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Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines
by Lesser, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1402730357
- ISBN 13
- 9781402730351
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Sterling Publishing, 2005. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Gorgeous, lavishly illustrated tribute to the actual paintings that inspired pulp magazines, including science fiction, noir & hardboiled detective mysteries, westerns, heroes & detectives, aviation, & fantasy pulps. Eighteen essays by leading collectors & experts in the pulp field are illustrated by the art, with many full-page, full-color images as well. Oversized hardcover with bright red cloth-covered boards, 182 pages. Orig. published in 1997, this is the FIRST PRINTING of the 2005 edition (First, Thus), with complete number line. Condition is Near Fine: seems unread! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white, colors bright. Only flaw is a 1.5"-2" scrape on the outer-upper corner of the front cover. Unclipped DJ is Fine, virtually flawless! Beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: No international or expedited shipping without substantial (at least double) postage increase per USPS rates.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012736
- Title
- Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines
- Author
- Lesser, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1402730357
- ISBN 13
- 9781402730351
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- ARTISTS PULP MAGAZINES SCI-FI MYSTERY DETECTIVE WESTERN COLLECTIBLE COLLECTOR COVER ART NOIR VINTAGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art-Artists; Science Fiction-Fantasy; Books About Books;
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- Pulp magazines
- Magazines published primarily in the 20th Century named for the cheaply produced wood pulp paper on which they were printed....
- Fine
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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