Mike Berro's Art Collection - Book Interior Illustrations

Tom Kidd They Started Down the Stairs

Pen and ink. "I propose that we set forth in all courage, descend these stairs and seek the Curator." Interior illustration for the Subterranean Press edition of Jack Vance's The Dying Earth.

Kaja Foglio The Bridge of Birds

Frontispiece for the first novel in the omnibus edition "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox" by Barry Hughart, published in 1999 by The Stars Our Destination. Graphite and Sumi ink. My favorite book.

Kaja Foglio The Chronicles of Master Li

Frontispiece for "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox" by Barry Hughart, published in 1999 by The Stars Our Destination. Graphite and Sumi ink.

Tim Powers Untitled

This is a small sketch (8.5x4cm) Tim Powers drew for Amra magazine. It is lightly signed on the back, and marked "p 17". I do not know when it was published. Mr. Powers is one of my favorite authors, but has done a fair number of illustrations over the years, and likes to autograph books with small drawings.

Hank Jankus Kaeti And The Village

Illustrations for the story Kaeti and the Village, published in Weird Tales #293 in 1988.

Hank Jankus The Odd Old Bird

This is an original painting created for the short story "The Odd Old Bird" published in the special Avram Davidson issue of Weird Tales 1988-89. Jankus died shortly before publication. It is part of a collection of Davidson manuscript materials, housed in a custom traycase.

Gary Morrow The Boy Who Bought Old Earth

For the story "The Boy Who Bought Old Earth" by Cordwainer Smith in the April 1964 issue of Galaxy Magazine, pp 7-105. This novella was the first half of what became the novel Nostrilia. The shaded areas are thin sheets of paper with printed dots, each cut to shape and pasted on. I've seen this before, but do not know what this technique is called.

Joe Pierson The Languages of Pao

Frontispiece for "The Languages of Pao" by Jack Vance, published in 1979 by Underwood-Miller, PA.

Rick Sternbach Poul Anderson Story

I've forgotten the details; I believe this was an illustration from a magazine for a Poul Anderson story. Besides the artist's normal signature on the painting, the matte is signed by Poul Anderson and the artist (shown in insert.) I'm not sure of the medium, but I think it's acrylic.

Stephen Fabian Rhialto the Marvellous

Interior illustration for "Rhialto the Marvellous" by Jack Vance, published by Brandywine Books in 1984.

Stephen Fabian Cugel's Saga

Interior illustration for "Cugel's Saga" by Jack Vance, published in 1984 by Underwood-Miller PA. It is also listed in Fabian's "Lords and Ladies" (p51.)

Stephen Fabian Insight

llustration is drawn on heavy paper that measures approximately 11" wide x 13½" tall, the actual size of illustration itself is approximately 6½" wide x 5½" tall. Purchased around 1980 from the artist. In the upper left corner is printed in pencil "INSIGHT - REF PG. 7". Any info appreciated.

Stephen Fabian Almuric

8" x 11" pen and ink on paper. From a 1977 black and white Almuric portfolio published by Jonathan Bacon of Stygian Isle Press. There were only 350 copies printed. It is marked in pencil on the back "Almuric page 99-100". A great action scene very much in the spirit of Howard, where our hero battles a squadron of winged ghouls.

Stephen Fabian Fafhrd, Come Back Now!

Used in "Swords and Deviltry" by Fritz Lieber published by Ace, page 21. According to editor Stuart David Schiff, this "was part of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser folio for the Fritz Leiber issue of Whispers magazine. It was dropped at the last moment, so is the only artwork from that folio that did not see print. Its image is 6 1/2" x 10" on 11" x 14" textured paper.

Stephen Fabian Omniumgathum

Illustration is drawn on heavy paper that measures approximately 11" wide x 13½" tall, the actual size of illustration itself is approximately 7½" wide x 10½" tall. Purchased in 1975 from the artist. On the back of the piece in the lower right corner there is holographic printing in blue ink "Copyright © 1975 by Jonathan Bacon, all rights reserved." If you know where and when this piece was published please let me know. Jonathan Bacon and Stephen Fabian were both nominated (in different categories) for the 1975 World Fantasy Award. The only book of that era by Bacon I could find is "Omniumgathum An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the Field of Fantasy" (with Steven Troyanovich) published by Stygian Isle Press in 1976, an anthology of poetry by fantasy authors. Limited to 1000 copies. The content listing shows an illustration by Fabian (as well as many by Bok, Vess, Easley, and others.)

Alicia Austin Not Long Before the End

Unknown provenance. This is the title of a fantasy story by Larry Niven.

Jill Bauman The Wanderer

Interior illustration for the 1991 Easton Press edition of Fritz Leiber's "The Wanderer".

Vincent Di Fate Unknown Title

I bought this on Ebay in 1996, but I lost the records of the transaction. I do not know if this is a published picture or not; any information would be appreciated.

David Niall Wilson The Summoning Of Aztoadeus

Pen and ink illustration for the artist's poem that ran in "Scavenger's Newsletter" in the early 1990s.

Timothy Truman Rosemary With Pistol

I don't recall where this was published. Timothy Truman

George Barr The Face Rumbled Behind Its Lips

For "The Dying Earth" by Jack Vance, published in 1976 by Underwood-Miller PA. This is an illustration for my favorite Vance short story, "Guyal of Sfere", in one of my favorite Vance books.

Alan M. Clark The Play's the Thing

Illustration for the story "The Play's the Thing" by Timothy Zahn in Analog Magazine February 1997. Acrylic on board, measures 13 by 10 inches. Purchased from the artist.

Lin Carter Sandalwood and Jade

Frontispiece for the book "Sign of the Centaur" by Lin Carter, published in 1951 by Sign of the Centaur (his own imprint). The artwork is in pen/ink, 12" x 7.5" and shows the vestiges of making the art "camera ready" in those places where publishing information needed to be affixed.

Richard Bennett White Haired Man

From a fantasy illustration collector's estate comes this published interior by Richard Bennett, who authored and illustrated many children's books circa 1930s-1940s. This piece is titled "White Haired Man" in pencil on the back of the illustration, and it is in ink and ink wash on paper mounted on illustration board, 6.5" x 9.5", plus matte. From the seller: About the artist and writer, we have been unable to obtain further information about him beyond the fact that a school was named after him in Belleview, WA (The Richard Bennett Elementary School), built on the site of Bennett's ranch home in King County, WA. His family is mainly deceased, although his many books on children's Celtic and Irish folk tales and "Arthurian" stories and art, live after him.

Norman Ault Petition of Right

Chambers Publishing House 1915. Watercolors on artist board complete with editor's markings for size reduction, margin marks, and archive numbers. It measures 14 1/2 inches by 10 5/8 inches. There is also a cover sheet with a holographic pencil caption that reads 'Charles I signs the "Petition of Right."', below that 'Dram History Reader III", and below that 'Galley slip 32.'

Unknown Searles Reader

Illustration for one of the Searles Readers, edited by Anna Hawley Searles, and published by Allyn & Bacon c1950. On thick board. For the Searles Fourth Reader and Searles Sixth Reader. Anna Searles edited a number of anthologies for juveniles, many containing stories by famous authors.

Unknown Searles Reader

Illustration for one of the Searles Readers, edited by Anna Hawley Searles, and published by Allyn & Bacon c1950. On thick board. For the Searles Fourth Reader and Searles Sixth Reader. Anna Searles edited a number of anthologies for juveniles, many containing stories by famous authors.

Unknown Searles Reader

Illustration for one of the Searles Readers, edited by Anna Hawley Searles, and published by Allyn & Bacon c1950. On thick board. For the Searles Fourth Reader and Searles Sixth Reader. Anna Searles edited a number of anthologies for juveniles, many containing stories by famous authors.

Georges M. Rochegrosse Le Scarabee D'or

Illustration from "Le Scarabee D'or" (The Gold Bug) by Edgar Allan Poe, translated by Charles Baudelaire, and published by Ferroud, Paris in 1926.

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