A helpful guide to the body of work produced by fantasy artist, Frazetta. Includes info on paperback covers, Doubleday promotional material, trading cards, covers of paperbacks, hardback book dustjackets and other miscellaneous. An in depth listing of Frazetta's artwork, but contains only text. Scott Company, 2001. Very Fine. Light thumbing and wear to the cover and edges....More. Item Code: RB1235 Soft Cover, 8x11, 132pg, Text Only $50.00 |
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SMALL WONDERS The Funny Animal Art of Frank Frazetta
By Frank Frazetta. Introduction by William Stout. Frazetta's first published work was a story called Snowman in Talley Ho Comics, a tale featuring talking animals. For the next few years, Frazetta worked with characters like Hucky Duck, Dodger Dequoil (of the Brooklyn Squoile) and Barney Rooster. This collects much of Frazetta's charming art from that era. A menagerie of delights awaits you inside! Kitchen Sink Press, 1991. Out of Print. Fine plus. The bottom right corner is bumped, creasing all the interior pages and covers. Beside the bump, this book is in mint condition....More. Item Code: RB1236 Soft Cover, 8x11, 80pg, b&w $35.00 |
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FRANK FRAZETTA The Living Legend By Eleanor Frazetta. Art by Frank Frazetta. A fine collection of pen & ink work, published by Frazetta himself in 1981, but not widely distributed. Includes work from Thunda, the Canaveral Press editions of At the Earth's Core and Pellucidar, The Edgar Rice Burroughs Portfolio, Lord of the Rings, Kubla Khan and Women of the Ages. Photos of Frank, special notes and previously unpublished drawings. Includes biography notes. Sun Litho, 1981. Very Fine. There is slight wear to the cover and page edges. ...More. Item Code: RB1225 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, b&w $75.00 |
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HOWARD PYLE
Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School By Henry G. Pitz. Art by Howard Pyle. Definitive work on the definitive czar of the Brandywine School. Pyle trained many artists but none surpassed his own work with the possible exception of N.C. Wyeth. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1975. Fine+. Small chips on the top of the dust jacket and the spine is sunned. There is a library stamp on the bottom of the pages....More. Item Code: RB1293 Hard Cover, 10x12, 248pgs, Text/Partial Color $100.00 |
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THE WONDER CLOCK Howard Pyle
By Howard Pyle. Verses by Katharine Pyle. It is rare indeed when a writer's original stories are regarded as masterpieces on a par with the great folkloristic fairy tales that have been handed down through the ages. But Howard Pyle's absorbing tales have for generations enjoyed such overwhelming popularity with boys and girls that they have earned this unique distinction. This collection includes some of his most entertaining and imaginative works; 24 delightful fairy tales, one for each hour of the day. Harper & Brothers, 1931. Fine+. Cover is bright and has only a slight bit of edgewear. Back endpage has a red sticker....More. Item Code: RB1299 Hard Cover, 7x10, 318pgs, Text/b&w $65.00 |
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JOHN WILLIAM GODWARD The Eclipse of Classicism By Vern Grosvenor Swanson. Plucked from oblivion, Godward serves as the last best example of 19th century Greco-Roman Classicism. Of a reclusive nature and painting in a style completely out-of-date with post-war Europe, his genius remained obscure. Godward's brilliance, with the recent revival of interest in his fallow Classicists, Alma-Tadema and Lord Leighton, is only now coming to light. Godward's art sought to portray peace, feminine beauty and ideal perfection in an age careening headlong into atrocity. He did so by marvelously painted and composed pictures of beautiful women in halycon classical environments. He was a niche painter whose subject, while arresting, was narrow. However, only Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was better at painting this genre of "patrician women on marble benches'". Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. Very Fine/ As New. Still in original shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB1490 Hard Cover, 9x11, 352pg, Partial Color $100.00 |
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THE BOOK OF JOB/ BOOK OF RUTH ARTHUR SZYK 2 BOOK SET Preface by Mary Ellen Chase. Art by Arthur Szyk.Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), was a Polish-Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his decades-long career. The brilliantly colored illustrations for these volumes were originally created for the Limited Editions Club in a signed, numbered edition. These are the unlimited editions reproduced by the Heritage Press from the same publisher, George Macy. The Heritage Press. Very Fine. There is a very small bit of discoloration on the spine of The Book of Ruth....More. Item Code: RB1427 Hard Cover, 8x11, 143pg, Full Color $55.00 |
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FREDERIC, LORD LEIGHTON EMINENT VICTORIAN ARTIST Hardcover By Richard Ormond, Stephen Jones, Christopher Newall et al. The first time Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) showed a picture at the Royal Academy in London, Queen Victoria bought it. This eminent painter and sculptor went on to become president of the Royal Academy and was the first British artist to be made a lord. On the centennial anniversary of his death, the Royal Academy honored him with a major retrospective exhibition, for which this book served as the catalogue. Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Very Fine. Small bump to the top corner. Jacket has a 3 inch razor slice bottom of spine. Still in shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB1406 Hard Cover, 10x12, 256pgs, Partial Color $55.00 |
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NORMAN LINDSAY 80 YEARS OF PENCIL DRAWING Art by Norman Lindsay. By Lin Bloomfield. A huge, oversize 335 page retrospective of the Australian artist's pencil work and sketches. Odana Editions, 2008. Very Fine. A few small indentations on the bottom of the front cover....More. Item Code: RB1413 Hard Cover, 9x12, 335pg, b&w $350.00 |
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JAMES TISSOT By Russell Ash and Bernard Higton. The author of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema surveys the life and work of James Tissot (1836-1902) and, for the first time in a large format, presents a superb selection of Tissot's finest paintings. Includes a list of his paintings in public collections. 60 illustrations, including 40 in full color. Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1482 Hard Cover, 11x14, 90pg, Full Color $70.00 |
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BEYOND IMPRESSIONISM THE NATURALIST IMPULSE By Gabriel P. Weisberg. The triumph of the forward-looking Impressionists over the deadwood of the French Academy is a familiar story to art lovers. Now this challenging book adds a new dimension to that period, showing that at the same time the Naturalists were shaping a different view of painting. Weisberg reveals that the Naturalists went beyond Impressionism in both technique and subject matter. 307 illustrations, 86 in full color. Harry N Abrams Inc., 1992. Fine. Book is perfect except a bump to the front top corner, impacting the jacket and the cloth. Still in shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB1483 Hard Cover, 10x13, 303pg, Partial Color $120.00 |
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THE AGE OF ROSSETTI, BURNE-JONES & WATTS Symbolism in Britain 1860-1910 By Andrew Wilton. European symbolism has been much investigated, with some British exponents of the movement being given a place in those accounts. But it has always been assumed that Symbolism was essentially a Continental phenomenon, having only marginal links with what happened in Great Britain in the late 19th century. This text reverses that view by focusing on key British artists, some of whom predate their Continental colleagues in dealing with the characteristic themes of Symbolism and showing their close links with European centres such as Brussels and Paris. Flammarion, 1997. Very Fine minus. Three inch razor cut to the back of the jacket. Still in original shrink wrap....More. Item Code: RB1484 Hard Cover, 9x12, 304pg, Partial Color $55.00 |
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BLACK & WHITE IMAGES Volume 1 The Golden Era of Pen & Ink Illustration 1890-1922 First Annual Collection Text by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr., Nancy Beiman, Barry Klugerman and Frederick B. Taraba. This collection of black and white illustrations includes artists such as T.S. Sullivant, Heinrich Kley, Lee Conrey, Orson Lowell, Howard Pyle, Rene Bull, Willy Pogany, Will Crawford, Harry Rountree, Arthur Rackham, E.A. Abbey, Herbert Railton, W. Russell Flint, Maxfield Parrish, Rose O'Neill, Kay Nielsen, Dan Beard, Harry Grant Dart. Charles Sarka, Dugald Stewart Walker, Joseph Clement Coll, Frederick Richardson, J.M. Condé, Harrison Cady, Eric Pape, and Franklin Booth. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. Publishing, 2002. Fine. There is some chipping on the top and bottom edges on both front and back covers....More. Item Code: RB1465 Soft Cover, 9x12, 88pg, b&w $45.00 |
| See our website for the other four Black & White Annuals, and 11 issues of Images from the Vadeboncoeur collection. Click here to see more on Classic Illustration. |
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THE ASTOUNDING FIFTIES Frank Kelly Freas
Signed and Limited 243/250 Signed and limited. This book is number 243 of 250 copies. This reprints Kelly's self-published 1971 edition, with an improved square binding and with a smaller limitation and heavier, white paper. An early collection of images by the noted sci-fi cover artist. 84 full-page images selected by Freas himself from b&w illustrations he did for John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction in the 1950s. Includes his introduction, with a one paragraph revision for this edition. Databank Press, 1990. Fine. There are a few specks of dirt on the front cover....More. Item Code: RB1362 Soft Cover, 9x11, 84pg, b&w $110.00 |
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THE FANTASTIC ART OF BEKSINSKI First Edition By Zdzislaw Beksinski. The beautiful and bizarre imagery of this popular Polish surrealist is now collected in an elegantly designed treasury. Morpheus International, 1998. Fine. There is a tear on the top left corner of the dust jacket and a crease on the back. There is also an indentation on the back cover that matches up with the crease on the jacket....More. Item Code: RB1390 Hard Cover, 10x12, 72pg, Full Color $170.00 |
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FANTASTIC PEOPLE By Allan Scott, Michael Scott Rohan. A celebration of the fantasy characters from hundreds of years of myth and legend, tracing the origins of gnomes, goblins, elves, trolls, dragons, etc. The work of many illustrators is used, including Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, etc. as well as many more contemporary artists. Galahad Books, 1980. Fine. Rubbing to the corners, and the bottom boards are slightly bumped. Jacket has light curling at the top....More. Item Code: RB1488 Hard Cover, 9x12, 195pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN 1850-1930 By Diana L. Johnson The Victorian era in Britain spawned an unprecedented outpouring of fantastic and visionary themes in literature, illustration, and design. This book documents an exhibition of prints, drawings, paintings, decorative objects, and furniture from this era and the next two decades held at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. The exotic, erotic, and grotesque, children's fantasy, the world of the faerie, and anthropomorphic themes are all depicted in the book's beautifully reproduced illustrations and discussed in two scholarly essays. Eastern Press Inc., 1979. Out of Print. Fine plus. There are a few color streaks on the back of the dust jacket....More. Item Code: RB1426 Hard Cover, 9x11, 240pg, Partial Color $40.00 |
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ALIEN HORIZONS BOB EGGLETON The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton By Nigel Suckling. Introduction by Gregory Benford. A four time Hugo winner, Eggleton has produced highly detailed and vibrant artwork for book covers of such prominent authors as Greg Bear, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. To complement the more than 100 pages of colorful illustrations, a comprehensive interview between Suckling and Eggleton provides snippets about the painter's background and techniques. Paper Tiger, 1988. Very Fine. Slight curling on the top corner....More. Item Code: RB1485 Soft Cover, 8X11, 128pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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MOUNTAIN ECSTASY First Edition By Nik Douglas, Penny Slinger. A magnificent book of erotic collages and poetry by Penny Slinger and Nik Douglas. A celebration of the Tantric world, full of sensual and kaleidoscopic photographic collages made from nearly all 'found images' from Slinger's collection of erotica, redefined in a Tantric context, plus poetry and quotations to compliment the images. Both sacred and profane, Mountain Ecstasy is a full spectrum dreamscape where nothing is taboo. A. & W. Visual Library, 1978. Out of Print. Fine+. A small bit of edgewear at the top and some minute chips on back cover and bottom of spine....More. Item Code: RB1331 Soft Cover, 9x11, 158pgs, Full Color $350.00 $250.00 |
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FANTASY BY FABIAN Limited # 656/1,200 Art by Stephen E. Fabian. Edited by Gerry de la Ree. This is the first hard covered book entirely devoted to the artwork of Stephen E. Fabian. The book is divided into 8 sections beginning with "Fantastic Nudes" and ending with book art for stories by Robert E Howard, Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Roger Zelazny and others. This is one of the finest collections of his early works. Gerry de la Ree, 1978. Out of Print. Very Fine. Small crease on backside corner near the spine....More. Item Code: RB1279 Hard Cover, 9x11, 128pg, b&w $80.00 |
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THE DESERT OF STOLEN DREAMS First Edition By Robert Silverberg. Art by Stephen E. Fabian. The story of one man's journey through deception to self-discovery. Underwood-Miller, 1981. Out of Print. Very Fine. Has a few creases on the back of the dust jacket....More. Item Code: RB1422 Hard Cover, 6x9, 96pg, b&w $50.00 |
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GILDEN-FIRE By Stephen R. Donaldson. Art by Stephen E. Fabian. Any reader familiar with the Land, Stephen R. Donaldson's setting for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, will be pleased to learn of this new story: a previously untold episode of The Illearth War. This is the tale of Korik Bloodguard, the Lords Shetra and Hyrim, and their company, on their mission to Seareach. Many dangers and many hard decisions await them on their journey, as they travel through Grimmerdhore Forest and encounter ur-viles, a pack of wolves, and Gilden-Fire. In this story we gain more background and understanding into the lives and motivations of the dwellers of the Land, as well as the history of the Bloodguard - of great interest to anyone who enjoyed the Thomas Convenant novels. Underwood-Miller, 1981. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1423 Hard Cover, 6x9, 70pg, b&w $25.00 |
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| We just listed several more great portfolios, you can see them all on our website. These include Kull by John Severin, Gruaga by Alex Niño, and Voltar by Alcala, all signed. We also have portfolios by Wrightson, Jim Fitzpatrick, Mark Schultz, Jeffrey Jones, and EC cover sets. |
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DANTE'S INFERNO PORTFOLIO MICHAEL W. KALUTA By Michael Kaluta. 1st Edition. Limited Edition - 2000 signed copies of which this is number 235. Copyright 1975. Eight full-color plates depicting different scenes from Dante's Inferno. Christopher Enterprises, 1975. Very Fine. Slight creasing to the portfolio sleeve....More. Item Code: RB1458 12x16, 8pg, Full Color $100.00 |
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THE FANTASY WORLDS PORTFOLIO ALEX NIÑO Signed & Limited 2000! Limited Edition Portfolio. Signed and numbered to 2,000 by Alex Nino. Set includes a trifolder holding eight full-color 12 x 16 plates. The plates are richly detailed and vividly colored with a mind-tripping 70's color scheme that show scenes of men crossing paths with supernatural realms and beings. Christopher Enterprises, 1975. Very Fine. Small bump to the corner of the trifolder....More. Item Code: FANTAW 12x16, 8 plates, Full Color $60.00 |
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SCENES FROM THE XENOZOIC AGE DELUXE PORTFOLIO Signed and limited, #50 of 99! By Mark Schultz. Ten cover illustrations by Schultz are beautifully reproduced as 11 x 17 plates in black & white and without logos or captions. This portfolio was released in a deluxe wooden boxed edition of 99 (priced at $300) and in a paper folder "Workingman's Edition" of 400 (priced at $80). This set has the wooden box, and the paper folder. The signed plate is #50/99. icollector.com reports selling a copy of this for $4000 in 2006. Very Fine. The only flaw is the bottom of the paper folder is slightly damaged where the metal eyelet has pushed through. This has not affected the plates. Kitchen Sink Press, 1997....More. Item Code: RB520 13x19, 10 plates,b&w $1250.00 $950.00 |
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WALLY WOOD TORRID TALES OF ROMANCE
Art by Wallace Wood. Edited by J. David Spurlock. There's crime here, and bad girls, and the amazing-looking women that made Wood a favorite as soon as he joined EC. He did these wild stories for Avon, Fox, and other early 1950s publishers. These rare and valuable collectors-item stories have NEVER appeared in any book. They are often so obscure that long-time fans (like myself) are still out looking for them. And then there is the wonderful Avon material, which now is very sought after. Okay, this is romance and that's not everyone's cup of tea--but on the other hand, it's Wood doing it. Can't get much better than that. Vanguard, 2014. ...More. Item Code: RB1456 Hard Cover, 8x11, 216pg, Full Color $45.00 |
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THE RAY & BLACK CONDOR SPECIAL EDITION SERIES VOL. 2 By Alan Light. Compiled by Ken Mitchell. Introduction by Jim Steranko. This perfect bound volume is part of the Special Edition Series and features The Ray and The Black Condor stories with artwork by Louis K. Fine and others. The introduction was written by Jim Steranko. The book includes a number of stories in black and white with one in color. The back cover features a splash page reproduced in color. Special Edition Reprints, 1974. Fine-. There are some smudges around the spine. There are some creases and tears on the bottom of the spine....More. Item Code: RB1452 Soft Cover, 8x11, 316pg, b&w $40.00 |
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PRINCE VALIANT'S Perilous Voyage Book 4 By Hal Foster with Max Trell. Bold and brave characters of King Arthur's magic time come together again in Prince Valiant's Perilous Voyage, fourth volume of Hal Foster's graphic saga of the age of chivalry. Hastings House, 1954. Very Fine. Light edge wear to cover....More. Item Code: RB1242 Hard Cover, 7x10, 128pg, b&w $75.00 |
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THE LITTLE LULU LIBRARY VI Volumes 16-18 First Edition. Signed & Numbered, 82 of 500. The Little Lulu Library is an encyclopedic compendium of the very best in comics. All stories are reproduced larger than comic book size, sharp and clear, from the original proofs and most are printed in black and white as the artists drew them. The front covers to the original comics and some special "extras" are reproduced in stunning full color! The front covers to the original comics and some special "extras" are reproduced in stunning full color! This is set six, containing books #16-18, issues #68-87. Another Rainbow, 1989. Fine Plus. Set has a hint of wear to the slipcase. Books have slight wear tho the spine and covers. Inside pages are like new....More. Item Code: RB1173 Hard Cover, 9x12, 722pg, b&w $175.00 |
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TARZAN The Joe Kubert Years Volume 1 The Joe Kubert Years Volume 1 By Joe Kubert. Few artists can capture visceral action sequences and the dynamic human form like Joe Kubert, and his expressive talents are fully realized in his 1970s Tarzan comics. This beautiful archive collection - with an introduction by Kubert and color restoration based off of Tatjana Wood's original colors - is a must-have for fans of timeless adventure tales and Joe Kubert's undeniable intensity and skill. Beginning with this first volume, Dark Horse's hardcover series reprints Kubert's entire Tarzan work. Join us on these primal adventures, as Tarzan discovers the pleasures and perils of the African wilds... and the many dangers posed by both man and beast! Joe Kubert's Tarzan, Volume One, reprints issues #207 through #214 of the 1970s run, featuring "Origin of the Ape Man" (a bold adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first Tarzan novel), "Jungle Tales of Tarzan," and other stories inspired by Burroughs' books - all written and drawn by the legendary Joe Kubert! First Edition. Dark Horse, 2005. Fine. There's a small tear to the dust jacket on the back corner. There are some scuffs on the dust jacket. Cover is bright and unharmed....More. Item Code: RB1325 Hard Cover, 8x10, 198pg, Full Color $80.00 |
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THE ROCKETEER All 5 Action Chapters! By Dave Stevens. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. A big beautiful love letter to Golden Age comics and cliffhanger serials. A down on his luck stunt flyer stumbles across an experimental jet pack and ends up as a reluctant super hero when he discovers that Nazi spies as well as the jet pack's creator are after it. Thrills, adventure, beautiful art work, nice touches of humor and the 'reveal' of the jet pack's creator all combine into one of the all time great comic stories. Featuring his girlfriend Betty, based on the real Bettie Page. Eclipse Books, 1985. Wear to both corners and page edges. Light thumbing....More. Item Code: RB1223 Soft Cover, 8x11, 70pg, Full Color $40.00 |
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METROPOLIS By Thea Von Harbou. Art by Michael Kaluta. Michael Kaluta's illustrations highlight this romanticized class struggle colored by religious and occult mythology, with implacable villains full of old world venom and heroes in glorious melodrama, all set in the vast mechanized metropolis, a city dug as deep in the ground as it towers in the skies. Donning Company Publishers, 1988. Fine. Back cover is creased from being folded. Bottom of spine is bumped....More. Item Code: RB1419 Soft Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Text/Partial Color $40.00 |
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SQUINK DESSINS DE DAVE MCKEAN
By Dave McKean. A collection of black and white sketches by Dave McKean. Allen Spiegel, 2010. Very Fine/ As New....More. Item Code: RB1459 Soft Cover, 9x9, 200pg, b&w $60.00 |
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THE DINOSAURS DELUXE Signed & Limited 797/1000 By William Stout Drawings and commentary describe the world of the dinosaur and how dinosaurs moved, ate, lived, and died. Bantam Books, 1981. Very Fine book with Very Good slipcase. Small scuffs on front cover and tight binding. Slipcase has significant bump on corner and damp stain....More. Item Code: RB1249 Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pg, Partial Color $150.00 |
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HIRSCHFELD ON LINE Hardcover
By Al Hirschfeld. Over 400 Hirschfeld drawings and photographs, many never before collected. Includes essays by Whoopi Goldberg, Arthur Miller, Mel Gussow, Kurt Vonnegut, Grace Mirabella, Louise Kerz Hirschfeld and more! Commentary by Hirschfeld throughout. Includes 32 pages of color works. Applause, 2000. Very Fine. Stain to the top end pages near the spine. Does not effect the interior pages....More. Item Code: RB1503 Hard Cover, 10x12, 344pgs, b&w $60.00 |
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CHARLES BRAGG: THE WORKS! A RETROSPECTIVE Art by Charles Bragg. Text by Alan Bisbort. His work is in private and public collections worldwide, he has hosted radio and television discussions on everything from painting to politics, he is a cultural icon, a Los Angeles bon vivant, a brilliant and an extraordinarily funny man. The fact that can get lost in this colorful shuffle is that Charles Bragg is among the most gifted American artists of the twentieth century. The Works! represents the range of Bragg's oeuvre from cartoonish caricature to stunningly beautiful portrait. Featuring 130 color plates and 50 black-and-white reproductions, it offers a biographical overview, reveals Bragg's approaches to and techniques of painting, discusses his inspirations and motivations, his social and political views, and gives the reader a sense of his inexhaustible cunning and wit. Pomegranate, 1999. . Fine. Jacket has short tears and creases on the tips. Small bump to the bottom corner and spine....More. Item Code: RB1418 Hard Cover, 9x11, 256pgs, Partial Color $80.00 |
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JUST REDUCED! MIKE PLOOG Original Art from Tom Sawyer By Mike Ploog. Image area is 11x17 inches. 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 bottom of 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 $350.00 |
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THE ART OF NICK CARDY By Nick Cardy, John Coates. Foreword by Mark Evanier. Afterword by Kurt Busiek. Nick Cardy has been a cartoonist and illustrator for over 50 years. Spanning the Golden Age to the present, Cardy's career began in 1939 with the Eisner/Iger shop, which produced the "Spirit" newspaper supplement, "Plastic Man" comic books and more. Cardy went on to illustrate newspaper strips, including "Tarzan", and enjoyed a 25-year association with DC Comics before moving on to magazine and movie poster illustration. As well as being one of DC Comics' top Batman and Superman cover artists, fans remember that in the 1960s, Nick helped define comics' Silver Age with sequential artwork on "Aquaman", "Teen Titans", and "Bat Lash". Vanguard Productions, 2001. Very Fine. A small line of discoloration on front of the dust jacket....More. Item Code: RB1311 Hard Cover, 9x11, 176pgs, b&w $40.00 |
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RICHARD CORBEN'S ART BOOK Second Printing By Richard Corben. This first volume of fantasy art highlights Corben's unique way of combining realism and imagination. Most graphics are in colors that can be remarkably vivid. Of particular interest are the side-by-side drawings showing the evolution of some of his most famous paintings and book covers. Fantagor Press, 1992. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1316 Soft Cover, 8x11, 64pg, Partial Color $85.00 |
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #9 Edited by Dan Zimmer. The pin-up and illustration art of Enoch Bolles; the paperback art of Gerald Gregg, best known for his work on the Dell Mapbacks; the sexy and seductive exploitation covers of Isaac Paul Rader. Illustrated Press, 2004. ...More. Item Code: RB1365 Magazine, 8x11, 80pg, Full Color $39.00 |
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VAUGHN BODE'S DEADBONE The First Testament of Cheech Wizard, The Cartoon Messiah By Vaughn Bode. Vaughn Bode, along with his fantastical cartoon art - "Junkwaffel", The Man, Cheech Wizard and the fantasy world of Deadbone with its Lizards and Broads - quickly entered into the cartoon Pantheon and the Underground Comix Mythology. Northern Comfort Communications, 1976. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1402 Soft Cover, 9x12, 56pg, b&w $155.00 |
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COBALT 60
Art by Vaughn Bode and Mark Bode. Story by Larry Todd. Cobalt 60 is one of the darkest, if not THE darkest, projects in Vaughn Bode's work. A post-apocalypse punch in the face, it's grim, ultra-violent and despairing, and comes with a killer ending that, like Bode's earlier The Man, shows The Cartoon Gooroo's mastery at delineating big themes with a minimum of words. He was an artist who wrote, rather than a writer who drew, and that's never clearer than here. Vaughn originally created Cobalt 60 in 1959, but the death dealing mutant didn't see print until 1968, in an issue of Wally Wood's Witzend, in the process winning him the Hugo award for Best Fanzine Artist of that year. The Donning Company, 1988. Very Fine. There is one small scuff on front cover....More. Item Code: RB1464 Soft Cover, 8X11, 74pg, Full Color $85.00 |
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THE COMPLETE RECORD COVER COLLECTION
By R. Crumb. A VERY cool collection that even looks like an LP, with a die-cut circular hole in both sides of the slipcase!! Album covers, labels and advertisements beginning in 1968 with Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Crumb created over 450 illustrations, from modern swing bands to old-time musicians ("Heroes of the Blues") of the '20s and '30s. Many were done for Yazoo Records, a much-loved producer of limited edition LPs of early blues and jazz musicians. Norton, 2011. Very Fine. Slight rolling to the edges of the slipcase....More. Item Code: RB1471 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 10x10, 96pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
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THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS VOL. 3
Starring Fritz the Cat. By R. Crumb. Introduction by Marty Pahls. These early volumes of the multiple Harvey and Eisner Award-winning Complete Crumb Comics series have been amongst the most demanded reprints the last few years. Starring Fritz the Cat includes the stories that began to build the Crumb legend: the original Fritz stories from Harvey Kurtzman's Help! magazine in 1965, plus much rare art, some of Crumb's long-lost American Greeting cards from the 60s, and more. First Edition and Signed. #43 of 400. Fantagraphics Books, 1989. Very Fine/As New....More. Item Code: RB1376 Hard Cover, 9x11, 128pg, b&w $150.00 |
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THE COLLECTED ADVENTURES OF FAT FREDDY'S CAT AND HIS FRIENDS First Edition By Gilbert Shelton. A small comic containing a collection of Fat Freddy's Cat strips by Gilbert Shelton. Printed in England, b&w, with strips printed on both inside covers. Gilbert Shelton, 1975. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1391 Soft Cover, 5x8, 32pgs, b&w $60.00 |
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Walt Kelly & Pogo |
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POSITIVELY POGO
First Printing. By Walt Kelly. A collection of comic strips by the immortal Walt Kelly featuring featuring characters that lived in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Often a vehicle for political commentary, Kelly made famous the revised Commodore Perry quote "We have met the enemy and he is us." Simon and Schuster, 1957. Very Good. There's a rip on the spine and cover....More. Item Code: RB1305 Soft Cover, 6x8, 181pg, b&w $25.00 |
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TEN EVER-LOVIN' BLUE-EYED-YEARS WITH POGO
First Printing. By Walt Kelly. Introduction by Mort Walker. The official history and commemoration of Pogo's first decade... all wrapped up with a running commentary by Walt Kelly. Simon and Schuster, 1972. Fine. Bump and page curling on the bottom corner. Sunning on the back cover. Scratches on front cover where a price sticker used to be....More. Item Code: RB1442 Soft Cover, 8x11, 288pg, b&w $40.00 |
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SONGS OF THE POGO Sampler Vinyl 78rpm Record
By Walt Kelly with Norman Monath. This is a rare 3 song sample record advertising the book Songs of the Pogo, and the complete 18 song vinyl record. Included is a folded paper advertisement for the book and the record. The songs are Go Go Pogo, Don't Sugar Me and Lines Upon a Tranquil Brow. Simon and Schuster, 1956. Fine plus. Record jacket is slightly rolled in the corners. Record has fingerprint smudges and minor scratches....More. Item Code: RB1444 7x8, Full Color $125.00 |
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SONGS OF THE POGO Audio CD
By Walt Kelly with Norman Monath. A reissue of the 1956 album by Pogo creator Walt Kelly and composer Norman Monath, this CD compilation features 18 original songs, plus six bonus tracks from 45s, rehearsal sessions, and a spoken word piece by Kelly. Reaction Recordings, 2003. Fine plus. Record jacket is slightly rolled in the corners. Record has fingerprint smudges and minor scratches....More. Item Code: RB1445 6x5, 24 tracks, Full Color $45.00 |
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Kitchen Sink Publisher File Copies |
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| In 1998, when Kitchen Sink folded up, we bought a number of their titles. I snagged a few and put them away, such as low-number Will Eisner P'gells. Here's a few; click here to catch others as we add them. |
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MALE CALL
The Complete War Time Strip 1942-1946. Publisher File Copy. By Milton Caniff. The definitive collection of Caniff's sexy strip (featuring Miss Lace) which was published exclusively in the armed forces newspapers. The strip is as well-made as Terry, but sexier and the dialogue racier than Terry and quite funny. Includes a historical essay, rare artwork, and some unpublished Male Call "rejects". Foreword by Bill Mauldin. Kitchen Sink Press, 1987. Fine. Both covers have some scuffing and wear. Corners have some slight curling. Back cover has a crease where it folded over at one point....More. Item Code: RB1492 Soft Cover, 11x8, 120pg, b&w $40.00 |
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COTTON WOODS Hardcover Signed
Signed & Limited 488 of 500. Publisher File Copy. By Ray Gotto. Introduction by Max Allen Collins. The comic strip adventures of a baseball "Natural!" Meet Cotton Woods, a raw rookie from Lonesome Gap, North Carolina, who wants to take the Big Leagues by storm. He's the 1950's answer to Bo Jackson - good at all sports; a fantasy figure at ease anytime there's a ball to throw, catch or hit! First edition with a tipped in plate signed by Ray Gotto. Kitchen Sink Press, 1991. Fine. Both covers have some scuffing and wear. Corners have some slight curling....More. Item Code: RB1493 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 160pg, b&w $50.00 |
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THE SPIRIT CASEBOOK Volume 2 All About P'Gell Hardcover Signed
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THE EROTIC ART OF REED WALLER Hardcover Signed Signed & Limited 1324 of 1500. Publisher File Copy. By Reed Waller. Springs from the loins of Reed Waller and Kate Worley's bestselling comic book series, Omaha the Cat Dancer. From the countless drawings, sketches and figure studies Reed has produced since the series began, he has chosen the cream of the crop - most of them never before seen - for this book. Inside readers will find anatomically and sexually excplicit material for adults only, along with spicy text by the artist. Tipped in plate signed and numbered by Reed Waller. Fine plus. Small stain on the front cover. Light wear to the edges and covers. Mature Readers. Kitchen Sink Press, 1990. ...More. Item Code: RB1494 Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x11, 128pg, b&w $100.00 |
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THE COLLECTED OMAHA THE CAT DANCER Volume 1
Fourth Printing. Publisher File Copy. By Reed Waller & Kate Worley. Springing from the loins of Reed Waller and Kate Worley's bestselling comic book series, Omaha the Cat Dancer. From the countless drawings, sketches and figure studies Reed has produced since the series began, he has chosen the cream of the crop -- most of them never before seen -- for this book. Inside readers will find anatomically and sexually explicit material for adults only, along with spicy text by the artist. Tipped in plate signed and numbered by Reed Waller. Kitchen Sink Press, 1992. Mature Readers. Fine plus. Corners are slightly curling. Cover at the top of the spine has a small tear....More. Item Code: RB1499 Soft Cover, 9x11, 128pg, b&w $30.00 |
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DISNEY'S LOST CHORDS 1 & 2 SET Signed & Limited 1000! By Russell Schroeder. A fascinating look at the creation of some of Walt Disney's most popular films, viewed through the prespective of the creation of the song scores. 77 previously unpublished songs not used in the final productions are presented in full vocal/piano arrangements. Illustrated with over 225 illustrations from the Disney archives, along with an informative text. Individually numbered as part of a limited edition of 1,000 books. Voigt Publications, 2007. Very Fine/ As New....More. Item Code: RB1170 Hard Cover, 9x12, 696pg, Full Color $350.00 $250.00 |
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INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC The Art of Special Effects By Thomas G. Smith. Introduction by George Lucas. A lavish, profusely illustrated volume that tells the remarkable story of the organization whose name has become synonymous with state-of-the-art special effects: Industrial Light & Magic. From its early days in a large empty warehouse in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, to its Oscar-winning accomplishments creating special effects for the Star Wars movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, Poltergeist, and a host of others. Ballantine Books, 1986. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1486 Hard Cover, 10x12, 280pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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THE HOWARD COLLECTOR SPRING 1968
Volume 2, Number 4, Whole Number 10 By Robert E. Howard, Harold Preece, L. Sprague de Camp, Wade Wellman, R.H. Barlow. Review by Fritz Leiber. Spring 1968 collects poems, stories and material by Robert E. Howard, Harold Preece, L. Sprague de Camp, Manly Wade Wellman, R.H. Barlow, and a review by Fritz Leiber. Glenn Lord, 1968. Very Fine. There's a small bit of edgewear on the top of the front cover....More. Item Code: RB1348 Soft Cover, 6x8, 44pgs, b&w $55.00 |
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Pin-Ups, Pulps & Erotica |
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ART OF OLIVIA AMERICAN GEISHA SIGNED First Edition. Signed and inscribed to Bud. Recommended. By Olivia De Berardinis. Olivia's newest paintings and drawings (from the period of 1997 through 2003) are lovingly presented in this hardcover night table book which contains all-new art created since her last bestselling collection, 1997's Second Slice. This book features models Dita Von Teese, Masuimi Max, and many more favorites, including Bettie Page, newly drawn in Olivia's ever-changing styles, and ever-evolving techniques. Ozone, 2003. Mature Readers. Very Fine....More. Item Code: RB1502 Hard Cover, 9x12, 112pg, Full Color $75.00 |
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PIN-UP DREAMS The Glamour Art of Rolf Armstrong. Art by Rolf Armstrong. Text by Janet Dobson, Michael Wooldridge. A showcase of Armstrong's dream-girl images features three hundred reproductions spanning fifty years in the artist's career. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001. Very Good+. Creases on spine cover. Light edge wear and small dent on corner of back cover....More. Item Code: RB1263 Soft Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Full Color $30.00 |
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UNCOVERED THE HIDDEN ART OF GIRLIE PULPS By Douglas Ellis. The colorfully covered, cheaply printed pulp magazines of the 1920s and 30s were a staple of popular culture that offered every genre of readership the sensual thrills, adventures, and entertainments they craved. This tribute to the "bad girls" introduces a wealth of colorful cover art from the likes of Pep, Saucy Stories, Spicy Adventures, and Bedtime Stories, capturing the provocative sense and taste of what the glory years of pulp magazines had to offer their enthusiastic readers. Uncovered uncovers the "Girlie Pulps" like no other book ever has. 208 full color pages and over 400 cover reproductions. Adventure House, 2003. Very Fine. Slight cover scuffing....More. Item Code: RB1355 Hard Cover, 12x9, 208pg, Full Color $60.00 |
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PULP CULTURE SIGNED The Art of Fiction Magazines. Book is inscribed and signed by Frank Robinson. By Frank M. Robinson and Lawrence Davidson. Pulp fiction's lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and 'tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre's most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary. Collectors Press Inc., 2001. Very Fine/ As New. Slight wear to the bottom edge and the jacket....More. Item Code: RB1431 Hard Cover, 11x11, 204pg, Full Color $65.00 |
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FHM WOMEN
The Exclusive Collection By Scott Gramling. A photographic collection from 2005 of FHM's most beautiful women. No nudity, but all models are in bikinis, and a few in lingerie. Contains photos of Pamela Anderson, Vida Guerra, Katherine Heigl, Teri Hatcher, Danica Patrick, Mariah Carey, Jenna Jameson and many more! Liberty Street, 2005. Mature Readers. Very Fine. Very minute edge wear on the top of the cover. A small bend on all pages at the bottom right corner....More. Item Code: RB1454 Soft Cover, 9x10, 112pg, Full Color $60.00 $45.00 |
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LUIS ROYO PROHIBITED SLIPCASE SET
By Luis Royo. Four book set: Includes Prohibited HC (2003 Luis Royo) Vol. 1-3 and the Prohibited Sketchbook HC (2004). By Luis Royo. Now you can display the entire series of Luis Royo's Prohibited art books (Volumes 1-3 and the Sketchbook) in this handsome illustrated binder case. Heavy Metal. Mature Readers. Fine/ Very Fine. Slipcase is cardboard, and has come apart at the top. Sketchbook has a small bump to the top corner. Other books are as new....More. Item Code: RB1159 Hard Cover, 7x10, 192pg, $150.00 |
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SORAYAMA HYPER ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. 1 By Hajime Sorayama
By Hajime Sorayama. Sorayama's work Sexy Robot, published by Genko-sha in 1983, made his organic robotic forms famous around the world. For the work, he used ideas from pin-up art, which in the book then appear as chrome-plated gynoids in suggestive poses. His next book, Pin-up, continues in the same line. A number of his other works similarly revolve around figures in suggestive poses, including highly realistic depictions in latex and leather. His pinups appeared frequently in the pages of Penthouse magazine. Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1989. Fine plus. There is light edgewear and a dent on the top left corner of the book....More. Item Code: RB1358 Soft Cover, 9x12, 84pg, Full Color $70.00 |
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THE ADVENTURES OF SWEET GWENDOLINE
Second Printing. By John Willie. This is the original tribute to John Alexander Scott Coutts (1902-1962), a.k.a. John Willie, and his popular underground heroine! Willie still stands as the finest bondage artist ever and his stories of Sweet Gwen are classics, first published in rarely-seen specialty magazines of the late 1940s and early '50s. Included are complete Gwendoline stories in ink and wash, as our poor girl gets tied up, gagged, put into a tight corset, and far more, often by dominating women and even by her own friend, a leather-clad secret agent. Willie's work nearly always had an innocence of sorts--it's never violent or truly threatening. Gwendoline's naiveté is both sweet and erotic, as she submits to one domination after another. Most in b&w with some scarce color images. Belier Press, 1974. Fine. There are a few wrinkles on the spine and back of the dust jacket....More. Item Code: RB1324 Hard Cover, 9x11, 144pg, b&w $95.00 |
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GLAMOUR INTERNATIONAL 10
Black Women & Jungle Girls Edited by Alberto Becattini and Gianni Brunoro. The tenth issue of Glamour International magazine, a limited edition for comics art collectors. Illustrated throughout with b/w and color drawings and b/w photos. Erotic art, comics, and photography. Text in Italian, English and French. Features: Federico Fellini interview, with art by Milo Manara. Antonio Luond fetish photos. In Bianco e Nero, edited by Antonio Faeti, and Bianco su Nera, edited by Carlo della Corte (essays illustrated throughout with images of black women, from anthropological photos to comics, Grace Jones to art). Tarzan Women on Screen (Jungle women, active women, etc. Includes filmography). Color art gallery of works by Liberatore, Lopez, Pazienza, Scozzari, Cadelo, Steranko, Frollo, Stevens, Frazetta, Chinchoni). Khina, Queen of the Jungle (comic by Saudelli). Scream Girls from the Fifties, by Richard Esposito (includes filmography). Torchy comic, by Bill Ward. Glamour International, 1987. Mature Readers. Very Good-. Has a few chips on the spine. On the back cover, a significant piece has been torn off....More. Item Code: RB1395 Soft Cover, 13x12, 84pg, Partial Color $35.00 |
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