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Hugo Pratt

Hugo Pratt. PÉRIPLES SECRETS: TECHNIQUES MIXTES: 1950-1995 . [SN26489X] $160

Paris: Casterman, 2009. 1st. Square 4to (11-13"), 415pp, color, pictorial boards. VF/VF. The hardcover edition.

Hugo Pratt. PÉRIPLES SECRETS: TECHNIQUES MIXTES: 1950-1995 . [SN26490X] $125

Paris: Casterman, 2009. 1st. Square 4to (11-13"), 415pp, color, wraps. VF. The softcover edition.

Hugo Pratt. BALLADE DE LA MER SALEE - EDITION SPECIALE ANNIVERSAIRE. [SN27726X] $140

Paris: Casterman, 2007. 1st. Folio (13" x 17"), 172pp, b&w, pictorial cloth. VF. Limited edition.

The first Corto Maltese adventure, the Ballad of the Salten Sea, appeared in 1967. To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this work, Casterman created this new edition of the Ballad of the Salten Sea printed in a large size (13" x 17") on fine quality paper. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. HUGO PRATT PÉRIPLES IMAGINAIRES: AQUARELLES: 1965-1995. [SN26491X] $125

Paris: Casterman, 2005. 1st. Square 4to (11-13"), 455pp, color, wraps. VF. From the publisher: "In 2005, ten years after the death of the "Maestro" Hugo Pratt, a great retrospective of his work was mounted and exhibited in Italy, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires. This beautiful book gathers all of Pratt's watercolor paintings in a single volume. This Catalogue Raisonne gathers for the first time every watercolor by Hugo Pratt, including many unknown and/or previously unpublished works, and will charm the many fans of the creator of Corto Maltese." Essays and captions in both French and English.

Hugo Pratt. CARNET DE LA CAMBUSE. [SN24253X] $36

Paris: Casterman, (no date). Small 8vo (7.5-8"), color, spiral bound pictorial boards. VF.

"The recipes of Corto Maltese." A real cookbook. Beautifully designed to resemble a travel notebook. With frequent annotations and watercolors and sketches on every page by Pratt. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. Ongaro, Alberto. L'OMBRE. [SN24276X] $45

Paris: Casterman, 2004. Small 4to (9-11"), 232pp, b&w, pictorial boards. VF.

From the publisher: "L'Ombre (The Shadow) is in the great tradition of masked avengers. As any good superman, he has a secret identity of course and has a paralyzing gas panoply, truth drugs, flying machines, hyper-powerful cars... His principal enemy, "the General", seeks all the gold cargoes of the world. This super-villain (also in the tradition of the black legends of the comics) is assisted by a band of killers and an armada of strange robots and radio-controlled miniatures." Contains three adventures of l'Ombre. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. THE CELTS. [SN24530] $125

London: Harvill, 1996. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 140pp, b&w, color wraps. VG+ (mild shelf wear, slight bump to bottom of the spine).

One of the handful of volumes of Corto Maltese in English. This book retraces Corto Maltese's journey in Europe during 1917 and 1918. Translated from Les Celtiques published in France in 1975. Scarce.

Hugo Pratt. MORGAN. [SN23937X] $35

Paris: Casterman, 1999. 4to (11-13"), 80pp, b&w, wraps. VF.

Pratt's lovely artwork reproduced in b&w. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. MU (CORTO MALTESE). [SN23938X] $36

Paris: Casterman, 2001. 4to (11-13"), 176pp, b&w, wraps. VF.

Pratt's lovely artwork reproduced in b&w. Text in French.

Hugo Pratt. TANGO (CORTO MALTESE). [SN24254X] $29

Paris: Casterman, 2001. 4to (11-13"), 64pp, b&w, with 3pp in color, wraps. VF.

A Corto Maltese album (from 1957) reproduced in b&w. The mass market editions of the Corto Maltese albums are colored, however the stories in their original releases appeared in b&w and Pratt's masterful use of black is highlighted in these b&w editions. Text in French.