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Our Book Catalogue FRENCH ALBUMS & IMPORTED ART BOOKS
Alex Varenne. L'ART EROTIQUE D'ALEX VARENNE. [SN16472M] $40 Paris: Albin Michel, 1991. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 96pp, color, boards. NF/NF (slight bump to corner, unread, bright). The first collection of this artist's work. Erotic art in a pop art style reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein. Nine pages of text in French.
Alex Varenne. LE GOUT DES FEMMES. [SN16470M] $40 Paris: Albin Michel, 2002. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 72pp, color, boards. VF/VF. The first collection of this artist's work. Erotic art in a pop art style reminiscent of Roy Lichtenstein. Two introductory pages of text in French.
Olivier Vatine. VATINE SKETCHBOOK. [SN23763X] $30 Paris: Comix Buro, 2007. 2nd. 8vo (8-9”), 48pp, color, wraps. VF. A great collection of sketches, drawings, designs, and color renderings by this French artist (Pink Planet, Aquablue, Angela, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire). Many lovely femmes, life drawings, travel sketches, and other surprises. Fans of Vatine will see some other sides of the artist in this book. No overlap with his art book, Pink Planet. Minimal text in French.
Olivier Vatine. PINK PLANET. [SN23609] $45 Paris: Delcourt, 2003. 4to (11-13”), 96pp, 64pp in color and 32pp in b&w, pictorial boards. Fine. An art book devoted to the recent illustrative and animation art of this French comic artist. Over 200 illustrations. Biography. Bibliography. All text in both English & French.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE 1: NAO. [SN22961] $30 Paris: Delcourt, 1989. 2nd. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. NF (some rippling to the laminate on the covers, tight, clean, bright). Vatine made his name with this book. On a distant planet, a human boy is adopted by a race of aquatic humanoids. As an adult, he must help defend them against a returning human force Text in French "Nao, the last survivor of a starship crash, lives a peaceful existence with the natives of Aquablue, a world covered by vast tranquil seas dotted with small islands. But, Nao's life quickly changes when a group of Earthmen arrive with plans that would leave Aquablue a barren world!"
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE 2: PLANETE BLEUE. [SN22962] $40 Paris: Delcourt, 1989. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. NF (only slight cover wear). A first printing of this popular album. Vatine made his name with this series. On a distant planet, a human boy is adopted by a race of aquatic humanoids. As an adult, he must help defend them against Text in French. "This beautifully illustrated volume continues the science-fantasy adventures of Nao. In order to reclaim his inheritance and save his adopted planet, Aquablue, from total disaster, he must return to his birthplace...Earth. While Nao attempts to keep Aquablue from becoming a convenient energy source for Earth's power-hungry corporations, his bride, Mi-nuee, stows away on a ship also bound for Earth and falls into the hands of the enemy."
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE, TOME 1. [SN23134X] $29 Paris: Delcourt , (no date). 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. This album first appeared in 1988.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE, TOME 2. [SN23132X] $29 Paris: Delcourt , (no date). 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. This album first appeared in 1989.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE, TOME 3. [SN23135X] $29 Paris: Delcourt , (no date). 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. This album first appeared in 1991.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE, TOME 4. [SN23127X] $29 Paris: Delcourt , (no date). 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. This album first appeared in 1993.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. AQUABLUE INTEGRALE, PREMIER CYCLE (TOMES 1-5). [SN23142X] $125 Paris: Delcourt , 2004. 4to (11-13”), 230pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. The first story arc. Tomes 1-4 were illustrated by Vatine. Tome 5 was illustrated by Ciro Tota.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. STAN PULSAR TOME 1 - L’AS DES ASTRES. [SN22043X] $25 Paris: Delcourt, 1987. Later. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. The comic adventures of a space pilot. Seven stories with a lot of charm and a lot of lovely cheesecake. Text in French.
Olivier Vatine. Cailleteau, Thierry. LES AVENTURES DE FRED & BOB. [SN22042X] $36 Paris: Delcourt, 2001. 4to (11-13”), 96pp, color, wraps. VF. A collection of the comic adventures of two skirt-chasing teenage boys in the early 1960s. 15 stories in all (plus interstitial pin-up illustrations). These are from 1985, early in Vatine’s career, so the art is not as slick as his work in Pink Planet, but they exude a lot of charm and a lot of lovely cheesecake and his debt to Frazetta, Wrightson, and EC Comics is fun to see. Text in French.
Olivier Vatine. Pecqueur, ANGELA. [SN21004X] $28 Paris: Delcourt, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 56pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. Vatine is a magazine illustrator, editor of his own comics line, and runs an animation studio, so many of his comics are created with other artists (Tao Bang, etc.). Vatine’s latest comics work is his first solo art credit in years. Angela is a Western sharpshooter who becomes entangled in a train robbery & revenge. The story of Angela's early years takes place in the frigid Northwest and switches to the Southwest for the train robbery and a climactic stand-off in a mine tunnel. From the publisher: “Angela is blessed by a happy-go-lucky childhood. Her life is turned upside down overnight when Jason, her Mum’s former lover, returns after an absence of twelve years. He then talks her into joining him with her daughter in order to exploit his mining concession. When they fail to strike gold, everyone is disheartened. Their last hope, a particularly audacious hold-up...Made in the tradition of the greatest westerns, this one-shot à la Sergio Leone marks Olivier Vatine’s return to comics.”
Charles Vess. BALLADES ET SAGAS, TOME 1. [SN22136] $28 France: Bulle Dog, 2001. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 64pp, b&w, pictorial boards. Fine. With a page size of 9x12.5, this is the largest reproduction of this material ever. Text in French.
Charles Vess. BALLADES ET SAGAS, TOME 2. [SN22137] $28 France: Bulle Dog, 2001. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 64pp, b&w, pictorial boards. Fine. With a page size of 9x12.5, this is the largest reproduction of this material ever. Text in French.
Daniela Vetro. Centomo, Katja & Francesco Artibani. MONSTER ALLERGY TOME 3 - MAGNACAT. [SN21800X] $25 Toulon: Soleil, 2004. Later. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color, pictorial boards. VF. The artwork for the sequels were provided by other artists of the Disney Academy in Italy with the drawing supervised by Barbucci and coloring supervised by Canepa. Vetro has drawn Disney comics for the Italian & European market since the late 1990s (Mickey Mouse, Donald duck, W.I.T.C.H.). Text in French.
Daniel Vierge. Cervantes, Miguel. DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA (IN TWO VOLUMES). [SN8237] $30 Barcelona: Salvat, 1916 + 1927. Small 4to (9-11”), viii, 515pp + 564pp, 55 b&w plates, leather spine & decorative cloth. VG-. A reprint of the 1906 edition in four volumes. This edition is in two volumes with 55 plates.
Gustav Vigeland. Wikberg, Tone. GUIDE TO THE VIGELAND PARK IN OSLO. [SN12411] $20 Oslo: Normanns, 1991. 8vo (8-9”), 44pp, color, wraps. VF. Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) was a sculptor. This is a picture book of the Vigeland Sculpture Park and Museum in Oslo. Deco sculptures of nude men, women and children. Text in English, German, French, Spanish, etc.
Gustav Vigeland. VIGELAND. [SN12409] $20 Norway: Normanns, 1993. Small 4to (9-11”), 32pp, 65 color illustrations, wraps. VF. Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) was a sculptor. This is a picture book of the Vigeland Sculpture Park and Museum in Oslo. Deco sculptures of nude men, women and children. Text in English, German, French, Spanish, etc.
Hermann Vogel. C'ERA DUE VOLTE.... [SN22479X] $65 Torino, Italy: Lo Scarabeo, 1994. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 80pp, 1 color and 99 b&w illustrations, wraps. VF. German ballads & stories illustrated by Hermann Vogel. Vogel was a late 19th century German illustrator specializing in children, animals and fairy tale creatures. Text in Italian. Scarce.
Thomas Von Kummant. Von Eckartsberg, Benjamin. LA CHRONIQUE DES IMMORTELS, TOME 1: AU BORD DU GOUFFRE. [SN22536X] $29 Geneva: Paquet, 2005. 4to (11-13”), 52pp, color, cloth. VF. A Medieval fantasy adapted from a German bestselling novel by Wolfgang Hohlbein! This graphic novel is drenched in blood, but is absolutely stunning to look at. The long absent Andrej Delany returns home to find priests and soldiers of the inquisition have destroyed his village and slaughtered the villagers under the pretext that the Delany are sorcerers. He discovers his tortured, dying son in the abandoned castle and Frédéric, a young witness that was powerless to help. Thus, Andrej and Frederic begin a sacred journey of revenge. This is part one. Von Kummant uses animation techniques to create his meticulously crafted comic book pages. He paints the background of every panel. He then draws the foreground elements (characters and props) adding multiple effects on separate layers on the computer (similar to animation cels). Then everything is combined for the finished page. The result is distinctive and a bit amazing. Text is in French.
Thomas Von Kummant. Von Eckartsberg, Benjamin. LE MAKING OF LA CHRONIQUE DES IMMORTELS. [SN22537X] $95 Geneva: Paquet, 2006. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 160pp, color, cloth. VF. . Text is in French. This thick, oversized volume is the "Making of" art book which includes:
“After the success of the first volume of The Chronicle of the immortal, and in front of the talent of the two young authors, it very quickly appeared for us that an artbook on their work would be a good idea. The here therefore... A good occasion dive to the heart of the creation of an album all magnificent simplemet. To the menu: - Historic and genealogy of the project; - the first sketches and crayonnés, - the mounting step by step of some scenes and of some put; - of the visual unpublished one volume 2; - a gallery of homages of other designers.”
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