Illustrated Lesser Ron (3 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Ron Lesser cover art (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 spine tail edge tear, light tone, light text tone, light wear. Solid mass market paperback. ; First Edition, First Printing of this anthology of ten Scott Jordan lawyer / private eye hard-boiled stories. ; 160 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Ron Lesser (illustrator). Hard Cover. 2023. Showcases more than 200 book covers, posters, paintings and model reference [photos. Book condition: NF - Near Fine. Full Colour illustrations. In the late 1950s, while studying with the legendary art teacher Frank J. Reilly at the Art Students League in New York City, Ron Lesser embarked on a long career as one of America's top illustration artists. Over the next four decades, his artwork was used for thousands of paperback book covers, movie posters, magazines, and advertisements. Many great artists once made a good living doing such illustration artwork and Ron Lesser is among the greatest. He's also one of the few who are still alive and still painting. Like a number of other top 20th century illustrators, Lesser went on to do paintings for galleries as the market for illustration art faded away in the 1990s. His gallery artwork includes Civil War and Western scenes, sports, celebrity portraits, and new versions of the types of subjects he once did for paperback covers. The Art of Ron Lesser Vol. 1 is the first of a planned series that will cover different periods and aspects of the artist and his artwork. The focus of this volume is on a subset of the art Lesser created during the first leg of his careerthe paperback covers, movie posters, magazine, and ad artwork he did between 1959 and 1979 that featured images of "dangerous dames," "sexy sirens," and other beautiful women. Featuring an in-depth interview conducted by J. Kingston Pierce, one of the world's foremost experts on vintage paperbacks, The Art of Ron Lesser Vol. 1 provides a fascinating overview of Lesser's life and career, and what Pierce calls "The Lesser Look." This volume showcases more than 200 book covers, posters, original paintings, and model reference photos from Lesser's personal archives, illuminated by his own commentary. This gives the reader unique insights into the man, his work, and the world of commercial illustration. Future volumes in The Art of Ron Lesser series will focus on other decades and subjects, such as his Western and action/adventure paperbacks, celebrity portraits, historical artwork, and more. 145 pages. Size: 8" x 11" (210mm x 280mm). ISBN: 9798392690121. (2.5 RLESSERDDSS).

First edition with these illustrations. Limited edition. Signed by the authors of the introduction and the artist. Publisher's original quarter black and red cloth with titles in silver to the spine, in the Ron Lesser illustrated dustwrapper. Red silk bookmark. Illustrated with colour plates of the cover art, and black and white line drawings by Ron Lesser. Includes a gallery of colour facsimiles of previous hardback and paperback editions of 'Fast One' and 'Seven Slayers', in addition to colour facsimiles of previous Black Mask Magazine front covers. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with very light band of toning at the tail of the upper board. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions and stamps. Complete with the original pictorial dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, with one small crease to the front panel, and otherwise without fading, loss, or tears. Issued in an edition of 500 copies, from which this example is numbered 440 and signed by the illustrator Ron Lesser and contributors Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Myers Jr. in black ink on the colophon. The complete fiction of Paul Cain, including the 13 stories in the "slayers" saga, brilliant works of noir fiction, and the novel 'Fast One' (1933). With his debut publication of 'Fast One', Cain joined an elite group of classic hard-boiled pulp crime writers introduced to the literary world via The Black Mask Magazine, with other key members including Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Erle Stanley Gardner. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.