New York: Abrams, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 255 pp. [24.5 cm.] Orange and sand-colored boards with woodcut illustration on front cover. No dust jacket as issued. From back cover: "Wordless books - stories from the early part of the twentieth centery told in black-and-white woodcuts - were imaginatively illustrated, powerful..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. Peter Kuper. First edition. Hardcover. 160pp. Octavo [24 cm] Printed paper over boards. Acclaimed illustrator Peter Kuper delivers a shocking graphic interpretation of this controversial classic. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [28 cm] Black hardcover with gilt stamped titles. Fine/Fine. Originally thinking that he would do a takeoff of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible's language, 'a text so great and so strange that..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. Signed limited edition. Quarto [28 cm]; black cloth with gilt stamped titles. Housed in a matching slipcase. Fine condition, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Signed by the author and illustrator with a signed print laid in. This edition was was sold out prior to publication..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [28 cm] Black vinyl cloth over boards with decorative lettering in gilt on the spine and front cover. Near fine. The bottom fore edge corner of the front cover is just a tiny bit rubbed. In a...... More
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. 176pp. Octavo [22 cm] Illustrated wraps. This book is a wonderful educational tool for those unfamiliar with Kafka, including a brief but inclusive biography as well as the plots of many of his works, all illustrated by Crumb, making this newly designed..... More
New York: Vertigo, 2010. Gane, Simone. First edition. Hardcover. 16. pp. [23.5 cm] NEW. HARDCOVER. New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina crashes into the city. The levees burst. And two small-time ex-cons with big dreams get the idea that now would be the perfect time to rob a bank. Catch is, the..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. Peter Kruper. First edition. Paperback. 160pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. Award-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories. More
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004. Peter Kruper. Later printing. Paperback. 80pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. Acclaimed graphic artist Peter Kuper presents a brilliant, darkly comic reimagining of Kafka’s classic tale of family, alienation, and a giant bug. Kuper’s electric drawings—which merge American cartooning with German expressionism—bring Kafka’s prose..... More
New York: Ten Speed Press, 2019. A. D'Amico. First edition; Later Printing. Paperback. 195pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Illustarted wraps. A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women’s rights by the New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism. More
Germany: Taschen Publishing, 2019. Hardcover. 344pp. Elephant folio [44.5 cm]; illustrated paper covered boards. Ding to top edge of front board. May require extra charges for shipping due to weight. More
Abington, PA; Seattle, WA: Slumberland Books; Remco Worldservice Books; Fantagraphics Books, 1989-1993. Various printings: Volume 1 is a third Slumberland Books printing, Volume 2 is a second Remco Worldservice Books printing (Packager's Promotional Edition); Volume 3 is a first Remco Worldservice Books printing; Volume 4 is a first Remco Worldservice..... More
Oxford, UK: Rebellion, 2014-2015. First Rebellion edition. Hardcover. Quarto [28 cm] Illustrated paper over boards, with minor rubbing at the spine ends and corners of the covers. May require extra postage due to weight. Four hardcover collected editions reprinting one of the all-time classics from 2000 AD. More
New York: Pantheon, 2011. Later printing. Hardcover. 295pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards with black illustration stamped on front board. Illustrated dust jacket. Both parts of Spiegelman's seminal graphic work bound as one. More
New York: Firefly Books, 2007. Paperback. 423pp. 25.5 cm. Black, white and orange illustrated wrappers. Works by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri, and Laurence Hyde. Very good. The covers are rubbed. The spine is mildly rolled. The bottom edge of the text block is gently soiled. "Four rare wordless..... More
Erin, ONT: Porcupine's Quill, [2012]. George A. Walker. [Third edition]. 189pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth with silver stamped title on the front board. Housed in matching slipcase. Both fine. Signed by the artist/author on the frontispiece. A wordless novel tribute to those who lost their lives in 9/11. With..... More
Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, 2010. George A. Walker. Reprint. Paperback. 189pp. Octavo [22 cm]; illustrated wraps. "Walker's art contributes to the great wood engraving tradition established by the likes of Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward and Otto Nuckel, and demonstrates the endless need to expose and question social and political..... More
Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, 2010. George A. Walker. Reprint. Paperback. 189 pp. [22 cm]; illustrated wraps. "Walker's art contributes to the great wood engraving tradition established by the likes of Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward and Otto Nuckel, and demonstrates the endless need to expose and question social and political..... More
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2009. First Dover Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Octavo [23.5cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. From the back cover: "One of the finest wood engravers of the twentieth century, Lynd Ward took his work to a new dimension when he created the 'wordless novel.' Vertigo, published in 1937, is..... More
Library of America, 2010. Lynd Ward. Reprint. Hardcover. 1584pp. Octavo [21.5cm] in slipcase. In publisher's shrinkwrap. A beautifully produced two volume set in slipcase, featuring six wordless novels by Lynd Ward. Edited by Art Spiegelman. More
