European Imports

In addition to importing French language graphic novels and art books from France, we also import titles from publishers in Italy and Spain, and occasionally other European sources.

For example:

  • Animation art books from Nemo Academy in Florence, Italy
  • Sketchbooks from Ominiky Ediciones in Spain
  • Art books from the Anders Zorn Museum in Mora, Sweden
 
Carlos Sampayo, José Muñoz, Sampayo, Carlos, Muñoz, José, Fine, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Editoriale Cosmo, 2017, 8.25 inches, 6.3 inches, 172 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, Italian

Collects two stories: "Storie Private" and "Il caso U.S.A."

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Sweet: The Art of Nachoz
  $36.00
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Nachoz (Isha Michelle), Nachoz (Isha Michelle), Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Ominiky Ediciones, Palma de Mallorca, 2022, 1st, 8.3 inches, 8.3 inches, 136 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards

Nachoz is a freelance illustrator currently residing in Southern California working primarily in character design and video game illustration. This is...

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Alex Orbe, Orbe, Alex, Fine, Ominiky, Palma de Mallorca, 2017, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps

Alex Orbe (born 1973) is a cartoonist from Bilbao. He worked for years in the world of animation for both television and film. Since 2002, He has focused on...

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Javier G. Pacheco, Pacheco, Javier G., Fine, Ominiky, Palma de Mallorca, 2016, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps

Javier G. Pacheco is an illustrator. He works with traditional and digital media. He has had exhibitions in several countries and his work can be seen in a...

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Pachyderme
  $20.00
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Very Fine, Frederik Peeters, Peeters, Frederik, Self Made Hero, 2012, 1st, 9781906838607, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: "A modern masterpiece of surreal graphic fiction." Our heroine, Carice, is visiting her husband – she has something...

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Pedro Perez, Perez, Pedro, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Palma de Mallorca, Ominiky Ediciones, 2021, 1st, 978-84-122160-5-9, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

A wonderful new Pedro Perez pin-up art book. Over 90 pages of cheesecake, with almost a third of the book is devoted to fan art of Wonder Woman, Vampirella,...

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Trizia - English Edition
  $30.00
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Pedro Perez, Perez, Pedro, Very Fine, Palma de Mallorca, Ominiky Ediciones, 2016, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Trizia in English! Good girl artist Pedro Perez's first graphic novel featuring his vivacious art student and aspiring comic book artist Trizia. Lots...

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Pedro Perez, Perez, Pedro, Very Fine, Ominiky Ediciones, Palma de Mallorca, 2018, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Trizia in English! Good girl artist Pedro Perez's second graphic novel featuring his vivacious geek and comic book artist Trizia. Lots of cheesecake,...

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Philtomato, Philtomato, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Palma de Mallorca, Ominiky Ediciones, 2022, 1st, 9788412405996, 11 inches, 7.75 inches, 112 pages, over 120 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial cloth

Over 120 color illustrations and only two pages of text! Philip "Philtomato" Bawasanta is an artist based in Cebu City, Philippines. His work is inspired...


Lob, Georges Pichard, Lob, Pichard, Georges, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Volksverlag, Linden, Germany, 1983, 3886311260, 12 inches, 8.5 inches, 64 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, German

"Brigitte: The Hellish Cruise" A very sharp copy of the German edition of the French album. (Published in the U.S. as "Heavy Metal Presents Candice at Sea"...

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Icelandic Trolls
  $40.00
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Brian Pilkington, Terry Gunnell, Brian Pilkington, Pilkington, Terry Gunnell, Brian, Pilkington, Brian, Fine, Viborg, Mal Og Menning, 1999, 1st, 9789979319276, 10.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 28 pages, over 50 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: In this richly illustrated book, Brian Pilkington brings the amazing world of the trolls to life in an amusing and original fashion....

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Ramon Pla Artbook
  $40.00
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Ramon Pla, Pla, Ramon, bumped corners otherwise Fine, issued without dustjacket, Ominiky Ediciones, Palma de Mallorca, 2020, 1st, 12.8 inches, 9.3000000000000007 inches, 80 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

Beautiful full color illustrations by Ramon Pla. Pla is a children's book illustrator as well as a designer of Fallas and Hogueras, the elaborate wooden...

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Peter Pontiac, Pontiac, Peter, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Oog & Blik, Amsterdam, 2004, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.7 inches, 64 pages, two-color, softcover, wraps, Dutch

Peter Pontiac's post-apocalyptic punk fable 'Requiem Fortissimo', was serialized in Wordt Vervolgd in 1988 and published in book format by Casterman in...

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Nienke Denekamp, Peter Pontiac, Denekamp, Nienke, Pontiac, Peter, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Amsterdam, Rubenstein, 2009, 9789054445357, 9054445351, 7.7 inches, 6.7 inches, 28 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, Dutch

A Dutch Little Golden Book illustrated by the underground cartoonist Peter Pontiac! "Newspaper cat, where have you been? A Golden Book" It was the...

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Max Von Poosch: Leben Und Werk
  $20.00
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NF/VG+, Max Poosch, Trautzl, Viktor, Poosch, Max, Das Bergland-Buch, 1958, Hardcover, cloth, German

20th century German painter.

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The Antisocial Networks
  $36.00
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Luis Quiles, Quiles, Luis, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Barcelona, Spaceman Project, 2018, 1st, 978-84-17253-05-9, 8.3 inches, 8.3 inches, 360 pages, over 350 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A thick collection of Luis Quiles' scabrous social commentary cartoons. From the artist: The Antisocial Networks is an interpretation of modern...

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Flash Gordon (Return To Earth)
  $45.00
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Alex Raymond, NF, Raymond, Alex, Pacific Comics Club, 1977, wraps, English

A years' worth of Sundays from 1941 printed big and in color. Despite the Italian title "Ritorno Sulla Terra" on the cover, all of the Sunday strips...

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Alberto Becattini, Antonio Vianovi, Alex Raymond, Becattini, Antonio Vianovi, Alberto, Raymond, Alex, Limited print run, Very Fine, Glamour International, Florence, 2002, 1st, 8.5 inches, 6.375 inches, 200 pages, black & white with 24 pages in color, Softcover, French wraps, English, Italian

A biography and profile of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Secret Agent X-9, Rip Kirby) includes nearly 200 illustrations & photographs from the period,...

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Renato Roldan, Roldan, Renato, Includes a signed & numbered illustrated bookplate limited to 100, Fine, Ominiky Ediciones, Palma de Mallorca, 2018, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps

Includes a signed & numbered illustrated bookplate limited to 100. Renato Roldan: "I started my career as an animator, but ended up doing...

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Very Fine, Julio Ruelas, Ruelas, Julio, Editorial RM, 2007, 1st, 9789689345053, Softcover, stiff oversize cloth wraps, Spanish, English

This is a generous collection of works by Julio Ruelas (1870-1907), an illustrator and painter of cadavers, hanged satyrs, bewitching maidens, sudden...

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Sergio Sandoval, Sandoval, Sergio, Fine, Ominiky, Palma de Mallorca, 2015, 1st, 11.7 inches, 8.25 inches, 56 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps

Sergio Sandoval (Barcelona, 1975), started his career as a cover and comic artist. He's been working for the most important publishers in the business,...

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Olivier Schrauwen, Schrauwen, Olivier, Very Fine, Borgerhout, Bries, 2010-2015, 32 pages, color, Softcover, wraps

A Complete Set of Olivier Schrauwen's two mini-comics (to date) about early man: 30000 years of bad luck and 29000 years of bad luck. Great stuff. 30000...

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Mark Schultz, Schultz, Mark, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (light wear), Casal Solleric, Palma, 2005, 1st, 11 inches, 8.75 inches, 212 pages, approx. 200 color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

The impressive catalogue for the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition in Palma, Spain in 2005. Mark's career is represented with artwork from all phases...

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Bartolome Segui, Segui, Bartolome, Fine, Casal Solleric, Palma, 2016, 1st, 8.7 inches, 8.5 inches, 240 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps

An impressive catalogue for the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition in Palma, Spain in 2016. The text is in English, Spanish, and Catalan. Never...

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Al Severin, Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF, Severin, Al, Enigma, 2004, 1st, color wraps, Dutch

A serialized reprinting of a graphic novel by Severin: Harry Sauve la Planete - "La Force de l'Eclair" with extra pages and other new material added....

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Al Severin, Severin, Al, One of 150 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, La Grande Ourse, Landenne, 2010, 1st, 11.75 inches, 8.25 inches, 36 pages, color and black & white illustrations, softcover, wraps

A fantastic sketchbook by Belgian illustrator and bande dessinée artist Al Severin. Page after page of Severin sketch pages; faces, clothed and...

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Gilbert Shelton, Shelton, Gilbert, Very Fine, Palma, Casal Solleric, 2008, 1st, 9788489034549, 11.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 252 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps

The impressive catalogue for the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition in Palma, Spain in 2008. All the text is in English, Spanish, and Catalan....

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Gilbert Shelton, Shelton, Gilbert, Light rubbing to the edge of the cover otherwise Very Fine, Palma, Casal Solleric, 2008, 1st, 9788489034549, 11.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 252 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, French wraps

The impressive catalogue for the artist's comprehensive museum exhibition in Palma, Spain in 2008. All the text is in English, Spanish, and Catalan....

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Erich Sokol - American Natives
  $150.00
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Erich Sokol, Sokol, Erich, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Vienna, Brandstätter, 2012, 1st, 9783850336796, 12.4 inches, 9.4 inches, 208 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards

An amazing document of Erich Sokol's "American Natives." "American Natives" published in 1961 was Sokol's first book of drawings: 64 full-page black...

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The Rocketeer - British 1st
  $25.00
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Dave Stevens, Stevens, Dave, Very Fine, London, Grafton, 1991, 1st British, 0-586-21520-4, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 72 pages, color, softcover, wraps, English

The first printing of the British edition of Dave Stevens' classic. Originally serialized in short episodes at comic book size, here it is collected,...

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Manga Style 1: Peter Straubel
  $25.00
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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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De Ijzeren Lijn
  $12.00
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Joost Swarte, VF, Swarte, Joost, Oog & Blik, 2002, 1st, pictorial boards, Dutch

"The Iron Line." A beautiful little book of drawings for 25 metal sculptures that Joost Swarte designed for the 2002 Floriade (an international...

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Very Fine, Joost Swarte, Swarte, Joost, Oog & Blik, 2012, 1st, 9789054923763, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 20 in leporello form, color, Softcover, wraps, Dutch

Some years back, Joost Swarte published a book titled "Leporello," which is not, in fact, a leporello. Here we have an actual leporello by Joost Swarte, and...

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1921)
  $195.00
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Cyrus Graner, Gustav Tenggren, Graner, Cyrus, Tenggren, Gustav, Very Good (spine ends worn with paper covering missing, other corners rubbed and worn, interior and color plates are very sound), Ahlen & Akerlunds, Stockholm, 1921, 1st, 7.25 inches, 7.25 inches, 104 pages, 10 full-page color plates and 4 black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, Swedish

"Bland Tomtar Och Troll" (in English:  Among Gnomes and Trolls ) was a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual. The series begain in 1907....

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll 16 (1923)
  $300.00
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Cyrus Graner, Gustav Tenggren, Graner, Cyrus, Tenggren, Gustav, Very Good+ (moderate rubbing and wear to corners, some mild soiling and spotting to the first few pages, otherwise interior and color plates are very sound), Ahlen & Akerlunds, Stockholm, 1923, 1st, 7.25 inches, 7 inches, 113 pages, 11 full-page color plates and 3 black & white illustrations, Softcover, color wraps, Swedish

"Bland Tomtar Och Troll" (in English: Among Gnomes and Trolls ) was a popular Swedish folklore and fairy tales annual. The series begain in 1907. Early...

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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, #116 of 120 numbered copies with a matching signed & numbered print, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Edizioni Di, Italy, 2005, 1st thus, 9 inches, 9 inches, 128 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth with an onlaid color plate, Italian

This is the deluxe edition of Bab El Alham with cloth covers and a color screen print numbered and signed in pencil by Sergio Toppi. Limited to only 120...

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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, #117 of 120 numbered copies with a matching signed & numbered print, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Edizioni Di, Italy, 2005, 1st thus, 9 inches, 9 inches, 128 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth with an onlaid color plate, Italian

This is the deluxe edition of Bab El Alham with cloth covers and a color screen print numbered and signed in pencil by Sergio Toppi. Limited to only 120...

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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, One of 60 numbered copies with a matching signed & numbered print, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Edizioni Di, Italy, 2008, 1st thus, 9 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth with an onlaid color plate, Italian

This is the deluxe edition of Soudards Et Belles Garces with cloth covers and a color screen print numbered and signed in pencil by Sergio Toppi. Very small...

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Ticonderoga
  $35.00
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Sergio Toppi, Stevenson, Robert Louis, Toppi, Sergio, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Nuages, Milan, 2002, 1st, 10.5 inches, 7.75 inches, 56 pages, 11 full-page color illustrations, Softcover, French wraps

11 full-page color paintings illustrate Robert Louis Stevenson's epic poem Ticonderoga. In English and Italian.

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The Art of Daniel Torres
  $40.00
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Daniel Torres, Torres, Daniel, Near Fine (mild bump to the lower corner, mild wear to the other corners, no thumbdents, flat, tight, clean), Norma Editorial, Barcelona, 1995, 1st, 11.75 inches, 9.25 inches, 80 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, softcover, wraps, English

A rich collection of Torres' illustrations for book covers, magazines, advertising. Torres' work is seen in the US in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Premiere,...

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The Art of Daniel Torres
  $30.00
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Daniel Torres, Torres, Daniel, Very Good+ (moderate wear and rubbing to the corners, no thumbdents, flat, tight, clean), Norma Editorial, Barcelona, 1995, 1st, 11.75 inches, 9.25 inches, 80 pages, color and black & white illustrations throughout, softcover, wraps, English

A rich collection of Torres' illustrations for book covers, magazines, advertising. Torres' work is seen in the US in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Premiere,...

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The Art of Wouter Tulp - Signed
  $40.00
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Wouter Tulp, Tulp, Wouter, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Accademia Nemo / La Citta del Nuvole, Florence, 2022, 1st, 8.5 inches, 11.9 inches, 114 pages, over 200 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

An excellent collection of artwork by animation character designer Wouter Tulp. Preface by Loish. The artist: 'I tell stories...' As a character...

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Psico Soda
  $95.00
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Carlos Vermut, Vermut, Carlos, Fine, Madrid, Dibbuks, 2007, 1st, 9788493593179, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 120 pages, color, Softcover, French wraps, Spanish

Graphically beautiful short stories by Spanish filmmaker Carlos Vermut. Out of print. From the publisher: Psico Soda is an album with thirteen short...

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Fernando Vicente, Vicente, Fernando, Very Fine, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2011, 1st, 11.75 inches, 8.25 inches, 328 pages, color illustrations, Softcover, French wraps

The catalog of the 2011 retrospective museum exhibition of the works of Spanish artist-illustrator Fernando Vicente. This same museum in Palma de Mallorca,...

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Wolverine: Weapon X Zwart-Wit (Black & White) Pre-Order
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Barry Windsor-Smith, Windsor-Smith, Barry, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Breda, Netherlands, Dark Dragon, 2022, 1st, 9789464601398, 12.4 inches, 9.4 inches, 200 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Pre-Order and save! Reserve your copy now and save $10! This item is expected to arrive in early March 2024. This is a 9 x 12 inch, black & white...

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In God We Trust
  $28.00
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Winshluss, Winshluss, Very Fine without dust jacket, as issued, Knockabout, London, 2015, 1st, 10.5 inches, 8.7 inches, 104 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Five years after the magnificent Pinocchio, Winshluss returns with the hilarious In God We Trust. His multi-levelled retelling of The...

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Signed by artists Sandro Cleuzo, Willie Ito, Jerry Eisenberg, and Tony Benedict, and contributors Federica Fabbri, Luca Chiarotti, and Francesco Mariotti, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Nemo Academy/La Citta della Nuvole, Florence, Italy, 2021, 1st, 8.25 inches, 11.75 inches, 338 pages, over 500 color and black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, Italian

"Soul: The Magic of Animated Cinema from Snow White to Grendizer " A full color catalogue of the exhibition in Florence, Italy. From June 17 to...

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Near Fine (only light shelfwear, flat, tight, and unread), 1994, 1st, Softcover, wraps

"Crimes 'n' Gals in the USA: A Pictorial History 1930s-1960s." An excellent collection of pin-up art. Chapters on comic strips (55 illus), comic books (63...

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