Contemporary Illustrators (2000s-)

 

 
 
Miwa Shirow, Shirow, Miwa, Very Fine, Pie International, Tokyo, 2020, 9784756252968, 9.1 inches, 7.2 inches, 304 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

Shirow Miwa is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is well known for his manga DOGS / BULLETS & CARNAGE which is serialized in the manga...

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Jim Silke, et al, Silke, et al, Jim, Fine (very flat, tight, clean), Milwaukie, Dark Horse, 1995, 1st, 1569711240, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

"An Illustrated Review of the Fabulous World of 1950s Glamour Art and the Paper Girl Who Sat on its Throne." From the publisher: Bettie Page sent the...


Posy Simmonds: The Illustrators
  $30.00
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Paul Gravett, Posy Simmonds, Gravett, Paul, Simmonds, Posy, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, London, Thames & Hudson, 2019, 1st, 9780500022139, 9.9 inches, 7.5 inches, 112 pages, 115 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

A nicely designed, compact career overview with 115 color illustrations. From the publisher: An inaugural volume in a new series showcasing the most...

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Coverama: Alternate Worlds
  $70.00
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Marc Simonetti, Simonetti, Marc, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Bragelonne, 2015, 1st, 9782811216290, 12.8 inches, 9.7 inches, 256 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, wraps

Marc Simonetti (born in 1977) is a French conceptual artist and illustrator. He worked on Valérian and the city of a thousand planets with Luc Besson...

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Near Fine, Steven Skollar, Skollar, Steven, Arcadia Fine Arts, 2007, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 16 pages, 15 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Still life oil paintings of toys and robots.

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Torquere
  $125.00
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Hajime Sorayama, Sorayama, Hajime, Near Fine (light wear to the corners, flat, tight, clean), Tokyo, Sakuhin-sha Co., 1998, 14.25 inches, 10.25 inches, 96 pages, full-page color illustrations, softcover, wraps

10 x 14 inch, full-page color reproductions of Sorayama's hyper realistic watercolor illustrations.

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Dominatrix Heaven
  $54.00
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Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Tokyo, Editions Treville, 2022, 1st, 9784309921976, 14.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A large format book full of big, in your face artworks by Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean and Katsuya Terada! Text in English and Japanese. From the...

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Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Signed by All Three Artists, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Tokyo, Editions Treville, 2022, 1st, 9784309921976, 14.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A Mint copy signed by all three artists Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, and Katsuya Terada at the gallery in Japan! A large format book full of...

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Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Signed by All Three Artists, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Editions Treville, Tokyo, 2014, 9784309920221, 14.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A Mint copy signed by all three artists Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, and Katsuya Terada at the gallery in Japan! A large format book full of...

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Tokyo Sweet Gwendoline
  $50.00
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Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Editions Treville, Tokyo, 20, 1st, 14.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A large format book full of big, in your face artworks by Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean and Katsuya Terada! Text in English and Japanese. From the...

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Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Signed by All Three Artists, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Tokyo, Editions Treville, 2019, 14.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A Mint copy signed by all three artists Hajime Sorayama, Rockin' Jelly Bean, and Katsuya Terada at the gallery in Japan! A large format book full of...


Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Kill!
  $54.00
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Hajime Sorayama, RockinÂ’ Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Sorayama, RockinÂ’ Jelly Bean, Katsuya Terada, Hajime, Very Fine/Very Fine, Tokyo, Editions Treville, 2014, 1st, 9784309920221, 14.5 inches, 10.5 inches, 72 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

A large format book full of big, in your face artworks! Hajime Sorayama : 22 pages, 20 full page color pieces, 1 double page color piece! Rockin...

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Limited to 2000 copies, Very Fine, Riikka Sormunen, Sormunen, Riikka, Nobrow Press, 2012, 1st, 9781907704574, 16.5 inches, 11.75 inches, 24 pages, color and black & white, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: Travelling from Klimt to Kahlo with a brief stop at Kandinsky, the new Big Mother has finally arrived! Finnish artist Riikka...

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Very Fine, Joe Sorren, Sorren, Joe, Murphy Design, 2003, 2nd, Hardcover, cloth, English

"In Celebration of Balance & Opposable Thumbs is an inspirational collection of paintings by Joe Sorren. Over 160 pages celebrate the past 10 years of...

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Broken - Signed
  $50.00
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Jeff Soto, Soto, Jeff, Signed by the artist, Near Fine, Potatostamp Press, Riverside, 2012, 1st, 8.5 inches, 5.5 inches, 28 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A full color 28-page booklet of paintings self-published by the artist. Jeff Soto is a painter, illustrator and muralist who has exhibited in galleries...

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Calaveras - Signed
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Signed by the artists, Near Fine, Jeff Soto, Maxx242, Soto, Maxx242, Jeff, 2012, 1st, 8.5 inches, 5.5 inches, 20 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

A full color 20-page booklet of paintings self-published by the artists. Jeff Soto is a painter, illustrator and muralist who has exhibited in galleries...

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Very Fine/Fine, Michael Sowa, Sowa, Michael, Chronicle Books, 1996, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, English

The long out-of-print first edition of this collection of whimsical paintings. Foreword by Nick Bantock. From the publisher: A miniature pig...

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Sozomaika, Sozomaika, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, Essential Sequential, Springfield, NJ, 2022, Revised & expanded, 11.5 inches, 8.25 inches, 52 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

An 8.25 x 11.5 inch, 52-page softcover artbook by Sozomaika. Full color illustrations of fashionable femmes as well as female fantasy and comic characters:...

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EK2: The Lost Years
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Derek Stenning, Stenning, Derek, Very Fine without dust jacket, as issued, Design Studio Press, Culver City, 2022, 978-1-624650-70-3, 11.25 inches, 9.3 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Derek Stenning's follow-up to 2013's Born in Concrete. Derek Stenning's last few years have been challenging, particularly from a personal work point of...

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Birds & Bees: A Sexual Study
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Dugald Stermer, Stermer, Dugald, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (browning and mild wear to dustjacket edges), San Francisco, Collins, 1995, 1st, 9780002554626, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 144 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Dugald Stermer is an incredible animal artist combining beauty and scientific accuracy. From the publisher: An intriguing, provocative and...

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Richard Stine, #540 of 3000 copies SIGNED by the author, Fine/Fine, Stine, Richard, Welcome Prod., 1987, 1st, cloth

The true first edition - a deluxe signed & numbered edition - of this perennial best-selling picture book for adults.

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Off To Sea: A Romance - Signed
  $45.00
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Richard Stine, Signed & dated 3-27-87 (the year of publication) by the artist, Fine, Stine, Richard, Simon & Schuster, 1987, 1st, pictorial boards

A picture book for adults. Signed by the artist.

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Richard Stine, Limited to 1000 copies. INSCRIBED and dated 12.12.79 by Stine, VG+ (covers rubbed), Stine, Richard, Richard Stine, 1978, 1st, wraps

An early self-published book - a diary in words and illustrations - from this offbeat greeting card creator. Limited to 1000 copies. Inscribed and dated...

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Richard Stine, Limited to 1000 copies. Presentation copy INSCRIBED and dated 12.12.79 by Stin, NF, Stine, Richard, Richard Stine, 1978, 1st, wraps, English

An early self-published book - a diary of a world cruise in words and pictures - from this offbeat greeting card creator. Limited to 1000 copies....

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Shannon Stirnweis, Stirnweis, Shannon, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Illustrated Press, St. Louis, 2017, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 160 pages, over 200 color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Over 200 color illustrations! From the publisher: Born in 1931, Shannon Stirnweis has had a long and varied career as an illustrator and fine artist....

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Mark Stock: Paintings (Signed)
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Inscribed by the artist and dated 2006, Fine/Near Fine (dustjacket spine sunned), Mark Stock, Conrad, Barnaby, III, Stock, Mark, Metropolitan, 2000, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, English

The only monograph on this contemporary realist painter whose images have a strong narrative element and often used 1920s-40s period details. A visual...

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Signed by the artist, Near Fine, Frank Stockton, Stockton, Frank, 2004, 1st, 8.5 inches, 7 inches, 48 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Frank Stockton's incredible very first sketchbook, self-published by the artist while a student at Art Center. Comic strips and sketches. New York-based...

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Life After Black - Signed 1st
  $150.00
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Signed by the artist in silver ink on the front free endpaper, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Barron Storey, Storey, Barron, 2007, 1st, 8.25 inches, 8.25 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, boards, English

"Barron Storey: The Journals" reproduces full color pages from the artist/illustrator/instructor's notebooks. Beautifully produced on heavy stock and...

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Barron Storey, Storey, Barron, Signed by the artist on the front free endpaper, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Graphic Novel Art, Asse, 2009, 1st revised, 9.25 inches, 6.5 inches, 136 pages, color, hardcover, boards, English

Barron Storey is an aclaimed illustrator and instructor. This is a new revised edition of Barron's long out-of-print and sought-after book. The...


Legends of the Blues
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Very Fine/Very Fine, William Stout, Stout, William, Abrams ComicArts, 2013, 1st, 9781419706868, 1-4197-0686-1, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Howlin’ Wolf, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters—say their names out loud and you...

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William Stout, Stout, William, Signed by Stout with a large drawing of a T. Rex, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, New York, Mallard, nd (c1981), 1st Mallard printing, 1st American trade hardcover edition, 0-792-45357-3, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 160 pages, 76 color, over 90 black & white illustrations, illustrated endpapers, hardcover, cloth, English

Stout's classic volume: "the book that started the dinosaur renaissance." Profusely illustrated with 76 color and over 90 black & white illustrations....

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William Stout, Stout, William, Signed by Stout with a large drawing of an apatosaurus, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (small nick to dustjacket's bottom edge otherwise Very Fine), New York, Mallard, nd (c1981), 1st Mallard printing, 1st American trade hardcover edition, 0-792-45357-3, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 160 pages, 76 color, over 90 black & white illustrations, illustrated endpapers, hardcover, cloth, English

Stout's classic volume: "the book that started the dinosaur renaissance." Profusely illustrated with 76 color and over 90 black & white illustrations....

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William Stout, Stout, William, #31 of the Artist's Edition limited to the first 200 copies of the 1000 copy limited signed hardcover edition. Includes an extra color plate as well as a giclee print on 100% rag paper. This copy is also signed & dated 2001 by Stout with a large original , Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, New York, ibooks, 2000, 1st, 9780743413091, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 160 pages, over 125 color and over 90 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

"The ultimate dinosaur gift book from the artist whose work helped to inspire Jurassic Park and who was one of the key designers behind Disney's megahit...

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William Stout, Stout, William, Signed by the artist with a drawing, Fine in Fine dustjacket, ibooks, New York, 2000, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 160 pages, 76 color and over 90 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

This copy has an original drawing of a mosasaur. The expanded edition of Stout's classic volume: "the book that started the dinosaur renaissance" with...

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William Stout, VF/VF, Stout, William, Flesk, 2009, 1st, cloth, English

This is a great book featuring large scale painted panoramic scenes overflowing with prehistoric animals.  Introduction by Ray Harryhausen . From...

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William Stout, One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF/VF, Stout, William, Flesk, 2009, 1st, cloth, English

This deluxe edition is signed & numbered and has an extra pen & ink illustration of a tyrannosaurus rex. This is a great book featuring large...

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Manga Style 1: Peter Straubel
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Peter Straubel, Straubel, Peter, Very Fine, Ominiky Ediciones, Palma de Mallorca, 2023, 1st, 8.2 inches, 6.1 inches, 128 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, French wraps

185 finished color illustrations of girls, punk girls, demon girls, elf girls, etc., by the German freelance illustrator and character...

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Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Dean Stuart, Stuart, Dean, 2018, 1st, 10.5 inches, 10.5 inches, 56 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Dean Stuart is a gallery artist and an illustrator for magazines and books since 2007. This is a surreal fairy tale story illustrated with his wonderful...

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John Swannell Photographs
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John Swannell, Fine, Swannell, John, Chris Beetles Ltd., 2008, 1st, pictorial boards

Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue with price list included.

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Plano
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Joost Swarte, Swarte, Joost, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Futuropolis, 1988, 1st, 2737656931, 10 inches, 7 inches, 48 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A nicely printed collection of Swarte's posters, magazine covers, illustration, etc. Text in French. out of print.

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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Justin Sweet, Vance Kovacs, Sweet, Vance Kovacs, Justin, Carbon Canyon Studios, 2007, 1st, 10.25 inches, 11.5 inches, 144 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

From the artists: This book features the conceptual art of Justin Sweet and Vance Kovacs for a world they have collaborated on for nearly 20 years. The...

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Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Very Fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, Justin Sweet, Vance Kovacs, Sweet, Vance Kovacs, Justin, Carbon Canyon Studios, 2015, 1st, 10.25 inches, 11.5 inches, 180 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, Hardcover, cloth, English

This deluxe edition has an extra 36 pages of art as well as a cloth-covered slipcase with gilt embossing. From the artists: This book features the...

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Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Portlynn Tagavi, Tagavi, Portlynn, 2015, 1st, 7.5 inches, 6 inches, 40 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Portlynn Tagavi is a Cal Arts grad and a Character Designer at Paramount Animation. This is a collection of autobiographical gag cartoons, strips, and...

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Cicada - First Printing
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Shaun Tan, Tan, Shaun, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, New York, Scholastic, 2019, 1st, 9781338298390, 9.75 inches, 7.5 inches, 32 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A sharp first printing of this wordless story by the best-selling picture book creator. From the publisher: From the visionary Shaun Tan, an...

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Tales from Outer Suburbia
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Shaun Tan, Tan, Shaun, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Scholastic, New York, 2008, Later, 9.75 inches, 7.5 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written, Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant, perceptive and...

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Tanaka, Tanaka, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Pie International, Tokyo, 2021, 9784756253941, 9.4 inches, 6.5 inches, 144 pages, 170 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, Japanese

Tanaka's passion for fashion is shown in every wonderfully detailed illustration, including pieces on innerwear garments to the right accompanying accessory...

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Soleil Fashion Lookbook
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Tanaka, Tanaka, Very Fine in a Very Fine dustjacket, Pie International, Tokyo, 2023, 9784756257178, 9.4 inches, 6.5 inches, 128 pages, color illustrations throughout, Softcover, wraps, English

From the publisher: The cute and pop fashion illustration collection. The illustrator Tanaka's second art book is finally out! This illustration...

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Mark Tansey, Fine/Fine, Danto, Arthur C., Tansey, Mark, Abrams, 1992, 1st, cloth

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