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Fantagraphics Books, January 2010. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. 3 volumes in slipcase. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Fantagraphics Books, 2011-09-13. Hardcover. Like New. Sturdy copies, unmarked text, very clean pages, in fantastic shape, looks unread. Covers with slight surface wear at edge and near spine. Includes slip case which is sturdy and also with very minimal wear. (Books were not published with dust jackets.) Lh

Fantagraphics Books, 2011. Hardcover in Slipcase. AS NEW COPY!. AS NEW COPY! 3 volumes in boxed set slipcase.Wilson is among the most popular, widely read, and beloved cartoonists in the history of the medium, whose career spans the second half of the 20th century and all of the 21st. His work has been seen by millions - no, hundreds of millions - in the pages of Playboy (Wilson appeared in every issue of Playboy from the December 1957 issue to today), The New Yorker and many other magazines.Wilson ridicules everything from state sponsored executions to teenage dating with hilarious satirical jabs. Although Wilson is known for his black comedy, this three-volume set truly demonstrates the depth and breadth of his range. Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons is a testament to one of the funniest - and wickedly disturbing - cartoonists alive. It's not only a perfect holiday gift for his legion of fans, but also has crossover appeal to those who favour the darker sensibilities of… Read More

Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three hardcover volumes in a pictorial slipcase, 1056 pages. Few cartoonists ever had as lavish a tribute as a three-volume-slipcased collection, but few are as deserving as Wilson. Collecting 50 years worth of his monthly single page gag cartoons from Playboy, it's a definitive overview of a remarkable talent and viewpoint. Considering the timeframe, Wilson's fabled black humor and art style remain remarkably consistent—as time passes, the drawing renders into slightly blobbier shapes that retain all of their wit just the same—but the source and degree of the humor is a constant. Although best known for his slightly lugubrious subjects—monsters, witches, corpses, vampires and skeletons are frequent visitors to these pages—Wilson also targets consumerism, materialism, and other basic human foibles. As publisher Gary Groth writes in a biography in the third volume, He has constructed a world that is eerily family, unsettlingly… Read More

Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2009. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (26cm). Three volumes in black pictorial cloth, in slipcase with transparent polyester window in one side; vol. I: 321pp; vol. II: [322]-624pp; vol. III: [x],[639]-933,[9]pp; color illus. throughout. Small ownership inscription of noted zoologist James G. Mead to f.f.e.p.s. A straight, clean set, lightly bumped at extremities, plastic coating just starting to lift from paper at front hinges: Near Fine. Slipcase gently rubbed at extremities: Near Fine. Complete collection of all of Wilson's cartoons published in Playboy from 1957 to 2008.

Fantagraphics Books, 2011. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. ** Complete 3-Volume Slipcased Set **; Very Good++; Hardcover; All three volumes are in close to new condition with just faint edgewear to the covers, bright and unmarked pages, and tight bindings; Minor corner-wear to the slipcase; This book set will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); Heavy (10.4 lbs); Black slipcase with tile in red lettering; 2011, Fantagraphics Books; 1056 pages; "Gahan Wilson 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons," by Gahan Wilson & Hugh Hefner.

Fantagraphics, 2011-10-03. Hardcover. Like New. 8x3x10. ***Please Read*** This is a Brand New item sealed in plastic - No marks on text - My shelf location - ea-h-1*

Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, Inc, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quartos, Three Volumes. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's illustrated slip case with mild wear to edges. Spines black, white, and yellow with yellow and blue lettering. Minor wear to corners, hinges, and heads and tails of spines. Light scuffing to front covers and spine of Volume III. Textblocks clean. Shelved on the Front Table. 1376478. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

U.S.A.: Fantagraphics, 2010. Book. New. Hardcover. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Three Volume Set. Still In The Original Plastic. In As New Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Thanks And Enjoy..

New York: Fantographics, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. This special Deluxe Edition, strictly limited to 300 copies, includes an exclusive separate letterpress print signed by Gahan Wilson and an attached box set containing 32 individual color facsimiles of Gahan's hand-drawn color holiday cards presented to Hugh Hefner, never before reproduced and available nowhere else (they are not included in the regular trade edition). Introductions by Neil Gaiman and Hugh Hefner. Over 1000 cartoons in three large color hardcover volumes in a special Wilson decorated slipcase. This stunning massive production measures 10.4 x 8.1 x 3.6 inches and weighs 10.6 pounds. ”Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the June, 1962 issue, ‘Horror Trio,’ to such classics as ‘Dracula Country’ (September 1978). It also includes the text-and-art features he… Read More