Language: English
Published by Celestial Arts, Berkeley, California, 1987
ISBN 10: 0890875103 ISBN 13: 9780890875100
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Carl Barks (illustrations). (illustrator). 1st soft cover edition. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1987. 1st soft cover edition, VG/. Tall, heavy paperback has light wear to spine ends, upper front corner is creased & has bending, bent upper front corners, lighter wear to spine ends & rear panel corners, scattered edge wear. bending to some page corners. 274 all-c0lor pages with many more smaller images on those pages, many other pages have at least one color illustration, many b & w drawings and photos. 12 complete comic stories. Includes appreciation by George Lucas, intro by Carl Barks, essay by Michael Barrier, complete Barks checklist of comes from Dell, Golden Key, Whitman and Gladstone Comics (1952-1988), afterword by Gary Kurtz, last 2 pages devoted to the asteroid named after Carl Barks. 376 pp. BP.
Published by Berkeley, California: Celestial Arts, (1987)., 1987
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Trade edition; Paperbound issue. "First Trade edition 1987" statement to the copyright page, $34.95 to the rear cover. With striking illustrations in color and b&w on most pages, this chronological history of the irascible, stingy duck by Barks, includes detailed insightful background information showing the evolution of the character, is brilliantly recolored by Peter Ledger, and so much more. Elusive so crisp and beautifully preserved. Fine, square and firm in glossy white stiff-card wraps with Carl Barks color illustrations to the front cover, bright red and black titles to the nice, smooth spine; original printed $34.95 price still intact to the rear cover. Folio (13" X 9.5" X 1.2); 376 pages; Uncle Scrooge Check List; Carl Barks Bibliography; afterword by Gary Kurtz.