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.

 
Richard Corben, Corben, Richard, Very Fine, Angouleme, 2019, 1st, 21 inches, 15.75 inches, color

Now in stock! One of the three official posters for the 46th Annual International Festival of Bande Dessinee at Angouleme held January 24 - 27, 2019....

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John Arcudi, Richard Corben, Arcudi, John, Corben, Richard, Limited to 250 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, Wetta Editions, 2016, 1st, 9782360740727, 12.2 inches, 8.5 inches, 72 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Published in France and limited to only 250 copies , this RAW collector's edition presents Richard Corben's black & white artwork for Aliens Alchemy in...

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Robert E. Howard, John Jakes, Richard Corben, Howard, John Jakes, Robert E., Corben, Richard, One of 1050 numbered copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in Very Fine slipcase, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Delirium, Nogent-sur-Marne, 2022, 1st, 12.2 inches, 8.9 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

Corben's graphic novelization of Robert E. Howard's Bloodstar. This is the first time it has seen print since 1979. This edition was published in France...

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Richard Corben, Corben, Richard, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, in publisher's shrinkwrap, Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, 2019, 1st, 13.75 inches, 10 inches, 160 pages, 185 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This is the sold-out catalogue to the Richard Corben exhibition mounted for the Angouleme Comics Festival in January 2019. It includes 185 reproductions of...

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Richard Corben, Corben, Richard, Limited edition of 450 copies. Our signed bookplate was limited to 50 copies., Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase in publisher's shrinkwrap, Festival International de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, 2019, 1st, 13.75 inches, 10 inches, 320 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This Coffret Edition is the deluxe version of the Angouleme Corben catalog. It includes the regular 160-page catalog PLUS a second 160-page volume only...

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Richard Corben, Corben, Richard, Limited to 100 copies with a certificate signed by the artist, Very Fine, in Near Fine slipcase, in publisher's shrinkwrap (the slipcase has a light blunt bump to the bottom corner next to the spine of the books), Delirium, Nogent-sur-Marne, 2018, 1st, 10.75 inches, 7 inches, 288+ pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This is the Kiss Kiss Bank Bank crowdfunded signed limited edition French collection of Shadows on the Grave #1-8 with (1) exclusive extra contents, (2) a...

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La Chute de la Maison Usher
  $60.00
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Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Corben, Poe, Edgar Allan, Corben, Richard, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (one corner slightly pushed inward, light wear), Paris, Albin Michel, 1986, 1st, 9782226025678, 11.5 inches, 8.75 inches, 52 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

From 1986, a French edition of Richard Corben's color Edgar Allan Poe adaptations: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (28 pages) from A Corben Special...

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Les mille et une nuits
  $95.00
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Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, Strnad, Jan, Corben, Richard, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (sharp corners, slight toning to pages), Paris, Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1979, 1st, 2-7316-0007-1, 11.5 inches, 8.75 inches, 96 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The French edition of Corben and Strnad's "Thousand and One Nights." Preface by Harlan Ellison. This was the fifth title in the "Collection Heavy Metal"!

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Monde Mutant
  $60.00
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Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, Strnad, Jan, Corben, Richard, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Bayonne, France, Campus Editions, 1983, 11.6 inches, 8.9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautiful, pristine condition, hardcover French edition of Mutant World. Includes eight pages not published in the original serialization in Warren's...

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Monde Mutant
  $40.00
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Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, Strnad, Jan, Corben, Richard, Upper corners bumped otherwise Fine, issued without dustjacket, Bayonne, France, Campus Editions, 1983, 11.6 inches, 8.9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The French edition of Mutant World. Includes eight pages not published in the original serialization in Warren's black and white science-fiction comic...

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Monde Mutant
  $50.00
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Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, Strnad, Jan, Corben, Richard, Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (mild rubbing to covers, corners sharp, interior fine), Bayonne, France, Campus Editions, 1983, 11.6 inches, 8.9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The French edition of Mutant World. Includes eight pages not published in the original serialization in Warren's black and white science-fiction comic...

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Monde Mutant - Signed
  $75.00
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Jan Strnad, Richard Corben, Strnad, Jan, Corben, Richard, Signed and dated 12-13-19 by Jan Strnad on his Preface page, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Campus, Bayonne, France, 1983, 2nd, 11.6 inches, 8.9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The French edition of Mutant World. Includes eight pages not published in the original serialization in Warren's 1984. Individual Prefaces by Strnad and...

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Richard Corben, Corben, Richard, A few tiny nicks along the top edge otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Nogent sur Marne, Delirium BD, 2020, 1st, 9791090916647, 12 inches, 8.8 inches, 136 pages, Color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Richard Corben's final graphic novel Murky World--originally serialized in fifteen 8-page segments in Heavy Metal magazine--is collected for the first time,...

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Jorge Corona, Corona, Jorge, Very Fine, issued without dustjackets, Vents d'Ouest, Grenoble, 2018, 1st, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Published comic book size, in English, under the title "Feathers," we offer it in the larger French format to better appreciate Corona's artwork. From...

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Cosey Ex-Libris
  $15.00
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Very Fine, Cosey, Cosey, Fantasmagories, 1st

A limited edition color print produced by Fantasmagories, a bande dessinee shop in Paris, famous for their ex-libris (bookplates).

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Cosey, VF, Cosey, Dupuis, 2008, 1st, pictorial boards, French

Text in French.

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Cosey, Cosey, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Glenat, 2019, 1st, 9782344037614, 11.25 inches, 9.75 inches, 72 pages, color, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

Cosey, creator of A Mysterious Melody, delivers a new tribute to the Disney heroes of his childhood, This time starring Minnie and in his favorite...

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L'Astronef Pirate
  $50.00
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Guido Crepax, Crepax, Guido, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Grenoble, Glenat, 1982, 1st, 2-7234-0265-7, 11.5 inches, 8.5 inches, 105 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"The Pirate Spaceship" An early Crepax comic book! This 1968 Crepax science fiction story is set in the year 2570 with wild spaceships, crazy spacesuits,...

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Didier Crisse, Crisse, Didier, #569 of 900 numbered copies signed by the artist, Near Fine (faint crease to spine, light cover wear, very flat, tight, clean), Comix Buro, Paris, 2009, 1st, 8.75 inches, 7.1 inches, 48 pages, color, softcover, wraps, French

This third collection of sketches and drawings by Crisse is devoted entirely to his lost world series Atalante. Primarily character designs. 10 pages of...

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Didier Crisse, Crisse, Didier, Very light bump to the lower corner otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Chicago, Trinquette, 2013, 1st, 9781934623145, 12.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

"Drawings, paintings & sketches across the world of Didier Crisse." Crisse is one of France's bestselling comic book artists with numerous series to...

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Cromwell End Zone
  $45.00
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Cromwell, Cromwell, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Buhl, Editions Caurette, 2020, 1st, 9791096315307, 10.1 inches, 8.4 inches, 220 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards

From the publisher: Obviously, you're already familiar with Cromwell! Cromwell the provocateur, Cromwell the subversive! Well in this artbook you'll find...

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Les Univers de Cromwell
  $20.00
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Didier Cromwell, Cromwell, Didier, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Paris, Albin Michel / Drugstore, 2004, 1st, 2226144161, 12.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 88 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, French

An art book devoted to the world of Anita Bomba as created by Cromwell. Divided into sections on the girls, ships and vehicles, planets, aliens. Creature,...

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Crumb 30/40
  $150.00
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Robert Crumb, Crumb, Robert, Near Fine (only light wear, flat, tight, bright), Futuropolis, Paris, 1982, 1st, 15.75 inches, 11.75 inches, 36 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, French

This eleventh volume in Futuropolis' series of oversized 30x40 cm large-format comics collections (Moebius, Moscoso, Poivet, Jeff Jones, Wrightson, etc.)...

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#179 of 250 deluxe copies signed by the artist, VF/VF, Robert Crumb, Crumb, Robert, Oog & Blik, 2009, 1st, 11-13, 28, black & white, pictorial boards, pictorial boards, Dutch, English

The Dutch deluxe edition. Oog en Blik, the Dutch publisher of "Genesis", being friendly with Robert Crumb got the opportunity to add specials to their...

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The Complete Crumb Comic Covers
  $80.00
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Robert Crumb, Crumb, Robert, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Bordeaux, Cornelius, 2023, 1st, 9782360811670, 11.4 inches, 8.7 inches, 320 pages, over 200 color illustrations, hardcover, boards, French

Editions Cornelius makes beautiful books and The Complete Crumb Comic Covers is another incredible production by them. Under its screen-printed dustjacket...

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Geof Darrow, Darrow, Geof, Signed and inscribed by the artist, Fine plates in a Near Fine box (the very sound box lid is very lightly rubbed at the edges and sunned on one side panel), Aedena, Paris, 1986, 1st, 9.5 inches, 6.75 inches, color illustrations, Hardcover

A very scarce, long out of print portfolio that rarely appears on the market. A very limited edition portfolio of ten color prints featuring Bourbon...

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Frank Miller, Geof Darrow, Geof Darrow, Miller, Geof Darrow, Frank, Darrow, Geof, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Futuropolis, Paris, 2021, 9782754831093, 13.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 128 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Collected in large format hardcover for the first time ever! The only larger edition was the 1997 black & white paperback over 25 years ago. From the...

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Taï-Marc Le Thanh, Rebecca Dautremer, Le Thanh, Taï-Marc, Dautremer, Rebecca, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Editions Tishina, Paris, 2015, 1st, 13 inches, 11.75 inches, 160 pages, over 400 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A collection of published and unpublished finished works, illustrations, designs, drawings, sketches by the French graphic designer and illustrator. Over...

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Nicholas de Crecy, de Crecy, Nicholas, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Gallimard, Paris, 2022, 9782075166010, 6.8 inches, 9.4 inches, 200 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"On the Roads - Notebook in Pocket" The best of Nicolas de Crécy's travel diaries, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Japan... Resume:...


500 Dessins, Vol. 2
  $50.00
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Fine, issued without dustjacket in publisher's shrink wrap, Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, Barbier & Mathon, 2013, 1st, 9782919243082, 8.5 inches, 6.5 inches, 252 pages, 500 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, French

A second volume of delicious sketchbook drawings by de Crecy. Location sketches of people and places, urban landscapes, interior scenes, fantasies,...

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500 Dessins, Vol. 3
  $50.00
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Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Barbier & Mathon, Paris, 2018, 1st, 7 inches, 9.6 inches, 128 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial silk cloth, French

This third volume of delicious sketchbook drawings by de Crecy focuses on "drawings from travel notebooks of the past ten years: Japan, Italy, the south of...

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Des Gens Bizarres
  $35.00
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Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Cornelius, Paris, 2017, 1st revised, 6 inches, 6.25 inches, 112 pages, 60 color illustrations, Hardcover, decorative cloth, French

Des Gens Bizarres ("Weird People"). Originally published in 2004, this illustrated book presents more than fifty characters, each accompanied by a short...

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Escales
  $20.00
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Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, Very Fine, Paris, Cornelius, 2006, 1st, 2-915492-00-X, 8.25 inches, 11 inches, 64 pages, two-color illustrations, softcover, color wraps, French

Back in stock at a lower price! A fictional travel sketchbook by Nicolas de Crecy. These pages are full of characters on the departure. Hoping to...

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La Republique du Catch
  $30.00
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Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, Very Fine/Very Fine, Paris, Casterman, 2015, 1st, 978-2203095588, 8.75 inches, 6.75 inches, 224 pages, black & white, Softcover, French wraps, French

From the publisher: With La Republique du Catch, Nicolas De Crécy returns to Casterman. And what a return! In a city like New York sur Loire, he...

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Le Bibendum Celeste Tome 3
  $30.00
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Nicolas De Crecy, Fine, De Crecy, Nicolas, Humanoides, 2002, Later, French

De Crecy is a wonderful artist whose bande dessinée are surreal mysterious concoctions with anthropomorphic animals interacting with humans in...

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Lisbonne: Voyage Imaginaire
  $30.00
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Raphael Metz, Nicolas De Crecy, Metz, Raphael, De Crecy, Nicolas, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Casterman, 2002, 12 inches, 9 inches, 80 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"Lisbon: Imaginary Journey." A travel diary by de Crecy, with 37 full-page and one double-page color illustrations of Portugal's hilly, coastal capital...

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Nicolas De Crecy, De Crecy, Nicolas, One of 150 copies including a signed & numbered aquatint print, Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, Paris, MEL Publisher, 2016, 1st, 9791094823033, 12.5 inches, 11 inches, 344 pages, color and black & white illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This deluxe edition of the monograph includes a slipcase and an aquatint print, Le petit fantôme domestique , 2015, signed and numbered to 150...

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Lorenzo De Felici, De Felici, Lorenzo, One of 900 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Comix Buro, Paris, 2015, 1st, 8.7 inches, 7.1 inches, 48 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, French

A round trait almost cartoony, unparalleled fluidity, dynamism breathtaking, it is indeed of the tab of the Italian designer, author of   Drakka...

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François Corteggiani, Victor de la Fuente, Corteggiani, François, de la Fuente, Victor, Fine, issued without dustjacket (very light rubbing to covers, spine ends and corners sharp, binding tight), Novedi, Brussels, 1987, 1st, 11.5 inches, 8.75 inches, 48 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The first and only inter-dimensional adventure of Francis Falko. This science student is transported to a sword and sorcery world full of topless women. How...

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La Siberienne
  $25.00
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Victor de la Fuente, NF, Mora, Victor, de la Fuente, Victor, L'Echo des Savanes/Albin Michel, 1986, 1st, pictorial boards

This globe-hopping spy adventure features a Russian blonde beauty Nadia in Caribbean intrigue. Text in French.

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La Siberienne
  $20.00
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Victor de la Fuente, VG+ (light corner wear, interior Fine), Mora, Victor, de la Fuente, Victor, L'Echo des Savanes/Albin Michel, 1986, 1st, pictorial boards

This globe-hopping spy adventure features a Russian blonde beauty Nadia in Caribbean intrigue. Text in French.

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Very light bump to upper corners otherwise Very Fine, Victor De La Fuente, Mora, Victor, De La Fuente, Victor, Dargaud, 1986, 1st, 2205029282, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Out of print. We are in the early 1930s ... in the heart of Abyssinia. The fascist Italian army has just entered this part of Africa. Meanwhile, a group of...

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Hubert de Lartigue, de Lartigue, Hubert, Signed by the artist on the title page, Very Fine, Tournon, Paris, 2005, 1st, 11.75 inches, 8.75 inches, 96 pages, color, softcover, French wraps, French

de Lartique is an accomplished realist painter who creates astonishing photo-realist paintings. This volume includes thirty-two pin-up paintings. Nudes as...

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Hubert De Lartigue, De Lartigue, Hubert, Very Fine, Paris, Galerie Frederic Bosser / BFB, 2004, 1st, 2915419035, 11.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 48 pages, color, Softcover, French wraps, English, French

An excellent gallery exhibition catalog of photorealist pin-up paintings by Hubert De Lartigue. Full images and close-up details. All the text is in both...

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Super Heroines - Signed
  $60.00
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Hubert de Lartigue, de Lartigue, Hubert, Inscribed by the artist to Greg Theakston, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (corners bent inward, head of the spine bumped, three mild dings to the edges, interior Fin, Toulon, Soleil, 1996, 1st, 2877645339, 12.25 inches, 9.5 inches, 103 pages, 46 full-page color illustrations, hardcover, boards, French

Warmly inscribed by de Lartigue to fellow artist and publisher Greg Theakston. This copy also has de Lartigue's address label on the front endpaper with...

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Shutter Island (French Edition)
  $10.00
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Near Fine, Christian De Metter, Lehane, Dennis, De Metter, Christian, Casterman, 2008, 1st French, 9782203007758, 2203007753, Softcover, French wraps, English

A graphic novelization of the Dennis Lehane thriller (also made into a film by Martin Scorcese). Two federal marshals arrive at Shutter Island, site of a...

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l'Art de Zombillenium
  $45.00
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Arthur de Pins, de Pins, Arthur, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2017, 1st, 978-2800173283, 10.82 inches, 10.51 inches, 120 pages, over 200 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This volume celebrates the release of Zombillenium, the animated feature adapted by Arthur de Pins from his own devilishly droll online comic. A wealth of...

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Pieter de Poortere, de Poortere, Pieter, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Glenat, Grenoble, 2021, 9782344050385, 11.6 inches, 8.6 inches, 168 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Over 160 pages of pantomime comic strips starring Dickie! Dickie is a hapless everyman who embodies everyone's worst impulses and acts on them in each of...

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