French Imports

Stuart Ng Books is the largest importer of French Bande Dessinee (and related art books) in the United States. We select and stock new titles and current releases and source them directly from the French publishers and distributors. We carry the most mainstream publishers such as Casterman, Dargaud, And Dupuis, to boutique publishers such as Comix Buro, Stardom and Bruno Graff. We also buy and sell used, secondhand, and collectible Bande Dessinee and related art books from collectors here and abroad.

 
Tremen Tome 1
  $25.00
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Pim Bos, Bos, Pim, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2019, 1st, 9782505079101, 11 inches, 9 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

An incredible wordless sci-fi graphic novel by a brand new talent Pim Bos. Mysterious, surrealist, post-apocalyptic, and totally silent, this is a visit...

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Bouncer, Tome 8: To Hell
  $29.00
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Very Fine, Francois Boucq, Jodorowsky, Alejandro, Boucq, Francois, Glenat, 2012, 9782723487009, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The eighth volume in this precisely illustrated tale of the Old West. Bouncer owns a saloon in the town of Barrio City, where bathtub whiskey's easier to...

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Bouncer, Tome 9: And Back
  $26.00
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Alejandro Jodorowsky, Francois Boucq, Jodorowsky, Alejandro, Boucq, Francois, Very Fine, Glenat, Grenoble, 2013, 9782723487009, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 72 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The conclusion of a two-part story. Another incredibly warped Jodorowsky Western featuring deformities, disfigurations, a blistering desert, a train crash,...

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Very Fine, Eric Bourgier, David, Fabrice, Bourgier, Eric, Soleil, 2006, 2849464228, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The dragon-like Drekkars, arch-enemy of Man, are emerging from the shadows after an absence of a thousand years. Deep in the Passe, a rigid, hierarchical...

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Emile Bravo, VF, Bravo, Emile, Dupuis, 2008, Later, pictorial boards

This is one in a series of "one-shot" Spirou et Fantasio albums in which different writers and artists are allowed to tell a Spirou et Fantasio story set...

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Emile Bravo, VF in VF slipcase, Bravo, Emile, Dupuis, 2008, Later, pictorial boards, French

This deluxe collector's edition has two volumes in a slipcase. The second volume reproduces the album in pencil form. "For Emile Bravo, the graphic...

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L'Automne à Pékin
  $30.00
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Boris Vian, Gaetan and Paul Brizzi, Vian, Boris, Brizzi, Gaetan and Paul, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Futuropolis, 2017, 1st, 978-2754823081, 12.8 inches, 9 inches, 120 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The Brizzi Brothers--Gaetan and Paul--graphic novelization of Boris Vian's L'Automne à Pékin (Autumn in Peking). From the publisher: You...

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La Cavale du Dr Destouches
  $29.00
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Christophe Malavoy, Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi, Malavoy, Christophe, Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul, Very Fine, Paris, Futuropolis, 2015, 1st, 9782754811736, 13 inches, 9 inches, 96 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The Brizzi Brothers lend their incredible talents to this dark farce. Wonderful storytelling and picture-making in addition to their glorious rich pencil...

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One of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine/Very Fine, Bruno, Bruno, Treize Etrange, 1999, 1st, 2911058364, 4.25 inches, 4.25 inches, 51 plates, color illustrations, Softcover, pictorial boards, English

Bruno is a personal favorite. Nemo, Inner City Blues, Junk, Lorna.  This is a signed & numbered portfolio of 50 portraits of American jazz...

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Appollo, Bruno, Appollo, Bruno, Very Fine, Paris, Dargaud, 2008, 11.75 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

1942, the war rages. While the allies wage a thankless struggle against the Nazi Reich, two agents arrive in Madagascar. They need to contact the local...

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Junk Integrale
  $35.00
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Nicolas Pothier, Bruno, Pothier, Nicolas, Bruno, Very Fine, Grenoble, Glenat, 2013, 1st, 9782723495417, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 112 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A pitiless western tale of a treasure hunt for Confederate gold, told by two of the greats of bande dessinee. From the publisher: When the Jersey...

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Jean-Baptiste Thoret, Bruno, Thoret, Jean-Baptiste, Bruno, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Brussels, Le Lombard, 2016, 1st, 9782803636945, 7.75 inches, 5.5 inches, 96 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Bruno illustrates this 70-page comic book history of "The New Hollywood. From Easy Rider to Apocalypse Now." A volume in "The Little BD-teque of...

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Lorna: Heaven is Here
  $35.00
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Bruno, Bruno, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2012, 1st, 9782723489164, 9.75 inches, 6.75 inches, 152 pages, two-color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Bruno shares his passion for American B-movies in this mashup of pop culture references. This book is chock-full of giant naked women, science experiments...

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Nemo - l'Intégrale couleur
  $25.00
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Bruno, Bruno, Very Fine, Grenoble, Glenat, 2012, 1st, 9782723492423, 9.75 inches, 6.75 inches, 160 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A graphic novel freely adapting Jules Verne's Victorian sci-fi novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This collects the 4-tome series in one hardcover volume....

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Tyler Cross
  $30.00
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Fabien Nury, Bruno, Nury, Fabien, Bruno, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2014, 1st, 12.6 inches, 9.5 inches, 96 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A gangster story, a cold and nasty Noir. Fabien Nury and Brüno deliver a pure, hardboiled fifties gangster story: an amoral and jubilant BD! Tyler...

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Tyler Cross, Tome 2: Angola
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Fabien Nury, Bruno, Nury, Fabien, Bruno, Very Fine, Paris, Dargaud, 2015, 1st, 978-2205072853, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 100 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A great hardboiled graphic noir. Bruno's bold, stark artwork amplifies the stellar compositions and storytelling. From the publisher: With the Tyler...

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Tyler Cross, Tome 3: Miami
  $26.00
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Fabien Nury, Bruno, Nury, Fabien, Bruno, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2018, 1st, 978-2205077032, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 96 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A hardboiled graphic noir, most reminiscent of Richard Stark's Parker series. Bruno's bold, stark artwork amplifies the great compositions and storytelling....

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Meuterei Auf Der "Bounty"
  $90.00
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Zdenek Burian, VG+ (one corner bumped, other corner rubbed). Very clean & attractive, Behounek, Frantisek, Burian, Zdenek, Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, 1949, 2nd 1950, cloth spine, pictorial boards

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Schweres Eis Voraus!
  $75.00
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Zdenek Burian, Aick, Gerhard, Burian, Zdenek, Near Fine, Vienna, Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, 1955, 240 pages, 1 color and 11 full-page black & white plates, map endpapers, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, German

Subtitled, "Der Kampf um die Nordwest-Passage" (The Struggle for the Northwest Passage). Pen and ink drawings by Burian of arctic adventurers. Text in German.

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Trap
  $24.00
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Mathieu Burniat, Burniat, Mathieu, Very Fine, issued with a Fine dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2019, 1st, 978-2505067054, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A wordless graphic novel.  From the Publisher: Our man is a trapper who lives in the wild. Our dog is his only companion. Our man acquires the...

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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 5.25 inches, 4.25 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the X'ed Out trilogy. In...

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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Near Fine (light wear to the edges, very flat, clean, unused), Leuven, Belgium, Beeld Beeld, 2010, 1st, 9781151022219, 47 inches, 33 inches, color

The poster of the Charles Burns Expo (exhibition) at M -- Museum Leuven or simply M -- an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, Belgium, in the super...

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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Very Fine, Beeld Beeld, Leuven, Belgium, 2010, 1st, 27.7 inches, 19.7 inches, color

The poster of the Charles Burns Expo (exhibition) at M -- Museum Leuven or simply M -- an art museum in the inner city of Leuven, Belgium. A 50 x 70 cm...


Crane / Skull - Small Notebook
  $12.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 5.25 inches, 4.25 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Dédales, Tome 1
  $30.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Cornelius, Bordeaux, 2019, 9782360811649, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

The first volume of Charles Burn's new graphic novel, published exclusively worldwide by Cornelius Editions. The graphic novel will not be serialized in...

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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Cornelius, Bordeaux, 2021, 1st, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

Our first printing copies include a color ex-libris while supplies last. The second volume of Charles Burn's new graphic novel, published exclusively...

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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 5.25 inches, 4.25 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by Charles Burns. For six years, Charles Burns dedicated his time to create the X'ed Out trilogy . In...

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Kiosque / Kiosk - Notebook
  $20.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Lézards / Lizards - Notebook
  $20.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Love Nest
  $30.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Cornelius, 2016, 2nd 2019, 9782360811281, 6 inches, 6.75 inches, 128 pages, over 100 black & white illustrations with 8 pages in color, Hardcover, cloth, French

Love Nest is an art book composed of totally new material by Charles Burns. Created especially for Cornélius, it is not available in any other...

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Ver / Worm - Notebook
  $20.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Viande / Meat - Small Notebook
  $12.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 5.25 inches, 4.25 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Vortex
  $36.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Cornelius, Paris, 2016, 9782360811076, 11.5 inches, 8.75 inches, 80 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French English

Vortex is an art book by Charles Burns created especially for Cornélius and offered exclusively worldwide. It is not available in any other edition....

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Welcome Home - Notebook
  $20.00
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Charles Burns, Burns, Charles, Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Cornelius, Paris, 2015, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, 32 pages, Softcover, color wraps

A blank notebook with two unpublished covers by  Charles Burns . For six years, Charles Burns dedicated time to create the  X'ed Out...

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Butcher Billy's Strange Fantasy
  $55.00
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Frederic Claquin, Butcher Billy, Claquin, Frederic, Butcher Billy, Very Fine, Herscher, Paris, 2018, 9782733504017, 11 inches, 8.25 inches, 192 pages, 500 color illustrations, Softcover, stiff oversize wraps, French

From the publisher: Illustrator Butcher Billy specializes in pop culture mashups between post-punk icons and comic book superheroes. A great lover of...

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Reanimator
  $30.00
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Very Fine, Calvez, Lovecraft, H.P., Calvez, Delcourt, 2008, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards

Text in French.

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Edmond-François Calvo, Calvo, Edmond-François, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, 9eArt+ éditions / Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, 2020, 1st, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 32 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A limited edition facsimile of an incredible animal ABC book by Calvo from 1946, reproduced from the original art. Mr Loyal presents is one of...

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Edmond-François Calvo, Calvo, Edmond-François, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, 2020, 1st, 13.75 inches, 10 inches, 208 pages, over 180 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Now in stock! With two different covers available: Mice or Wolf. Take your pick!  This is the catalogue to the museum exhibition ("Calvo: un...


Papa c'est Moi - Signed
  $100.00
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Pascal Campion, Campion, Pascal, signed by the artist, Very Fine, Trinquette Publishing, Chicago, 2012, 1st, 7.5 inches, 10 inches, 80 pages, 96 color illustrations, Softcover, wraps, English

Pascal Campion is an illustrator/animator/designer/director. Pascal's 2012 collection includes all of his usual early subjects and themes: animals,...

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Nils Tome 3: L'Arbre de vie
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Hamon, Antoine Carrion, Hamon, Carrion, Antoine, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Toulon, Soleil, 2018, 1st, 978-2302071575, 12.75 inches, 9.75 inches, 64 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The third and last volume of Nils, "a trilogy halfway between Nordic mythology and Miyazaki." Art and color by Antoine Carrion (artist of Temudjin). From...

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Temudjin - Deluxe Edition
  $90.00
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Antoine Ozanam, Antoine Carrion, Ozanam, Antoine, Carrion, Antoine, One of 1200 numbered copies, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Canal BD Editions, Paris, 2012, 1st, 13 inches, 9.8 inches, 112 pages, color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

This deluxe edition is embellished with a numbered color print, an extra 8 pages of art and sketches, and an exclusive variant cover. Antoine Carrion aka...

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Cassandre
  $240.00
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, A. M. Cassandre, Mouron, Henri, Cassandre, A. M., Schirmer/Mosel, 1985, 1st, Hardcover, cloth, German

The major monograph on this 1920s-1930s French poster artist. Text in German.

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Nympheas Noirs
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Fred Duval, Didier Cassegrain, Duval, Fred, Cassegrain, Didier, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Dupuis, Marcinelle, 2019, 978-2800173504, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Didier Cassegrain's new graphic novel! An adaptation of Michel Bussi's best-selling, widely-translated crime novel Nympheas Noirs ("Black Water Lilies"),...

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Nympheas Noirs - Special Edition
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Fred Duval, Didier Cassegrain, Duval, Fred, Cassegrain, Didier, Very Fine, issued in publisher's shrinkwrap, Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2019, 1st thus, 978-2800173504, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 156 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A Special Edition of Didier Cassegrain's new graphic novel, featuring eight extra pages of watercolor illustrations by Cassegrain and a unique dustjacket...

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Didier Cassegrain, Cassegrain, Didier, One of 300 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Comix Buro, Paris, 2007, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.8 inches

Beautifully printed on a medium weight uncoated stock.

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Dobbs, Didier Cassegrain, Dobbs, Cassegrain, Didier, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2020, 1st, 9782344035979, 12.6 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

His Majesty of the Bears, Volume 1 - The Columns of Garuda Original idea and layouts by Olivier Vatine. Script by Dobbs. Art and color by Didier...

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Dobbs, Didier Cassegrain, Dobbs, Cassegrain, Didier, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 2021, 1st, 9782344035986, 12.6 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

His Majesty of the Bears, Volume 2 - We will fall together Art and color by Didier Cassegrain. Script by Dobbs. Original idea by Olivier Vatine....

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Olivier Vatine, Daniel Pecqueur, Didier Cassegrain, Fred Blanchard, Vatine, Daniel Pecqueur, Olivier, Cassegrain, Fred Blanchard, Didier, Print run of approximately 600 copies or less, Lower rear corner slightly pushed in otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Delcourt, Paris, 1999, 1st, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

This is an unsigned/unnumbered copy of the signed & numbered deluxe edition which was limited to 550 copies. This deluxe edition contains the...

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