Art
ARIEL: A FANTASY MAGAZINE.
Leawood, Kansas: The Morning Star Press, 1977. Large octavo, single issue, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition. The second of four issues. Profusely illustrated. Includes an the second part of an interview with Frank Frazetta (part one in the first issue), a color section featuring Richard Corben's "Den," "Eggsucker" by Harlan Ellison, a prequel story to "A Boy and His Dog," art by Bruce Jones, Jeff Jones, a Ray Bradbury story "The Burning Man," an essay by Ursula K. LeGuin "Science Fiction Chauvanism," and more. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 109-10.
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: THE ART OF HANNES BOK.
Saddle River, NJ: Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1976. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Biographical sketch of Bok by editor de la Ree introduces a portfolio of more than 120 black and white illustrations spanning Bok's professional career from the late 1930s to the 1960s. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-46. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-46.
A HANNES BOK SHOWCASE.
Lancaster, PA: Charles F. Miller Publisher, [1995]. Octavo, quarter leather with boards. First edition. This is copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed on a special limitation page by the editor Stephen Korshak and Fred Pohl who wrote the introduction. This is the deluxe leatherbound edition. Another showcase of the artists work, color and black and white.
A HANNES BOK TREASURY.
Novato, CA/Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, [1993]. Octavo, quarter leather with boards. First edition. This is copy "A" of 26 lettered copies, signed on a special limitation page by the editor Stephen Korshak and Ray Bradbury who wrote the introduction. This is the deluxe leatherbound edition. Complete retrospective of the artists work with 45 full color and 50 black and white illustrations including previously unpublished works.
EDD CARTIER: THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN.
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1977. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. This copy signed on the colophon page by Edd Cartier and publisher Gerry de la Ree. Limited to 2000 copies. The first collection of fantasy art by a master illustrator with emphasis on reproduction of work for UNKNOWN, ASTOUNDING, and the 1949 and 1950 Gnome Press calendars. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 11-27. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-53. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-53.
CARTOONS MAGAZINE.
Chicago, Illinois: H. H. Windsor Editor and Publishers, December 1916. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Cartoon representation from both the U.S. and foreign sources. Commentary and cartoons about the recent election, much about the ongoing war in Europe. A feature piece on Dutch artist Louis Raemaekers at the front.
THE ART OF THE FANTASTIC: AN ANTHOLOGY OF ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1978. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1200 numbered copies. Reproduction of original art by Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok, Edd Cartier, Stephen E. Fabian, Lynd Ward, Tim Kirk, Kelly Freas, Frank R. Paul, Mahlon Blaine, and others. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-8. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-8.
LYRICS PATHETIC & HUMOROUS FROM A TO Z.
London, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. Quarto, 24 plates (including title plate, A-W and XYZ), publisher's pictorial bevel-edged gray boards with cream buckram shelf back, pictorial endpapers. First edition.
THE FIFTH BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY: THE "WEIRD TALES" YEARS.
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1979. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Reproduces Finlay's illustrations for Weird Tales, 1935-1954. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-73.
FINLAY'S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR WEIRD TALES [cover title].
N.p. Published by Showcase Art Productions, Inc., 1976. Large octavo, enclosed in pictorial paper portfolio. First edition. Limited to 1250 copies. Nine plates, one in color. Illustrations from Weird Tales magazine 1936-39.
FINLAY'S LOST DRAWINGS FOR SHAKESPEARE'S "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM."
[Saddle River, NJ: Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1975.]. Large octavo, 24 plates (numbered 2-25; illustration on front panel of paper portfolio is plate number 1). First edition. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is one of 975 copies enclosed in paper portfolio.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY: THE FANTASY ART OF VIRGIL FINLAY.
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1979. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Emphasis of this volume on Finlay's post-1945 illustrations. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-73.
THE SECOND BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY: THE FANTASY ART OF VIRGIL FINLAY.
Saddle River, N.J. Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1978. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Reproduces over 120 drawings with emphasis on the 1940-1942 and 1947-1955 periods of Finlay's career. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-73.
THE SIXTH BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY: THE ASTROLOGY YEARS.
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1980. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Signed on the colophon page by publisher de la Ree. Emphasis of this volume on Finlay's astrology drawings executed during the 1960s. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-73.
THE THIRD BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY: THE FANTASY ART OF VIRGIL FINLAY.
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1979. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. One of 1300 numbered copies. Emphasis of this volume on Finlay's pre-1955 art published in the pulps, FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES, FANTASTIC NOVELS, STARTLING STORIES, and others.
VIRGIL FINLAY REMEMBERED: THE SEVENTH BOOK OF VIRGIL FINLAY. HIS ART AND POETRY...
Saddle River, N.J. Edited and Published by Gerry de la Ree, 1981. Large octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies, this is one of the hardbound issue comprising 200 numbered copies. Collects Finlay's poetry and a selection of art previously unpublished in book form, plus memoirs by Lail Finlay, Robert Bloch, Stephen E. Fabian, Sam Moskowitz, Harlan Ellison, and Robert A. W. Lowndes. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-73. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-73.
VIRGIL FINLAY.
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant Publisher, 1971. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of Finlay's work selected by the artist, this publication was conceived and in progress before his death in 1971. Includes an appreciation by Sam Moskowitz and a checklist by Gerry de la Ree. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 10-74. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 10-74.
VIRGIL FINLAY...A PORTFOLIO OF HIS UNPUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS.
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1971. Wrappers. First edition. One of 450 copies. The fifth Finlay portfolio done. Contains twenty drawings.
VIRGIL FINLAY...A PORTFOLIO OF HIS UNPUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS.
Saddle River, NJ: Gerry de la Ree, 1971. Large octavo, twenty plates, stiff pictorial portfolio. First edition. Limited to 450 copies. Twenty plates laid into a portfolio. Early drawings and sketches most from 1933-35, two from 1937 for an unpublished edition of "Romeo and Juliet" and a 1964 illustration for a projected Finlay version of "The Hobbit."
VIRGIL FINLAY: A PORTFOLIO OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Philadelphia: Nova Press, [1953]. Large octavo, fourteen full-page black and white illustrations plus two illustrations on covers, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition. Finlay's selection of his favorite drawings printed for subscribers only. Printed biographical sketch to inside front cover.
VIRGIL FINLAY: A PORTFOLIO OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Philadelphia: Nova Press, [1953]. Large octavo, fourteen full-page black and white illustrations plus two illustrations on covers, stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition. Finlay's selection of his favorite drawings printed for subscribers only. Printed biographical sketch to inside front cover.
A PORTFOLIO OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY VIRGIL FINLAY. First and Second Series, with A PORTFOLIO OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY LAWRENCE. First and Second Series.
N.p., n.d. [New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company & Popular Fiction Group, 1941, 1942, (Finlay), mid to late 1940s (Lawrence)]. Large portfolios 9" x 12", four volumes, 32 plates, coated paper stock illustrations laid into printed paper portfolios (coated stock). First editions. Reproductions of eight illustrations in each portfolio originally published in Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1939-1942 (Finlay) and 1944-1948 (Lawrence).
FRANK KELLY FREAS: THE ART OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Norfolk: Donning, [1977]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A sampling of the artists illustrations over a 25 year period.
ARTHUR RACKHAM.
New York: Macmillan, 1976. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Profusely illustrated. Study of Rackham's work in an art context.
ROBERT E. HOWARD: CONAN: TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT: A CLASSIC FANTASY ADVENTURE FOLIO...
Merriam, KS: House of Fantasy, 1977. Large folio, publisher's "verification of authenticity" leaf, poem "Yag-Kosha, The Elephant God" - a single leaf, eight plates (including title plate), enclosed in stiff color illustrated covers and illustrated envelope. First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by Fabian.