Published by Book Palace Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 190708147X ISBN 13: 9781907081477
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. The sumptuous ART quarterly presenting the world's finest illustrators. Book Palace Books March 2018. Full Colour illustrations. illustrators limited edition War Special issue covering the history and artists of the Dami Agency which supplied Italian artists to the publishers of British War Comics from the 1950s to the 1980s, including Air Ace, Battle and War Picture Libraries and Fleetway Super Library. Artists featured include Roy Dami, Giorgio De Gaspari, Alessandro Biffignandi, Gino D'Antonio, Renzo Calegari, Nino Caroselli, Pino Dell'Orco, Ferdinando Tacconi and Hugo Pratt. More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. With its unique blend of art and insight, it guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form. As well as building into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight into the creative process, from the initial idea to the image potentially seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue, much of the art taken from scans of the original work. A Book Palace Books publication. Limited to just 1000 copies worldwide. 144 pages. Size: 9" x 11" (216mm x 280mm). ISBN: 9781907081477. (0.95).
Published by Casterman, 2017
ISBN 10: 2203122080 ISBN 13: 9782203122086
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: New. Casterman 2017. Full Colour illustrations. It's 1911, and between Venice and the jungles of equatorial Africa, Corto searches for the "mirror of Priest John", a mysterious object brought back from the Crusades. On his way, he meets three young women with strangely complementary destinies: Aďda, an enterprising journalist, Ferida, an explorer in search of her missing father, and Afra, a former slave. This book is in excellent condition. 78 pages. Size: 9" x 11" (220mm x 280mm). ISBN: 9782203122086. (0.8).
Published by Christian Desbois Editions, 2001
ISBN 10: 291015016X ISBN 13: 9782910150167
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: M - Mint. Mint condition in shrinkwrap. Christian Desbois Editions 2001. Book condition: M - Mint. Full Colour illustrations. 21 full colour cards complete in a presentation box. Each card measures 9" x 4" (229mm x 102mm) and features images from Hugo Pratt's famous Corto Maltese adventures. Perfect condition shrinkwrapped. 21 pages. Size: 9" x 4" (229mm x 102mm). ISBN: 9782910150167. (1).
Published by Casterman, 2015
ISBN 10: 2203099860 ISBN 13: 9782203099869
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: New. Casterman 2015. Black & White illustrations. A faithful and modern revival of a great contemporary myth. Rubén Pellejero takes hold of Hugo Pratt's graphic codes while succeeding in investing them with his own sensitivity, through the care given to the settings, the secondary characters and the colouring. The new story imagined by screenwriter Juan Díaz Canales reactivates the springs of the Prattian gesture (fidelity to the word given to a friend, treasure hunt, authentic historical facts, etc.). The punchy dialogues of this great adventure story will delight aficionados as much as they will seduce new readers. A black and white book for great Corto Maltese fans. A notebook composed of a critical apparatus and unpublished drawings completes the work. This book is in excellent condition. 96 pages. Size: 9" x 13" (240mm x 320mm). ISBN: 9782203099869. (1).
Published by NBM, 1986
ISBN 10: 0918348250 ISBN 13: 9780918348258
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. NBM 1986. Black & White illustrations. Features the stories Voodoo for the President, Sweet Dream Lagoon, A Tale of Two Grandfathers, The Angel in the Window to the Orient. 96 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 0918348250. (1).
Published by NBM, 1987
ISBN 10: 0918348382 ISBN 13: 9780918348388
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. NBM 1987. Black & White illustrations. This volume features stories set around 1918. Titles include In the Name of Allah the Merciful; The Coup de Grace; More Romeos, More Juliets and The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji. 96 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 0918348382. (1).
Published by Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 1979
ISBN 10: 091834817X ISBN 13: 9780918348173
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: F - Fine. Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine 1979. Book condition: F - Fine. Black & White illustrations. This volume contains four Corto Maltese adventures set in the Caribbean in 1916, after The Ballad of the Salt Sea. Long out of print and scarce. Corto Maltese is a series of adventure and fantasy comics named after the character Corto Maltese, an adventurous sailor. It was created by the Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967. The comics are highly praised as some of the most artistic and literary graphic novels ever written and have been translated into numerous languages and adapted into several animated films. The series features Corto Maltese, an enigmatic sea captain who lives in the first three decades of the 20th century. Born in Valletta on the island of Malta on 10 July 1887, the son of a sailor from Cornwall, and a gypsy from Seville. In his adventures full of real-world references, Corto has often crossed with real historical characters like the American author Jack London and his nurse Virginia Prentiss, the American outlaw Butch Cassidy, the German World War I flying ace Red Baron, Rasputin, and many others. 88 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 091834817X. (0.3).
Published by Nantier, Bell, Minoustchine, 1983
ISBN 10: 091834848X ISBN 13: 9780918348487
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: F - Fine. Nantier, Bell, Minoustchine 1983. Book condition: F - Fine. Full Colour illustrations. The protagonist of this tale, actually, is not the 18 year old Corto, but Rasputin, a deserter from a Siberian rifle regiment, and the writer Jack London, who was a war correspondent in the region at that time. Jack London is already friends with Corto and introduces the sailor to the unpredictable Russian, who even as a young man kills with disconcerting ease and is ready to lie and betray without hesitation. It is, however, "the beginning of a beautiful friendship" that continues throughout the series. As a bonus, the book includes additional material that sets up the entire series, as well as several never before published pages that Pratt intended for a continuation of the tale, in which Corto and Rasputin were to embark on a search for King Solomon's mines. 64 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 091834848X. (0.25).
Published by IDW Publishing, 2017
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: NM - Near Mint. IDW Publishing 2017. Book condition: NM - Near Mint. Nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication! With this book Pratt leaves behind the short story form he'd used for twenty-one interrelated tales and presents a truly epic graphic novel. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Corto Maltese is engaged by the Red Lanterns-a Chinese secret society made up entirely of women-to find an armoured train laden with gold that belonged to the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. They aren't the only ones lusting after the treasure. The adventure, which shifts from the hidden courts of Venice to the mysterious alleys of Hong Kong, from Shanghai to Manchuria and Mongolia to Siberia, also attracts regular and irregular armies, as well as revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries. The sweeping plot allows Pratt to fully investigate the complicated and competing motivations of his cast that includes the return of Rasputin and the introduction of the cold and dangerous Duchess Marina Seminova, the enigmatic warrior/spy named Shanghai-Lil, and historical figures such as the "Mad Baron" Roman Ungern-Sternberg, a Russian general who sees himself as the modern-day Genghis Khan! 120 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 295mm). (1.5).
Published by Vertige Graphic Editions, Paris, 1994
ISBN 10: 2908981157 ISBN 13: 9782908981155
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Illustrated by Pratt, Hugo (illustrator). First Edition. 75pp + index. Collects several licentious verses by the Venetian poet Giorgio Baffo. With eight full-page and ten double-spread illustrations in color by Hugo Pratt. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with mild wear to the upper edge of the front panel. Text in Italian and French. ; Octavo.
Published by IDW Publishing, 2017
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: NM - Near Mint. Corto Maltese's return to Venice IDW Publishing 2017. Book condition: NM - Near Mint. In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese's return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets.or if it's merely "the stuff that dreams are made of," as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett's novel featuring another Maltese. Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. 64 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 295mm). (2).
Published by Flying Buttress Classics, 1990
ISBN 10: 091834896X ISBN 13: 9780918348968
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. Flying Buttress Classics 1990. Black & White illustrations. A secret society meets in Venice, and Corto falls through the skylight of the hall where they are meeting . Corto Maltese, sailor, adventurer, the man with his eyes on the horizon; but also interested in mysteries and impatient with authority. Old poets, beautiful women, loony sidekicks - it is all here, and Venice itself is very present, too. There is a story (hidden treasure, old mysteries, baron Curve), but it is the atmosphere that counts. Set in about 1921, between 'CM in Siberia' and 'the gilded house of Samarkand'. This book is in excellent condition. 75 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (215mm x 280mm). ISBN: 091834896X. (0.3).
Published by EuroComics, 2020
ISBN 10: 1684056411 ISBN 13: 9781684056415
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. EuroComics 2020. Black & White illustrations. Originally serialized beginning in 1967, this book is universally acknowledged as Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, in which he introduces Corto Maltese to the world. Corto is but one of a strong ensemble cast of characters whose lives permeate the entire 12 book series. It is here that we also meet the young and beautiful Pandora, her brother Cain, the mysterious criminal mastermind Monk, the grim and ferocious Rasputin, Lieutenant Slutter of the German Navy, and the natives Skull and Tarao. The Ballad of the Salty Sea is also hailed as the first example of the literary comic strip. Pratt was inspired by Conrad, Stevenson, and London, but even more directly by Henry de Vere Stacpool's Blue Lagoon, from which the author got the idea of a small island in the Pacific which he named "Escondida." The action begins in November 1913 in the South Seas as feelings of the Great War were already looming but the romantic ideals of the nineteenth century were still alive. The pace of the narrative and the drawings are very modern and Pratt permeates the adventure with an extraordinary atmosphere of the great outdoors. The story captures the imagination of the reader from the opening pages with a tight, compelling storyline that can be interpreted on different levels. This book is in excellent condition. 172 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 300mm). ISBN: 9781684056415. (1.5).
Published by Casterman, 2005
ISBN 10: 2203326131 ISBN 13: 9782203326132
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: New. Casterman 2005. Full Colour illustrations. Périples Imaginaires is the BEST book ever produced about Hugo Pratt. A huge book of 456 pages and over 1˝ inches (almost 4cm) thick! Produced in France and Italy, the text is in English, French and Italian. This is the first of two volumes covering his whole career. This volume concentrates on ALL his watercolour paintings and took 10 years of research. The most magnificent reproductions in full colour of all his beautiful watercolours from 1965 to 1995, plus a detailed biography. For all fans of Pratt and Corto Maltese, this is the book to own. This gets our very highest recommendation. 456 pages. Size: 11" x 12" (280mm x 300mm). ISBN: 9782203326132. (5).
Published by Casterman, 2009
ISBN 10: 2203010487 ISBN 13: 9782203010482
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: VF - Very Fine. Casterman 2009. Book condition: VF - Very Fine. Full Colour illustrations. This is the BEST series of books ever produced about Hugo Pratt. A huge book of over 400 pages and over 1˝ inches (almost 4cm) thick! Produced in France and Italy, the text is in English, French and Italian. This is the second of two volumes covering his whole career and concentrates on ALL his watercolour paintings and took 10 years to research. The most magnificent reproductions in full colour of all his beautiful watercolours from 1965 to 1995, plus a detailed biography. For all fans and collectors of Pratt and Corto Maltese. 416 pages. Size: 11˝" x 12" (291mm x 305mm). ISBN: 9782203010482. (4.2).
Published by Casterman, 2005
ISBN 10: 2203326158 ISBN 13: 9782203326156
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: VF - Very Fine. The BEST book ever produced about Hugo Pratt. Casterman 2005. Book condition: VF - Very Fine. Full Colour illustrations. Périples Imaginaires is the BEST book ever produced about Hugo Pratt. A huge book of 456 pages and over 1˝ inches (almost 4cm) thick! Produced in France and Italy, the text is in English, French and Italian. This is the first of two volumes covering his whole career. This volume concentrates on ALL his watercolour paintings and took 10 years of research. The most magnificent reproductions in full colour of all his beautiful watercolours from 1965 to 1995, plus a detailed biography. For all fans of Pratt and Corto Maltese, this is the book to own. This gets our very highest recommendation. 456 pages. Size: 11" x 12" (280mm x 300mm). ISBN: 9782203326156. (5).
Published by Catalan Communications, 1989
ISBN 10: 0874160308 ISBN 13: 9780874160307
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: New. Milo Manara (illustrator). Hardcover Limited Edition with tipped in Plate numbered and signed by Manara. Catalan Communications 1989. Limited Edition. Full Colour illustrations. Indian Summer contains some of Milo Manara's finest artwork. The art graces Pratt's story of Puritan settlers in America and their uneasy co-existence with the native Indians in a quite wonderful manner. Compared favourable by noted comics historian Maurice Horn to the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, this is a complex adult story. This is the second edition (i.e. the hardcover edition rather than the soft cover) of 1000 copies of which 500 were a hardcover limited edition with a tip in plate signed by Milo Manara and numbered 160 / 500. 154 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (225mm x 300mm). ISBN: 0874160308. (2.5).