Isao Takahata. MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS: THE ORIGINAL STORYBOARDS (STUDIO GHIBLI STORYBOARDS VOLUME 12: MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS). [SN24518] $50 Japan: Studio Ghibli, 2002. 8vo (8-9"), 660pp, two-color illustrations, wraps. Fine/Fine. The original storyboards by Isao Takahata. Over 3200 storyboard frames. Text in Japanese.
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.
Tebo. Zep, CAPTAIN BICEPS TOME 1. [SN27784X] $25 Moulineaux: Glenat, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French. "Enough of those fake vigilantes cluttering the landscape for centuries! The only true super-hero is Captain Biceps!
Tebo. Zep, CAPTAIN BICEPS TOME 2. [SN27785X] $25 Moulineaux: Glenat, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Tebo. Zep, CAPTAIN BICEPS TOME 3. [SN27786X] $25 Moulineaux: Glenat, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Tebo. Zep, CAPTAIN BICEPS TOME 4. [SN27787X] $25 Moulineaux: Glenat, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Katsuya Terada. VIRTUA FIGHTER 2: TEN STORIES. [SN26182] $60 Tokyo: Aspect, 1994. 1st. Small 4to (9-11"), 128pp, color, pictorial boards. Fine book, / Fine dust-jacket. This book collects ten stories and a illustration gallery by Terada. Text is in Japanese.
Toru Terada. Morvan, Jean-David. LE PETIT MONDE 1 - VAMOS, VAMOS. [SN27738X] $30 Paris: Dargaud, 2005. 4to (11-13"), 80pp, color, pictorial boards. VF.
Toru Terada. Morvan, Jean-David. LE PETIT MONDE 2 - REAL FAVELA. [SN27739X] $30 Paris: Dargaud, 2008. 4to (11-13"), 80pp, color, pictorial boards. VF.
Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats). Tharrats, Joan. ABSURDUS DELIRIUM 3. [SN25180] $25 Paris: Fluide Glacial, 1997. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. NF (slight cover wear). Tha is a Spanish artist/cartoonist. He started this popular series in 1982: "Short stories of delirious and intelligent humor in which anything is possible, except the habitual or bland." Text in French.
Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats). Tharrats, Joan. ABSURDUS DELIRIUM. [SN27818X] $60 Barcelona: Glenat Espana, 2004. 4to (11-13"), 208pp, color and b&w, pictorial boards. "Volumen único." Tha is a Spanish artist/cartoonist. This is a compilation of the one-pagers he started in 1982: "Short stories of delirious and intelligent humor in which anything is possible, except the habitual or bland." This definitive compilation includes several pages of color and extra material. Text in Spanish.
Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats). Tharrats, Joan. TODO ES POSIBLE. [SN27813X] $40 Barcelona: Glenat. 4to (11-13"), color, pictorial boards. VF.
Jean-Christophe Thibert. Siro, LE MARTEAU DES SORCIERES TOME 2 - MAN ACES CEMJK. [SN27815X] $30 Moulineaux: Glenat, 2007. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. UN PEU PLUS A L'OUEST. [SN27836X] $45 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2009. 1st. Square 8vo (8-9"), 125pp, color and b&w, pictorial boards. VF. "For men of my generation, the Far West is a bit of a mythic world," begins Toppi in his introduction. This Toppi art book is devoted to images of the American West. The real historical West as well as the West of legend and film. Sections are devoted to American Indians, famous Western figures, and homages to Western films. The illustrations date from the late 1950s to 2009 including the first publication of many new watercolors. Mimimal text in French.
Sergio Toppi. Pagot, Tony. KAROL WOJTYLA: LE PAPE DU TROISIEME MILLENAIRE. [SN25915] $32 Quebec: Fides, 2001. 1st. Small 4to (9-11"), 72pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. An all ages biography of the popular Pope John Paul II. Toppi's work here is not as fanciful as his personal work and the story telling is more straightforward. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. KRULL. [SN26466X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2009. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 64pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF.
Sergio Toppi . Roux, Jean-Louis. SOUDARDS ET BELLES GARCES. [SN26421X] $50 Paris: Mosquito, 2008. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 176pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. After the success of their first Toppi art book, Bab El Ahlam, 1932, Mosquito provides a new insight into Toppi's oeuvre. Fifty years of a career in the field of illustration has left abundant traces in many newspapers, magazines and books worldwide. Toppi has never hidden his slightly horrified fascination for the military and soldiery. Gladiators, mercenaries and samurai parade throughout his work, harnessed, barded weapons, axes and swords at the ready. The writer and poet Jean-Louis Roux commented in the background this magnificent spectacle of violence, fantasy and sensuality. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. BAB EL AHLAM 1932. [SN26320X] $45 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2002. Small square 4to (9-11"), 128pp, color and b&w, pictorial boards. VF. An excellent collection of Toppi’s work showcasing his extraordinary talent as an illustrator. More than 120 drawings & illustrations in color and in black & white. Examples go as far back as 1957 but the majority are from 1979-2000. Includes a 15 page interview illustrated with pencil drawings. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. VISO NASCOSTO. [SN26283] $20 Rome: Lizard, 1999. Small 4to (9-11"), 52pp, b&w, color wraps. Fine. A graphic novel from 1980 in Italian. Colonial soldiers vs. Pacific Islanders. Text in Italian.
Sergio Toppi. TANKA. [SN26415X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2008. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Four stories set in ancient Japan. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE TRESOR DE CIBOLA. [SN26417X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2001. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. SHARAZ-DE - TOME 1. [SN24306X] $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. [SN26327X] $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 & TANS. [SN26322X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2007. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. Three fantasy stories about a family picnic (1979), two soldiers in 1920 (1981), and shipwreck & salvage (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.
Sergio Toppi. LA LEGENDE DE POTOSI. [SN19317] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2003. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. A color Toppi comic book story about Spanish explorers and Incas in 16th-century South America. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. WARRAMUNGA. [SN24309X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2002. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. Fine. Two Toppi comic book stories about indigenous people’s encounters with foreigners. Set in Africa and the Australian Outback in 1856. Text in French. LE COLLECTIONNEUR A series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West. Think of Lee Van Cleef in the Sergio Leone Westerns.
Sergio Toppi. LE JOYAU MONGOL (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 1). [SN26419X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2023. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 56pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. The first book in this series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE SCEPTRE DE MUIREDEAGH (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 2). [SN24311X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2004. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 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. The third book in this series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West. Text in French.
Sergio Toppi. LE CALUMET DE PIERRE ROUGE (LE COLLECTIONNEUR 4). [SN24313X] $30 St. Egrève: Mosquito, 2005. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 52pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF. The fourth book in this series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West. 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 ART OF DANIEL TORRES. [SN14800M] $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 U.S.A. in Entertainment Weekly, Time, Premiere, Playboy, and Rolling Stone.
Alex Toth. GLAMOUR INTERNATIONAL 24: ALEX TOTH. [SN26692X] $30 Firenze: October 1997. 1st. Square 4to (11-13"), 96pp, 31 color and over 100 b&w illustrations, wraps. NF (mild shelfwear otherwise unread, tight, and clean). A collection of 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.
Lewis Trondheim. LES AVENTURES DE L'UNIVERS. [SN15825] $18 Paris: Dargaud, 1997. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. Fine. Text in French.
Alexandre Tuis. TUIS SKETCHBOOK. [SN27735X] $30 Paris: Comix Buro, 2009. 1st. 8vo (8-9"), 48pp, color, wraps. VF. A wonderful collection of sketches, drawings, designs, and color renderings by the artist. Short bio and bibliography. Minimal text in French. |