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Jules Howard, Miranda Zimmerman, Howard, Jules, Zimmerman, Miranda, Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Beverly, MA, Wide Eyed Editions, 2020, 2nd, 9780711249158, 9.8 inches, 7.5 inches, 160 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Signed by the artist with a drawing of a leafbug. From the publisher: Dive into the world of creepy-crawlies in this Encyclopedia of Insects....

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Johan Cederlund, Hans Hendrik Brummer, Per Hedstrom and James A. Ganz, Anders Zorn, Cederlund, Hans Hendrik Brummer, Per Hedstrom and James A. Ganz, Johan, Zorn, Anders, Very Fine in a Very Fine dustjacket issued in the publisher's shrink wrap, Skira Rizzoli, New York, 2013, 978-0847841516, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 224 pages, 150 color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

About This Book Accompanying a major retrospective of Anders Zorn's work, this is the first volume in English to explore the Swedish Impressionist's...

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Mode På Zorns Tid
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Anders Zorn, NF (light wear to covers, interior new and unread), Cederlund, Ingrid Roos and Birgitta Sandstrレm, Johan, Zorn, Anders, Zornsamlingarna, 2008, wraps

"Fashion in Zorn's time." Photos of Zorn and his wife and men's and women's wear in the time, contemporary photos of the period textiles and clothing,...

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Zorn
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Anders Zorn, Zorn, Anders, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light bumps and wear to the corners otherwise new & unread), Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House, China, 2005, 9787533020903, 12.75 inches, 10.6 inches, 240 pages, over 240 illustrations, most in color, hardcover, pictorial boards

A large Chinese monograph collecting over 240 works in various media by Anders Zorn. Most of the illustrations are from various Swedish publications. Text...

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#Hardcover 2
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Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Buhl, Editions Caurette, 2021, 1st, 9791096315758, 12 inches, 8 inches, 184 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

From our friends in France and their blockbuster Kickstarter campaign. From the publisher: Last year (in 2019), we started like this: "The...

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#Hardcover 3
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Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Buhl, France, Editions Caurette, 2023, 1st, 9782382890097, 12 inches, 8 inches, 184 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards

#hardcover is back with the third book created in the same spirit of sex-positivity and again full of artwork from a stellar lineup of professionals. A...

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108 Drawings
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Very Fine, Allen Spiegel Fine Arts, Pacific Grove, 2006, 1st, 9 inches, 8 inches, 108 pages, black & white, softcover, French wraps, English

Out of print. Drawings by Dave McKean (12 drawings), Jon J Muth (11 drawings), Kent Williams (14 drawings), Phil Hale (13 drawings), George Pratt (10...

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75 Years of Capitol Records
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Barney Hoskyns, Hoskyns, Barney, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's Near Fine custom cardboard carrying box, Taschen, Cologne, 2017, 9783836550284, 14 inches, 15.75 inches, 492 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of...

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Very Good+ (spine ends and corners lightly frayed, canvas covers lightly soiled, interior very sound), A. Kroch and Son, Chicago, 1944, 1st, 13 inches, 11 inches, 302 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, English

"A Record of the Exhibition of Advertising Art Sponsored By the Art Directors Cub of Chicago and Presented at the Chicago Art Institute" A great survey...

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Very Good+ (lower corners bumped, light wear), James Laver, Laver, James, Studio, nd (circa 1940s), 1st, 128 pages, 172 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

172 illustrations by 124 artists. Emphasis is on British and American illustrators including Brangwyn, Cornwell, Covarrubias, Flint, Kent, Marshall,...

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Joseph Corre, Serena Rees, Corre, Serena Rees, Joseph, Fine in Fine dustjacket, London, Carlton Publishing Group, 1999, 1st, 9781858687582, 12.25 inches, 9.4 inches, 192 pages, over 250 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

An interesting collection of photographs and artwork--high and low. With the printed letter and envelope laid in From the publisher: An Agent...

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Susan E. Meyer, Meyer, Susan E., Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket spine slightly sunned), New York, Abrams, 1978, 1st, 0810906805, 13.25 inches, 10.5 inches, 311 pages, 417 illustrations, including 186 color plates, some tipped-in, hardcover, cloth, English

I love this book! A sharp copy of the first printing of an absolutely dynamite book profiling ten artists from the Golden Age of illustration: Howard Pyle,...

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Kevin J. Avery, Avery, Kevin J., Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art Series, 2002, 1st, 9780300093728, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 424 pages, 128 color and 453 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: The Metropolitan Museum began acquiring American drawings and watercolors in 1880, just ten years after its founding. Since then it...

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J. Stewart Johnson, Johnson, J. Stewart, Fine/Fine, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 2000, 1st, 9780810942080, 0810942089, 10 inches, 10 inches, 192 pages, 142 color and 30 black & white photographs, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The book accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features 125 objects from...

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Very Fine/Very Fine, Doreen Bolger, Bolger, Doreen, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, 1st, 11 inches, 9 inches, xii, 248 pages, 35 color and 205 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

"This catalogue investigates the Museum's remarkable collection of American pastels, from charming eighteenth-century portraits to abstract works by...

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Joanna Ebenstein, Ebenstein, Joanna, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Laurence King, London, 2020, 9781786275714, 10.75 inches, 8.75 inches, 272 pages, over 250 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: "There's a fine line between the horrible and the sublime, and Joanna Ebenstein's Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of...

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Annual of Advertising Art (1921)
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(internally Very Good, binding very sound, exterior quite worn, top of the spine bumped, spine ends frayed, edges worn with boards showing), Art Directors Club, 1921, 1st, 12, 9, xii, 134, over 400 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The first volume in this long-running series, very similar to the Society of Illustrators Annuals. 306 entries including a number of works by Maxfield...

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Apple Collection: Volume 4
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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Ontario, Udon Entertainment, 2010, 1st, 9781897376096, 11.5 inches, 8.25 inches, 256 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

From back cover: Straight from Korea comes an all-new breathtaking anthology/artbook series! From video games to animation, to comics, Korean...

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Apple Vol. 2
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Very Fine in Fine dustjacket, Richmond Hill, Udon Entertainment, 2008, 1st, 9781897376379, 1897376375, 12.75 inches, 8.5 inches, 272 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

APPLE = A Place for People who Love Entertainment! A showcase of Korean entertainment art and comics. From the publisher: Straight from Korea...

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Very light wear to the lower corner, otherwise Fine (no thumbdents, very glossy, very flat, tight, clean), New York, Ballantine Books, 1977, 1st, 0345273192, 12 inches, 9 inches, 80 pages, color, softcover, color wraps, English

This very elegant high-quality quarterly fantasy/art journal was sold in bookstores, but was short-lived, only lasting four volumes. This volume features:...


Near Fine (light cover wear, very flat, tight, clean), New York, Ballantine Books, 1978, 1st, 0345276175, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color, softcover, color wraps, English

This very elegant high-quality quarterly fantasy/art journal was sold in bookstores, but was short-lived, only lasting four volumes. This volume features:...

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Fine (very flat, tight, clean), New York, Ballantine Books, 1978, 1st, 0345276175, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color, softcover, color wraps, English

This very elegant high-quality quarterly fantasy/art journal was sold in bookstores, but was short-lived, only lasting four volumes. This volume features:...

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Tiny bump to the upper rear corner otherwise Very Fine (glossy, sharp, very flat, tight, clean), New York, Ballantine Books, 1978, 2nd 1978, 0345276175, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, softcover, color wraps, English

This very elegant high-quality quarterly fantasy/art journal was sold in bookstores, but was short-lived, only lasting four volumes. This volume features:...

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Art of Atari Poster Collection
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Tim Lapetino, Lapetino, Tim, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Dynamite Entertainment, 2017, 1st, 978-1524103026, 16 inches, 12 inches, 40 pages, 40 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: The artwork of Atari inspired a generation and created a bridge from the simple on-screen graphics of its early games to the...

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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Tokyo, Pie International, 2021, 1st, 9784756253408, 10.1 inches, 7.4 inches, 224 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

GUWEIZ , PainDude , baichuan , Ahrong , inplick , Sainker , sunwuli , GHARLIERA , Ming , and more! From Pie International comes the hottest...

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Signed an dated 9.27.18 by Robert Williams, Very Fine, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, 2018, 1st, 10 inches, 7.75 inches, 136 pages, over 150 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Signed and dated 9.27.18 by Robert Williams. From the publisher: Prior to the introduction of Juxtapoz Magazine, artists working within a variety of...

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Inscribed by Matt Gaser and Pat Presley with drawings, Very Fine, Culver City, Design Studio Press, 2013, 1st, 978-1-933492-70-4, 9 inches, 11 inches, 160 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Inscribed by Matt Gaser and Pat Presley with drawings. Featured artists include Christian Alzmann, David Le Merrer, Jackson Sze, Justin Ridge, Kilian...

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Karen Essex and James L. Swanson, Karen Essex and James L. Swanson, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, General Publishing Group, New York, 1996, 1st, 11 inches, 9.5 inches, 288 pages, over 500 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

The only Bettie Page book authorized by and featuring a Foreword by Page herself. Featuring 500 photos, many in color. "Forget Marilyn Monroe and Jayne...

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Betty Page Private Peeks Vol. 3
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Near Fine (light wear, no thumbdents, very flat, tight, clean), Belier Press, New York, 1979, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 52 pages, over 120 black & white photos, 10 pages in color, softcover, color wraps, English

From the Belier Press, a 1979 collection of rare black & white and color photos of Bettie Page from shoots with Irving Klaw and Bunny Yeager, as well as...

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Betty Page Private Peeks Vol. 4
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Near Fine (light wear, no thumbdents, very flat, tight, clean), Belier Press, New York, 1980, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 52 pages, over 120 black & white photos, 14 pages in color, softcover, color wraps, English

From the Belier Press, a 1980 collection of rare black & white and color photos of Bettie Page from shoots with Irving Klaw and Bunny Yeager, as well as...

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Marisa Kakoulas, Kakoulas, Marisa, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light wear to the back cover, interior as new and unread), Glattbach, Germany, Edition Reuss, 2011, 1st, 9783934020887, 13 inches, 10 inches, 400 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

"From Street Art to Fine Art" Black & Grey Tattoo is divided into three volumes: Traditional Black & Grey, Dark/Horror, and Photorealism. This...

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Maria Kakoulas, Kakoulas, Maria, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light cover wear, interior as new and unread), Glattbach, Germany, Edition Reuss, 2013, 1st, 9783943105216, 12.6 inches, 9.9 inches, 448 pages, over 600 color photographs, Hardcover, pictorial boards

More than 600 photographs Text in English & German. This is the second incarnation of what has been deemed the "Bible of Blackwork Tattoos" continues...

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Blitt
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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, New York, Riverhead Books, 2017, 1st, 9780399576669, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 176 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

"One of the great political cartoonists of our time." --David Remnick A gorgeous, hilarious, and provocative compendium of the award-winning artist's...

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British Contemporary Artists
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Very Good (spine ends & corners bumped & rubbed with boards showing, hinges starting), Cosmo Monkhouse, Monkhouse, Cosmo, Scribners, 1899, 1st, xxii, 267 pages, over 110 illustrations, many full-page, Hardcover, decorative cloth, top edge gilt, English

Profiles of seven British artists of the day: George Frederick Watts,  John Everett Millais,  Frederick Leighton,  Edward...

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Richard Slocombe, Slocombe, Richard, Very Fine, Imperial War Museums, London, 2014, 1st, 8.7 inches, 7.2 inches, vi, 90 pages, over 200 color illustrations, Softcover, French wraps, English

From the publisher: British Posters of the Second World War presents one hundred posters from this important period in world history. Some proclaimed in...

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Limited to 800 numbered copies, Very Fine, Comic & Entertainment Expo, 2008, 1st, 9781934623756, 193462375X, 12.25 inches, 9 inches, 40 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The annual yearbook for this Canadian convention. Features full-page color illustrations by Bruce Timm, Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, Stuart Immonen, Bill...

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Fine, CFSL Ink, Paris, 2010, 1st, 9 inches, 6.5 inches, 128 pages, color and black & white, softcover, French wraps

A fantastic collection of pencil and ink sketches and drawings by 17 Cafe Sale artists. Includes websites and email addresses for each of the artists....

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Very Fine, CFSL Ink / Ankama, 2008, Softcover, vinyl wraps, French, Spanish, English, Japanese

Since its inception in 2002, the Café Salé website and association has grown to over 15,000 members and become the largest community of...

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Very Fine, CFSL Ink / Ankama, 2012, 1st, Softcover, vinyl wraps, English, French

The sixth edition of this excellent illustration anthology is a real winner with a ton of crowd-pleasing images. More than 600 works by 185 artists are...

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Julie Cummins, VF/VF, Cummins, Julie, PBC, 1998, 1st, cloth, English

55 contemporary illustrators each receive a two-to-four page profile with two-to-eight illustrations. Each illustration is accompanied by the artist's...

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Chouinard: A Living Legacy
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Near Fine (light wear, very flat, tight, clean), Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, 2001, 1st, 10 inches, 9.5 inches, 64 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Softcover, French wraps, English

A 2001 exhibition, organized by the Chouinard Foundation, held at the Oceanside Museum of Art. This catalogue is stuffed with artwork divided into The...

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From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (upper rear corner very lightly bumped, very light rubbing to the tail of the spine, bright, tight, clean), Alexander Gallery, New York, 1987, 1st, 11 inches, 8.75 inches, 128 pages, 161 color illustrations, hardcover, Red cloth with onlaid color plate, English

From 1934 to the late 1940s, Walt Disney Studios produced a full-color page for Good Housekeeping magazine featuring the famous Disney characters (Donald...

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Chromagination
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Andrew Mar, Angeline Thong, Carlyn Lim, Ciaee Ching, Emerson Tung, Gue Yang, Hyunwoo Lim, Irys Ching, Isabella Kung, Petur Antonsson, Pierre Roussel, Quincy Boyd, Robert Chew, Xiau-Fong Wee, VF, 8.75

An artwork anthology featuring Academy of Art University of San Francisco students Andrew Mar, Angeline Thong, Carlyn Lim, Ciaee Ching, Emerson Tung, Gue...

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Codex Obscurus
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Very Fine, issued with dustjacket, Editions Caurette, Buhl, France, 2022, 9782382890042, 11.7 inches, 8.2 inches, 304 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: An ambitious project! CODEX Obscurus is a collective artbook featuring the work of 145 artists from around the world. Their...

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Maurice Horn, VG+ ex-library copy (library bookplate on front end paper, library stamp on top edge otherwise unmarked, clean & tight), Horn, Maurice, Gale Research Co., 1986, 1st, cloth, English

"A biographical, bibliographical, and critical guide to current illustrators, animators, cartoonists, designers, and other graphic artists." Over 100...

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Contemporary Western Artists
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Peggy and Harold Samuels, Fine/NF (small blemish on dust jacket spine), Samuels, Peggy and Harold, Bonanza, 1985, 1st thus, cloth, English

A biographical dictionary of over 1500 western artists with a biography, a photo, signature and example of their work. A great reference for Western art...

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Contemporary Western Artists
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Peggy and Harold Samuels, Fine, Samuels, Peggy and Harold, Bonanza, 1985, 1st thus, cloth, English

A biographical dictionary of over 1500 western artists with a biography, a photo, signature and example of their work. A great reference for Western art...

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Curiouser and Curiouser
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Very Fine, CTN, Burbank, 2015, 1st, 9 inches, 11 inches, 96 pages, over 100 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

The illustrated catalog for an Alice in Wonderland-themed group show held in 2015. The show featured more than 30 artists working in animation,...

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