Mid- to Late 20th-Century Illustrators

 
Nowhere Near Everest
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Virgil Partch, VG+/VG (dust jacket edges chipped), Dolbier, Maurice, Partch, Virgil, Knopf, 1955, 1st, Boards, English

“Here is a molehill of a book! ”Other authors – hundreds of them – tell why mountains are climbed. Our author tells why...

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The Executive
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Virgil Partch, VG+ (gift inscription, spine tail bumped otherwise NF), Gabriel, Philip Louis, Partch, Virgil, Citadel, 1959, 1st, boards

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Virgil Partch, VF, Partch, Virgil, The Answer Is, 1978, 1st, pictorial cloth

Amour and sexual relations in unusual locations or circumstances made into silly risque cartoons by Vip.

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VIP tosses a Party
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Virgil Partch, Partch, Virgil, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, dustjacket edgeworn with small piece missing, spine sunned), Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 120 pages, 150 cartoons, hardcover, cloth, English

150 new cartoons by VIP, aka Virgil Partch, with tips on party tossing by William Mcintyre.

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Robert Peak, Peak, Robert, Inscribed by the artis, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Tokyo Designers Gakuin College, Tokyo, 1986, 1st, 12 inches, 8.8 inches, 186 pages, over 400 color illustrations, hardcover, decorative cloth with an onlaid color plate

Inscribed by the artist: "For Angelo, Warmest regards, R. Peak" A thorough retrospective art book on American illustrator Robert Peak. With over 400...

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Robert Peak, Peak, Robert, Inscribed by the artis, Very Good (cigarette burn through the topedge of the front cover and front endpaper, mild rubbing to the black covers, just a hint of flaring at the corners, interior very flat, tight, clean), Tokyo Designers Gakuin College, Tokyo, 1986, 1st, 12 inches, 8.8 inches, 186 pages, over 400 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps

This copy has a cigarette burn through the topedge of the front cover and front endpaper! How absolutely Mad Men! This incredibly scarce monograph was...

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Robert Peak, #10 of 300 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine plates in a Very Good+ custom box and lid (tear to the side of the lid, mild wear to the cloth ties, light shelfwear, flat, sound box), Peak, Robert, 1983, 1st, 36 inches, 27 inches, color, English

A suite of six limited edition lithographs by Robert Peak. Each lithograph is 27 X 36 inches with an image size of 22 X 32 inches. With a very...

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Philip Pearlstein, VF, Pearlstein, Philip, Hirsch & Adler Modern, 1988, 1st, wraps

This exhibition catalog lists 13 paintings, featuring five full-page color illustrations.

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VF/VF, Philip Pearlstein, Viola, Jerome, Pearlstein, Philip, Watson-Guptill, 1982, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, English

A thorough step-by-step description of the methods of this realist painter.

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A Dragon on the Hill Road
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Richard Huemer, Walt Peregoy, Huemer, Richard, Peregoy, Walt, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Valley Village Press, North Hollywood, 1958, 1st, 8.75 inches, 6.25 inches, 80 pages, 8 full-page and 2 smaller black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Written and illustrated in 1958 by two veteran Disney animation artists, a narrative poem in which Lancelot, by the magic of Merlin's horn Oliphant, is...

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The Art of Perry Peterson
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Dan Zimmer, Perry Peterson, Zimmer, Dan, Peterson, Perry, Print run of 900 copies, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in publisher's shrinkwrap, Illustrated Press, St. Louis, 2023, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 224 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This spectacular book explores the life and work of Perry Peterson, in his day one of the nation's top slick magazine illustrators. His work appeared in...

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Catherine Arturi Parilla, Pino, Parilla, Catherine Arturi, Pino, Fine, Conoga Park, CA, Collector's Editions, 1998, 1st, 1885320021, 13 inches, 10.5 inches, x, 86 pages, over 54 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A collection of Pino's paintings, with commentary by Catherine Arturi Parilla. Includes over 54 color reproductions.

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Mike Ploog, Ploog, Mike, Limited to 725 copies with all these extras including a signed & numbered print, Very Good+, issued without dustjacket (top of the spine bumped, upper corners lightly bumped, interior Very Fine), Pittsburgh, FPG, 2015, 1st, 978-0996668903, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 352 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This copy of The Art of Ploog includes the following Kickstarter Exclusives limited to just 725 copies: A 9" x 12" Signed & Numbered color print...

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George Pratt, Pratt, George, Fine, Tundra, Northampton, MA, 1992, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, 160 illustrations, some color, softcover, French wraps, English

A sketchbook of WWI trench warfare by the artist of the painted graphic novel Enemy Ace: War Idyll. Ink, inkwash, watercolor, monotype prints. Introduction...

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Hugo Pratt, Pratt, Hugo, Very Good+ (moderate crease to the cover), Les Editions Rmn-Grand Palais, Paris, 2018, 978-2711871025, 9.5 inches, 10.25 inches, 240 pages, 450 color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, stiff oversize wraps, French

Hugo Pratt, Horizon Lines, an exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition from April 2018 to March 2019 at the Musée...

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Ice Cold War
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George Price, VG+/VG-, Price, George, Henry Schuman, 1951, 1st, cloth

A departure from the usual George Price cartoon collection, this book contains caricatures.

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Alice and Martin Provensen, Provensen, Alice and Martin, Very Good+ (mild rubbing to spine ends, paper covering corners worn but corners sharp, overall quite sound, covers and interior very sound), Golden, New York, 1959, 5th 1964, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 165 pages, 82 single and double-page color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

The Provensens' classic children's book from 1959. Greek myths and English, French, and Norse legends enhanced by the Provensens' uniquely stylized...

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Alice and Martin Provensen, Provensen, Alice and Martin, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Golden Press, New York, 1959, 10th 1970, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 165 pages, 82 single and double-page color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial cloth, English

The Provensens' classic children's book from 1959. Greek myths and English, French, and Norse legends enhanced by the Provensens' uniquely stylized...

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Alice and Martin Provensen, Provensen, Alice and Martin, Near Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket (mild wear to the tail of the spine, corners sound, dustjacket chipped at the end of the spine), Golden, New York, 1959, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 165 pages, 82 single and double-page color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A beautiful copy--in dustjacket!--of the first printing of the Provensens' classic children's book from 1959. They illustrate Greek myths and English,...

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Alice and Martin Provensen, Provensen, Alice and Martin, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners bumped, otherwise book is Fine, mild wear to the dustjacket edges), Golden, New York, 1959, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 165 pages, 82 single and double-page color illustrations, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A well above average copy--in dustjacket!--of the first printing of the Provensens' classic children's book from 1959. They illustrate Greek myths and...

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Disney animation director Ken Anderson's copy with his signature and bookplate on the front end papers, Fine/NF, Maynard Reece, Reece, Maynard, Meredith Press, 1963, 1st, Hardcover, leather

Both a North American field guide (with 80 species of fresh-water fish) and a basic fishing guide written, illustrated and with photographs by wildlife...

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John Register, Warm personal inscription from the author dated 1992, Fine/NF, Conrad, III, Barnaby, Register, John, Chronicle, 1989, 1st, cloth, English

The first major monograph (of two) on this contemporary realist painter of California's arid urban landscape: diners, coffee shops, bus and train stations,...

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Barnaby Conrad III, John Register, Conrad III, Barnaby, Register, John, Signed by the author Barnaby Conrad III and dated 1999, Very Good+ in Near Fine dustjacket (moderate edge wear and shelfwear, interior very clean and sound), Woodford Press, San Francisco, 1998, 1st, 11.5 inches, 12 inches, 192 pages, over 170 color plates, 25 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The major monograph on this contemporary realist painter of California's urban desert landscape: diners, gas stations, motels, swimming pools, etc. Out of...

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Visual Concepts - Signed
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Signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Franc Reyes, Reyes, Franc, Arik House, 2006, 1st, 0977664600, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 48 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Franc Reyes' beautiful self-published art book from 2006. Frank started out in comic books working for DC, including a run of Tarzan, and created his own...

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Susan Hallsten McGarry, Kenneth Riley, McGarry, Susan Hallsten, Riley, Kenneth, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild wear to dustjacket edges), Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1993, 1st, 12 inches, 11 inches, 212 pages, 113 color and 28 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

The first monograph devoted to this artist-illustrator. It includes his own long article, "Communicating the Idea: Notes on Composition and Design" and a...


Very Fine, Spain Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Spain, Last Gasp, 2012, 1st, 9780867197822, Softcover, French wraps, English

Spain: Rock, Roll, Rumbles, Rebels & Revolution features the work of legendary underground cartoonist Spain . This exhibition catalog is published...

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Eclectic Eccentric
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Very Fine/Very Fine, John Rombola, Vienne and Melissa Tardiff, Veronique, Rombola, John, Chronicle Books, 2009, 1st, 9780811869041, 0811869040, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the Publisher: John Rombola started his career illustrating for magazines, and his work frequently appeared in Life, Holiday, and Town &...

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Fine, Grzegorz Rosiński, Rosiński, Grzegorz, Lombard, 2004, 1st, 2803620634, 8.25 inches, 6 inches, 26 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, French

A small format museum catalog for the Polish artist behind the Franco-Belgian comics hit, Thorgal. This book is densely packed with pages, drawings, painted...

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Hy Rubin, Rubin, Hy, Near Fine (mild wear, very flat, tight, clean), Minneapolis, Art Instruction, Inc., 1951, 13.5 inches, 10.5 inches, 32 pages, 17 color and 26 black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps, English

A fantastic document for many reasons: a portrait of the illustration industry circa 1952, an instructional book, and the only monograph on this mid-century...

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Frederic A. Sharf, Susan Ward, Larry Salk, Sharf, Susan Ward, Frederic A., Salk, Larry, Very Fine, Newburyport Press, Newbury, MA, 2007, 1st, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 62 pages, 55 color illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, English

55 color images of fashion illustrations from the 1945 thru 1965, all reproduced from the original art. From the publisher: Larry Salk was born to be...

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Sanjulian, Sanjulian, Inscribed by the artist with a large detailed drawing, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 1985, 1st, 2723404773, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 178 pages, profusely illustrated, mostly in color, with three foldouts, hardcover, cloth, French

Inscribed by the artist with a large detailed blue pencil drawing of Vampirella. A deluxe monograph on this Spanish artist best known for his Warren...

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Kazuhiko Sano, Sano, Kazuhiko, Inscribed and dated 2003 by the artist, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket rubbed) with Fine bellyband, Japan, 2000, 1st, 12.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 112 pages, over 95 color plates and 2 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, boards, Japanese English

A collection of the most prominent works from 1980 through 2000 by this illustrator. Sano created the poster art for Return of the Jedi, numerous book...


Gerald Scarfe, NF/NF (tips slightly bumped, slight shelf wear), Scarfe, Gerald, Hamish Hamilton, 1986, 1st, cloth, English

The artists's autobiography. Of the three Brits, Scarfe is more scabrous than Searle and more anarchic than Steadman.

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Gerald Scarfe, Boldly signed by the artist on the front free end paper, NF/NF (tips slightly bumped), Scarfe, Gerald, Hamish Hamilton, 1986, 1st, cloth, English

The artist's autobiography. Of the three Brits, Scarfe is more scabrous than Searle and more anarchic than Steadman . Boldly signed by the artist.

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Terry Wieland, Manfred Schatz, Wieland, Terry, Schatz, Manfred, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (spine slightly sunned), Briar Patch Press/Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, 1991, 1st, 11 inches, 12 inches, 176 pages, over 90 color plates and numerous black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

Over 90 wildlife paintings reproduced as color plates and numerous drawings and photographs in black & white. From the publisher: In the painting...

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The Face Is Familiar...
  $25.00
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Ted Scheel, NF/VG (slight shelf wear, dust jacket edge chipped), Scheel, Ted, Beachhurst Press, 1951, 1st, cloth

A collection of caricatures.

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Harry Dreve Schorr, VG+ (corners rubbed), Schorr, Harry Dreve, Watson-Guptill, 1952, 1st, cloth, English

Schorr, head of an advertising agency and previously an art director, illustrates his method for creating quick precise figure "indications" with all the...

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Harry Dreve Schorr, VG (covers slightly soiled, corners rubbed), Schorr, Harry Dreve, np, circa 1950, 1st, cloth, English

Another book filled with beautiful advertising layout roughs by Schorr.

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Harry Dreve Schorr, NF/VG (dust jacket chipped with small pieces missing), Schorr, Harry Dreve, George Efron, 1956, 1st, cloth, English

Schorr was an art director and later the head of an advertising agency. His drawings are efficient and stylish and quite charming.

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Conrad Schwiering, Long warm inscription dated 29 June '73 by the artist on the front free end paper and another warm inscription dated 29 June '73 by the author on the title page, Fine, Wakefield, Robert, Schwiering, Conrad, North Plains Press, 1973, 1st, cloth

54 color and black & white illustrations, plus numerous sketches from Schwiering’s sketchbooks. Inscribed by the artist; also inscribed by...

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Alex Atkinson, Ronald Searle, Atkinson, Alex, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket (sharp corners, clean and tight, previous owner's name written on front endpaper, dustjacket rubbed, edgeworn, with a chip out of the top edge, spine sunned), World, Cleveland, 1960, 1st, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 95 pages, 39 black & white cartoons, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

"The first-hand report of a man who has never been there." A no-holds-barred report by a team of intrepid pen-and-ink satirists showing us the real...

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Forty Drawings
  $275.00
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Ronald Searle, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ (wear to the paper cover along the joints and the top and bottom edges, binding and pages sound), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1946, 1st, 11.25 inches, 9 inches, ii, 40 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, hardcover, decorative boards, English

From 1946, a first printing of Ronald Searle's first book. A collection of the drawings Searle did as a soldier and prisoner of war of the Japanese in the...

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Heinz Huber, Ronald Searle, Huber, Heinz, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (rear board slightly bowed, dustjacket has a few small tears and some slight staining to the rear flap), Viking, New York, 1966, 1st, 11.25 inches, 8.9 inches, 190 pages, 150 illustrations, 11 pages in color, hardcover, cloth, English

"Germany from the inside and out." This book is divided into two parts: the first half is an examination of Germany and its history by Huber and...

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Paris Sketchbook
  $95.00
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Kaye Webb, Ronald Searle, Webb, Kaye, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners sharp, pages and edges bright, mild wear to the ends of the dustjacket spine), George Braziller, New York, 1958, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 120 pages, 130 illustrations, hardcover, cloth spine, English

An above average copy of this scarce Ronald Searle title. This is a guidebook to Paris circa 1958 by husband & wife Searle & Webb. Filled with 130...

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Paris Sketchbook
  $75.00
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Kaye Webb, Ronald Searle, Webb, Kaye, Searle, Ronald, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (small bump to upper corner with board showing, otherwise book is very clean, mild edgewear to dustjacket, spine and top inch of dustjacket sunned), George Braziller, New York, 1958, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 120 pages, 130 illustrations, hardcover, cloth spine, English

This is a guidebook to Paris circa 1958 by husband & wife Searle & Webb. Filled with 130 drawings from Searle's sketchbooks, woven together by...

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Very Fine, Ronald Searle, Wootton, David, Searle, Ronald, Chris Beetles ltd., 2012, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

Ronald Searle Remembered (1920-2011) England's Greatest Cartoonist! A great full color catalogue for a huge commemorative exhibition of Searle's life and...

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Very Good+ (corners bumped, rubbed, otherwise tight, bright, and unread), Ronald Searle, Wootton, David, Searle, Ronald, Chris Beetles Ltd., 2012, 1st, Softcover, wraps, English

Ronald Searle Remembered (1920-2011) England's Greatest Cartoonist! A great full color catalogue for a huge commemorative exhibition of Searle's life and...

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The Big City, or The New Mayhew
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Alex Atkinson, Ronald Searle, Atkinson, Alex, Searle, Ronald, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light shelf wear, light edge wear and chipping to dustjacket), Braziller, New York, 1959, 1st American, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 112 pages, 78 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A survey of London's urban poor in prose and pictures, told with wit, humor, and compassion. Originally a series in Punch.

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