Graphic Novels

Ossining: Hill House, 2004. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by Gaiman on the limitation page and 400 copies reserved for the author and 100 for the artist. Copy #881. Color and black and white illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. Front board with gilt lettering and illustrated label. Issued without dustjacket. Includes matching number paper envelope with glossy illustrated color label as issued. Fine condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Dagmara Matuszak. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Detroit: Visible Ink Press [0-7808-0772-3] [2004]. (Hardcover) 725pp. Very good plus, no dust jacket. Color illustrated boards. Black and white and color photographs, bibliography, index. The bottom of the spine is rounded and has a small tear and the top corners are chipped. Contributors include David A. Roach. (Graphic Novels, Comic Book Heroes, Comic Books, Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pop Culture, Superheroes).

Chelsea House Publishers, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited edition, signed by Hogarth. This is #63 out of 2000. Includes pull out poster also signed & numbered by Hogarth (#63). In slipcase. Slipcase has edge wear, scratches, scuffs, rubbed/bumped corners. Boards have edge wear, rubbed/bumped corners, rubbed spine. Poster has a small bent corner. Pages have small bent corners. No writing in text..

Grenoble: Editions Glenat [1982-1994]. (4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. There is a previous owner's blindstamp in each volume. Vol. 1 Le Feu Sacre. Vol. 2 La Formule. Vol. 3 Les Epreuves. Vol. 4 Le Sacrifice. Vol. 5 La Forteresse. Vol. 6 Le Rayon Mortel. Text in French Language. (Graphic Novels).

Grenoble: Editions Glenat [1984-1994]. (4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. There is a previous owner's blindstamp on the title page of each volume. The design of vol.1 is not uniform with the rest of the volumes. Vol. 1 Babette. Vol. 2 Eloise de Montgri. Vol. 3 Germain. Vol. 4 Reinhardt. Vol. 5 Alda. Vol. 6 Sigurd. Vol. 7 William. Vol. 8 Le Seldjouki. Vol. 9 Khaled. Vol.10 Olivier. Text in French Language. (Graphic Novels).

Seattle: Eros Comics (Comic book) (Fine) Eros Comics. (Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Erotic Art, Graphic Novels).

Chicago / Seattle: Acme Novelty Library / Fantagraphics, 1994. Signed by Chris Ware. First edition / First printing. Oversize illustrated stapled cardstock covers. 11" x 13.75 Fine. Issued without dust jacket, Mylar jacket supplied.

Phoenix: Optics Binding, 2020. Folio. Limited edition of only 15 copies. The present copy is number 4. 593 pages. 593 pages. Wallace (Wally) Wood was known for his influence on both Robert Crumb and Art Spielman. While he "pictured" at least one story for Mad Magazine from its first issue in October 1972 to its last in 1964 (with one exception #68), he collaborated often with Orson Bean, Ernie Kovacs, Danny Kay, Sid Caesar, and most frequently Harvey Kurtzman. What began as a parody of comics (based on a less pornographic version of eight-pagers [or Tijuana Bibles]), soon became the standard for both teen-agers and college students for its humor. Art Spiegelman said Wood read Freud along with Tolkien a combination that one scholar said was as fully Rabelaisian as it is doctrinaire Freudian. He began by taking text that implied sex to what later was developed in the Military News with Sally Forth to the outright items that often have been viewed as near pornography. He was the inaugural inductee into… Read More

NY: Raw Books & Graphics, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: Raw Books & Graphics, 1983. Stapled folio, 10 1/2" x 14 1/2", 52pp., includes 24 page pamphlet, Maus: Chapter 4 - The Noose Tightens by Art Spiegelman. Fine, near pristine throughout.. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Lynd Ward's second wordless novel, Madman's Drum. Told in woodcut images, it is the story of a slave trader, his heinous crime, and the consequences for him and his family, . This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Cape and Smith in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.****************************************************************************************************************************"Madman's Drum is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward (1905–1985), published in 1930. It is the second of Ward's six wordless novels. The 118 wood-engraved images of Madman's Drum tell the story of a slave trader who steals a demon-faced drum from an African he murders, and the consequences for him and his family.Ward's first wordless novel was Gods' Man of 1929. Ward was more ambitious with his second work in the medium: the characters are more nuanced, the plot more developed and complicated, and the… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Incorporated, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG (no dw). 8vo, 256pp (printed one-side), printed boards, lacking dustwrapper. The magnificent first edition of the second of Lynd Ward's six wordless novels, which incorporate German Expressionist techniques and have had a lasting influence on the development of the graphic novel. Unmarked copy, light bookplate residue to front free endpaper, a bit of general reading wear.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cover shows very minor rubbing at corners and along spine edges. DJ has two faint sticker shadows on the back. Else As New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

San Diego, CA: IDW Publishing, 2017. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket has tears along top and bottom edges as well as minor creasing; small dents on back; overall shelf and handling wear. Binding and textblock are pristine. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Stated First Edition (all 8 volumes) - 6 are first printing (number line contains "1"), 2 are third printing. All volumes in Very Good to Like New condition.
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Book covers like/near new, some light shelf or edge wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spines like new.
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San Francisco, CA: Vix Media, 2018. First Edition thus. First Printing, stated. Hardcover. Near Fine. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover, including very light rubbing to all corners, else Fine / As New. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.