The Art of S Clay Wilson by S Clay Wilson - 2006

San Francisco: Ten Speed Press, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color, b&w illustrations. THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON is the long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. A self-described ""graphic agoraphobe,"" Wilson draws manically dense scenes of lurid mayhem that rank among the seminal works of underground, counterculture American art. It's all here, from the classic chronicles of the Checkered Demon to salacious stories about the pirates, prostitutes, and poets that inhabit Wilson's divinely depraved world.The definitive collection of the art of legendary Zap comic artist S. Clay Wilson.Features 200 full-color images, including new work and previously unpublished prints commissioned for private collections.Introduction by R. Crumb touts Wilson's role as one of the originators of underground comix."Wilson was the strongest, most original artist of my generation that I had yet met. . . . There was… Read More

Ten Speed Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tight, clean. DJ shows minor rubbing.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1580087531 . Color graphics and reproductions; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages; 2006 Ten Speed Press. Oversize HC. /DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Soundly bound and unmarked in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $35 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Jacket rubbed and wotn at edges; laminate lifting a little along the top edge and with some mild bubbling under the laminate along the spine surface. A short closed tear to the jacket at the crown of the spine panel. Light shelf rubbing bottom edge of boards; corner lightly shelf bumped. Full color reproduction of Wilson's prints and paintings along with some graphic comic work. Introduction by R. Crumb and with contributions from several other writers. VG/VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

Berkeley, Ca.: Ten Speed Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1580087531 . Full number line. ; 176 pages .

Ten Speed Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Large Hardcover with Dust Jacket. (12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). First Printing. 176 pages. Bound in red boards with title information to cover and spine in white. With color and black/white illustrations throughout. AS NEW. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creasing and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. Dust jacket same but for slight rubbing to gloss. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2006. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., tiny dent to top edge of rear board, truly minor. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings of any sort. no tears, clips, creases. tight binding. great copy.; xvii-154pp., illustrated throughout in color and b/w. six brief texts by the above contributors. artwork by the late underground comix master. controversial in some quarters.. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. A survey of Wilson's NSFW drawings (evolving from pen-and-ink to marker) made between 1961 and 2006. Illustrated in full color. With essays by R. Crumb, Charles Plymell, and others. 156 pages. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1 on the colophon). A bit of shelfwear and a dent to the bottom edge, else a near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Wilson and dated in the year of publication on the half-title.