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Our Book Catalogue FRENCH ALBUMS & IMPORTED ART BOOKS
Obata Takeshi. HIKARU NO GO ILLUSTRATIONS. [SN19013] $45 Japan: 2002. 4to (11-13”), 200pp, color, cloth. VF/VF. A great collection of Takeshi Obata's work including characters Akira Toya and Hikaru Shindo. Text in Japanese.
Herve Tanquerelle. TETE NOIRE, TOME 1 SHAKABAM. [SN23192X] $25 Toulouse: Milan , 2006. Small 4to (9-11”), 38pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French. From the publisher: "Blackhead, the Mexican wrestler, is the new hero of Capsule Cosmique (a children's magazine and bd line), . Basically, he just wants to be left in peace with his girlfriend, Super Canichette, but his numerous adversaries are usually much bigger than him, and as he gets easily irritated, he has to fight a David versus Goliath style battle each time. But he always wins! Readers will sympathize with his outbursts of anger and be delighted by the onomatopoeic language and expressive drawings."
Preview pages and panels from the book Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats). Tharrats, Joan. ABSURDUS DELIRIUM. [SN23118X] $60 Barcelona: Glenat Espana, 2004. 4to (11-13”), 208pp, color and b&w, pictorial boards. NF (corners lightly bumped o/w Fine and unread). "Volumen único." One-page humor strips in which everything is possible. This definitive compilation includes a color section and extra bonus material. Text in Spanish.
Preview other plates from the portfolio Sergio Toppi. DAVID ET GOLIATH PORTFOLIO. [SN23181X] $200 St. Egrève: Mosquito , 2006. 1st. One of 150 S&N copies (out of a total of 170 copies). VF. Realized during the summer 2005 for Mosquito, these 10 serigraphs entitled David and Goliath illustrate the topic of weak which triumphs over the strong. 10 serigraphs. The plates are housed in a clothbound hardcover portfolio.
Sergio Toppi. SERGIO TOPPI: NARRATORE D'IMMAGINI. [SN22477X] $145 Torino, Italy: Lo Scarabeo, 1997. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 128pp, 57 color and 169 b&w illustrations, pictorial cloth. Fine. Out of series from an edition of 250 hardcover copies, this copy is not SIGNED or numbered. A tribute and the most complete career retrospective of the artist to date. The bulk of the book is devoted to reproducing Toppi's book and magazine illustrations. With smaller sections of comic art and unpublished works. Bibliography. Text in Italian with one long essay "An Artist and His Craft" in English that serves as an introduction to Toppi. Scarce.
Sergio Toppi. SERGIO TOPPI: NARRATORE D'IMMAGINI. [SN22476X] $95 Torino, Italy: Lo Scarabeo, 1997. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 128pp, 57 color and 169 b&w illustrations, wraps. Fine. Limited to 250 hardcover & 600 paperback copies. A tribute and the most complete career retrospective of the artist to date. The bulk of the book is devoted to reproducing Toppi's book and magazine illustrations. With smaller sections of comic art and unpublished works. Bibliography. Text in Italian with one long essay "An Artist and His Craft" in English that serves as an introduction to Toppi. Scarce.
Sergio Toppi. SHARAZ-DE - TOME 1. [SN19310X] $50 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2000. 3rd 2005. 4to (11-13”), 160pp, b&w, 16pp in color, pictorial boards. VF. Sergio Toppi adapts into comic book form "The Thousand and One Nights." Tales told by Shahrázád, also known as sharaz-de. Beautiful pen and ink illustrations. 16 pages of full color illustrations. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. SHARAZ-DE - TOME 2. [SN19311X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2005. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 64pp, b&w, 17pp in color, pictorial boards. VF. Toppi’s most recent work continues his adaptation of "The Thousand and One Nights” into comic book form. Tales told by Shahrázád, also known as sharaz-de. Beautiful pen and ink illustrations. 17 pages of full color illustrations. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. BLUES. [SN23180X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito , 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. From the publisher: "Two fantastic accounts involving Blues musicians in the deep South. The first story, Blues, realized in Italy for the review Corto Maltese in 1990, is about a wandering black saxophonist in 1940s America. The Mafia lower their Smith & Wessons when the blues notes resound. The second story, The Heir, drawn in 2007, is an original creation for Mosquito Editions. Maestro plunges us into the roots of the Blues at the end of the nineteenth century, when Vaudou and music play a similar funeral score..." Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. BLACK & TAN. [SN23179X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Three fantasy stories about a family picnic and an Irish witch (Bois Brocèlan, 1979), two soldiers in 1920 (Black & Tans, 1981), and shipwreck & salvage (Solitudinis Morbus, 1991). Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. ILE PACIFIQUE. [SN22572X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. A story of South Pacific islanders. Text in French.
St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2001. 1st thus. 4to (11-13”), 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. MYETZKO. [SN19315] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2001. 4to, 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Two Toppi comic book stories: an Inuit story and a WWI trench warfare story. Text in French. From the publisher: "Two fantastic accounts: Ogoniok, a small arrogant bureaucrat is confronted by a shaman at the fine bottom of taïga... Myetzko, during the First World War in Galicia an Austrian officer is saved by the capacities of his aide-de-camp..."
Sergio Toppi. WARRAMUNGA. [SN19313] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2002. 4to, 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. Fine. Two Toppi comic book stories about indigenous people’s encounters with foreigners. Set in
LE COLLECTIONNEUR A series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West.
Sergio Toppi. LE JOYAU MONGOL (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 1). [SN19318] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2002. 1st thus. 4to, 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE SCEPTRE DE MUIREDEAGH (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 2). [SN19321] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2004. 1st thus. 4to, 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. L’OBELISQUE ABYSSIN (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 3). [SN19323] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2003. 1st thus. 4to (11-13”), 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE CALUMET DE St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2005. 1st thus. 4to, 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE COLLIER DE PADMASUMBAWA (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 5). [SN21828X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2005. 1st thus. 4to (11-13”), 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Daniel Torres. THE WHISPERER MYSTERY (ROCCO VARGAS 2). [SN19804] $10 NY: Catalan, 1990. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, wraps. VF. Clear line school. A graphic novel about a suave space adventurer Rocco Vargas. Text in English.
Daniel Torres. SAXON (ROCCO VARGAS 3). [SN16566] $10 NY: Catalan, 1991. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 56pp, color, wraps. Fine. Clear line school. A graphic novel about a suave space adventurer Rocco Vargas. Text in English.
Daniel Torres. THE ART OF DANIEL TORRES. [SN14800] $20 Barcelona: Norma Editorial, 1995. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 80pp, color and b&w, wraps. VF. A rich collection of Torres' illustrations for book covers, magazines, advertising. Torres' work is seen in the US in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Premiere, Playboy, and Rolling Stone.
Daniel Torres. ROCCO VARGAS. [SN14934] $30 Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse, 1997. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 240pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Clear line school. Four graphic novels (Triton, The Mystery of the Whisper, Saxxon, The Distant Star) about a suave space adventurer Rocco Vargas. Essays and extra art. Torres bibliography. Text in English.
Alex Toth. GLAMOUR INTERNATIONAL 24: ALEX TOTH. [SN12356M] $40 Firenze: 1997. 1st. Square 4to (11-13”), 96pp, 31 color and over 100 b&w illustrations, wraps. VF. A collection of Alex Toth art, published as well as numerous unpublished drawings and sketches, an essay by the artist "Toth on Women"; an interview; an essay "Alex Toth and the Dark Side of Comics"; and an extensive bibliography.
Paris: Dargaud, 1997. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. Fine. Text in French.
Trondheim Comics in English
Lewis Trondheim. HARUM SCARUM. [SN21633] $10
Lewis Trondheim. THE HOODOODAD. [SN21634] $10 Seattle: Fantagraphics, 1998. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, wraps. VF. An English-language edition of a funny-animal action adventure comedy with a bunny, cat & dog battling monsters.
Stefano Turconi. Gualdoni, Giovanni. WONDER CITY TOME 1 - LE TALENT DE ROARY . [SN23223X] $25 Toulon: Soleil, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A girl joins an elite private school and discovers her latent mental powers. Text in French. From the publisher: "It is the 1930s. Wondercity is a futuristic city located in the heart of mysterious Africa. Seven teenagers, four boys and three girls, born with extraordinary abilities learn how to control them at their unique college. Their mission? Defend Wondercity against the enemies who would harm Wondercity or the World. But will that shake their certainty and the friendship which links them?" The premise is familiar, but the joy is in the details and the stylishness of this album by these Italian creators.
Graziano Barbaro. Gualdoni, Giovanni & Stefano Turconi. WONDERCITY TOME 2 - UNE OMBRE SUR LE COLLÈGE. [SN23215X] $25 The premise is familiar, but the joy is in the details and the stylishness of this album by these Italian creators.
Ettore Gula. Gualdoni, Giovanni & Stefano Turconi. WONDERCITY TOME 3 - LE FEU DU DRAGON. [SN23225X] $25 Toulon: Soleil , 2007. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
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