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Hugo Pratt
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. CARNET DE LA CAMBUSE. [SN24253X] $36 Paris: Casterman, (no date). Small 8vo (7.5-8"), color illustrations, 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, hardcover 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, softcover 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, softcover 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, softcover 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, softcover wraps. VF. A Corto Maltese album (from 1957) reproduced in black & white. The mass market editions of the Corto Maltese albums are colored, however the stories in their original releases appeared in black & white and Pratt's masterful use of black is highlighted in these black & white editions. Text in French.
Hugo Pratt. SAINT-EXUPERY: LE DERNIER VOL. [SN28443] $25 Paris: Casterman, 2004. 1st thus. 4to (11-13"), 80pp, color illustrations, hardcover pictorial boards. NF/NF. This graphic novel tells of the life and death of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince. It tells of the deep connection between Saint-Exupery's flying and his writing. The P-38 Lightning is the plane featured throughout the story! The Introduction by Umberto Eco includes reproductions of several watercolor sketches, roughs, and four pages of detailed pencil layouts. Text in French.
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 2: BANANA CONGA. [SN28052X] $40 NY: NBM, 1986. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 96pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. VF. A collection of Corto Maltese stories in English. Four stories: So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune, The Seagull's Fault, Mushroom Heads, Banana Congo. Out of print. Scarce. "Hugo Pratt's remarkable achievement is to have produced energetic drawings which are at once loose and fluid, as well as lush and rich in detail. They are a joy, as are the stories" - Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist.
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 2: BANANA CONGA. [SN28056] $35 NY: NBM, 1986. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 96pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. Mild shelf wear otherwise VF. A collection of Corto Maltese stories in English. Four stories: So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune, The Seagull's Fault, Mushroom Heads, Banana Congo. Out of print. Scarce. "Hugo Pratt's remarkable achievement is to have produced energetic drawings which are at once loose and fluid, as well as lush and rich in detail. They are a joy, as are the stories" - Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 3: VOODOO FOR THE PRESIDENT. [SN28053X] $30 NY: NBM, 1986. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 96pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. VF. A collection of Corto Maltese stories in English. Four stories: Voodoo for the President, Sweet Dream Lagoon, A Tale Of Two Grandfathers, The Angel in the Window to the Orient. Introduction by Frank Miller. Out of print. Scarce. "Hugo Pratt's remarkable achievement is to have produced energetic drawings which are at once loose and fluid, as well as lush and rich in detail. They are a joy, as are the stories" - Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist.
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 3: VOODOO FOR THE PRESIDENT. [SN28075] $25 NY: NBM, 1986. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 96pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. NF (very slight crease to lower corner otherwise tight, bright and unread). A collection of Corto Maltese stories in English. Four stories: Voodoo for the President, Sweet Dream Lagoon, A Tale Of Two Grandfathers, The Angel in the Window to the Orient. Introduction by Frank Miller. Out of print. Scarce. "Hugo Pratt's remarkable achievement is to have produced energetic drawings which are at once loose and fluid, as well as lush and rich in detail. They are a joy, as are the stories" - Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 4: A MIDWINTER MORNING’S DREAM. [SN23646] $80 NY: NBM, 1987. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 112pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. Fine. A nice fat volume of Corto Maltese in English. Scarce.
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 5: IN AFRICA. [SN28054X] $50 NY: NBM, 1987. 1st. 4to (11-13"), 96pp, b&w, softcover color wraps. VF. A collection of Corto Maltese stories in English. Four stories: In the Name of Allah the Merciful, The Coup de Grace, More Romeos, More Juliets, The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji. Out of print. Scarce. "Hugo Pratt's remarkable achievement is to have produced energetic drawings which are at once loose and fluid, as well as lush and rich in detail. They are a joy, as are the stories" - Tony Auth, editorial cartoonist.
Hugo Pratt. CORTO MALTESE, VOL. 6: THE EARLY YEARS. [SN20216] $60 NY: NBM, 1988. 1st. 4to (11-13”), 48pp, color illustrations, softcover wraps. VF. A color volume of Corto Maltese in English. Scarce.
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