Comic books in 'Books'

1st printing. By Jim Woodring. Problematic is a rare peek into the Moleskine sketchbooks that award-winning cartoonist Jim Woodring has filled monthly since 2004. Featuring quick concept sketches, figure studies, self-challenges, finished drawings, revenge portraits and caricatures, Problematic is a rollicking, magical dose of raw Woodring. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 300 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.99.

Phoenix Press Reprint Edition, published by Knickerbocker Publications. Written by Gail Jordan. Carlotta Lorraine, head of her own expensive and exclusive cosmetics business, had started as a poor girl and won her success the hard way. And her philosophy carried over when a desirable man was her goal; in order to win him Carlotta was willing to pay him, sleep with him, or slit her rivals throat. In this case, her rival was her secretary, pretty young Denise Thane. And Denise had the weapons of a "nice girl" with which to fight for the affection of Gary Owen, whom Carlotta had lured into her parlor by giving him a job. Softcover Digest, 5" x 7", 128 pages, B&W, text only. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

1st printing. By Robert B. Parker. Hardcover, 289 pages, Text only.

Revised Edition - 1st printing.

By Bob Rocca.

CI5: Criminal Intelligence 5. A team specially formed by the Home Office to combat an increasing wave of terrorism. Their brief? To keep Britain clean, keep it safe. Protect it from anarchy, from acts of terror, crimes against the public.

This volume provides a chronological account of every episode including cast lists and pr oduction credits, plus a comprehensive guide to The Professionals merchandised products, from toys to magazines.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 636 pages, B&W.

Cover price $39.95.

1st printing. Written by Albert Algoud. Art and cover by Herge. Celebrating the 80th-anniversary of his first appearance in the Tintin classic Red Rackham's Treasure, this book provides an in-depth look at the inventions and discoveries of Professor Calculus and the real-life innovations and people that inspired one of Hergé's most popular characters. Learn all about the absent-minded professor who first appeared 80 years ago and is universally loved by Tintin fans across the globe. Hardcover, 9-in. x 6-in., 104 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Fine $9.49

1st printing. By Stephen White. The Program safeguards the truth, but when The Program has a hidden agenda, the protected become the hunted. With his nuanced psychological insight, inscrutable plotting, and a captivating lead character that parallels Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware, Stephen White's Alan Gregory novels have become perennial national bestsellers. But, with The Program, White has challenged himself and honed his craft with remarkable assurance to create a rare breed of thriller. A dazzling mix of first-person and omniscient voices rewards readers with an irresistible narrative momentum. But the heart and soul of the novel is an indomitable woman reevaluating the seemingly innocuous choices she's made in the past while confronting the horrifying circumstances that threaten her family's future survival. "Every precious thing I lose, you will lose two." The Program begins with a condemned man's last words to New Orleans District Attorney Kirsten Lord. After her husband is gunned down in front of her, Lord has no choice but to flee the wrath of the murderer's vengeance. Lord pulls up stakes, changes her name, and accepts the Witness Protection Program's offer to hide her and her young daughter in Boulder, Colorado. Soon thereafter, they are befriended by Program veteran Carl Luppo, a solitary mob assassin tormented by his former life who has nothing but time for regret. Sensing that someone inside the program has compromised Lord and her daughter's safety, Luppo takes on the role of sentinel, fully realizing that this may be his last shot at redemption. Even though Lord suspects that Luppo's warnings about the Program's dark side are justified and that she should believe the former hit man's instincts, the only people she can really trust are her nine-year-old daughter and perhaps her Program-appointed psychologist Alan Gregory. Fans of White's previous work will applaud the brilliant use of series favorite Alan Gregory in a seemingly secondary role in the novel, and new readers will find themselves compelled to find out what Gregory has encountered before. But all readers will agree that The Program is a superior thriller; a novel firmly grounded in the realities of three-dimensional characters in crisis and driven with the narrative pace of a guilty pleasure. Hardcover, 350 pages, Text Only. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Text by Mark Salisbury.

Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) returns to create an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe.

Prometheus, marking Scott's return to sci-fi for the first time since Blade Runner, will be the epic film of 2012. Produced with the full co-operation of the filmmakers, this lavish hardcover, showcasing stunning production design art and behind the scenes photos, will be the only tie-in publishing to this eagerly awaited film.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.

2nd and later printings.

Text by Mark Salisbury.

Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) returns to create an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe.

Prometheus, marking Scott's return to sci-fi for the first time since Blade Runner, will be the epic film of 2012. Produced with the full co-operation of the filmmakers, this lavish hardcover, showcasing stunning production design art and behind the scenes photos, will be the only tie-in publishing to this eagerly awaited film.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 10-in., 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Fine $9.49

1st printing.

Edited by Hope Nicholson. Cover by Colleen Coover.

Following the bestselling The Secret Loves of Geeks comes this brand-new anthology featuring comics and prose stories by cartoonists and professional geeks about the world of comic book conventions from the guests who've attended them across the world. Featuring stories that are funny, sad, sweet, embarrassing, and heartfelt of a geek-culture life that shapes us, encourages us, and exhausts us every summer.

Featuring work by Brian Michael Bendis (The Man of Steel), Jim Zub (Wayward), Kieron Gillen (The Wicked and the Divine), Sina Grace (Iceman), Adrienne Kress, Zak Kinsella, Diana Schutz, Leonard Kirk, Michael Avon Oeming, Tania Del Rio, Anthony Oliveira, Amy Chu, Louie Chin, Tia Vasiliou, Scott A. Ford, Morgan Hoffman, Dylan Edwards, Marlene Bonnelly, Randy Milholland, melonami, Erik Radvon, Andy Kuhn, Greg Pak, Chris Arrant, B. Clay Moore, Chris Grine, Trina Robbins, Laura Neubert, Chris Chuckry, Ryan Ferrier, Jackson Lanzing, Julia Scheele, Bonnie Burton, Sara Richard, Barbara Guttman, Bryan Hill, Hope Nicholson, Jenn St. Onge, Karama Horne, Lucy Bellwood, Sonya Bellantyne, Tim Seeley, Vivian Ng, Marshall Dillon, Nika, Tini Howard, Kris Straub and Bud Plant.

Softcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 144 pages, full color.

NOTE: Part graphic novel/part storybook.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Foreword by Ado Kyrou. An illustrated appreciation of the films of Jean Rollin, the cult French film director best-known for his surrealistic depictions of vampires, sex, and horror. The book features extended photographic sections on each of Rollin's notorious "Vampire Quartet" - The Rape of the Vampire, The Nude Vampire, The Shiver of the Vampires, and Requiem for a Vampire - as well as dozens of images from his other films. Softcover, 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Robert Bloch. A woman on the run, a woman with secrets finds herself taking shelter at the Bates Motel. But she will soon learn that the motel's proprietor, Norman Bates, also has a secret. A deadly secret. This is the horrifying and thrilling tale that inspire the 1960 cinematic masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock. Hardcover, Text Only.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Robert Bloch. A woman on the run, a woman with secrets finds herself taking shelter at the Bates Motel. But she will soon learn that the motel's proprietor, Norman Bates, also has a secret. A deadly secret. This is the horrifying and thrilling tale that inspire the 1960 cinematic masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock. Hardcover, Text Only.

Amereon Edition - 1st printing. By Robert Bloch. A woman on the run, a woman with secrets finds herself taking shelter at the Bates Motel. But she will soon learn that the motel's proprietor, Norman Bates, also has a secret. A deadly secret. This is the horrifying and thrilling tale that inspire the 1960 cinematic masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock. Hardcover, 224 pages, Text Only.

Amereon Edition - 2nd and later printings. By Robert Bloch. A woman on the run, a woman with secrets finds herself taking shelter at the Bates Motel. But she will soon learn that the motel's proprietor, Norman Bates, also has a secret. A deadly secret. This is the horrifying and thrilling tale that inspire the 1960 cinematic masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock. Hardcover, 224 pages, Text Only.

1st printing. By Robert Bloch. Ten years after the death of Norman Bates, the Bates Motel reopens as a tourist attraction. But things turn sour when mysterious murders began to occur! Hardcover, 218 pages, Text Only.

2nd and later printings. By Robert Bloch. Ten years after the death of Norman Bates, the Bates Motel reopens as a tourist attraction. But things turn sour when mysterious murders began to occur! Hardcover, 218 pages, Text Only.

1st printing. By Robert Bloch. Norman Bates is back! He escapes the asylum and heads to Hollywood where they are making a cinema slasher film about his life's story. The project quickly becomes a bloody mess when Norman Bates returns to doing what he does best, butchery! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, Text Only. NOTE: "Robert Bloch has never been in finer form than in this book." - Stephen King. Cover price $15.00.

Signed Edition - 1st printing. By Robert Bloch. Norman Bates is back! He escapes the asylum and heads to Hollywood where they are making a cinema slasher film about his life's story. The project quickly becomes a bloody mess when Norman Bates returns to doing what he does best, butchery! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, Text Only. NOTE: "Robert Bloch has never been in finer form than in this book." - Stephen King. Cover price $35.00.

1st printing. By Richard J. Gerrig, PhD. Leading Psychologists take an unauthorized look at the most elaborate psychological experiment ever conducted - Survivor! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 228 pages, Text (with B&W Photos). Cover price $17.95.

1st printing.

By Ross Anderson.

By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even the Walt Disney Company, which had already won over thirty Academy Awards, could stop what appeared to be the end of an animation era. To revitalize popular interest in animation, Disney needed to reach outside its own studio and create the distinctive film that helped usher in a Disney Renaissance. That film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, though expensive and controversial, achieved huge success at the box office in 1988.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? magically blended live action and animation, carrying with it a humor that still resonates with audiences. Author Ross Anderson interviewed over 140 artists to tell the story of how they created something truly magical.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 352 pages, B&W.

Cover price $30.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Nick Carr. Art by Frank Hamilton. An in-depth analysis of the adventures of 1930's secret service pulp hero, Operator #5. Softcover 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. 64 Pages, B&W. Cover price $4.00.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $4.20

Written by Robert J. Hogan, Art by Frank Hamilton. Replica of "The Case of the Six Coffins" Wu Fang Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 96 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Donald E. Kehoe, Art by Frank Hamilton. Replica of "The Mystery of the Dragon's Shadow" Dr. Yen Sin Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 108 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Stanley Richards, Edward S. Ronns and James W. Bennett, Art by Frank Hamilton. Replica of "The Angel" Stories Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 98 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Art by John Blummer. Replica of "The Scorpion" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Ray Cummings and Robert Leslie Bellem, Replica of "Spicy Mystery Stories" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

The Green Lama by Kendell Foster Crossen. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Clifford Goodrich and Frederick Davis, Replica of "The Whisperer" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Randolph Craig, Replica of "The Octopus" Pulp produced by Robert Weinberg. Softcover 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in. 92 Pages B&W Cover price $5.00.

Written by Nick Carr. Art by Frank Hamilton. A history of the 1930's pulp fiction flying war hero known only as G-8. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. 160 pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $5.50.

Doctor Death. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 8.5-in. 160 pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $5.50.

Add to cart Fine $22.00

1st Printing.

Explore the rollicking, rip-roaring era of pulp fiction. From its origins in the late nineteenth century, when adventure stories reigned, through almost six decades of slinking sleuths, galloping ghouls, nitty-gritty gals, and invincible warriors, the pulp magazines transported readers into new territories of the mind. Not only did these publications help popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, they now provide a panorama of some sixty years of illustration - and social commentary. Join us in this nostalgic visual journey through the world of pulps.

Hardcover, horizontal format, 11" x 10.5", 204 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Fine $22.00

2nd or Later Printings.

Explore the rollicking, rip-roaring era of pulp fiction. From its origins in the late nineteenth century, when adventure stories reigned, through almost six decades of slinking sleuths, galloping ghouls, nitty-gritty gals, and invincible warriors, the pulp magazines transported readers into new territories of the mind. Not only did these publications help popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, they now provide a panorama of some sixty years of illustration - and social commentary. Join us in this nostalgic visual journey through the world of pulps.

Hardcover, horizontal format, 11" x 10.5", 204 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Prince of the Red Looters!" and "The City that Dared Not Eat!" This trade paperback collects two action packed 1930's adventures of the pulp-era hero: The Spider, Master of Men! The stories are complete with the original black and white interior illustrations. Issue #1 contains the August 1934 story, 'Prince of the Red Looters' and the October 1937 story, 'The City that Dared not Eat.' Softcover, 128 pages Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Death's Crimson Juggernaut!" and "Claws of the Golden Dragon!" This trade paperback collects two action packed 1930's adventures of the pulp-era hero: The Spider, Master of Men! The stories are complete with the original black and white interior illustrations. Issue #2 contains the November 1934 story, 'Death's Crimson Juggernaut' and the January 1939 story, 'Claws of the Golden Dragon.' Softcover, 128 pages Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Slaves of the Crime Master!" and "The Spider and the Fire God!" These 128-page trade paperbacks each reprint two action-packed 1930s adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider, complete with the original pulp black and white illustrations! Volume 3 contains the April 1935 story "Slaves of the Crime Master," and the August 1939 story "The Spider and the Fire God." Softcover, 128 pages Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Dragon Lord of the Underworld!" and "Satan's Switchboard!" This issue contains the July 1935 story "Dragon Lord of the Underworld" and the December 1937 story "Satan's Switchboard." Features writer Grant Stockbridge, cover artist John Newton Howitt, and interior artist John Fleming Gould. Softcover, 128 pages Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Builders of the Black Empire!" and "Satan's Shackles!" Two action-packed 1930s adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider are reprinted here - October 1934's "Builders of the Black Empire" and June 1938's "Satan's Shackles!" Softcover, 128 pages Text (with B&W chapter illustrations). Cover price $14.95.