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ONDERGRONDSCHE BORRELINGSKES.
N.p. Kraft Durch Schadenfreude, N.V., 1945. Small octavo, pp. 36, pictorial wrappers. The title translates to: UNDERGROUND BUBBLES/IDEAS. Karel Links did the drawings, text by Cornelis Veth. The idea behind the title and the book, from the Resistance ideas "bubble up" on how to 'handle' the German occupiers. From the colophon in the rear: "...the result [book] is entirely for the benefit of the victims of the current tyranny, whose end is in sight now..."
TOM AND DICK WITH THE PARACHUTES.
NP, nd, [c. 1940s]. Small octavo, pp. [1-12], pictorial self wrappers. Five illustrations with text. For young boys about what parachutes and paratroopers do.
WORK AND PLAY IN AN ARMY CAMP.
NP, nd, [c. 1940s]. Small octavo, pp. [1-12], pictorial self wrappers. Five illustrations with text. Group of boys visit and Army camp. Seems like a booklet prepared for juveniles to let them see that an Army camp is not a scary thing.
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.
THE ILLUSTRATED TARZAN BOOKS NO. 1...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1929]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-79 [80: ads], cloth backed pictorial boards. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Hal Foster from his daily comic strip. Heins TA-11.
THE ILLUSTRATED TARZAN BOOKS NO. 1...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1929]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-79 [80: ads], cloth backed pictorial boards. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Hal Foster from his daily comic strip. Heins TA-11.
THE ILLUSTRATED TARZAN BOOKS NO. 3: THE BEASTS OF TARZAN...
Kansas City, MO: House of Greystoke, [1971]. 8 1/2 x 11", 336 illustrations by Rex Maxon, pictorial wrappers. First edition. The novel, The Beasts of Tarzan, picturized by Rex Maxon.
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.
PETER PT.
[Philadelphia]: David McKay Company, Publisher, 1944]. Octavo, pictures by Annette Byrne, pictorial boards. First edition. Illustrations by Annette Byrne. The story of Peter, the Patrol Torpedo Boat.
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.
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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...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: AN ASTROLOGY SKETCHBOOK.
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, [1975]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Reproductions of nearly 100 illustrations Finlay produced for astrology magazines between 1956 and 1970 with a detailed introduction by his wife, Beverly C. Finlay.
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).
WHITE INDIAN.
Toronto: Comic and Crypt Publications, 1972. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Contains a White Indian story, a Thunda story and another feature.