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THE BOOK PALACE
We've been selling books and illustration art for over 40 years. We started trading in 1973 as Conquistador and were incorporated in 2001 and trade as The Book Palace. Our wide range of prestigious illustrated books covers book and comic illustration and includes first editions, limited editions and signed books.
We are the proud publishers of illustrators, the sumptuous art quarterly featuring the world's finest illustrators and their art.
The illustrators team playing hard at work
We also publish highly collectable illustrated books under the Book Palace Books imprint with our growing list (see below) of Limited Editions produced to a very high standard.
Our excellent contacts and know-how mean that we can often source out-of-print, back-catalogued illustrated books and limited editions that are otherwise unavailable.
BOOK PALACE BOOKS
Book Palace Books was established in 1995 to publish limited edition books covering the worlds of art and illustration - including comic book and graphic novel reprints - to such a high standard that these books are highly collectable. To date, the portfolio of books we publish and distribute includes:
ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL EDITIONS
The US Warren Artists Volume 2 (Illustrators Hardcover Special) * coming soon
Halloween (illustrators Special #20) * coming soon
Prince Valiant Artists (illustrators Hardcover Special #19)
The US Warren Artists (Illustrators Hardcover Special #18)
The Trigan Empire Artists' Special (Illustrators Special #17)
The Modesty Blaise Artists (illustrators Special #16)
The Art of Tarzan (illustrators Special #15)
The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines (illustrators Special #14)
The Art of Glamour (illustrators Special #13 and reprinted)
The Very Best of British Boy's Comics (illustrators Special #12)
The Art of Frank Bellamy (illustrators Special #11)
The Art of Sydney Jordan/Jim Holdaway (illustrators Special #10)
Crime Comics (illustrators Special #9)
John M Burns (illustrators Special #8)
Pirates! (illustrators Special #7)
Brian Bolland (illustrators Special #6)
The Art of Commando (illustrators Special #5)
The Art of Ron Embleton (illustrators Special #4)
Don Lawrence: illustrations and comic strip art (illustrators Special #3)
British War Comics - Studio Dami and the Italian Artists (illustrators Special #2)
Warren Magazines - The Spanish Artists (illustrators Special #1 and reprinted)
FLEETWAY PICTURE LIBRARY CLASSICS
BY THE SWORD featuring the art of Graham Coton, Cecil Doughty, Patrick Nicolle, Horowicz, Reg Bunn * coming soon
PSYCHO WAR STORIES featuring the art of Jorge Moliterni * coming soon
WESTERN TALES featuring the art of Mario Uggeri * coming soon
DOGFIGHT DIXON featuring the art of Genardo, Pollack, Garcia, Puig * coming soon
FLASH OF STEEL featuring the art of Pat Nicolle, Eduardo Teixeira Coelho * coming soon
FLEETWAY FIRSTS full stories from very first issues of War, Air Ace, Battle and War at Sea Picture Libraries
RICK RANDOM featuring the art of Ron Turner
CLASH OF BLADES featuring the art of Reg Bunn, Patrick Nicolle, Robert Forrest, John Millar Watt
JOHN STEEL SPECIAL AGENT WW2 featuring the art of Ron Turner
PIRATE TALES featuring the art of Philip Mendoza, Reg Bunn, Robert Forrest, John Millar Watt
WESTERNS featuring the art of Ruggero Giovannini
AIR WAR STORIES featuring the art of Ferdinando Tacconi
JOHN STEEL featuring the art of Luis Bermejo & Reg Bunn
LARRIGAN featuring the art of Arturo del Castillo
LARRIGAN RIDES AGAIN featuring the art of Emilio Frejo, Carlos Roume
JET-ACE LOGAN featuring the art of Ron Turner and Kurt Caesar
CAPTAIN BLOOD featuring the art of Edmund Drury, Robert Forrest, Guido Buzzelli
FRONTLINE WAR STORIES featuring the art of Gino D'Antonio
Fleetway Picture Library Index vol 1: War Picture Libraries
Fleetway Picture Library Index vol 2: Thriller Picture Libraries
FLEETWAY COMICS ARCHIVES
BUFFALO BILL art by Jesus Blasco * coming soon
WAR EAGLE art by Ferdinando Tacconi * coming soon
BILLY BUNTER art by Reg Bunn, Charles Henry Chapman
COMPLETE BILLY THE KID art by Don Lawrence
COMPLETE JET-ACE LOGAN art by Geoff Campion, John Gillat
DICK TURPIN art by Cecil Doughty, Hugh McNeill, Derek Eyles, HM Brock, Edgar Spenceley, Eric Parker, Eric Bradbury, Jesus Blasco, Geoff Campion
ROBIN HOOD art by Patrick Nicolle, Reg Bunn, Reginald Heade, Jesus Blasco, Fred Holmes, John Millar Watt
SEA-WOLVES art by Reg Bunn, Alberto Salinas, Cecil Doughty, Patrick Nicolle, Mike Western
PORTFOLIOS
Illustration Art Gallery presents Peter Jackson: Drawings and Paintings Through the Ages
Illustration Art Gallery presents Charles Dickens: Drawings and Paintings by Ron Embleton
Fortunino Matania Portfolio
1914 - 1919 Through the Eyes of Fortunino Matania
The A to Z of British Newspaper Strips
MODESTY BLAISE
The Modesty Blaise Companion Expanded Edition (new printing)
The Modesty Blaise Companion
The Art of Modesty Blaise
BIOGRAPHIES
Barbosa - The Man who Drew Flashman
Drawing From History: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania
The Art of Fortunino Matania: a catalogue of original art & prints
The Art of Denis McCloughlin
DON LAWRENCE
The Don Lawrence Westerns
Pandarve
Art of the Trigan Empire
The Trigan Empire (The Don Lawrence Collection in 12 volumes)
Storm (The Don Lawrence Collection in 12 volumes)
Karl the Viking
Robert E Howard Library, including Conan of Cimmeria
Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton
The Complete Adventures of The Three Musketeers (del Castillo)
FRANK BELLAMY
Robin Hood
King Arthur and his Knights
Complete Swift Stories
The Story of World War One
Heros the Spartan
ILLUSTRATED BRITISH CLASSICS
H Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines + Montezuma's Daughter + Allan Quatermain
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World + The Hound of the Baskervilles + The Sign of Four + Sir Nigel
The Last of the Mohicans
and of course our sumptuous art quarterly illustrators that is more a book than a magazine!
illustrators
The art quarterly presenting the world's finest illustrators and their art. illustrators is produced to the very highest standards and came out of our desire to showcase the talented artists who illustrate books and magazines, create graphic novels, comic books and newspaper strips, draw posters and all manner of cartoons. This major art genre has long been overlooked and with illustrators we aim to create a permanent library of their inspired art.
THE ILLUSTRATION ART GALLERY
Established in 1994, The Illustration Art Gallery (IAG) holds the world's largest selection of affordable illustration art including original book covers, magazine illustrations, comic strips, newspaper strips and graphic novels. IAG offers the unique and affordable original art painted and drawn by over 600 eminent artists including Septimus Scott (RA), Fortunino Matania, Albert Uderzo, Graham Coton, Cecil Doughty, Dorian Cleavenger, Steve Rude, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ron and Gerry Embleton, Oliver Frey, Don Lawrence, Angus McBride, Eric Parker, John Millar Watt and Patrick Nicolle, amongst many others.