Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

The Art of Beowulf [SIGNED]

Cotta Vaz, Mark; Steve Starkey; Robert Zemeckis (Preface); Neil Gaiman (Foreword)

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by 21 crew members on title page, especially members of the art and visual effects departments, incl. Doug Chiang, the production designer. Oblong Quarto. Glossy black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped dragon on cover, gilt lettering on spine, in original dustjacket, orange-yellow lettering on spine. Gilt endpapers. Illustrated half-title. Color frontispiece. "Production designer Doug Chiang led a team of talented artists in creating a fully realized Dark Age world by way of character sketches, blueprints, layouts, costume designs, and full-color portraits and illustrations. Then, actors Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Ray Winstone, John Malkovich. etc., interpreted Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary's adventurous script, their performances digitized with motion-capture technology. Finally, through cutting-edge computer wizardry, these scenes were combined with Chiang's digital art to bring to life a world unlike anything seen before." (Publisher). Illustrated throughout with color photographs and drawings. Design by Mark English. Typesetting by Revka Anglander. DJ with very light wear along edges. Binding very lightly rubbed. Interior in fine condition. vg to fine. Item #44885
ISBN: 0811860388

Price: $175.00