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Dynamite comics art & cover collections 
Paper Tiger's Tim White collections 
Image Comics's Joseph Michael Linsner collections 
Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo/Julie Bell books 
Vanguard's Frank Brunner collections 
Shannon Stirnweis - 80 Years Behind The Brush 
Classic Pin-Ups - Art Fantastix Präsentiert series 
HarperCollins' Boris Vallejo/Julie Bell books 
Planet Of The Apes Artist Tribute 
Tapestry - The Paintings Of Robert E. McGinnis 
Underwood's Jeffrey Catherine Jones books 
Fantagraphics Los Bros Hernandez books 
Glamour International's Leone Frollo collections 
Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo books 
The Pin-Up Art Of Archie Dickens vols.1 & 2 
The Little Book of Pin-Up: Driben 
Dreamquests - The Art Of Don Maitz 
Titan's Drew Struzan collections 
Paper Tiger's combination SF & Fantasy art collections 
Gerry De La Ree's Stephen E. Fabian books 
Paper Tiger's Chris Foss books 
Let Them Eat Cheesecake - The Art Of Olivia 
Chris Achilleos: Beauty And The Beast 
Ballantine's Brothers Hildebrandt books 
Spellbound - Black Magic Women 
The Art Of Tom Lovell - An Invitation To History 
Girls On Top ! - The Pin-up Art Of Matt Dixon 
The Fantasy Art Techniques Of Tim Hildebrandt 
The Art Of Romance - Mills & Boon And Harlequin Cover Designs 
Beyond Science Fiction - The Alternative Realism Of Michael Whelan 
Action ! Mystery ! Thrills ! - Comic Book Covers Of The Golden Age 1933-1945 
The Art Of Greg Horn vols. 1 & 2 
The Life And Art Of Mead Schaeffer 
Miller & Underwood's Stephen E. Fabian books 
Marvel Comics art & cover collections 
The Glamor Girls Of Don Flowers 
One Man Army - The Action Paperback Art Of Gil Cohen 
River Of Mirrors - The Fantastic Art Of Judson Huss 
Drawing Down The Moon - The Art Of Charles Vess 
Charles Addams cartoon collections 
Barry Blair & Colin Walbridge: Nymphettes 
DC Comics art & cover collections 
Alberto Vargas: Varga (Red, Blue & White editions) 
Sorceress - The Mike Hoffman Sketchbook (vol.1) 
Robots & Donuts - The Art Of Eric Joyner 
Empyrean - The Art Of Stephen Hickman 
Inferno - The Art Of Tomas Giorello 
Wings Of Twilight - The Art Of Michael Kaluta 
Maxfield Parrish (Cutler & Goffman) 
The Beast Within - The Art Of Ken Barr 
Paper Tiger's Bob Eggleton collections 
Nik Guerra: Undressed - A Gallery Of Fetishwear 
The Art Of Gennadiy Koufay - Heatwave 
In The Stream Of Stars - The Soviet/American Space Art Book 
The Savage Art Of Bob Larkin vol.1 
Sorayama Hyper Illustrations 1 & 2 
The Alien Life Of Wayne Barlowe 
The Pin-Up Art Of Jay Scott Pike 
Ron Miller: Firebrands - The Heroines Of Science Fiction & Fantasy 
Frank Frazetta - The Underwood retrospectives 
Cover Story - The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland 
RGK - The Art Of Roy G. Krenkel 
Aliens / Predator - Panel To Panel 
Journeyman - The Art Of Chris Moore 
Reynold Brown - A Life In Pictures 
Miller & Underwood's Virgil Finlay books 
The Best Of Norman Rockwell (A Celebration Of 100 Years) (Tom Rockwell) 
Tom Adams' Agatha Christie Cover Story 
Mermaids And Magic Shows - The Paintings Of David Delamare 
The Movie Posters Of Drew Struzan 
Wendell Minor - Art For The Written Word 
The Deceiving Eye - The Art Of Richard Hescox 
Parallel Lines - The Science Fiction Illustrations Of Peter Elson & Chris Moore 
The Little Book Of Pin-Up: Elvgren 
Adventure Time - Eye Candy vol.1 
The World Of M.C. Escher / The Infinite World Of M.C. Escher 
Only Visiting This Planet - The Art Of Danny Flynn 
The Enchanted Realm - Art Of Ed Beard Jr. 
Tommy Castillo: Dragons, Myths & Mayhem 
Bruce Minney - The Man Who Painted Everything 
Alberto Vargas: Varga - The Esquire Years - A Catalogue Raisonné 
Sexy Two - The Art Of Dirty Pair 
Frank Cho: Women - Selected Drawings & Illustrations 
The Fantastic Worlds Of Frank Frazetta 
Xotica - The Art Of Esteban Maroto 
Inner Visions - The Art Of Ron Walotsky 
Arantza Sestoya: Wicked Kisses 
Collectors Press Pulp Cover collections 
Fatal Beauty - The Boada Sketchbook 
Dames, Dolls & Gun Molls - The Art Of Robert A. Maguire 
Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants - The Art Of The Paperback 
The Art Of Monte M. Moore - Mystica 
Enchanted World - The Art Of Anne Sudworth 
The Art Of Michael Möbius - Sheer Desire 
De Es Schwertberger: Heavy Light 
Beyond Fantasy - The Art Of Darrell K. Sweet 
Spellbound - The Keith Parkinson Sketchbook 
The Paintings Of J. Allen St. John - Grand Master Of Fantasy 
Alberto Vargas - Works From The Max Vargas Collection; 
Blacklight - The World Of L.B. Cole 
Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It 
Hardyware - The Art Of David A. Hardy 
Paper Tiger's Julie Bell books 
Flesh & Fire 2 - The Blas Gallego Sketchbook vol.2 
Pucker - The Seductive Art Of Matt Busch 
Dulac's Fairy Tale Illustrations In Full Color 
Collectors Press's classic pin-up collections 
The Golden Age Of Pin-Up Art books 1 & 2 
Secret Identity - The Fetish Art Of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster 
Cruel And Unusual - The Greg Loudon Sketchbook 
Image Comics's Jay Anacleto collections 
Pierangelo Boog - A Collection Of Illustrations 
Joseph Michael Linsner: The Portable Dawn 
Savage Hearts - The Clyde Caldwell Sketchbook Vol.1 
The Art Of Dan Frazier - A Touch Of Fantasy 
Frank Kelly Freas: A Separate Star 
Men's Adventure Magazines In Postwar America 
Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology 
Roy G. Krenkel: Father Of Heroic Fantasy - A Centennial Celebration 
The Fantastic Art Of Arthur Suydam 
Visions - The Art Of Arthur Suydam 
Stewart Cowley collections - Terran Trade Authority 
the books covering The Frank Collection 
The Art Of Star Wars Galaxy [vol 1] 
First Maitz - Selected Works By Don Maitz 
Heavy Metal's Luis Royo collections 
The Marvel Art Of Mike Deodato 
Ballantine/Bantam's Michael Whelan books 
Tomorrow And Beyond - Masterpieces Of Science Fiction Art 
Worlds Beyond Time - Sci-Fi Art Of The 1970s 
Sidney Sime - Master Of The Mysterious 
Spies, Vixens, And Masters Of Kung Fu - The Art Of Paul Gulacy 
Linda & Roger Garland: The Book Of The Unicorn 
Frank R. Paul: The Dean Of Science Fiction Illustgration 
Spectrum 12 - The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art 
Terror ! / A Pictorial History Of Horror Stories / The Art Of Horror Stories 
The New Visions - A Collection Of Modern Science Fiction Art 
The Art Of Keith Parkinson pair -- Kingsgate & Knightsbridge 
Frank Kelly Freas - The Art Of Science Fiction 
The Alluring Art Of Margaret Brundage 
Feral House's paperback cover art books 
Glamour International Magazines & Albums 
Mythology. - The DC Art of Alex Ross 
Brad Johannsen: Occupied Spaces 
The Art Of Jim Starlin - A Life In Words And Pictures 
Midnight High - The Deadly Art of Tom Artis 
Infinite Worlds - The Fantastic Visions Of Science Fiction Art 
Petty - The Classic Pin-Up Art Of George Petty 
The Look Of Love - The Art Of The Romance Novel 
2000 A.D. - Illustrations From The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Pulps 
From Tolkien To Oz - The Art Of Greg Hildebrandt 
The Classic Era Of American Comics 
Pulp Art - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines 
Echoes - The Drawings Of Michael William Kaluta 
Illustration House Art Auction Catalogues 
The Paperback Art Of James Avati 
Collectors Press's comic art collections 
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Yesterday's Lily 
Roy G. Krenkel: Cities & Scenes From The Ancient World 
Hellbent - The Art Of Flint Henry 
Star Wars - The Art Of Dave Dorman 
Chroma - The Art Of Alex Schomburg 
Edd Cartier: The Known And The Unknown 
The Outdoor Paintings Of Robert K. Abbett 
102 Favorite Paintings By Norman Rockwell 
Strange Sisters - The Art Of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969 
The Science Fiction Art Of Vincent DiFate 
Heritage Auction Illustration Art Catalogs 
The Classic Era Of American Pulp Magazines 
Krause's paperback cover art collections 
Collectors Press's Sci-Fi art collections 
Johnny Bruck - Perry Rhodan Illustrator 
The Fantastic Art Of Frank Frazetta - the Ballantine collections 
The Western Art Of Harold Von Schmidt 
The Western Paintings Of Frank C. McCarthy 
Masters Of Science-Fiction And Fantasy Art 
Graphic Thrills - American XXX Movie Posters 1970 to 1985 vols.1 & 2 
Norman Rockwell (Marling-Taschen) 
Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction 
Ballantine's Boris Vallejo books 
From The Pen Of Paul / Frank R. Paul: Father Of Science Fiction Art 
Elvgren Girls I & II (Artist Archives) 
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) artwork collections 
The Immortals Of Science-Fiction 
Mosh Girls & Monsters - The Art Of Josh Howard vol. 2 
The Western Art Of Charles M. Russell 
the Norman Rockwell And The Saturday Evening Post books 
Mike Benton / Taylor History Of Comics volumes 
Arthur Suydam - The Art Of The Barbarian 
The Paperback Covers Of Robert McGinnis 
The Comics Journal Library 5 - Classic Comics Illustrators 
Dinosaurs, Mammoths, And Cavemen - The Art Of Charles R. Knight 
Imagination - The Art & Technique Of David A. Cherry 
Great American Comic Books / Over 50 Years Of American Comic Books 
Heavy Metal - 25 Years Of Classic Covers 
Dave Stevens: Covers & Stories 
Roy G. Krenkel: Swordsmen And Saurians 
Michal Dutkiewicz: Girls ! - From Line To Color 
Gil Elvgren - All His Glamorous American Pin-ups (Martignette) 
Yu Watase: The Art Of Fushigi Yûgi 
Frank Frazetta - The Living Legend 
Norman Rockwell's World Of Scouting 
The Guide To Fantasy Art Techniques 
Young Lusty Sluts - A Pictorial History Of Erotic Pulp Fiction 
The Fantastic World Of Boris Vallejo 
The Saturday Evening Post Norman Rockwell Book 
One Hundred Years Of Science Fiction Illustration 
The Illustrated History Of Warren Magazines - Illustrators Special #14 
Fantastic Science-Fiction Art 1926-1954 
George Barr: Upon The Winds Of Yesterday 
Frazetta - A Retrospective (Alexander) 
Collectors Press's Fantasy & Horror art collections 
The Fantasy Art Of Stephen Hickman 
Burne Hogarth: Dynamic Light And Shade 
The Michael Wm. Kaluta Treasury 
Boris Vallejo: Fantasy Art Techniques 
From Pencils To Inks - The Art Of Mark A. Nelson 
The Exilian Crossection Art Folio 
The Weird World Of Eerie Publications 
The Norman Rockwell Treasury (Buechner) 
The Golden Age Of Comic Books 1937-1945 
Edgar Rice Burroughs Library Of Illustration 
Kazuaki Iwasaki - Visions Of The Universe 
Kazushi Hagiwara: Nude - Bastard !! Guardress Illustrations 
The Art Of Pulp Fiction - An Illustrated History Of Vintage Paperbacks 
Gerber's Comics Photo-Journals 
The Art Of Saudelli - Bondage & Foot Fantasies 
Tarzan - The Centennial Celebration 
Knowing Darkness - Artists Inspired By Stephen King 
Norman Rockwell - 332 Magazine Covers 
The Aviation Art Of Keith Ferris 
Frank Kozik: Desperate Measures Empty Pleasures 
The Art Of The Pulps - An Illustrated History 
Outermost - The Art + Life Of Jack Gaughan 
Boris Vallejo: Boris books (One & Two) 
Charles Vess - Modern Masters Vol. 11 
William Stout: New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z 
Society Of Illustrators Centennial Benefit Auction 
The Good Girl Art Of Bob Lubbers (Glamour International #26) 
Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Catalogs 
Gil Elvgren - The Wartime Pin-Ups 
Frank Frazetta - Art And Remembrances 
Chronicle's paperback cover art collections 
A Pictorial History Of Science Fiction 
Bradbury - An Illustrated Life 
Dream Dance: The Art Of Ed Emshwiller 
Master Storyteller - An Illustrated Tour Of The Fiction Of L. Ron Hubbard 
Gil Elvgren: Pin-Ups Diary Calendars 
Alien Invasions! The History Of Aliens In Pop Culture 
True Crime Detective Magazines 
The Art Of Stanton - Master Of Bizarre - Book One 
Dan Spiegle - A Life In Comic Art 
Adolf Schaller: Extraterrestrials - A Field Guide For Earthlings 
Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook Series vol.1 & 2 
Another Chance To Get It Right 
The Kelly Freas Collection (Heritage Auction Comics Catalog supplement (2004 October - # 813-C)) 
All About Collecting Girls' / Boys' Series Books 
Taschen's 'Pin-Up Girls' books 
Brush Strokes With Greatness - The Life & Art Of Joe Sinnott 
Doc Dave Winiewicz Frazetta Collection Catalog 
The Art Of John Willie - Sophisticated Bondage - Book One & Two 
Sotheby's 1993 June (Comic Books/Comic Art) 
Star Wars - The Clone Wars - The Complete Season 2 pamphlet 
The Art Of Eric Stanton - For The Man Who Knows His Place 
BELOW THE LINE * BELOW THE LINE * BELOW THE LINE
The Amazing Art Of Don Marquez 
Frank Frazetta: Baby, You're Really Something ! 
Dirty Pictures - The Naughty Art Of The '30s Pulps #1 & #2 
The Brunner Mystique vol.1 & 2 
Pin-Up Poster Book - The Gil Elvgren Collection 
Alex Toth (Glamour International #24) 
Frank Brunner: Carnal Delights 
Roy G. Krenkel - Portfolio # 1 
Varga Girls I & II (Artist Archives) 
Harold Von Schmidt Draws And Paints The Old West 
Cheap Thrills - An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazine 
DiFate's Catalog Of Science Fiction Hardware 
Frederic Remington (Art For Children) 
Science Fiction - An Illustrated History 
Frank Frazetta: The Ultimate Triumph 
Portrait Of An Era As Drawn By C.D. Gibson 
Lynette R. Cook: Infinite Worlds - An Illustrated Voyage To Planets Beyond Our Sun 
The Brothers Hildebrandt - A Book About The Artists 
The Amazing World Of Carmine Infantino 
Alphonse Mucha - Posters And Photographs 
The Mort Künstler Collections from Heritage Auctions 
Frank Kelly Freas: The Astounding Fifties 
John Romita . . . And All That Jazz 
Spacecraft In Fact And Fiction 
Vintage Illustration - Discovering America's Calendar Artists 1900-1960 
Science Fiction - The Illustrated Encyclopedia 
The Forrest J Ackerman Scrapbook - Treasures From The Ackermansion 
Bill Hughes: Star Wars - The Essential Chronology 
The Visual Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction 
Forrest J. Ackerman's World of Science Fiction 
David Cherry & Rob Alexander: The World Of Shannara 
Frank Frazetta: Illustrations Arcanum 
The Pulps: Fifty Years Of American Pop Culture (Goodstone) 
Boris Vallejo: Ladies - Retold Tales Of Goddesses And Heroines 
Baldazzini & Saudelli's Bizarreries Book 1 
Sergio Aragones: MAD's Greatest Artists 
Ken Landau: The Cosmopolitan Cuthbert 
Paperbacks, U.S.A. - A Graphic History, 1939-1959 
Alternate Worlds - The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction 
The Science In Science Fiction 
Zdenek Burian: Prehistoric Animals 
The Great Comic Book Artists vol.1 & 2 
Under Cover - An Illustrated History of American Mass Market Paperbacks 
Vargas Girls - Pin-Ups - Coffee Table Book 1 & 2 
The Adventure House Guide To The Pulps 
True Magazine's Petty Girl Calendar 1947 
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