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PULP ART - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines

PULP ART - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines

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PULP ART - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines

by Lesser, Robert (editor) (Roger T. Reed; Fred Cook; Shirley Steeger; Forrest J. Ackerman; Steve Kennedy; Sam Moskowitz; Walt Reed; Jim Steranko; John de Soto; Danton Burroughs; Darrell C. Richardson; Alison M. Scott; James van Hise; Zina Saunders)

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0517200589
ISBN 13
9780517200582
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New York: Gramercy Books, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. (viii) 182 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated in colour. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction: Populist Culture and Pop Art: Essays: The Pulps: Their Weaknesses Were Their Strengths by Roger T. Reed; The Cover Artists and Their Publishers by Fred Cook; Yes, I Was There by Shirley Steeger. Science Fiction, Science Fact and Fantasy: Painted Answers: Essays: When Pulp Art Was in Flower by Forrest J. Ackerman; Collecting Pulp Paintings: Dramatic Imagery and Color by Steve Kennedy; The Science Fiction Pulps by Sam Moskowitz. The New Knights: Essays: The Pulps and Their Illustrators: A Brief Survey by Walt Reed; The Lure of the Pulps: An Artist's Perspective by Jim Steranko; Remembering Rafael de Soto by John de Soto. The Noblest Savage: Essays: Important Pulp Paintings in the Burroughs Collection by Danton Burroughs; A Conversation with J. Allen St. John, Dean of Fantasy Illustrators by Darrell C. Richardson; The Paper They're Printed on by Alison M. Scott. Ladies in Terror: Essays: Painting the Story by John Locke; The Art That Dared to be Wild by James van Hise; Remembering Norman Saunders by Zina Saunders. To Dare the Devil: Aviation, War and Western Art: Essays: The Cover Art of the Air War Pulps by George Hocutt; Editing the Western Pulps by Bruce Cassidy; and Where Have All the Paintings Gone? by Charles G. Martignette; followed by appendices and an index..

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index.

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Bookseller
W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
PULP ART - Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines
Author
Lesser, Robert (editor) (Roger T. Reed; Fred Cook; Shirley Steeger; Forrest J. Ackerman; Steve Kennedy; Sam Moskowitz; Walt Reed; Jim Steranko; John de Soto; Danton Burroughs; Darrell C. Richardson; Alison M. Scott; James van Hise; Zina Saunders)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Printing - First Thus
ISBN 10
0517200589
ISBN 13
9780517200582
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1997
Size
4to
Keywords
pulp magazine; super heroes; horror; fantasy; science fiction; westerns; war;
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