A rare example of original album cover art by one of the legends of the medium. John Van Hamersveld (b. Baltimore, 1941) designed the iconic poster for the surf film Endless Summer while still in art school. As a professional graphic designer he did the album covers for The Beatles'.....

First Edition. The limited edition, featuring an original watercolor, of this travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books). There were 175 signed copies of the.....

In 1985, Ken Kesey asked the underground cartoonist best-known for his Checkered Demon character to design the dust jacket for his forthcoming collection of short stories, Demon Box. Wilson did, beginning with a large sketch and finishing with a finely drawn and painted design, but to no avail. The publisher.....

First Edition. A twenty-image gallery of original engravings printed from plates made in 1962, the defining year of American Pop Art, by the defining artists of the era, including Andy Warhol (his first multiple), Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, Jim Dine, and others. These etchings are presented in book format, with.....

An original illustration (ink and Wite-out on paper) of a coffin car, driven by a smiling man, with a woman and a dog as passengers. This illustration was published to illustrate the Straight from the Hip column which appears in the San Diego Reader on July 15, 1993. 8-/3/4 by.....

First Edition. A collection of short stories illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. Published in an edition of 1000 signed copies. 427 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Golden on the limitation page. This copy has an original signed drawing (remarque) of a......

An exceptional 16-piece original comic-art sequence published across four full pages in Road and Track magazine's June 1978 issue, and one of Mott's finest works. Stan Mott (1933–2022) was one of the best-known and most-beloved car cartoonists, with work appearing in Road and Track, Automobile, and other magazines. He is.....

First British edition. A survey of the paintings by the author and artist behind the Madeline series of children's picture books. This volume includes 34 color plates and reproductions of 28 works in black and white. The first 64 pages are an illustrated memoir of Bemelmans life and art. 64.....

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bill Ogden, a Southern California painter, defined the surf art look of the era. Some of his most visible work was done for the Portland, Oregon, swimwear company, Jantzen, which held the back cover ad space in Surfer Magazine for a number of.....

First Edition. The limited edition catalog of the 2010 international Surrealist conclave held in Chile, housed in a wooden box with a hinged lid. This box includes the four catalogs, one of artwork, one of poetry, one of prose works, and one titled "Más de teoría" (Beyond theory). The latter.....

Original pen-and-ink cartoon drawing. Paper measures roughly 6 by 8 inches, cut by hand from a larger sheet and not quite square (as was typical of William's drawings at this time). In this drawing, a military man, seemingly Stalin, pins a medal on another soldier, seemingly an American Army three-star.....

First Edition. A short account of Steadman's trip to Area 51 with his friend and screenprinter, Joe Petro III. The text appeared in different form in Hooked on the Outdoors (vol. 3, no. 5). Here it has a new introduction as well as color photographs and reproductions of drawings by.....

First Edition. In his introduction to this book, Wall explains that he had purchase an old two-volume set of The Spectator at a secondhand bookstore when he was a child. The tale printed here was a favorite of young Bernhardt. It is (supposedly) Addison's translation of a story about a......