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Illusion Confusion
The Wonderful World of Optical Deception
Paul M Baars
From the illusionistic architectural spaces created by Renaissance mural painters to the op art of the 20th century, this compendium of optical tricks presents a range of images including depth inversions, vibration effects, impossible perspectives, camouflage and anamorphic art. Examples are drawn from the world of psychology, popular illustration and street art as well as the work of celebrated artists such as Escher, Picasso, Magritte and Bridget Riley.

£18.95

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£7.99
Jerry Robinson
Ambassador of Comics
NC Christopher Couch
In 1939, at the age of 17, Jerry Robinson was taken on by cartoonist Bob Kane to work on his new creation, Batman, and over the next few years helped create the superhero's sidekick, Robin, and his chief antagonist, the Joker. This illustrated biography charts the career of the influential artist from comic books, satirical cartoons and newspaper comic strips to his later work as a curator of comic book art and campaigner for artist's rights.

£22.50

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£9.99
The Origins of Comics
From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay
Thierry Smolderen
In this classic work, Belgian comics writer and scholar Thierry Smolderen digs deep into the origins of the 20th-century comic strip. He establishes how the picture stories and illustrations of artists like William Hogarth, Rodolphe Töpffer and Gustave Doré laid the foundation of the form, which flourished with the evolution of visual culture caused by developments in printing technology, photography, audio recording and cinema. First published in 2000, the book is translated here by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen.

$50.00

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£19.99
Keep Britain Tidy
And Other Posters from the Nanny State
Hester Vaizey
'Don't ask a man to drink and drive', 'Coughs and sneezes spread diseases', 'Take your litter home'... Combining snappy slogans with eye-catching graphics, post-war British governments sought to influence the way we lived – all for our own good, of course. Accompanied by informative captions, more than 40 of these posters, produced between 1945 and 1975, are reproduced in this book in handy detachable format ready to pin up as nostalgic decoration. But remember – take care how you do it.

£14.95

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£6.99
Legal Action Comics
Volume Two
Art Spiegelman;Kim Deitch;Harry S Robins et al

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£4.99
Inventions that Didn't Change the World
Julie Halls
It’s no wonder the ‘Combined Umbrella Handle and Railway Carriage Door Key’, or the ‘Continuous Stream Enema Fountain Syringe’, were never made, yet Victorian designers were ever hopeful of relieving life’s burdens. This fascinating collection of 240 illustrations, reproduced from the National Archives, features drawings of gadgets and appliances submitted to officialdom for copyright purposes but never realized as products. Domestic needs and health concerns are among the many aspects of Victorian life revealed by the quirky ingenuity on display.

£19.95

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Typewrap
Typographic Gift Wrapping Paper
Steven Heller;Rick Landers
Inspired by different typographic periods and styles, from traditional copperplate to almost abstract modern designs, this book of colourful ‘typewrap’ comprises ten 680x480mm sheets folded into the book and perforated for ease of removal, and twelve mix and match tear-out gift tags.

£12.95

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£6.99
Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton
The Complete Adventures
Ed. Peter Richardson

£125.00

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£40.00
Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton
Leather Slipcased Edition
Ed. Peter Richardson

£325.00

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£75.00
Love and Rockets
The Covers
Gilbert Hernandez;Jaime Hernandez;Mario Hernandez

£30.99

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£9.99