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  • Sally Mann – What Remains
    Sally Mann – What Remains
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    “Sally Mann’s powerful new body of work explores mortality, both the separation of the body from the soul and the scars left behind in the process. Mann masterfully utilizes the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Roland Topor – The Tenant
    Roland Topor – The Tenant
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    “The Tenant chronicles a harrowing, fascinating descent into madness as the pathologically alienated Trelkovsky is subsumed into Simone Choule, an enigmatic suicide whose presence saturates [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Shirley Jackson – The Lottery
    Shirley Jackson – The Lottery
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    “”Power and haunting,” and “nights of unrest” were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of The Sixties
    Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of The Sixties
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    “In all its forbidden glory, period “sleaze” erotica receives an investigation into the medium with extensive interviews and cover art. “In this entertaining and still-stimulating [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Steven H Pollock – Magic Mushroom Cultivation (Incredibly rare)
    Steven H Pollock – Magic Mushroom Cultivation (Incredibly rare)
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    A guide by the mycologist and psychedelic researcher who was also the victim of a famously unsolved murder/conspiracy. Herbal Medicine Research Foundation, 1981 Softcover 2nd edition. Wear to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Susan Sontag – AIDS and Its Metaphors (1st Edition)
    Susan Sontag – AIDS and Its Metaphors (1st Edition)
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    “Considers the metaphors with which acquired immune deficiency syndrome is cloaked, the presentation of the illness as a plague, and its bearing on the way society views disease, sexuality, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sy Montgomery – Secrets Of The Octopus
    Sy Montgomery – Secrets Of The Octopus
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    “The companion to the highly-anticipated National Geographic Disney+ special Secrets of the Octopus, narrated by Paul Rudd, this beautifully illustrated book explores the underwater world [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Susan Sontag – Under The Sign Of Saturn (1st Edition)
    Susan Sontag – Under The Sign Of Saturn (1st Edition)
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    “Sontag’s most important critical writings from 1972 to 1980 are collected in Under the Sign of Saturn. One of America’s leading essayists, Sontag’s writings are [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Assassinations: Probe Magazine On JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcom X (as-is)
    The Assassinations: Probe Magazine On JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcom X (as-is)
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    “When informed by the movie JFK that thousands of documents about the president’s murder remain sealed, a distressed American public motivated Congress to create the Assassinations Records [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Body And The Dream: French Erotic Fiction, 1464 – 1900
    The Body And The Dream: French Erotic Fiction, 1464 – 1900
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    An anthology and survey of French erotica, featuring rare and classic texts. Quartet, 1984 Hardcover edition. Light general wear.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Cradle Of Erotica
    The Cradle Of Erotica
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    “This book examines African and Asian sexual behavior. It is a sequel to The Jewel in the Lotus, a survey of the sexual culture of the East. An immensely readable […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Erotic Museum In Berlin
    The Erotic Museum In Berlin
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    “When we think of Berlin in the roaring twenties, many images stream forth, but the most endearing is of the Alexanderplatz, the heart of nighttime Berlin and capital of amusement […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Plants Of The Gods: Their Sacred, Healing And Hallucinogenic Powers
    Plants Of The Gods: Their Sacred, Healing And Hallucinogenic Powers
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    “Three scientific titans join forces to completely revise the classic text on the ritual uses of psychoactive plants. They provide a fascinating testimony of these “plants of the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Peyote: An Account Of The Origins And Growth Of The Peyote Religion
    Peyote: An Account Of The Origins And Growth Of The Peyote Religion
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    “An account of the origins and growth of the peyote religion” Crowell, 1971 Hardcover edition. Some wear apparent to dustjacknonet under mylar. Some staining to upper edge of text block.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pierre Klossowski (Very scarce catalog)
    Pierre Klossowski (Very scarce catalog)
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    ““That bodies speak has been known for a long time.” Gilles Deleuze on Pierre Klosswoski Pierre Klossowski (1905–2001) was a significant and influential philosopher, writer, translator and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Peter Sotos – Index (Very scarce)
    Peter Sotos – Index (Very scarce)
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    “Peter Sotos, the writer who ‘rapes a blank page’, whose pen is ‘the verbal knife of a sadist’, is now regarded as perhaps the most important modern writer on [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Peter Janney – Mary’s Mosaic
    Peter Janney – Mary’s Mosaic
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    “Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to locate and confiscate her diary? What […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Penelope Shuttle & Peter Redgrove – The Wise Wound
    Penelope Shuttle & Peter Redgrove – The Wise Wound
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    “This is a book of many questions and some answers. What is this menstruation that half the world undergoes? Has it any use, or any purpose? Which is it, blessing […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pauline Reage – The Story Of O
    Pauline Reage – The Story Of O
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    “How far will a woman go to express her love? In this exquisite novel of passion and desire, the answer emerges through a daring exploration of the deepest bonds of […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Patrick Suskind – Perfume
    Patrick Suskind – Perfume
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    “An acclaimed bestseller and international sensation, Patrick Suskind’s classic novel provokes a terrifying examination of what happens when one man’s indulgence in his greatest [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Parabola: Dreams & Seeing
    Parabola: Dreams & Seeing
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    The 1982 spring issue of Parabola, featuring contributions from Ursula Le Guin and Marguerite Yourcenar. Society For The Study Of Myth & Tradition, 1982 Softcover edition. Writing on front [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ophiel – The Art And Practice Of The Occult
    Ophiel – The Art And Practice Of The Occult
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    An overview over occultism by the enigmatic Ophiel Peach Publishing Company, 1969 Hardcover edition. Some staining and tearing to dustjacket apparent under mylar.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Narcotics And Drug Addiction
    Narcotics And Drug Addiction
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    An early pharmacological and sociological study on narcotics. Philosophical Library, 1946 Hardcover edition. Dustjacket clipped. Noticeable staining and wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Michelle Remembers: The True Story Of A Year-Long Contest Between Innocence And Evil (as-is, rare)
    Michelle Remembers: The True Story Of A Year-Long Contest Between Innocence And Evil (as-is, rare)
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    “Michelle Remembers is a book published in 1980 co-written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder and his psychiatric patient (and eventual wife) Michelle Smith. A best-seller, Michelle [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Michael Chaplin – I Couldn’t Smoke The Grass Off My Father’s Lawn (Scarce)
    Michael Chaplin – I Couldn’t Smoke The Grass Off My Father’s Lawn (Scarce)
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    Michael Chaplin’s, son of Charlie Chaplin, memoir of his time grooving with the mod set. Ballantine Books, 1967 Mass-Market Paperbacks edition. Noticeable discoloration to both wraps and [...]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Mary Gaitskill – Bad Behavior
    Mary Gaitskill – Bad Behavior
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    “Now a classic, Bad Behavior made critical waves when it first published, heralding Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and her establishment as one of the sharpest, erotically [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
    Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
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    “VE3 is a re-imagining of a book originally published in the 1960s. The book is the first ever “book in a box”, called Composition No.1 by Marc Saporta. When we […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Manson: In His Own Words
    Manson: In His Own Words
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    “We have called him a devil and quarantined him behind such labels as “the most dangerous man alive.” But Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship & Rock’N’Roll
    Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship & Rock’N’Roll
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    “It’s only natural that rock and roll — “the devil’s music” — and Satanism should be intimately linked. Lucifer Rising explores this unique cultural confluence. Divided into three parts, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hubert Selby – The Demon
    Hubert Selby – The Demon
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    “Harry White is a man haunted by a satyr’s lust and an obsessive need for sin and retribution. The more Harry succeeds — a good marriage, a good corporate job […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • How To Stay Out Of The Army: A Guide To Your Rights Under The Draft Law
    How To Stay Out Of The Army: A Guide To Your Rights Under The Draft Law
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    A guide to avoid the draft, written during Vietnam. Grove Press, 1967 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Stamp and old sticker on front wrap.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Isamu Michi – Neo-Aum Sermons
    Isamu Michi – Neo-Aum Sermons
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    “In the form of fifty-five concise sermons, Isamu Michi presents an overview of the practice, worldview and ideology of Neo-Aum – from the tenants guiding its loyalists to its [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Inside Teradome: An Illustrated History Of The Freak Film
    Inside Teradome: An Illustrated History Of The Freak Film
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    “Freakshows – human anomalies presented for spectacle – have flourished throughout recorded history. The birth of the movies provided a further outlet for these displays, which [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ishmael Reed – Mumbo Jumbo (Scarce edition)
    Ishmael Reed – Mumbo Jumbo (Scarce edition)
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    “It is the 1920s in New York City and an epidemic known as Jes Grew is sweeping the nation—a dancing plague, irresistible, joyful, and undeniably Black. Naturally, the powers-that-be are [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • J.G Ballard – The Crystal World (Book Club Edition)
    J.G Ballard – The Crystal World (Book Club Edition)
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    “J. G. Ballard’s fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Iva Pekarkova – Gimme The Money
    Iva Pekarkova – Gimme The Money
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    “The street-wise, sexually liberated Gin has blagged and bribed her way into the decidedly insalubrious dwellings of New York for the past three years. Now, besieged by financial troubles [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • J.G Ballard – The Drowned World & The Wind From Nowhere (Book Club Edition)
    J.G Ballard – The Drowned World & The Wind From Nowhere (Book Club Edition)
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    “The Wind from Nowhere, 1st published in ’61 is the debut novel by English author J.G. Ballard. Prior to this, his published work had consisted solely of short stories. The […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jerry Weissman – The Zodiac Killer
    Jerry Weissman – The Zodiac Killer
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    “A novel based on the still-unsolved San Francisco murders of 1968-69.” Pinnacle Books, 1979 Mass-Market Paperback edition. Wear & discoloration to edges of wraps.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jorge Luis Borges – Evaristo Carriego (1st Edition)
    Jorge Luis Borges – Evaristo Carriego (1st Edition)
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    “Tells the story of an Argentinian poet, who may also represent Borges himself, and discusses the limits of literature” Dutton, 1984 Hardcover 1st edition. Corner clipped on [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
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    A monograph containing a selection of Jenny Saville’s paintings, along with writings on her work in English & Italian. MACRO, 2005 Softcover edition. Light general wear.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Jorge Luis Borges – The Book Of Imaginary Beings
    Jorge Luis Borges – The Book Of Imaginary Beings
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    “In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sís with Jorge Luis Borges’s 1957 compilation of 116 “strange creatures conceived through time [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Junichiro Tanizaki – Two Novels: The Key & Diary Of A Mad Old Man
    Junichiro Tanizaki – Two Novels: The Key & Diary Of A Mad Old Man
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    “These two modern classics by the great Japanese novelist Junichiro Tanizaki, both utilize the diary form to explore the authority that love and sex have over all. In The Key, […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Kathy Acker – Blood And Guts In High School (as-is)
    Kathy Acker – Blood And Guts In High School (as-is)
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    “A masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Kenneth Patchen – Hallelujah Anyway
    Kenneth Patchen – Hallelujah Anyway
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    “This is a book to delight the mind and the eye – the first collection of the poet Kenneth Patchen’s unique and remarkable “picture-poems.” As a creative form, the [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Knut Hamsun – Growth Of The Soil
    Knut Hamsun – Growth Of The Soil
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    “A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle, this epic tale recaptures the world of Norwegian homesteaders at the turn of the 20th century. It created an international sensation upon [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Krystle Cole – Lysergic (Scarce)
    Krystle Cole – Lysergic (Scarce)
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    “In Lysergic, Krystle Cole describes the events that occurred in her life within the time period of 2000 to 2003. Krystle explains her involvement with Gordon Todd Skinner and William […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Lowell Hart – Satan’s Music Exposed
    Lowell Hart – Satan’s Music Exposed
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    A bizarre tract linking contemporary Christian music to “satanic” rock music. Salem Kirban Inc, 1980 Softcover edition. Wear to edges of wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Lorrain – Princesses Of Darkness And Other Exotica
    Jean Lorrain – Princesses Of Darkness And Other Exotica
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    “When Jean Lorrain (1855-1906) was recruited to the stable of writers assembled by Catulle Mendès to supply L’Écho de Paris with material on a weekly basis, in July 1890, he […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jean Lorrain – Errant Vice
    Jean Lorrain – Errant Vice
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    “Errant Vice, here presented in English for the first time in a translation by Brian Stableford, is one of the key compositions of the Decadent Movement. A blackly comic novel […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • High Societies: Psychedelic Rock Posters Of Haight-Ashbury
    High Societies: Psychedelic Rock Posters Of Haight-Ashbury
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    “The Hood Museum of Art presents High Society: Psychedelic Rock Posters of Haight-Ashbury, treating visitors to the largest survey of psychedelic rock posters organized in twenty-five [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography