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This page currently features the work of author and artist Shaun Tan from our First Editions collection.
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Shaun Tan is one of our favorite authors and illustrators. If you haven't come across his books, especially The Arrival, or works such as the Oscar-winning short animated film The Lost Thing, you will. Sooner is better, in our opinion. We are very happy to offer these signed first edition books and signed limited edition art prints for sale. His background, in his own words:

Shaun Tan grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. In school he became known as the 'good drawer' which partly compensated for always being the shortest kid in every class. He graduated from the University of WA in 1995 with joint honours in Fine Arts and English Literature, and currently works full time as a freelance artist and author in Melbourne.

Shaun began drawing and painting images for science fiction and horror stories in small-press magazines as a teenager, and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through surreal, dream-like imagery. Books such as The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales from Outer Suburbia and the acclaimed wordless novel The Arrival have been widely translated and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, and worked as a concept artist.

His official web site is www.shauntan.net




The Arrival by Shaun Tan


The Arrival - The City of Birds

The Arrival. This copy is a signed and stamped first US edition/first printing of the author's marvelous story told entirely in pictures - a most cinematic reading experience. Follow the journey of a stranger in a new land, a wonderful book for anyone who has ever ventured forth to build a new life in an unfamiliar world. New and unread. Stamped with a picture of the man's new best friend in red and signed in black ink on the half title page.  Price: $325

Signed, titled and numbered limited edition print (number 58 of 500) of the illustration entitled "The city of birds" from Shaun Tan's amazing book The Arrival. This marvelous story is told entirely in pictures - a most cinematic reading experience. The journey of a newcomer in an alien world, where difficulty and hardship are balanced by beauty and kindness. Gorgeous in every respect.
Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $425

 


The Rabbits by John Marsden
illustrated by Shaun Tan


The Rabbits - They came by water

Note: Our only current copy of The Rabbits is as part of Lost & Found: Three by Shaun Tan (Lost and Found Omnibus). We do not have a standalone copy. The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Rabbits are included in Lost & Found. First edition/first printing. Price: $50

 

Signed, titled and numbered limited edition print (52/500) titled "The Rabbits - they came by water," the cover art and a dramatic  illustration in this haunting tale of reckless imperialism and disregard for the environment. Ever think of rabbits as a powerful and evil invading army? Shaun Tan has illustrated John Marsden's words with the scariest rabbits you will ever see -- as well as beautiful in their militaristic cruelty. The book is not currently in print as a separate volume, but it is one of Tan's trio in Lost & Found: Three by Shaun Tan. Especially recommended for anyone who is interested in Australian history (or colonialism or globalization) and the power of narrative art. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival paper and is unframed. Price: $500



Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

The Visitor from "broken toys"
Tales from Outer Suburbia: The Visitor from "broken toys"

Tales from Outer Suburbia. This is a signed first US edition of the author's first collection of stories, fables and new (sub)urban myths told in both words and his uniquely fabulous illustrations. Tan's work is hard to describe in any condensed form - which will, in any case, fall far short of the actual reading experience. This copy is signed with gold ink and a red fingerprint flower.  Price: $85

Signed and numbered limited edition print, number 36 of 300 titled "The Visitor" from Shaun Tan's remarkable Tales from Outer Suburbia. Tan has numbered, titled and signed in pencil along the bottom of the print. Tan is both the artist and the author of this first collection of stories, fables and new (sub)urban myths told in both words and his uniquely fabulous illustrations. This print serves as the cover art for the American edition of the book as well as being the illustration for the story titled "broken toys". Very special.
Print size is 13 in. by 19 in, printed with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed.  Price: $575


Tales from Outer Suburbia: The Water Buffalo


Tales from Outer Suburbia: Make Your own Pet

Signed and numbered limited edition print, number 84 of 500, titled The Water Buffalo from Shaun Tan's remarkable Tales from Outer Suburbia. This print is the illustration for the story titled "the water buffalo," the first story in the collection about a solitary neighborhood oracle. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $675

Signed and numbered limited edition print, number 202 of 500, titled Make Your Own Pet from Tales from Outer Suburbia. Tan has numbered, titled and signed the print in pencil. This print is the illustration AND the story for "Make Your Own Pet," a do-it-yourself recipe for making a live animal companion from previously cherished but now unwanted inanimate objects, fertilized with old birthday cards, used gift wrapping and a secret or two. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival, water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $350



Tales from Outer Suburbia - First Austrailan edition (true first edition)


Tales from Outer Suburbia: Sunday Afternoon

Tales from Outer Suburbia. Signed first Australian edition/first printing and true first edition of author's first collection of stories, fables and new (sub)urban myths told in both words and his uniquely fabulous illustrations. Tan's work is hard to describe in any condensed form - which will, in any case, fall far short of the actual reading experience. This copy is signed with gold ink and a red fingerprint flower. Price: $275
We also have the first Canadian edition, signed with a tiny sketch. Price: $225

Signed and numbered limited edition print, number 38 of 300, titled Sunday Afternoon from Tales from Outer Suburbia. This print is the illustration for the title and facing pages of all editions of the book. Titled Sunday Afternoon (there is no accompanying story), it is a whimsical scene of a suburbanite watering his lawn while a woman rows a boat in mid-air down the street with a tiny cloud raining on the flower pots on the stern of her rowboat. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $450

 


The Red Tree by Shaun Tan


The Red Tree: Nobody Understands

Signed third printing of the Canadian edition. Shaun Tan's wonderfully evocative illustrations and dreamlike observations follow a little red-haired girl through a tough day with hope at the end. Gorgeous in every respect. Signed on the half-title page with a red flower fingerprint sketched in. Price: $185

Signed, titled and numbered limited (number 83 of 500) edition print "Nobody Understands", an illustration from The Red Tree.  Ever feel like an unfound message in a bottle? This is one of our favorite Shaun Tan prints. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $565


The Red Tree: Self-Portrait


The Red Tree: The Red Tree

Signed, titled and numbered limited (number 44 of 500) edition print "Self-Portrait", an illustration from The Red Tree. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $385 Signed, titled and numbered limited (number 143 of 300) edition print "The Red Tree", the final illustration of Shaun Tan's book of the same name. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $385


The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan


The Lost Thing: Utopia

Signed first edition/first printing of the Canadian edition, which followed the Australian edition. Basis for the 2011 Oscar-winning short animated film The Lost Thing. Signed "Best Wishes! Shaun Tan" under the author's custom pictorial stamp for "The Federal Department of Odds & Ends" with the motto "sweepus underum carpetae" directly to the page facing the title page. We love this hilarious and moving account of a typical day at the beach and the awesome strangeness of the world we may or may not notice as it goes about its business. Price: $1500

Signed, titled and numbered limited (number 28 of 500) edition print "Utopia", an illustration from The Lost Thing. In the book, this illustration takes two full pages and shows where the luckier lost things may end up. Print is 13" by 19" with lightfast pigmented inks on archival water-color paper and is unframed. Price: $725

 

 


 

   
   
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