Joseph Wrzos (31 results)
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Published by Sanctum Productions/Nostalgia Ventures Inc, Vista, California, U.S.A. 2007
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. An as new copy. Foreword by Mark Wilson, historical essays by Ahtnont Tollin and Will Murray. Joseph Wrzos, Michael Piper (illustrator). Book.
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Hardback. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stephen Fabian (illustrator). Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Sauk City: Arkham House Publishers Inc 1998 [that is, 1999]. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870541749 . First edition. Limited to 3000 copies. 299 pages, collects 13 stories by various authors, with an Introduction and Biographical Notes by Joseph Wrzo…s. As New in like jacket. See photos clphE.
Language: English
Published by Arkham House Publishers, [Sauk City, WI] 1998
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Octavo, cloth. First edition. 2917 copies printed. Derleth's last science fiction anthology, conceived in the 1960s but still unpublished at the time of his death in 1971. Collects thirteen stories by Murray Leinster, Frank Belknap Long, Donald Wandrei and others, most reprinted from the pulps of the 1920s and 1930s, plus two he…retofore unpublished stories, "The Purblind Prophet" by David K. Keller and Paul Spencer and "Countries in the Sea" by August Derleth and Mark Schorer. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#64457).
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Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United KingdomCOLD TONNAGE BOOKS
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Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). 300 pages: with introduction and biographical notes by Joseph Wrzos. Science fiction reprint (though with several original stories, including an unpublished David Keller story) anthology: compiled by Derleth in the 1960s but did not see publication due to his death in 1971. Now complete…d by Joseph Wrzos. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).
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Published by Sauk City WI. 1998. Arkham House Publishers 1998
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black full buckram cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean cop…y. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP) of this limited edition of 3000 copies. dark purple endpapers. decorative 1/2 title & title pg. xv+299p+colophon. b&w illustrations by Stephen E. Fabian. appendix. science fiction. short stories. american literature. ~ Widely celebrated for his contributions to the weird fiction field~as author, editor and especially, co~founder in 1939 of Arkham House~August Derleth was also one of the earliest proponents of science fiction as a literary genre in its own right. And to make the case, over a seven~year period just after World War II, beginning with the critically praised Strange Ports of Call (1948), he edited nine discriminating sf anthologies~each of which effectively demonstrated that science fiction had long ago transcended its "pulp~ghetto" origins and merited both a wider audience and informed critical attention. Following which, in the early '60's, he announced plans for yet another sf anthology, New Horizons, even getting so far as to select most of its contents, though he was unable to see it into print before his untimely death in 1971. Now, as a special tribute to its founder's efforts on behalf of science fiction, Arkham House~currently celebrating its 60th Anniversary year~brings you its first sf anthology and Derleth's last (newly completed by Joseph Wrzos, a former editor of Amazing Stories). The contents of New Horizons clearly reflect some of the editor's early preferences and taste in pulp sf, even some of his favorite subjects and writers, selected primarily from the pages of now historic golden Age pulps like Hugo Gemsback's Amazing Stories, and Astounding Stories, when the latter was edited, first, by F Orlin ("thought~variant") Tremaine and, subsequently, by John W. ("Don A Stuart") Campbel], Jr. And for good measure, since Derleth himself often included some "new" fiction in his reprint sf anthologies, it's only fitting that a few heretofore unpublished tales also be added to New Horizons, stories akin to those he himself might have chosen. Such as David H. Keller and Paul Spencer's "The Purblind Prophet," a "Taine of San Francisco" story, in which the diminutive private eye takes on his most impossible case yet : how to change a "fixed" future in order to save a client's ladylove from certain death! As well as the newly discovered, never~before~published "Countries in the Sea," a tale of Atlantean global menace, written by Derleth himself and his lifelong friend Mark Scharer, in the early days when both writers, still young, had just eagerly set out on the perilous road to literary fame, if not to fortune.
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Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Arkham House, [Sauk City] 1998
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. Limited to 3000 copies. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; xv,[3],299pp. Boards very slightly bowed, else a Fine copy. Collection of thirteen short stories.
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Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.Ziesings
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Ashcroft: Ash-Tree Press:, 2003. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 245 pp. Cover artwork by: Keith Minnion All the stories in this new collection were originally published in WEIRD TALES between 1923 and 1947 and features werewolves, witches, vampires and demons. Classic tales of the macabre. Limited to 600 cop…ies. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Keith Minnion (illustrator).
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quinn, Seabury : Night Creatures. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2003. First edition; limited edition of 600 copies. Introduction by Peter Ruber and Joseph Wrzos. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt letter…ing imprinted to spine. Color glossy dj features art of Keith Minnion. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. Xiv pp prelim material, 245 numbered pp, plus nine w/o numbers following, including sources, colophon and (helpfully), a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2003, including forthcoming titles. 11 stories, all originally published in 'Weird Tales' between 1923 and 1947. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked, square copy with light wear to dj and boards. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Published by Ash-Tree Press, Ashcroft, British Columbia 2003
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Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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Octavo, cloth. First edition. Limited to 600 copies plus a few extras for legal deposit and contract purposes. Signed on the title page by Joseph Wrzos. Collects eleven stories first published in WEIRD TALES between 1923 and 1947. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#175374). Signed.
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Published by Ash-Tree Press, Ashcroft, British Columbia 2003
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 245pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. With introduction by Peter Ruber & Joseph Wrzos. This first Ash-Tree printing limited to 600 copies. 11 stories.
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Published by Ash-Tree Press, Ashcroft, British Columbia 2003
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Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.Heartwood Books and Art
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Night Creatures edited by Seabury Quinn (Limited First) Firm, square copy. Bright text block. Bright, sharp jacket. First printing. Limited. 1/600. Introduction by Peter Ruber & Joseph Wrzos. 11 stories. Jacket cover art by Keith Minnion. Brabara & Chr…istopher Roden(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.
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Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United KingdomFantastic Literature Limited
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Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Keith Minnion, dustwrapper 1st edition. The eleven stories gathered together for NIGHT CREATURESùonly one of which features Quinn's plucky phantom fighter de Grandinùwere all published in WEIRD TALES between 1923 and 1947.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
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Seller: Gebrauchtbücherlogistik H.J. Lauterbach, Gummersbach, NRW, GermanyGebrauchtbücherlogistik H.J. Lauterbach
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Broschiert. Condition: Sehr gut. 30x22cm; 463; Broschiert. Sprache: Englisch, Zustand: Sehr Gut, ungelesen; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Or…iginalphotos gezeigt.
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Published by Mycroft & Moran, Shelburne, Ontario and Sauk City, Wisconsin 1998
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Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Midway Book Store (ABAA)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. First edition. 28 x 22 cm. Quarto. xiv 351pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Cover illustration by Steve Fabian. Stated first edition. The illustrated edition. "This special illustrated and annotated edition of August Derleth's complete Mythos stories (aside from the Lovecraft c…ollaborations) makes available for the first time all of the author's solo writings on the subject. It includes as well the three 1931 Mythos tales ("Lair of the Star Spawn", "Spawn of the Maelstrom", and "The Horror from the Depths") which Derleth wrote jointly with his Sauk City boyhood friend Mark Schorer. Along with "The House in the Oaks" left unfinished by Robert E. Howard, completed and published by Derleth in 1971, the year of his own death.
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Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, CanadaThe Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB)
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Card covers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 461 pages. Clean and unmarked, with no creasing to spine. 12 x 8 inches. Hannes Bok (illustrator).
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Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.AwardWinningBooks
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. spine edge bump.
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Published by Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO 2012
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Lakewood, CO, Centipede Press, 2012. Limited Edition. Paperback. A fine copy. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. A fantastic overview of the famed illustrator. A lovely production. [12170, Hyraxia Books].
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Pristine! Still in shrink.
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Published by Battered Silicon Dispatch Box January 2000 2000
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Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.Books End Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edgewear to DJ. On back page, signed by the various people who brought this together; Joseph Wrzos, Helen de La Ree, Stephen E. Fabian, Dorothy Fabian. Signed By Author.
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Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.Rare Books Honolulu
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Softcover. Condition: like new. no dj as issued. Centipede Press 2012, Softcover. Centipede Press published an edition of 200 signed and slipcased hardcover copies and a softcover edition. This book is one of the softcovers. The book is new and unread. It has been stored protected in plastic wrap. Ships from Hawaii with free Pri…ority Mail upgrade worldwide. With over 450 pages, and a large, 8 × 12 size, this collection covers the entire artistic career of Hannes Bok. Painstakingly edited by Joseph Wrzos, with essays and memoirs on Bok by Ray Bradbury, Stephen Fabian, and many others, this book features over 600 illustrations. Many come from the pulps and pulp covers. The color section features all of Bok's known dustjackets and the largest collection of Bok paintings ever published, including many works that have never before been printed. Key works also feature detail views. Edited by Joseph Wrzos. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Many b/w illustrations and loaded with gorgeous full-page, full-color prints. Published October 2012. With over 450 pages, and a large, 8 × 12 size, this collection covers the entire artistic career of Hannes Bok. Painstakingly edited by Joseph Wrzos, with essays and memoirs on Bok by Ray Bradbury, Stephen Fabian, and many others, this book features over 600 illustrations. Many come from the pulps and pulp covers. The color section features all of Bok's known dustjackets and the largest collection of Bok paintings ever published, including many works that have never before been printed. Key works also feature detail views. Edited by Joseph Wrzos. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Many b/w illustrations and loaded with gorgeous full-page, full-color prints. Published October 2012. Hannes Bok (1914-1964) is considered to be one of the premier fantasy illustrators of the twentieth century. Dying young, he left behind a mostly uncollected array of wonderful and astonishing black-and-white pulp illustrations, a dozen or so dazzling dust jacket covers, and an as-yet-undetermined number of gorgeous color paintings, most of them quickly snapped up early by connoisseurs and still under heavy guard in private collections. And it was only due to the efforts of a few dedicated admirers, who published the first Bok collections, that the richer part of his legacy still survives. But even these early Bok collections are out of print and going for high prices in the collectors' market. As a consequence, none of Bok's artwork is currently available to the general public, and there is still much that has never been reproduced in the first place. Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration redresses this by bringing back into print not only his out of print artwork but many newly discovered drawings and paintings, reproduced here for the first time. In addition, A Life in Illustration also includes a rich selection of critical and biographical background material, including a nostalgic memoir by Ray Bradbury, incisive tributes by fellow artists, a newly uncovered letter of encouragement by Maxfield Parrish, and Bok's own concise autobiography, as well as his long unavailable essay, "Hannes Bok Looks at Fantasy Art and Illustration," a cogent elaboration of his artistic credo. Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration could well prove to be the definitive edition honoring his life and work. Edited by Joseph Wrzos. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. (illustrator).
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Seller: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.BWS BKS
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Paperback. Condition: New.
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase. 2nd Edition. #16 Of 50 Copies Of The Deluxe Signed Edition. Three Bound Volumes, One Volume Consisting Solely Of The Signatures Of The Artists And Organizers (Including Harlan Ellison), Another Volume Of Classic Illustrations, And A Third Volume Of New Illustrations. Fine In Box, As Issued.…Signed by Illustrator(s).
More imagesFantastic Numbers 1 to 6 (1965 - 1966) Volume 15 All Six Issues (Hardbound with lettered spines and trimmed magazines)
Joseph Wrzos or Ross (editor); Asimov, Bradbury, Laumer, Leiber, Sturgeon, Zelazny, John Wyndham, Bloch, Robert Sheckley et al
Published by Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.
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Seller: Clarkean Books, Stoney Creek, ON, CanadaClarkean Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Great SF writing and art! Generally Very Good or better condition. Contains: First story publication of Fafhrd story (Stardock) by Fritz Leiber; and, first appearance of Sally by Asimov and an Asimov reprint story (Satisfaction Guaranteed); and, second appearance of Ray Bradbury stor…y: Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Frank Paul, John Schoenherr, Emsh, Leo Summers, Virgil Finlay, Julian Krupa, Rod Ruth, Ernie Barth, Bernard Krigstein, James B. Settles, Enoch Sharp, Martin Gambee et al (illustrator).
More imagesThe Vampire Master and Other Tales of Horror / Three from the Tomb
Hamilton, Edmond; Cave, Hugh B. (Intr.); Wrzos, Joseph (Intr.)
Published by Haffner Press, Royal Oak, MI 2000
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- First Edition
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Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Fahrenheit's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine. 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. Two volumes in a slipcase. "The Vampire Master" is the first edition hardcover, which is signed by Hamilton and Arfstrom and marked no. 76/100 on the limitation page. The book has a mild lean to the binding, slight bumps to the spine ends, a touch of shel…fwear to the cover edges and corners, and faint rubbing to the covers. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in an unclipped Near Fine dust jacket, which has a hint of wear to the spine ends and corners, and is wrapped in a Mylar cover. "Three from the Tomb" is the first edition trade paperback, and is signed by Wrzos on the title page. The book has a tiny lean to the binding, mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and faint rubbing with a touch of edge wear to the covers. Both volumes are housed in a Very Good+ slipcase, which has some mild rubbing to the panels. Additional images are available upon request. Arfstrom, Jon (illustrator).
Published by Centipede Press 2012
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Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.DreamHaven Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oversize trade paperback (470 pages) of brilliant color and B&W art. Bok was a unique and sadly mostly neglected artist who illustrated many magazines and books in the 1940s to the 1960s. Scarce. Highly recommended. Near fine; tiny corner bruise upper right tip.
More imagesHANNES BOK. A Life in Illustration.
FABIAN, Stephen; BAUMAN, Jill; ECKHARDT, Jason C.; EGGLETON, Bob; HICKMAN, Stephen; introduction by BRADBURY, Ray; edited by WRZOS, Joseph
Published by Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. 2012
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Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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First edition. Limited edition. Signed by the author and the editor. Publisher's original black suede, illustrated to the lower board, a pictorial onlay to the upper board and gilt titles to the spine, in the Jacob McMurray designed dustwrapper, and pictorial silk and black cloth slipcase. Brown satin ribbon page marker. Illustr…ated endpapers, with an A5-size colour plate of Hannes Bok's 'Earth Goddess' loosely laid in. Tissue-guard preceding the title page. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and colour illustrations by Hannes Bok, with various artwork galleries reproducing Bok's pulp magazine cover artworks. An excellent fine copy, the binding square and firm, the suede is bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very near fine dustwrapper, which has just a touch of spotting to the underside, and is otherwise without fading, loss or tears. Housed in the lightly rubbed, structurally sound slipcase, which has a tiny scuff to the backstrip. A lovely example. Issued in an edition of 200 copies, from which this example is numbered 100 and signed by the contributing authors Stephen Fabian, Bob Eggleton, Jill Bauman, Jason Eckhardt and Stephen Hickman in blue and black ink on the colophon. Facsimiles of Hannes Bok and Ray Bradbury's signatures in black are also present on the colophon. Nominated for the 2013 World Fantasy Award and the 2014 Locus Award for 'Best Art Book'. Widely regarded as a maverick of science fiction illustration, Wayne Francis Woodard (1914-1964), best known by the pseudonym 'Hannes Bok' (derived from Johann Sebastian Bach), was a Hugo Award-winning illustrator, artist and amateur fantasy writer. He first achieved career success as a 'Weird Tales' artist thanks to a 19-year-old Ray Bradbury, who he had first met in 1937 upon moving to Los Angeles. By summer 1939, the two had become friends, so much so that Bradbury carried samples of Bok's artwork to New York City to put forward to magazine editors at the first World Science Fiction Convention. Farnsworth Wright, editor of Weird Tales, accepted Bradbury's proposal and debuted Bok's illustrations in the December 1939 issue. From there, his art featured in more than 50 issues of the magazine until March 1954, graced the cover six times from 1940-2, and saw five of his short stories and two poems published by the magazine between 1942-51. His unique style garnered widespread acclaim and admiration, though his resistance to publisher and editor interference lost him many commissions. This comprehensive volume reproduces much of Bok's portfolio that has since become unavailable to the general public, and includes the artist's own concise autobiography and long-unavailable essay 'Hannes Bok Looks at Fantasy Art and Illustration'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).
