| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “illustration”
books tagged “illustration”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
Acres and Painsby S. J. PerelmanISBN 0671210750 (0-671-21075-0)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Acres and Pains'-
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0613639138 (0-613-63913-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
More editions of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
Aesop's Fablesby AesopISBN 0671087584 (0-671-08758-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'More editions of Aesop's Fables:
-
Alphabet Cityby Stephen T. JohnsonISBN 0670856312 (0-670-85631-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Alphabet City'Book summary:The urban landscape will never look the same again. As Stephen T. Johnson demonstrates in a series of strikingly realistic pastels and watercolors, a simple sawhorse can contain the letter "A" while lampposts alongside a highway can form a row of elegant, soaring Ys. A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike.[via]More editions of Alphabet City:
Beastly Tales from Here and Thereby Vikram Seth, Ravi ShankarISBN 0670846570 (0-670-84657-0)
Hardcover, Viking
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beastly Tales from Here and There'More editions of Beastly Tales from Here and There:
![[???]: Beneath the Skin: A History of Aviation Cutaway Drawings from Flight International](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0617012687.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "[???]: Beneath the Skin: A History of Aviation Cutaway Drawings from Flight International")
Beneath the Skin: A History of Aviation Cutaway Drawings from Flight InternationalISBN 0617012687 (0-617-01268-7)
Hardcover, [Reed Business Information?]
Find This BookMore editions of Beneath the Skin: A History of Aviation Cutaway Drawings from Flight International:
The Book That Jack Wroteby Jon Scieszka, Daniel AdelISBN 067084330X (0-670-84330-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book That Jack Wrote'More editions of The Book That Jack Wrote:
-
Canterbury Talesby LumianskyISBN 0671491288 (0-671-49128-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart: this edition of the Tales has been translated into modern idiom.
From the heroic romance of "The Knight's Tale" to the low farce embodied in the stories of the Miller, the Reeve, and the Merchant, Chaucer treated such universal subjects as love, sex, and death in poetry that is simultaneously witty, insightful, and poignant. The Canterbury Tales is a grand tour of 14th-century English mores and morals--one that modern-day readers will enjoy. [via]
More editions of Canterbury Tales:
-
A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, William GeldartISBN 0670888796 (0-670-88879-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
More editions of A Christmas Carol:
- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671473697 (0-671-47369-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671520784 (0-671-52078-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671455990 (0-671-45599-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671476467 (0-671-47646-7)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0670888796 (0-670-88879-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671473697 (0-671-47369-7)
-
A Circle of Catsby Charles De Lint, Charles VessISBN 0670036471 (0-670-03647-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Circle of Cats'Book summary:Lillian is an orphan who lives with her aunt on a homestead miles from anyone, surrounded by uncharted forest. She wanders the woods, chasing squirrels and rabbits and climbing trees. Free-spirited and independent Lillian is a kindred spirit to the many wild cats who gather around the ancient beech tree. One day, while she is under the beech, Lillian is bitten by a poisonous snake. The cats refuse to let her die, and use their magic to turn her into one of their own. How she becomes a girl again is a lyrical, original folktale.
Set in the countryside north of de Lint's fictional Newford, with some of the same characters as the duo's recent, acclaimed Seven Wild Sisters, A Circle of Cats is the long-awaited first picture book by long-time friends Charles de Lint and Charles Vess, whose masterful art is as magical as the story.
Illustrations by Charles Vess. [via]More editions of A Circle of Cats:
-
City by Numbersby Stephen T. JohnsonISBN 0670872512 (0-670-87251-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'City by Numbers'Book summary:Paintings of various sites around New York City--from a shadow on a building to a wrought iron-gate to the Brooklyn Bridge--depict the numbers from one to twenty-one. [via]
More editions of City by Numbers:
-
The Complete Just So Storiesby Rudyard Kipling, Neil Philip, Isabelle BrentISBN 0670851965 (0-670-85196-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Just So Stories'Book summary:Presents twelve familiar stories--including the tale of the elephant child with the 'satiable curiosity who journeyed to the Limpopo river--along with two lesser-known pieces. [via]
More editions of The Complete Just So Stories:
Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazineby Jan Cohn, Joseph RuttISBN 0670849626 (0-670-84962-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine'More editions of Covers of the Saturday Evening Post: Seventy Years of Outstanding Illustration from America's Favorite Magazine:
Curious George Gets a Medalby Hans Augusto Rey, Margret ReyISBN 0618549064 (0-618-54906-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Curious George Gets a Medal'More editions of Curious George Gets a Medal:
Each Peach Pear Plumby Allan Ahlberg, Janet AhlbergISBN 0670287059 (0-670-28705-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Each Peach Pear Plum'Book summary:"Each Peach Pear Plum. I spy Tom Thumb!" In this engaging, interactive book for the very young, familiar nursery-rhyme characters such as Mother Hubbard and Baby Bunting sneak their way into the gentle drawings. Even young children who might not know all the fairy-tale stars can find them lurking in the cupboard, on the stairs, or deep in the woods. In the happy finale, the whole cast meets up for plum pie in the sun, where the little one on your lap will gleefully find everyone. An American Library Association Notable Book. (Baby to preschooler) [via]
-
Each Peach Pear Plumby Janet AhlbergISBN 067088278X (0-670-88278-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Each Peach Pear Plum'Book summary:"Each Peach Pear Plum. I spy Tom Thumb!" In this engaging, interactive book for the very young, familiar nursery-rhyme characters such as Mother Hubbard and Baby Bunting sneak their way into the gentle drawings. Even young children who might not know all the fairy-tale stars can find them lurking in the cupboard, on the stairs, or deep in the woods. In the happy finale, the whole cast meets up for plum pie in the sun, where the little one on your lap will gleefully find everyone. An American Library Association Notable Book. (Baby to preschooler) [via]
More editions of Each Peach Pear Plum:
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Wereby Michael Page, Robert R. IngpenISBN 0670816078 (0-670-81607-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were'More editions of Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were:
-
The English Rosesby Madonna, Jeffrey FulvimariISBN 0670036781 (0-670-03678-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Roses'Book summary:Madonna's first children's book is now available in an adorable miniature edition with a glittery foil jacket that's perfect for gift-giving.[via] -
Eugene Oneginby Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Charles Hepburn JohnstonISBN 0670298891 (0-670-29889-1)
Hardcover, Viking Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Eugene Onegin'Book summary:Pushkin was the first Russian writer of European stature, and he is among the very few artists - such as Homer and Shakespeare - to have shaped the consciousness and history of an entire nation and its language, thereby affecting the world at large. Eugene Onegin is not merely the greatest poem in the Russian language by its most influential poet: it is a global culture, social and political icon of the highest order. The historical power of this work - a novel in verse - is made all the more extraordinary by the simplicity of its subject. Eugene Onegin is a story of disappointed love. Tatyana falls for the handsome Eugene to whom she daringly makes advances. He cooly rejects her, then flirts with her sister, Olga. When challenged by Olga's fiance, Lensky kills him in a duel, seemingly indifferrent to the grief he causes. (Ironically, Puskhin himself was to be killed in similar circumstances in 1937, some seven years after he completed the work). Onegin leaves the district. When he returns four years later, Tatyana has married another man and it is her turn to reject his advances. But it turns out that Onegin's hauteur is affected: he has always loved her passionately. She loves him too and both reflect painfully on what might have been. [via]
More editions of Eugene Onegin:
-
Fables from Aesopby Tom Lynch, AesopISBN 0670889482 (0-670-88948-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fables from Aesop'Book summary:From century to century, generation to generation, Aesop's fables have entertained, enlightened minds, and warmed hearts around the world. Now in this unique collection, Tom Lynch uses collages of vivid color, intriguing texture and folk art style to re-invent fourteen of these well known and loved fables for today's children.
The crisp retellings of Aesop's tales and the beauty of Tom Lynch's illustrations will encourage readers to look closely before they leap from one fable to the next. [via]More editions of Fables from Aesop:
Fantasy Art Techniquesby Boris VallejoISBN 0668062347 (0-668-06234-7)
Hardcover, Arco Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantasy Art Techniques'More editions of Fantasy Art Techniques:
The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowanby Patricia FullertonISBN 0642107602 (0-642-10760-2)
Softcover, National Library of Australia
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan'More editions of The Flower Hunter: Ellis Rowan:
-
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Janet Allison Brown, Graham RustISBN 0670899119 (0-670-89911-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:A simplified retelling of ten-year-old Mary coming to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovering an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. [via]
More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Shirley Hughes, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0670825719 (0-670-82571-9)
Hardcover, Kestrel Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
-
The Gunslingerby Stephen King, Michael WhelanISBN 0670032549 (0-670-03254-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gunslinger'Book summary:Finally, after thirty-three years, a horrific and life-altering accident, and thousands of desperately rabid fans in the making, Stephen King's quest to complete his magnum opus rivals the quest of Roland and his band of gunslingers who inhabit the Dark Tower series. Loyal DT fans and new readers alike will appreciate this revised edition of The Gunslinger, which breathes new life into Roland of Gilead, and offers readers a "clearer start and slightly easier entry into Roland's world."
King writes both a new introduction and foreword to this revised edition, and the ever-patient, ever-loyal "constant reader" is rewarded with secrets to the series's inception. That a "magic" ream of green paper and a Robert Browning poem, came together to reveal to King his true "ka" is no real surprise (this is King after all), but who would have thought that the squinty-eyed trio of Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach would set the author on his true path to the Tower? While King credits Tolkien for inspiring the "quest and magic" that pervades the series, it was Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly that helped create the epic proportions and "almost absurdly majestic western backdrop" of Roland's world.
To King, The Gunslinger demanded revision because once the series was complete it became obvious that "the beginning was out of sync with the ending." While the revision adds only 35 pages, Dark Tower purists will notice the changes to Allie's fate and Roland's interaction with Cort, Jake, and the Man in Black--all stellar scenes that will reignite the hunger for the rest of the series. Newcomers will appreciate the details and insight into Roland's life. The revised Roland of Gilead (nee Deschain) is embodied with more humanity--he loves, he pities, he regrets. What DT fans might miss is the same ambiguity and mystery of the original that gave the original its pulpy underground feel (back when King himself awaited word from Roland's world). --Daphne Durham [via]
More editions of The Gunslinger:
Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklynby Barbara CooneyISBN 0670830569 (0-670-83056-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklyn'More editions of Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklyn:
Henry Climbs a Mountainby D. B. JohnsonISBN 0618269029 (0-618-26902-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry Climbs a Mountain'More editions of Henry Climbs a Mountain:
-
The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0618002219 (0-618-00221-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader. --Alix Wilber [via]
More editions of The Hobbit:
- The Hobbit: ISBN 061815082X (0-618-15082-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Hobbit: ISBN 0618260307 (0-618-26030-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Hobbit: ISBN 061382735X (0-613-82735-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Hobbit: ISBN 0613881656 (0-613-88165-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Hobbit: ISBN 0618162216 (0-618-16221-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Hobbit: ISBN 0618002219 (0-618-00221-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
- The Hobbit: ISBN 061815082X (0-618-15082-X)
-
The Iliadby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0670835102 (0-670-83510-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
-
Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
More editions of Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set:
Impunity Janeby Rumer GoddenISBN 0670394297 (0-670-39429-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Impunity Jane'More editions of Impunity Jane:
-
The Invisible Man/the War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0671471139 (0-671-47113-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man/the War of the Worlds'More editions of The Invisible Man/the War of the Worlds:
Jabberwockyby Nick BantockISBN 0670840858 (0-670-84085-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Jabberwocky'More editions of Jabberwocky:
-
Jane Eyreby Charlotte BrontëISBN 067101479X (0-671-01479-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:Charlotte Brontë's impassioned novel Jane Eyre is the love story of a plain yet spirited governess and her employer, the arrogant and brusque Mr. Rochester. Published in 1847, under the pseudonym Currer Bell, the book featured a new kind of heroine -- one who manages to thrive on her integrity, intellect, and fullness of heart in order to overcome isolation, adversity, and class barriers. Over a century later, Jane Eyre is still regarded as one of the classic novels of English literature.
Pocket Books Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Jane Eyre has been prepared by Laurie Langbauer, professor of English at the University of North Carolina. It includes her introduction, which contains essential biographical and historical background, textual notes, a selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs. [via]
-
The Jungle Bookby Rudyard Kipling, Christian BroutinISBN 0670867977 (0-670-86797-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:Mowgli has lived in the jungle all his life, but when Shere Khan the tiger arrives, he is in great danger. In the seriess DISNEY, and based on the animated film. [via]
-
Just So Storiesby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0613524179 (0-613-52417-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Just So Stories'Book summary:Kipling began these stories in Vermont, to amuse his daughter when they were living in his wife's home town. The comic explanations, such as "how the camel got his hump" and "how the whale got his throat", are complemented by the author's illustrations, with their extensive and ridiculous captions. [via]
-
La Fontaine: Selected Fablesby James Michie, Jean De LA FontaineISBN 0670415812 (0-670-41581-2)
Hardcover, Viking Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'La Fontaine: Selected Fables'More editions of La Fontaine: Selected Fables:
Leon Bakst: Set and Costume Designs, Book Illustrations, Paintings and Graphic Worksby Irina Pruzhan, Arthur Shkarovski-RaffeISBN 0670810193 (0-670-81019-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Leon Bakst: Set and Costume Designs, Book Illustrations, Paintings and Graphic Works'More editions of Leon Bakst: Set and Costume Designs, Book Illustrations, Paintings and Graphic Works:
-
The Lord of the Ringsby Gary RussellISBN 0618331301 (0-618-33130-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:A companion to The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring, this authoritative and insightful book is packed with more than five hundred full-color images many exclusive to this volume and shows the development of the imagery in The Two Towers from concept drawings to wide-screen glory. With illuminating captions telling the story of the images in the words of the artists and designers responsible for the look of the film, including the renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe, and contributions from Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Grant Major, Ngila Dickson, Paul Lasaine, and others, this book is a must for all fans of The Lord of the Rings.[via]
In this essential reference to the architecture and costumes of Jacksons onscreen Middle-earth, the stunning large-format art, from sketches to paintings to three-dimensional maquettes and digital art, is lovingly reproduced with lavish production values to create a spectacular keepsake for the films millions of fans.More editions of The Lord of the Rings:
-
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companionby Jude FisherISBN 0618154019 (0-618-15401-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion'Book summary:Jude Fisher's Lord of the Rings Visual Companion is a real treat for Tolkien fans and brings readers up close to some of the amazing detail they will find in the big-screen version of this fantasy classic. Not just a straightforward movie guide, this is more of a Middle-earth encyclopedia with information on the people and places to which moviegoers will be introduced. The text is informative and never presumes any level of knowledge, making this book more than accessible for Tolkien fans or those who have yet to discover his work. The pictures are full color and quite simply superb, showcasing the movie's epic scope and exciting special effects. There is even a foldout map of Middle-earth in the center pages using shots from the movie to illustrate key locations, giving it a more realistic feel. Not an average movie tie-in book, Fisher's wonderful guide has been as lovingly put together as the movie itself and has "quality" stamped all over it. This is definitely one to add to your collection. --Jonathan Weir, Amazon.co.uk [via]
More editions of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion:
The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogyby Brian SibleyISBN 0618260226 (0-618-26022-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy'Book summary:The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy[via]
The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience. Hailed by critics worldwide, part one of the movie trilogy was a box-office smash, one of the most successful films of the decade. Peter Jackson's "fierce, imaginative movie takes high-flying risks and inspires with its power and scale," wrote Newsweek. "In every way this is moviemaking on a grand scale," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, while Time proclaimed the "grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth" of the film, which received thirteen Academy Award(R) nominations. Including more than 300 photographs from all three films, most unique to this book, and exclusive interviews with all the cast and crew, Brian Sibley's fascinating book takes every fan inside the process of adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork for the screen. For the first time in history, three major movies were made at the same time, a triumphant and monumental undertaking that took the world by storm. Here can be found details about the hundreds of dedicated artists, craftspeople and cast and crew members who labored for years -- adding authenticity at every stage -- to bring one of the greatest stories ever told to an eager film audience. Sibley takes us inside the process of filmmaking to show us how the magic is made -- from the director, writers and actors to wardrobe, makeup, miniatures, music and digital special effects, it's all here.
"It was tiring, physically and mentally, but never dull. Three movies, one big story, and so much variety: one day shooting scenes of intimate heart-wrenching drama, the next, vast battle scenes involving hundreds of extras. Every day brought an opportunity to create something new on this enormous canvas that is The Lord of the Rings." -- Peter JacksonMore editions of The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy:
Mark Kistler's Draw Squadby Mark KistlerISBN 0671656945 (0-671-65694-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Mark Kistler's Draw Squad'More editions of Mark Kistler's Draw Squad:
Mark Kistler's Imagination Station/Learn How to Draw in 3-D With Public Television's Favorite Drawing Teacher!by Mark KistlerISBN 0671500139 (0-671-50013-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Mark Kistler's Imagination Station/Learn How to Draw in 3-D With Public Television's Favorite Drawing Teacher!'More editions of Mark Kistler's Imagination Station/Learn How to Draw in 3-D With Public Television's Favorite Drawing Teacher!:
-
Matildaby Quentin Blake, Roald DahlISBN 0670824399 (0-670-82439-9)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
More editions of Matilda:
-
Matildaby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0613371895 (0-613-37189-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
More editions of Matilda:
Max Deluxeby Maira KalmanISBN 067086837X (0-670-86837-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Max Deluxe'More editions of Max Deluxe:
-
The Most of P. G. Wodehouseby P.G. WodehouseISBN 0671203495 (0-671-20349-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Most of P. G. Wodehouse'Book summary:The most lavish P. G. Wodehouse collection ever published. In addition to Wodehouse's best known and beloved Jeeves and Bertie stories, The Most of P. G. Wodehouse features delightful stories about The Drones Club and its affable, vacuous members: Mr. Mulliner, whose considered judgment on any and all topics is drawn from the experiences of his innumerable relatives; Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, the man of gilt-edged schemes; and Lord Emsworth, ruler of all he surveys at Blanding's Castle. Rounding out the collection are Wodehouses's witty golf stories and a complete and completely hilarious novel, Quick Service. As Jeeves would say, "The mind boggles, sir." [via]
More editions of The Most of P. G. Wodehouse:
-
The Odysseyby Homer, Samuel ButlerISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:T en years have passed since the fall of Troy, and the Greek hero Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseus's palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife, Penelope. She has remained faithful to Odysseus. Prince Telemachus, Odysseus's son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or experience to fight them. One of the suitors, Antinous, plans to assassinate the young prince, eliminating the only opposition to their dominion over the palace. Unknown to the suitors, Odysseus is still alive. The beautiful nymph Calypso, possessed by love for him, has imprisoned him on her island, Ogygia. He longs to return to his wife and son, but he has no ship or crew to help him escape. While the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus debate Odysseus's future, Athena, Odysseus's strongest supporter among the gods, resolves to help Telemachus. Disguised as a friend of the prince's grandfather, Laertes, she convinces the prince to call a meeting of the assembly at which he reproaches the suitors. Athena also prepares him for a great journey to Pylos and Sparta, where the kings Nestor and Menelaus, Odysseus's companions during the war, inform him that Odysseus is alive and trapped on Calypso's island. Telemachus makes plans to return home, while, back in Ithaca, Antinous and the other suitors prepare an ambush to kill him when he reaches port. [via]
More editions of The Odyssey:
- The Odyssey: ISBN 061800372X (0-618-00372-X)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin - The Odyssey: ISBN 0670821624 (0-670-82162-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671005022 (0-671-00502-2)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0613371925 (0-613-37192-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671638076 (0-671-63807-6)
Hardcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
- The Odyssey: ISBN 061800372X (0-618-00372-X)
Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Morris E. SpeareISBN 0671006010 (0-671-00601-0)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'More editions of Pride and Prejudice:
The Quitting Dealby Tobi Tobias, Trina Schart HymanISBN 0670585823 (0-670-58582-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quitting Deal'More editions of The Quitting Deal:
-
A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here And Thereby Aldo Leopold, Charles W. SchwartzISBN 0613924142 (0-613-92414-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here And There'Book summary:Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book's pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his victim just as she was dying, "in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes.... I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view." Leopold's road-to-Damascus change of view would find its fruit some years later in his so-called land ethic, in which he held that nothing that disturbs the balance of nature is right. Much of Almanac elaborates on this basic premise, as well as on Leopold's view that it is something of a human duty to preserve as much wild land as possible, as a kind of bank for the biological future of all species. Beautifully written, quiet, and elegant, Leopold's book deserves continued study and discussion today. --Gregory McNamee [via]
More editions of A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here And There:
Shadowvilleby Michael BartalosISBN 0670861618 (0-670-86161-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadowville'More editions of Shadowville:
Sleepless Beautyby Frances Minters, G. Brian KarasISBN 0670870331 (0-670-87033-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Sleepless Beauty'More editions of Sleepless Beauty:
-
Squids Will Be Squidsby Jon Scieszka, Molly Leach, Lane SmithISBN 067088135X (0-670-88135-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Squids Will Be Squids'Book summary:Every once in a while a book crosses our desks that makes us sit quietly delighted--except for a few squeaks of unmitigated joy--and this oversized, energized, stylized, highly prized book of fables is one of them. Jon Scieszka has a simple philosophy of the fable: "If you can't say something nice about someone, change the guy's name to Donkey or Squid." After all, the alleged Aesop did it. Squids Will Be Squids offers lessons such as "Everyone knows frogs can't skateboard, but it's kind of sad that they believe everything they see on TV." Sure, it's goofy, but it's also saying to kids, "Don't believe everything you see on TV." In "Duckbilled Platypus vs. Beefsnakstick," the bragging platypus and his beefy buddy teach us "Just because you have a lot of stuff, don't think you're so special." Of course, there is nothing heavy-handed here--morals such as "He who smelt it, dealt it" and "Elephants never forget, except sometimes" satirically prance amid the more heartfelt snippets of sagacity.
Scieszka and illustrator Lane Smith are unparalleled in their eccentricity and unrelenting in their boyish, twisted-yet-innocent zeal. In co-creations from The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales to The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs to Math Curse, Scieszka's wacko sense of humor and Smith's quirky, always gorgeous artwork thrillingly congeal in Molly Leach's creative, exuberant design. We see many picture books that are better suited for adults than kids, but this fine specimen is truly meant for goofballs of all ages. (Click to see a sample spread. Illustration © 1998 Lane Smith, reproduced with permission of Viking, a division of Penguin Putnam.) (All ages) --Karin Snelson [via]
More editions of Squids Will Be Squids:
-
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Talesby Jon Scieszka, Lane SmithISBN 067084487X (0-670-84487-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales'Book summary:The Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Manand Other Fairly Stupid Tales has not lost one ounce of its wisecracking, cheeky humor in the past decade. In fact, the only thing about this "Deluxe Limited Special Never Before Never Again Extra Stuff 10 Year Anniversary Edition" that's different from the original is the dust jacket--but it's a very special dust jacket, as narrator Jack is quick to point out. Turn it inside out and discover the long-lost story of "The Boy Who Cried Cow Patty" and the numbers that fell off the table of contents. Open the book to be privy to John Scieszka and Lane Smith's irreverent variations on well-known fairy-tale themes, in which the ugly duckling grows up to be an ugly duck, and the princess who kisses the frog wins only a mouthful of amphibian slime. The Stinky Cheese Man deconstructs not only the tradition of the fairy tale but also the entire notion of a book. Our naughty narrator, Jack, makes a mockery of the title page, the table of contents, and even the endpaper by shuffling, scoffing, and generally paying no mind to structure. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and the Giant at the top of the beanstalk snacks on the Little Red Hen. There are no lessons to be learned or morals to take to heart--just good, sarcastic fun that smart alecks of all ages will love. (All ages) [via]
More editions of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales:
-
Storm of the Centuryby Stephen KingISBN 067103264X (0-671-03264-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Storm of the Century'Book summary:Stephen King started writing Storm of the Century as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as The Shining was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, Storm of the Century is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.
But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." --Tim Appelo [via]
More editions of Storm of the Century:
-
The Tempestby William ShakespeareISBN 0671551787 (0-671-55178-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610-11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand. [via]
More editions of The Tempest:
The Theater Posters of James McMullanby James McMullan, Bernard Gersten, John GuareISBN 0670876836 (0-670-87683-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Theater Posters of James McMullan'More editions of The Theater Posters of James McMullan:
Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Artby Barbara EllemanISBN 0618003428 (0-618-00342-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art'More editions of Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art:
-
Voyage of the Dawn Treaderby C. S. LewisISBN 0613946111 (0-613-94611-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyage Of The Dawn Treader'Book summary:The BBC Radio production of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a delightful two-hour sail on the most fabulous ship in Narnia. Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true. The adaptation is faithful to its source, C.S. Lewis's series of Narnia books, which have provided exciting and uplifting tales for generations of children. BBC Radio does wonders with sound effects--the ship creaks in the wind, the sorrowful dragon roars lugubriously--and musical cues and interludes that keep the pacing dynamic. There's also a splendid cast of plummy British voices, making this far more than a book read onto cassette--it's an audio drama, as enjoyable as a trip to the theater. Grownups who buy this tape for their children will want to borrow it for themselves. (Running time: two hours, two cassettes) --Blaise Selby [via]
More editions of Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
Walking The Dog In Italyby Simon Griffiths, Gail Donovan, Danie PoutISBN 0670858196 (0-670-85819-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking The Dog In Italy'More editions of Walking The Dog In Italy:
The Walrus & the Carpenterby Nick BnatockISBN 0670845035 (0-670-84503-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Walrus & the Carpenter'More editions of The Walrus & the Carpenter:
-
The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 0671673041 (0-671-67304-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
More editions of The War of the Worlds:
-
Whole Story Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, William GeldartISBN 0670888788 (0-670-88878-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Whole Story Christmas Carol'More editions of Whole Story Christmas Carol:
-
Wickedby Gregory MaguireISBN 0613621697 (0-613-62169-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Wicked'Book summary:An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. [via]
More editions of Wicked:
-
The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumISBN 0613357620 (0-613-35762-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizard of Oz'More editions of The Wizard of Oz:
-
Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Diane Long HoevelerISBN 061808486X (0-618-08486-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:Wuthering Heights, perhaps the most haunting love story ever written, was published one year before Emily Brontë's death in 1848 at the age of thirty. It is the story of Heathcliff, a savage, tormented foundling, and of his wild, doomed love for Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor. Set amidst the beauty and fury of the lonely Yorkshire moors, this novel of extraordinary imagination and insight has become a classic of English literature.
Washington Square Press' Enriched Classics present the world's greatest literature in timeless editions designed for modern readers. Special features include a lively introduction with essential biographical and historical background, critical perspectives, and a unique visual essay composed of authentic period illustrations and photographs that help bring every word to life. [via]
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}