ICON: A Retrospective By the Grand Master of Fantastic Art - FRANK FRAZETTA (rear cover shows The Night They Raided Minsky's artwork for the movie poster, endpapers show Tarzan of the Apes and a gorilla )
by Fenner, Arnie and Cathy (eds.); FRANK FRAZETTA; Introduction By James Bama; Foreword By Rick Berry' with William Stout
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description)
- ISBN 10
- 1887424415
- ISBN 13
- 9781887424417
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
$99.95$79.96
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About This Item
California: Grass Valley, CA.: Underwood Books, 1998, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1998. ----------( 1st Printing of the First edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, 163 pages, packed with colour examples of FF's spectacu;ar artwork as well as some b&w sketches, contents include: Foreword by Berry; Intro by Bama; Frank Frazetta - Master of the fantastic by A Fenner; FF - Motion Picture and Television Advertising Artist by Stout; Gallery of Works, 1948 - 1998, ---Frank Franzetta's paintings and illustrations have set the standard for fantasy artists for the past 50 years. His art continues to exert a tremendous influence over collectors of classic comic and sci-fi art, who pay record-setting auction prices for his original works. This lushly produced, large-format retrospective follows Frazetta's career from his apprenticeships at various publishers in the 1940s, to his 1950s breakthrough with the "Buck Rogers" and "Lil' Abner" series, to his powerfully erotic compositions for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the famous "Conan" illustrations for Robert E. Howard.---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// - ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Frank Frazetta. 9.25w x 12.25h Inches. Flap Not Clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Leonard Shoup (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170242
- Title
- ICON: A Retrospective By the Grand Master of Fantastic Art - FRANK FRAZETTA (rear cover shows The Night They Raided Minsky's artwork for the movie poster, endpapers show Tarzan of the Apes and a gorilla )
- Author
- Fenner, Arnie and Cathy (eds.); FRANK FRAZETTA; Introduction By James Bama; Foreword By Rick Berry' with William Stout
- Illustrator
- Frank Frazetta
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine (see desciption)
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (see description)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1887424415
- ISBN 13
- 9781887424417
- Publisher
- Grass Valley, CA.: Underwood Books, 1998, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- California
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 9.25w x 12.25h Inches
- Keywords
- Frank Frazetta; Conan; Death Dealer, Mars,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
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Burlington, Ontario
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