Leading The West One Hundred Contemporary Painters and Sculptors
Donald J. Hagerty, with Southwest Art Magazine. Northland Publishing, 1997. The American west as viewed by one hundred contemporary artists in this fully illustrated book. The west is exemplified here by its arid deserts, rugged landscapes, sprawling cities, cowboys, plainsmen and indigenous tribes of Native Americans. Subjects covered include Landscapes, Wildlife, The Romanticised West, Cowboys and Other Wests. This is a large format hardcover edition with artist biographies, Index & bibliography. 214 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 12" x 11" (30cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 087358600X
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Les Dossiers De La Bande Dessinee #15 Septembre 2002
DBD, September 2002. Featured articles include football star Frank Leboeuf, filmmaker Didier Tronchet plus a large review section. There is also a hardcover supplement entitled 'Dossier Hermann' with reviews, illustrations, artist index and interview. A superb quality, French language softcover edition, lavishly illustrated with hardcover supplement. Magazine 42 pages, plus Supplement 48 pages. 90+ pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm)

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Masters of Fun & Thrills: The British Comic Artists Vol. 1 (Signed)
Norman Wright & David Ashford. Norman Wright, 2008. This is an essential publication for fans and students of British Comics. In this first volume renowned comics historians David Ashford and Norman Wright have assembled fourteen in-depth studies of great British comic strip artists, featuring their biographies and offering prime examples of their artwork.

This volume traces the careers of Geoff Campion, Roland Davies, Ron Embleton, Derek Eyles, David Law, Hugh McNeil, John Millar Watt, Patrick Nicolle, Eric Parker, Reg Perrott, Ken Reid, Septimus Scott, Ron Turner and Dudley Watkins. These artists were the greats behind such titles as Beano, Dandy, Comet and Thriller Picture Library amongst many others.

They worked on characters as diverse as Dennis the Menace, Desperate Dan, Robin Hood and Buffalo Bill as well as many other humorous or adventure serials, be they historical, science fiction or western. This volume is destined to be an essential reference work for years to come. Includes 8 pages of colour featuring some original art plus photographs of the artists. 214 pages. Soft Cover Part Colour 6" x 8" (150mm x 210mm) Highly Recommended.
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Master Storyteller: an Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard
William J. Widder, preface by Frank Kelly Freas. Galaxy Press, 2003. The classic stories of L. Ron Hubbard are explored here by the renowned science fiction historian, William J. Widder. The book is divided into several sections, accompanied by numerous high-quality images of period covers & original art. The chapters include Pulp Fiction, The Golden Age, Battlefield Earth, Mission Earth & Worlds Of Tomorrow. There is also an index of Hubbard's fiction, photographs and index. This book is a real labour of love that will appeal to L. Ron Hubbard fans and lovers of science fiction, alike. 194 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 9" x 12" (23cm x 30cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 1592120547

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Masterpieces Of Western American Art
J. Gray Sweeney. M & M Books, 1991. Perhaps no movement in history has captured the popular imagination more than the taming of the American Frontier. For this volume, J. Gray Sweeney, Professor of Art History at Arizona State University, has selected 125 paintings that cover the full range of Western American Art - from the burgeoning Hudson River School of landscape painting led by Thomas Cole to the early twentieth-century modernism of Georgia O'Keefe and Ernest Blumenschein. These masterpieces are drawn from museums and private collections throughout the United States. Many of them appear in this volume in large reproduction; some are accompanied by details, which allow the reader to examine painted passages more closely. The result is a vivid, exciting visual experience, in which the history of the American West and the history of American art converge. 240 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 12" x 10½" (30cm x 27cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0517184931

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Mini Art Book Collection - Six volumes
Jim Burns, Boris Vallejo, Patrick Woodroofe, Tim White, Rodney Matthews, Bruce Pennington. Paper Tiger, 1994. Complete set of six mini art books reproducing the artists' work in full colour. Features Jim Burns, Bruce Pennington, Rodney Matthews, Tim White, Boris Vallejo and Patrick Woodroffe. Each volume 44 pages. 44x6 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 3" x 4" (8cm x 10cm) Dust Jacket

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Native Americans: The Art And Travels Of Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer
Robert J. Moore. Chartwell Books, 2002. Made during the heroic age of exploration, this is a journey of discovery into the heart of America and its native Indian populations. In less than 50 years these noble people would be decimated and their survivors herded onto reservations. This then is a glimpse into a completely forgotten age. The numerous full colour illustrations show the native people and their rituals, with numerous detailed illustrations of their dress. This a large format hardcover edition, with numerous illustrations, Bibliography, Index of colour plates. If you liked this book, you also be interested in Travels In The Interior Of North America, 1932 - 1834. 280 pages. Hard Cover Full Colour 10" x 15" (25cm x 38cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 0785815287
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Nelson Commemorated In Glass Pictures
L.P. Le Quesne, foreword by Tom Pocock. Antique Collector's Club, 2001. Within 6 months of Nelson's death his likeness was commemorated in more than 70 glass pictures. Whilst naïve, these were so full of charm & colour that author Leslie Le Quesne was compelled to investigate further. The resulting investigation led him to realise they were a manifestation of the huge public grief felt by the loss of this great British hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson. You can now discover these fascinating glass tableaux for yourself, with descriptions, in this series of full colour illustrations. 104 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 9" x 11" (23cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket ISBN: 1851493964

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