Stop Illustrator (2 results)
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Published by Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A. 1988
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition First Printing. Breathtakingly beautiful photographs of gargoyles, grotesques, green men, & other carved creatures who grace old buildings, particularly those in the Gothic style. Text by horror master Stephen King (pgs 7-35) is followed by duotone & fu…ll-color photographs by f-Stop Fitzgerald for the remainder of the 128 pages; 2 color ones in center fold out into triptychs. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1988, this oversized hardcover is in Fine condition in a VG+ unclipped DJ, the latter downgraded due to a 3" vertical scrape across center of front cover (gargoyle's forehead) & a few scratches/rubbed areas to bottom-outer corner of same. Book has matte black cloth-covered boards with blindstamped title on front cover & silver lettering to spine. Completely clean & bright, pages white & unmarked (remainder mark to bottom outside edges of text block), corners crisp, binding strong & square. DJ is colorful & equally clean & crisp, nicely protected in new archival mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: no expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double) postage per USPS rates/. Fitzgerald, f-Stop (illustrator).
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Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerWitty Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Accounts of Trials in the Criminal Courts of Paris Moinaux, Jules [1825-1895]. "Stop," Illustrations. Les Tribunaux Comiques. [2e Serie]. Paris: A. Chevalier-Marescq, 1882. [iv], xxx, 395 [1] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. [With] Moinaux, Jules. "Stop," Illustrations. Silvestre, Paul Armand… [1837-1901], Introduction. Les Tribunaux Comiques. [3e Serie]. Paris: A. Chevalier-Marescq, 1884. xii, 383 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Octavo (7" x 4-1/2"). Illustrated publisher wrappers bound into contemporary quarter morocco over marble boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, ribbon markers, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Light rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners, some wear to spine ends of 2e Serie, its front hinge cracked, front joint of 3e Serie just starting at head. Light toning and occasional light foxing to texts, faint early owner stamps to front wrappers. $350. * First issues. Moinaux was a notable French writer, playwright and librettist. Written over several years, his humourous accounts of trials in the criminal courts of Paris appeared in such publications as La Gazette des Tribunaux and Le Charivari. Embellished with witty illustrations by Stop, Les Tribunaux Comiques are illustrated collections of these pieces. He published five volumes, the first in 1882, the last in 1894. Each is complete in itself and bibliographically distinct.
