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Published by Book Palace Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 190708147XISBN 13: 9781907081477
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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, 2015
ISBN 10: 2203099860ISBN 13: 9782203099869
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 A notebook composed of a critical apparatus and unpublished drawings completes the work.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 Casterman, 2017
ISBN 10: 2203122080ISBN 13: 9782203122086
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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: Aïda, 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 NBM, 1986
ISBN 10: 0918348250ISBN 13: 9780918348258
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 Euro Comics / IDW Publishing, 2015
ISBN 10: 1631403176ISBN 13: 9781631403170
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: New. Euro Comics / IDW Publishing 2015. Black & White illustrations. The second volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, Corto Maltese, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts. "Mushroom Heads" begins in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where Corto Maltese and Professor Steiner lead an expedition on the trail of the legendary El Dorado, financed by the antiquarian Levi Colombia. In "Banana Conga," Corto has his first and nearly fatal encounter with the beautiful yet dangerous mercenary Venexiana Stevenson. Within this framework of adventure, Hugo Pratt weaves themes dealing with the exploitation of indigenous people, the noble struggle to gain freedom and independence, and how cowardice can poison men of all classes. The action, set in 1917, takes Corto Maltese from the Mosquito Coast to Barbados to a deadly struggle among Jivaro head-hunters in the Peruvian Amazon. 116 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (236mm x 297mm). ISBN: 9781631403170. (1.1).
Published by NBM, 1987
ISBN 10: 0918348382ISBN 13: 9780918348388
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 Harvill, 1996
ISBN 10: 1860462715ISBN 13: 9781860462719
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: M - Mint. Harvill 1996. Book condition: M - Mint. Black & White illustrations. The action moves from South America to Europe against the backdrop of the First World War. In these six stories Pratt further explores such complicated themes as patriotism and greed, revolution and opportunism, and betrayal and seduction. Events take Corto from a small island in the Venetian lagoon, where he comes face to face with a beautiful blonde spy, to Stonehenge and an adventure with Merlin, Morgana, and Puck. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway and future billionaire Aristotle Onassis, Irish revolutionary Banshee O'Danann, the legendary Red Baron, and an intense cast of characters who weave in and out of a series of labyrinthine plots and counter-plots. Fine copy with minor sun fade to top front and back cover. 140 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (220mm x 297mm). ISBN: 1860462715. (1).
Published by IDW, 2016
ISBN 10: 1631406965ISBN 13: 9781631406966
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
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Soft Cover. Condition: New. IDW 2016. Black & White illustrations. When Corto Maltese arrives in the Middle East and Africa in 1918 the shifting sands and loyalties reveal colonial powers still battling for domination over each other and the indigenous people. The desert of Yemen, controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire, is the setting for "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate," where Corto meets Cush, the Danikil warrior with whom he establishes a close yet conflicted relationship. In "The Coup de Grace" the stubborn racism of an English commander of a small fort in British Somaliland leads to conflict with Cush and the Dervish army of Sayyid Mohamed, whom the British call "The Mad Mullah." The action moves to Ethiopia amidst inter-tribal conflict in ". and of Other Romeos and Other Juliets," as Cush introduces Corto to the mysterious and powerful shaman Shamael, who hears the voices of the dead and of devils. German East Africa is the background of "The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji," where Corto is engulfed in a dreamlike atmosphere that reveals how African justice operates outside the constraints of "white" law. Nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication! 96 pages. Size: 9" x 11" (234mm x 292mm). ISBN: 9781631406966. (2).
Published by EuroComics, 2015
ISBN 10: 1631400657ISBN 13: 9781631400650
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: New. EuroComics 2015. Black & White illustrations. This book, the first of twelve volumes, launches the definitive English-language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts. Frank Miller calls Pratt "one of the true masters of comic art." Long before the term "graphic novel" entered the popular lexicon - ten years before Will Eisner's A Contract with God - Hugo Pratt pioneered the long-form "drawn literature" story. Corto Maltese set the standard for all adult adventure comics in Europe. By the mid-1970s, Corto was the continent's most popular series and Hugo Pratt the world's leading graphic novelist. Hugo Pratt's peripatetic sailor was featured in a series of twenty-nine stories. The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first thirty years of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt's native Venice, the steppes of Manchuria, the Caribbean islands, the Danakil deserts, the Amazon forests, and the waves of the Pacific. This book is in excellent condition. 140 pages. Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 300mm). ISBN: 9781631400650. (0.9).
Published by Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, 1979
ISBN 10: 091834817XISBN 13: 9780918348173
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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: 091834848XISBN 13: 9780918348487
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 Vertige Graphic Editions, Paris, 1994
ISBN 10: 2908981157ISBN 13: 9782908981155
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Book 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 Flying Buttress Classics, 1990
ISBN 10: 091834896XISBN 13: 9780918348968
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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: 1684056411ISBN 13: 9781684056415
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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: 2203326131ISBN 13: 9782203326132
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 1½ 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: 2203010487ISBN 13: 9782203010482
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 1½ 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: 11½" x 12" (291mm x 305mm). ISBN: 9782203010482. (4.2).
Published by Casterman, 2005
ISBN 10: 2203326158ISBN 13: 9782203326156
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book
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 1½ 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: 0874160308ISBN 13: 9780874160307
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Book 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).