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Our 2022 Calendar Sale starts this week. New this week we have Flash Gordon by Austin Briggs. The first four Elric novels in one prose book. Hellboy Universe GNs. Card sets by Bill Stout and R. Crumb. Don Lawrence's Karl the Viking Book 1. Overstreet's new Lost Universes price guide/photo journal. Our latest catalog is available for download. Print copies will be in your hands in early March. |
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FLASH GORDON DAILIES AUSTIN BRIGGS Volume 1 Radium Mines of Electra Highly Recommended. First of two volumes. Collecting together, for the first time ever, two years of strips from the golden age. Hand-picked by Alex Raymond, master illustrator Austin Briggs carried on in much the same fine-line style. His action sequences and beautiful women are every bit as good as Raymond's. Here is the original science fiction high-adventure that influenced strips and comic books for decades...with ray guns, rocket ships, strange monsters, damsels in distress, sultry queens of strange lands, and unbridled heroism! Titan, 2021. ...More. Item Code: FLD01H Hard Cover, 11x10, 276pg, b&w |
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GWELF THE SURVIVAL GUIDE Highly Recommended. By Larry MacDougall. "Larry MacDougall has done that thing — created a fantasy world that is completely believable, super charming, and more than a little bit dangerous. I love it so much. I want to wander around in it but wouldn't want to get caught alone in it after dark." — Mike Mignola. "...makes me think if Arthur Rackham and Beatrix Potter had a son, it would have been Larry..." -Peter De Seve. Anthropomorphic animals staying alive in a dangerous, but also beautiful world of their own. Not a human in sight. Eye of Newt Books, 2021....More. Item Code: GWELH Hard Cover, 10x10, 136pg, Full Color |
| This is a beautifully done book. It reminds me of Jim Gurney's fully realized world of Dinotopia, and the artwork is just as amazing. Also see Above the Timberline by Gregory Manchess [signed: ABOTH. $29.99]. |
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ELRIC OF MELNIBONE The Elric Saga Vol. 1 Highly Recommended. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. I723 pages, four complete prose novels, plus full-color endpaper map and interior illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the brooding, albino emperor of the dying Kingdom of Melnibone maintaining a symbiotic existence with his blood-thirsty sword, with a mind of its own. Elric's amoral cousin Yrkoon sets his eyes on the throne. Elric must face his nefarious cousin in an epic battle for the right to rule. Gallery/Saga Press, 2022....More. Item Code: ELR01H Hard Cover, 6x9, 752pg, Full Color $29.99 |
| Click here for the Elric Graphic Novels by Moorcock. |
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TALES FROM THE OUTERVERSE Collects Cojacaru the Skinner #1-2, The Golem Walks Among Us! #1-2, & Imogen of the Wyrding Way one-shot. Highly Recommended. Mythical hero Cojacaru the Skinner returns from the grave, the legendary Golem awakens, and the powerful witch Wyrder Imogen pursues her foes in this collection of three stand-alone stories from Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden's world of witches and warriors. Delve deep into the mysteries of some of the greatest heroes to challenge the Outer Dark, and gain a rare glimpse into why they fight — and where it may lead them. 18-page sketchbook & variant cover section. Dark Horse, 2022....More. Item Code: TALEFH Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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THE HOUSE OF LOST HORIZONS A Sarah Jewel Mystery Collects #1-5, 2021. Trapped by a storm and surrounded by myriad suspects. This rogues gallery has gathered for an auction of occult items, and our intrepid duo must unravel the supernatural mysteries surrounding the guests in the hopes of uncovering the murderer. As bodies keep piling up, Sarah or Marie Therése could be next! A Hellboy spin-off. Dark Horse, 2022. ...More. Item Code: HOULHH Hard Cover, 7x11, 136pg, Full Color |
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HEAVEN'S DOOR Extra Works Sci-fi psychedelic short stories in manga style by Keiichi Koike. This is his first full-length book published in English. "A magnificent ronin, a warrior without a master, one of the few authors to resist the cynical formatting of the current manga industry..." — Moebius. Born in Tokyo, Koike won the prestigious Tezuka Award in 1976 when he was 16. His style, similar to Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius, is marked by vivid representations of psychedelic experiences. Last Gasp, 2022....More. Item Code: HEAVDO Soft Cover, 7x10, 200pg, b&w $19.95 |
| For more Manga, see Berserk, Star Wars Legends of Luke Skywalker, Manga Yokai Stories, Hellsing, Manga Kamishibai, Ryuko, Beautiful Boys and more, here. |
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XIII MYSTERY Irina Recommended. First published in France. By Eric Corbeyran & Philippe Berthet. Belarus, in Soviet times. Irina is an unremarkable young woman growing up in an orphanage. One night, a mysterious visitor demands to see her and her best friend Julia. The latter goes first, then Irina is told she won't be needed after all. The next day, Julia has vanished without a trace... Thus begins a quest for truth and vengeance, from Minsk to Moscow to Washington — one that will lead Irina to discover her true calling...hooker, assassin, righter of wrongs. Adult themes. Excellent art. Cinebook, 2021. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: XIMY Soft Cover, 7x10, 56pg, Full Color $13.95 |
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FIREFLY BRAND New 'Verse Collects #1-6. Recommended. It's been 20 years since the original crew of the Serenity was busy smuggling contraband, ferrying travelers, and having close calls with the Alliance and they've all gone their separate ways.Zoë Washburne and her daughter Emma find themselves at the helm of the Serenity and they must cobble together a new crew of castaways and misfits to navigate this brand new 'Verse. But there is a world-shattering discovery beyond the Rim and together they will face new challenges, reunite with old friends, and try to build new relationships and a new future from a troubled past. Boom!, 2022....More. Item Code: FIRBNH Hard Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color |
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LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set By William Stout Highly Recommended. In this boxed set of trading cards, acclaimed artist and writer William Stout captures the soul and unique personalities of 50 amazing musicians and vocalists — some famous, some obscure — but all true legends. Stout's eclectic selections, all personal favorites, are exquisitely rendered in ink and watercolor. A concise biography is featured on the back of each. Same attractive format as R. Crumb's card sets, Heroes of the Blues and Early Jazz Greats...also published by Kitchen Sink. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: LEGB 3x4, Full Color $12.95 |
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MORE LEGENDS OF THE BLUES Card Set by William Stout Highly Recommended. Celebrated artist/writer William Stout captures the riveting personas of 50 brilliant musicians and vocalists in this collectible boxed card set — companion to his Legends of the Blues and in the same format as R. Crumb's card sets. From famous to forgotten, all performers featured are genuine legends. Stout's eclectic selections are exquisitely drawn in vibrant watercolor and ink, with concise biographies on the flip side of each card. Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: MLEGB 3x4, Full Color $12.95 |
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HEROES OF THE BLUES Card Set by Robert Crumb Highly Recommended. The legends of early blues history: Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie, Charley Patton, Jaybird Coleman, Big Bill Broonzy, Barbecue Bob and many others. A bio of each musician by historian Stephen Calt is on the back. Each musician or group is lovingly drawn in full color by underground comix legend R. Crumb. These cards are printed on heavy card stock. New printing, first published in 1980!! Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: HERBL 3x4, Full Color $11.95 |
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EARLY JAZZ GREATS Card Set By Robert Crumb Highly Recommended. New Printing. Thirty-six legendary blues musicians painted by Robert Crumb with concise biographies on reverse. Featured are such luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jellyroll Morton, King Oliver, Jack Teagarden, Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bennie Moten, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Noone and Benny Goodman. First published in 1982!! Classics! Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2021....More. Item Code: EARJG 3x4, Full Color $11.95 |
| The two R. Crumb sets are classics, first done in 1980 and 1981. These are new 2021 printings from the same publisher, Denis Kitchen. Click here for more R. Crumb and here for more Bill Stout! |
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KARL THE VIKING Volume 1 The Sword of Eingar Recommended. By Ted Cowan. Art by Don Lawrence. Originally serialized in Lion, Karl the Viking is a sweeping historical fantasy story of an orphaned Saxon boy, adopted and raised by the Viking Eingar after his raid on Britain. Upon coming of age Karl succeeds Eingar and leads his tribe into battle in Britain against wild tribes of Picts, and re-connects with his old Saxon family, gaining an ally in his cousin Godwulf, and making an enemy of the Earl of Eastumbria. Fast-paced stories beautifully drawn by Don Lawrence shortly before he revolutionized painted comic art with The Trigan Empire. 2000 AD, 2022. ...More. Item Code: KAR01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 240pg, Full Color |
| Also by Don Lawrence: The Trigan Empire Vol 1-3 [RIS01, etc. $24.99 ea]. This series has our Highest Recommendation. Lawrence's career is one of many covered in Masters of British Comic Art [MASBCAH. $50, $42.50]. |
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HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE #313 Issac Cruz Cover “Valentine,” an epic new historical story by David Arquette (Scream) and Cliff Dorfman (Entourage); sci-fi revenge story "The Demon Princes," Part 2; George C. Romero's horror series "The Rise," Part 6; new chapters of Matthew Medney's "Dark Wing" and Ron Marz's "Swamp God." Article on cover artist Escorza; preview of "Death Defied" by Joe Harris and Lee Loughridge. Heavy Metal, 2022. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: HM313 Magazine, 8x11, 142pg, Full Color $13.99 |
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MOON KNIGHT Volume 1 Collects #1-6, 2021. By Jed Mackay. Art by Alessandro Cappuccio. The updated new Moonknight, a slick Spirit-like wraith who has a therapist! The mysterious Mr. Knight has opened his Midnight Mission, his people petitioning him to shelter them from the weird and horrible. The Moon Knight stalks the rooftops and alleys marked with his crescent moon tag, bringing violence to any who would harm his flock. Marc Spector, in whichever guise he dons, is back on the streets, a renegade priest of an unworthy god. 16 variant covers. Marvel, 2022....More. Item Code: MOONK01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color $17.99 |
| More Moon Knight, Epic Collection: Bad Moon Rising, and two Omnibus volumes.on our website. |
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NEW MUTANTS Omnibus Volume 2 By Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson et al. Art by Mary Wilshire, Rick Leonardi et al. The New Mutants take a road trip to Asgard — with the trickster god Loki guiding them to all the wrong places! Then, it's back to class under a new schoolmaster: Magneto! The former villain has sworn to atone for his crimes — but winning the New Mutants' trust won't be easy. As the team contends with their rivals the Hellions, they'll face death and rebirth, a mutant massacre, a twisted future timeline, a rebellion in Limbo and much more! Why have Sunspot and Warlock run away to join the Fallen Angels? Chris Claremont's foundational run concludes here! Marvel, 2022. ...More. Item Code: NEWM02H Hard Cover, 7x11, 1240pg, Full Color |
| Volume 1 is in stock, same price [NEWM01H. $125, $110]. |
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THE BEYOND Volume 3 Collects #11-15,1952. Highly Recommended. By Jim McLaughlin, Mike Sekowsky et al. The third volume reprinting Ace Magazines' The Beyond is here! All-star talent Lou Cameron does three covers and stories in nearly every issue. There's also some wild terror tales from an even-lesser known but talented Jim McLaughlin, young Mike Sekowsky (destined for a long run with DC), Rocco Mastroserio, Richard Case, Ken Rice, Marvel's own Gene Colan, Bill Molno and another Marvel vet, Chic Stone! Ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts... plus an occasional slice of far-out sci-fi! PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PCTB03 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $26.99 |
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THE BEYOND Volume 4 Collects #16-20, 1952-53. Highly Recommended. Material from #18 appeared in Parade of Pleasure, the anti-comics companion to Seduction of the Innocent. Ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts, electrocution... plus an occasional slice of sci-fi! Lou Cameron did one story and two superb covers, including this collection's cover of the girl & bell. Additional contributors are Mike Sekowsky, Lin Streeter, the excellent Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky, Al Eadeh, Charles Nicholas, Ken Rice and Marvel's own Gene Colan AND Chic Stone. Cool vintage horror. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: PCTB04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $26.99 |
| The Beyond Vol 3 through 6 are available in both HC $46.99 and SC [$26.99]. The hardcovers of Vol 3 and 4 came out in 2020 and are only now being done in softcover. Volume 1 and 2 are available ONLY as hardcovers, at least so far. $45.99 ea. |
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CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 4 Collects Lost Worlds #5-6, 1952, Zip Jet #1-2, 1953, and Space Mysteries #1, 1958. Recommended. Reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comics. Here's a very eclectic mix of comics from pre- and post-code. Work by John Celardo, Ross Andru, Jack Katz, Nick Cardy, Alex Toth, Rocco Mastroserio, Art Saaf, Ruben Moreira, Art Pinajian, Al Plastino, Ralph Mayo, Carl Burgos and Russ Heath. PS Artbooks, 2022. ...More. Item Code: PSSC04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $26.99 |
| This came in before the hardcover, which is due this month [PSSC04H. $46.99]. Exactly the same contents. See the first three books in the series here, in both SC and HC editions. The softcovers of 1 and 2 are only $24.99, 3 is $26.99. |
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STRANGE WORLDS Volume 2 Collects #6-9, 1952 and #18, 1954. Highly Recommended. Digitally enhanced and faithfully reproduced, this is a bombshell of a volume, five full issues of Strange World, Avon's answer to EC's Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. Fun, fun stories of aliens, robots, space battle, beautiful space girls, the whole kitchen sink of early 1950s sci-fi. Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel, Sid Check, Mort Lawrence, Gene Fawcette, Mike Becker, Harry Lazarus, Joe Kubert, and Al Hollingsworth. Five different covers randomly filled. PS Artbooks, 2021....More. Item Code: STW02 Soft Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $26.99 |
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Also available as a hardcover (published in 2014) as a special order item. However, the HC has different contents: It collects #8, 9, 18, 19 and two one-shots, Out of This World and Flying Saucers [STW02H. $48]. This new SC has five different covers (“Chase Variants”) and we can only fill orders randomly — or you can call and we'll go over them with you. Volume 1 is in stock but only in softcover; HC's are gone [STW01. $26.99]. |
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| Here's another batch of 30 items that are going away soon, down to just one, two or three copies left. You can now see the latest 3…2…1 items in a new section on our website, called ALMOST GONE, at the top of the home page, right next to CLOSEOUTS. We are continuously adding to our Imperfect Editions sections as well. |
Overstreet "Lost Universes" Price Guide |
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OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Ironjaw Cover Hardcover The highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more. Gemstone, 2022....More. Item Code: OVERLIH Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color $35.00 |
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OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Might Crusaders Cover Hardcover TThe highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more.Gemstone, 2022....More. Item Code: OVERLMH Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color $35.00 |
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OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE TO LOST UNIVERSES Deluxe Signed Signed by Robert M. Overstreet, Steve Geppi, Jim Shooter, co-authors J.C. Vaughn & Scott Braden, and Gemstone's Mark Huesman & Amanda Sheriff! Limited, 100. Variant cover. By Robert M. Overstreet. The highly collectible world of lost universes gets a brand-new specially focused, full-color edition of Overstreet that also serves as a Photo-Journal of all the comics featured. From in-depth looks at the original Milestone and Valiant publishers, to Tower's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Charlton's superheroes, and from Topps' Kirbyverse and the MLJ/Archie heroes (including the Golden Age issues) to Malibu's Ultraverse and Marvel's New Universe and more. Gemstone, 2022....More. Item Code: OVERLD Hard Cover, 7x10, 528pg, Partial Color $75.00 |
| Note the tiny limitation on this. We are assured we are getting five copies from the 100 printed, but they got separated from the rest of the shipment. We hope to have them by the time you read this. |
2022 Calendar Sale |
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| With four exceptions, all calendars are now half price. The other four are 30% off because they'll sell out regardless. Once sold out, any calendar will disappear from the website. Many are down to just one, two, three copies so act immediately for the best selection. |
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DAVE STEVENS' THE ROCKETEER Artist's Edition Our Highest Recommendation. In April of 1982, The Rocketeer debuted as a backup feature from Pacific Comics. From those humble beginnings the artistry of Dave Stevens caught the imagination of countless readers and became a worldwide sensation, even being turned into a big-budget feature film! And in 2009 when IDW launched its award-winning Artist's Edition series, The Rocketeer was the inaugural release, even winning a coveted Eisner Award that year. The book quickly sold out and went into a second printing. Now, more than 10 years later, The Rocketeer is soaring back with a new 40th anniversary printing. IDW, 2022. Due: May. ...More. Item Code: DSRAEH Hard Cover, 136pg, b&w $150.00 |
| Here is more by Dave Stevens and more books featuring The Rocketeer. |
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PS ARTBOOKS PRESENTS: CLASSIC SCI-FI COMICS Volume 5 Hardcover Collects Fantastic #8-9, 1952; and Fantastic Worlds #5-7, 1952-53. Recommended. Art by John Celardo, Harry Harrison, Alex Toth, Murphy Anderson et al. Fantastic was an offbeat pre-code title from tiny Youthful, but the features were big: Captain Science, aka Gordon Dane, a sci-fi hero who fought all manner of outer space villains including flying saucers, monster gods, alien spawn, and even domestic traitors. And from Standard's Fantastic Worlds starring Lieutenant Commander Bruce Hunter and Captain Jon Jax, the Space Ace. All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comics.PS Artbooks, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: PSSC05H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $46.99 |
| Volumes 1-3 are in stock in both HC and SC. Vol 4 in softcover is listed above, just in, and we are awaiting the HC. There will certainly be a softcover of Vol 5 but we have no word on when yet. |
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SILVER AGE CLASSICS: MYSTERIES OF UNEXPLORED WORLDS Volume 4 Hardcover Collects #16-20, 1960. Fantasy-supernatural, horror science fiction stories from a roster of writers and artists that includes Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius and now late-lamented Steve Ditko, who has just two pages in #17 (not noted in Overstreet), but does the cover and lead story in #19. PS Artbooks, 2022. Due: Apr. ...More. Item Code: SAMUW04H Hard Cover, 7x10, 184pg, Full Color $46.99 |
| Volumes 1-3 are in stock in hardcover and softcover. We expect there will be a softcover version of this but have no arrival date yet. |
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THE ART OF DENIS MCLOUGHLIN - $200 FLESH & STEEL: The Art of Russ Heath - $250 WALT DISNEY’S UNCLE SCROOGE In Color - $125 ANDRU & ESPOSITO: Partners For Life Signed - $120 Al WILLIAMSON’S FLASH GORDON - $200 ROY G KRENKEL CITIES & SCENES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD - $150 THE SPIRIT CASEBOOK VOLUME 2: All About P’Gell - $100 THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES Deluxe Edition - $300 NICK CARDY: Behind the Art - $100 JEFF JONES: Idyl - $75 CHROMA: The Art of Alex Schomburg - $80 Click here to see all the new Rare Books entered this week!
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Too late to include this week, we have several cool new warehouse finds in very limited quantity: Harry Clarke His Graphic Art, Abu and the 7 Marvels by Bill Stout, Ilene Meyer Paintings, Arthur Rackham: A Biography. Click here for the latest new titles. ~Bud |
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