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Dynamite comics art & cover collections  

Shameless Art  

Paper Tiger's Tim White collections  

Image Comics's Joseph Michael Linsner collections  

Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo/Julie Bell books  

Vanguard's Frazetta books  

Tom Lovell Illustrator  

Vanguard's Frank Brunner collections   

Shannon Stirnweis - 80 Years Behind The Brush  

Classic Pin-Ups - Art Fantastix Präsentiert series   

SQP's Fastner & Larson books  

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  

Savage Art  

The Art Of Robert E. McGinnis  

The Art Of Saul Tepper  

Fantagraphics Los Bros Hernandez books  

Glamour International's Leone Frollo collections  

Paper Tiger's Boris Vallejo books  

The Art Of Dean Cornwell  

The Pin-Up Art Of Archie Dickens   vols.1 & 2  

Graeme Base:  Anamalia   

Mass - The Art Of John Harris   

The Little Book of Pin-Up:  Driben   

Hajime Sorayama:   Pin-up   

SQP's Flirt books  

Jim Warren:  Painted Worlds  

The Pin-Up Art Of Bill Ward  

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  

Treasured Chests vol.3 & 4  

Paper Tiger's Chris Foss books  

Let Them Eat Cheesecake - The Art Of Olivia  

The Art Of Allen Anderson  

Chris Achilleos:  Beauty And The Beast  

Ballantine's Brothers Hildebrandt books  

Bill Mauldin's Army  

Spellbound - Black Magic Women  

The Gustave Doré Dover Books  

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  

Paper Tiger's Ciruelo books  

Peter Jones:   Solar Wind  

Visions Of Space  

The Life And Art Of Mead Schaeffer  

Miller & Underwood's  Stephen E. Fabian  books  

SQP's 'Song' books  

Marvel Comics art & cover collections  

The Glamor Girls Of Don Flowers  

The Art Of Walter Girotto  

The Art Of John Bolton  

One Man Army - The Action Paperback Art Of Gil Cohen  

River Of Mirrors - The Fantastic Art Of Judson Huss   

SQP's Dave Nestler books   

Offerings - The Art Of Brom  

The Art Of Rafael DeSoto  

Drawing Down The Moon - The Art Of Charles Vess  

Dino Babes   

SQP's 'Lust' books   

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  

Tim White:  Mirror Of Dreams  

Jungle Tails vol.1, 2 & 4  

Steven Eisler collections  

Empyrean - The Art Of Stephen Hickman  

Inferno - The Art Of Tomas Giorello  

SQP's Rich Larson books  

Wings Of Twilight - The Art Of Michael Kaluta  

Dragontails  vol.2 & 3  

Maxfield Parrish  (Cutler & Goffman)  

Norman Rockwell (Montgomery)  

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  

Michael Whelan:  Wonderworks  

Rivals Of Rockwell  

The Art Of Rudy D. Nebres  

The Art Of The Fantastic  

In The Stream Of Stars - The Soviet/American Space Art Book  

Daughters Of Darkness vol.1  

Sexy Dreams  

The Savage Art Of Bob Larkin   vol.1   

Wet And Wild   

Sorayama Hyper Illustrations  1 & 2  

Devil Dolls  vol.1   

Mark Harrison's Dreamlands  

The Alien Life Of Wayne Barlowe  

The Art Of Pelaez  

The Pin-Up Art Of Jay Scott Pike  

Coven 1, 2 & 3  

Ron Miller:  Firebrands - The Heroines Of Science Fiction & Fantasy  

The Studio  

Paper Tiger's Jim Burns books  

Visions Of Never  

Frank Frazetta - The Underwood retrospectives  

Eternal Temptation  [vol.1]  

Cover Story - The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland  

Twenty Years Of Art - Elmore  

Mermaids   [Vol.1]  

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)  

Luz - The Art of Ciruelo  

James Gurney:  Dinotopia  

Tom Adams' Agatha Christie Cover Story  

Mermaids And Magic Shows - The Paintings Of David Delamare  

The Movie Posters Of Drew Struzan  

Wolfpack  

Wendell Minor - Art For The Written Word  

Pin-Up - The Illegitimate Art  

Works Of Art - Joe Chiodo  

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  

Dean Yeagle:  Mélange  

Russell  (Buskirk)  

Adventure Time - Eye Candy vol.1  

The Art Of Bryan Talbot  

The World Of M.C. Escher / The Infinite World Of M.C. Escher  

Frederic Remington (Craze)  

Only Visiting This Planet - The Art Of Danny Flynn  

Dangerous Curves  

The Enchanted Realm - Art Of Ed Beard Jr.  

The Dark Art Of Tony Mauro  

Tommy Castillo:  Dragons, Myths & Mayhem  

Bruce Minney - The Man Who Painted Everything  

The Daniel Horne Sketchbook  

The Art Of Haddon Sundblom  

Alberto Vargas:  Varga - The Esquire Years - A Catalogue Raisonné  

Sexy Two - The Art Of Dirty Pair  

Frank Cho:  Women - Selected Drawings & Illustrations  

Xotica - The Art Of Esteban Maroto  

Sanjulian - Master Visionary   

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  

Hildebrandt / Tolkien Years  

The Frazetta Pillow Book  

Imago  

Enchanted World - The Art Of Anne Sudworth  

Liberatore's Women  

NBM's Luis Royo Books  

The Women Of Manara  

Illustration Magazine  

The Dynamite Art Of Alex Ross  

The Art Of Michael Möbius - Sheer Desire  

The Art Of Ricky Carralero  

the Steve Holland books  

The Art Of Andreas Raufeisen  

De Es Schwertberger:  Heavy Light  

Beyond Fantasy - The Art Of Darrell K. Sweet  

Spellbound - The Keith Parkinson Sketchbook  

Taschen's Vargas books  

The Paintings Of J. Allen St. John - Grand Master Of Fantasy  

Alberto Vargas - Works From The Max Vargas Collection; 

Hajime Sorayama:  Naga  

Blacklight - The World Of L.B. Cole  

Frank Kelly Freas:   As He Sees It   

The Art Of Frank C. McCarthy  

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  

SQP's Wolf books   

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  

The Art Of Roca  

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  

James Bama - American Realist  

Hajime Sorayama   (Taschen)  

Frank Kelly Freas:  A Separate Star  

Roger Dean:  Views  

Men's Adventure Magazines In Postwar America  

Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology  

Spanking Tails  vol.2  

Roy G. Krenkel:  Father Of Heroic Fantasy - A Centennial Celebration  

The Fantastic Art Of Arthur Suydam  

Visions - The Art Of Arthur Suydam  

Alphonse Mucha Masterworks  

Stewart Cowley collections - Terran Trade Authority  

the books covering The Frank Collection  

It's A Man's World  

Ron Cobb:  Colorvision  

Science Fiction Art  

Space Art  

Drawings of Mucha  

The Art Of Star Wars Galaxy [vol 1]  

Fantastic People  

First Maitz - Selected Works By Don Maitz  

The Art Of Maxx Marshall  

Heavy Metal's Luis Royo collections  

A Hannes Bok Showcase  

The Art Of Richard Powers  

The Marvel Art Of Mike Deodato   

Ballantine/Bantam's Michael Whelan books  

Art Of Chiodo  

Sztuka Science Fiction Art  

The Blue Book  

Frank Frazetta:  Rough Work  

Tomorrow And Beyond - Masterpieces Of Science Fiction Art  

Worlds Beyond Time - Sci-Fi Art Of The 1970s  

The Art Of Segrelles  

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  

The Art Of Game Characters  

The Art Of Emily The Strange  

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  

H.J. Ward  

Milo Manara:  Donne e Motori  

The Art Of Keith Parkinson pair -- Kingsgate & Knightsbridge  

Frank Kelly Freas - The Art Of Science Fiction  

Michael Manning:  Lumenagerie  

Frank Frazetta:  Fascination  

The Alluring Art Of Margaret Brundage  

Paolo Serpieri:  Druuna X  

The Art Of Mitch Byrd  

Feral House's paperback cover art books  

Glamour International Magazines & Albums  

The Art Of Irvin Bomb  

Rick Griffin  

Norman Saunders  

Boris Vallejo:  Diva  

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  

Tom Of Finland (Taschen)  

Drakaina Masters  

Petty - The Classic Pin-Up Art Of George Petty  

Barlowe's Guides  

The Look Of Love - The Art Of The Romance Novel  

The Art Of Ken Kelly  

Visions Of the Future  

Eros's Rebecca collections  

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  

Robotech Art 1, 2 & 3  

Pulp Art - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines  

Echoes - The Drawings Of Michael William Kaluta  

Illustration House Art Auction Catalogues  

The Art Of George Pérez  

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  

Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook  

Hellbent - The Art Of Flint Henry  

Star Wars - The Art Of Dave Dorman   

Chroma - The Art Of Alex Schomburg  

Will Eisner Color Treasury   

Comic Book Covers  

Edd Cartier:  The Known And The Unknown  

The Outdoor Paintings Of Robert K. Abbett   

102 Favorite Paintings By Norman Rockwell  

Abrams' Norman Rockwell books  

Strange Sisters - The Art Of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969  

The Art Of Doom Eternal  

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  

Fame / Fame 2  

Artist Archives collections  

Elvgren Girls I & II   (Artist Archives)  

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) artwork collections  

The Art Of Howard Chaykin  

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  

The Great American Pin-Up  

Arthur Suydam -  The Art Of The Barbarian  

The Paperback Covers Of Robert McGinnis  

Art Of Tommy Lee Edwards  

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 Yűgi  

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  

Alphonse Mucha  (Sarah Mucha)  

Dali  (Larkin)  

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  

Dulac  

George Barr:  Upon The Winds Of Yesterday  

Frazetta - A Retrospective  (Alexander)  

Collectors Press's Fantasy & Horror art collections  

The Doré Bible Gallery  

The Fantasy Art Of Stephen Hickman  

Burne Hogarth:  Dynamic Light And Shade  

The Michael Wm. Kaluta Treasury  

Great Balls Of Fire !  

Alien Landscapes  

Mechanismo  

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 Art Of P. Craig Russell  

The Norman Rockwell Treasury  (Buechner)  

George Pérez: Storyteller  

The Golden Age Of Comic Books 1937-1945  

Edgar Rice Burroughs Library Of Illustration  

Erotic Comics   vols.1 & 2  

Jim Burns:  Planet Story  

Vargas Girls - Pin-Ups - Coffee Table Book 1 & 2  

Kazuaki Iwasaki -  Visions Of The Universe  

Kazushi Hagiwara:  Nude - Bastard !! Guardress Illustrations  

Paperbacks From Hell  

The Art Of Pulp Fiction - An Illustrated History Of Vintage Paperbacks  

Gerber's Comics Photo-Journals  

The Art Of Saudelli - Bondage & Foot Fantasies  

The Art Of Heavy Metal  

Tarzan - The Centennial Celebration  

WWW HR GIGER COM  

Knowing Darkness - Artists Inspired By Stephen King  

Norman Rockwell - 332 Magazine Covers  

Bettie Page - Queen Of Hearts  

The Aviation Art Of Keith Ferris  

Playboy's Vargas Girls  

Frank Kozik:  Desperate Measures Empty Pleasures  

The Art Of The Pulps - An Illustrated History  

Outermost - The Art + Life Of Jack Gaughan  

Elvgren - His Life And Art  

Boris Vallejo:  Boris books (One & Two)  

Charles Vess - Modern Masters Vol. 11  

Masters Of Comic Book Art  

William Stout:  New Dinosaur Discoveries A-Z  

Vargas  (Austin)  

Society Of Illustrators Centennial Benefit Auction  

The Good Girl Art Of Bob Lubbers  (Glamour International #26)  

Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Catalogs  

Kenneth Smith:  Phantasmagoria  

Gil Elvgren - The Wartime Pin-Ups  

Frank Frazetta - Art And Remembrances  

Chronicle's paperback cover art collections  

Mucha  (Taschen)  

A Pictorial History Of Science Fiction  

  Worlds Of Wonder Art Catalogs

The Art Of Nick Cardy  

Bill Hume:  Babysan  

The Norman Rockwell Album  

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   

Heavy Metal Thunder  

Alien Invasions!  The History Of Aliens In Pop Culture  

True Crime Detective Magazines  

The Fantasy Book  

The Art Of Stanton - Master Of Bizarre - Book One  

Dan Spiegle - A Life In Comic Art  

Adolf Schaller:  Extraterrestrials - A Field Guide For Earthlings  

Vanguard's Wally Wood books  

Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook Series  vol.1 & 2  

The History Of Mystery  

The Erotic Art Of Reed Waller  

Another Chance To Get It Right  

The Science Fiction Book  


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  

Space Weapons  

The Art Of John Willie - Sophisticated Bondage - Book One & Two  

Sotheby's 1993 June (Comic Books/Comic Art)  

The Great American Paperback  

Star Wars - The Clone Wars - The Complete Season 2 pamphlet  

Art Of Imagination  

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  

Brunner's Beauties  

The Brunner Mystique vol.1 & 2  

The Best Of Stephen Fabian  

Pin-Up Poster Book - The Gil Elvgren Collection  

Solson's Gary & Al books  

Qua Brot  

Alex Toth  (Glamour International #24)  

Frank Brunner:  Carnal Delights  

Roy G. Krenkel - Portfolio # 1  

Norman Rockwell  -   Illustrator   

Varga Girls I & II   (Artist Archives)  

Harold Von Schmidt Draws And Paints The Old West  

Cheap Thrills - An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazine  

The Art Of Mara McAfee  

Emshwiller - Infinity X Two  

The Berni Wrightson Catalog  

DiFate's Catalog Of Science Fiction Hardware  

Alphonse Maria Mucha  

Virgil Finlay  (Grant)  

Focus On George Pérez  

Tour Of The Universe  

Frederic Remington  (Art For Children)  

Frank Frazetta  Book One  

Science Fiction - An Illustrated History  

Comic Book Artist # 22  

Frank Frazetta:  The Ultimate Triumph  

Portrait Of An Era As Drawn By C.D. Gibson  

Earl MacPherson:  Pin-Up Art  

Lynette R. Cook:  Infinite Worlds - An Illustrated Voyage To Planets Beyond Our Sun  

The Brothers Hildebrandt - A Book About The Artists  

500 Comic Book Villains  

The Amazing World Of Carmine Infantino  

Alphonse Mucha - Posters And Photographs  

The Mort Künstler Collections from Heritage Auctions  

The Frazetta Treasury  

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  

The Art Of Jack Davis  

Bill Hughes: Star Wars - The Essential Chronology  

The Art Of Will Eisner  

Space Wars - Fact And Fiction  

Frazetta Index Bonanza  

Steve Rude Sketchbook  

The Visual Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction  

Forrest J. Ackerman's World of Science Fiction  

The Art Of Al Williamson  

Fantastic Planets  

Tim White:  Mouches  (*Flies*)  

Raymond Poďvet  

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   

Sex In The Comics  

The Science In Science Fiction  

Zdenek Burian:  Prehistoric Animals  

The Great Comic Book Artists  vol.1 & 2   

Frank Frazetta Index  

Cosmos  

Under Cover - An Illustrated History of American Mass Market Paperbacks  

The Adventure House Guide To The Pulps  

Unearthly Visions  

The Dime Detectives  

1000 Record Covers  

Frank Frazetta portfolios  

Stephen E. Fabian portfolios   

Will Eisner portfolios   

Frank Brunner portfolios  

True Magazine's Petty Girl Calendar 1947  

Esquire Girl Calendar 1952  



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