It’s time to start the book cull!
I don’t yet know how much book-rate shipping is gonna run–probably gonna depend on how many books anybody gets, and where they go!–but I’m currently in possession of the following and looking to sell/give away. (I’d rather send ’em off to someone who’ll use ’em then dump them on the used book store, where they may languish forever.) Prices vary–I don’t want to do fifty e-bay auctions, so I’m just listing ’em here, first come first serve–once somebody’s made a claim, I’ll get you a shipping quote in the next day or two on the books you’ve chosen. Comment to claim, I’ll mark ’em off as fast as I can.
Condition is good unless otherwise stated, and they’re all priced to undercut Amazon used book sales by a good bit. Any that don’t sell by the end of the month will head off to the bookstore and get sold/donated/whatever.
Yes, upon request I’ll draw a little digger doodle in the front of a book, as a few people have said they wanted, or admit that yes, this was the first fantasy art book I ever bought, or whatever. Yes, this reads like an 80’s Fantasy Art Wall of Shame in places. I have no excuse for owning that much Luis Royo whatsoever.
“Fantasy Art Masters” — Dick Jude
“In Search of Forever” — Art of Rodney Matthews
Countdown to Millenium — Art of Rodney Matthews
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“III Millenium” — Luis Royo paperback collection
“Dreams” — Luis Royo paperback collection
“Malefic” — Luis Royo paperback collection
“Secrets” — Luis Royo paperback collection (I’ll go $20 for all five Royos if you’ll take ’em all!)
Hard Curves — The Art of Julie Bell
$2:The Grammar of Ornament — 100 color plates of victorian historic designIslamic Designs for Artists and CraftspeopleThe Best of Pastel 2 (anthology of pastel work)Maxfield Parrish — Cutler (medium sized Parrish collection)Walking With Beasts, a prehistoric safari — companion to the BBC show, some kinda cool paleolithic stuff
Art in Nature — slim paperback anthology of nature art. Angkor — Heavy-ass hardback featuring a bizillion photos of Angkor Wat. Great photoref of decaying rocksSplash 6 — hardcover watercolor art anthology“The Discovery of Dragons” — Graeme Base“Georgia O’Keefe” — medium paperback anthology of work“Composition In Art” — a slim guide to composition. Supposed to be genius if you can stay awakeBeth Van Hoesen — “Creatures” — collection of artist’s lithographsDynamic Light and Shade — Burne HogarthThe Art of Fred Fields — slim paperback collection of mostly nudesBirds — An Artist’s View, Terance James Bond — nice collection of British bird paintings, hardcover“Maidens – Art of Monte Michael Moore” — slim paperback of black and white fantasy pin-upsDali — Phaidon Books — medium paperback collection of Dali’s work/biographyThe Figure in Motion — book of nudes in weird positions, moving, etc. Dynamic Anatomy — Burne HogarthFigure Drawing Without A Model — Ron Tiner — paperback how-to, not bad at all.Panel Discussions — Design and Sequential Art StorytellingJoel Jusko’s Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs — Where the men are men, the women are women, the martians are martians, and the colors are oddly saturated.Understanding Comics — Scott McCloud — This is a CLASSIC. Sir Edward Burne Jones — oversize hardback collection of pre-Raphaelite artMucha’s Figures Decoratives — slim sepia tone collection of some fairly obscure Mucha drawingsGraphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative — Will EisnerPaint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink, and Colored Pencil — Interesting technique, but way too meticulous for my blood.Drawing the Human Head — Hogarth, hardcover 1969Treasury of Fantastic & Mythological Creatures 1087 renderings from historic sources — some interesting heraldry stuffNorth American Indian Designs for Artists and Craftspeople Traditional Chinese DesignsLives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes, and What the Neighbor’s Thought
Free To Good Home (shipping costs only):*San Isidoro in Leon: The Royal Pantheon — oversize paperback of photos of a particular Roman CathedralArt Nouveau Small Frames and Borders — Dover Clip Art Series “In the Holy Land” — Paintings by David Roberts 1839 — Oversize paperback collection of paintings of JerusalemJapanese Print Cards — uncut book collection of 24 postcards of Japanese printsPirate and Gypsy Girls — collection of tame cheesecake pin-upsThe Great American Bear — oversize paperback photo ref of black bears
*Yes, a place where they’ll be cut up for collage qualifies as a good home.
IF YOU HAVE CLAIMED SOME BOOKS!! — please e-mail me your address so I can get the shipping amount for ya. I’m at ursulav (at) metalandmagic.com