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  • Painting at Northwestern: Conger, Paschke, Valerio
    Painting at Northwestern: Conger, Paschke, Valerio
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    Overview of Conger, Paschke, Valerio’s work as part of an exhibition catalog for Northwestern. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Davidts & Paice – The Fall of the Studio
    Davidts & Paice – The Fall of the Studio
    $12.00 | , ,

    Valiz’s Antennae series picks up new currents in the arts and commissions essays that transmit current waves of thought. The Fall of the Studio: Artists at Work, a collection of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Daniel Ladinsky – Love Poems From God
    Daniel Ladinsky – Love Poems From God
    $12.00 | , ,

    In this transcendent collection, Daniel Ladinsky-best known for his gifted and best-selling translations of the great Sufi poet Hafiz-brings together the timeless work of twelve of the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Christine Peltre – Orientalism
    Christine Peltre – Orientalism
    $12.00 | , ,

    Among the more remarkable crosscurrents affecting the development of European painting in the 19th and early 20th centuries was the influence of the exotic cultures of the Middle East and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nevill Drury – The Gods of Rebirth
    Nevill Drury – The Gods of Rebirth
    $12.00 | , ,

    In-depth study of magic throughout mythology and religious systems. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Vitruvius – Ten Books on Architecture
    Vitruvius – Ten Books on Architecture
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    The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion and the ancients’ methods, materials, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Julien Bitoun – The Story of Woodstock
    Julien Bitoun – The Story of Woodstock
    $12.00 | , ,

    Foreword by Woodstock co-founder, Michael Lang. 3 days. 33 concerts. 2 deaths. 2 births. 500,000 people. And another 250,000 stuck in traffic trying to get in. Woodstock was a festival […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Luke Hockley – Frames of Mind
    Luke Hockley – Frames of Mind
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    The eminent psychologist Carl Jung is best known for such indelible contributions to modern thought as the concept of the collective unconscious, but his wide-spread work can also be fruitfully [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kearney and Rasmussen – Continental Aesthetics
    Kearney and Rasmussen – Continental Aesthetics
    $12.00 | , ,

    This comprehensive anthology provides a collection of classic and contemporary readings in continental aesthetics. Spanning Romanticism through Modernism to Postmodernism, the volume includes [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Forbidden Worlds Volume 2: May/June to November 1952
    Forbidden Worlds Volume 2: May/June to November 1952
    $15.00 | , ,

    Hardcover. Tales exploring the supernatural featuring featuring Issues 6-11 from May/June 1952 to November 1952 of the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds. This second volume has been meticulously [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • D’ Alessandro & Elderfield – Matisse: Radical Invention
    D’ Alessandro & Elderfield – Matisse: Radical Inventi…
    $15.00 | , ,

    The works that Henri Matisse (1869–1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Often sharply composed, heavily reworked, and dominated by [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Samuel Palmer: 1805 – 1881
    Samuel Palmer: 1805 – 1881
    $15.00 | , ,

    This book, which accompanied the first major retrospective of Samuel Palmer’s work in nearly 80 years, unites 170 of Palmer’s finest watercolours, drawings, etchings and oils from [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Frege and Godel – Two Fundamental Texts in Mathematical Logic
    Frege and Godel – Two Fundamental Texts in Mathematical Logic
    $15.00 | , ,

    This is a shortened edition of the editor’s “From Frege to a Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931.” It makes available in English the two most important works in the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Henry Miller – Nexus (1st ed.)
    Henry Miller – Nexus (1st ed.)
    $15.00 | , ,

    Nexus, the last book of Henry Miller’s epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly recalls his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Bermudez and Gardner – Art and Morality
    Bermudez and Gardner – Art and Morality
    $15.00 | , ,

    Featuring contributions from Matthew Kieran, Aaron Ridley, Roger Scruton and Mary Mothersill to name but a few, this collection of groundbreaking new papers on aesthetics and ethics, highlights [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama : The Eucharist as Theater
    The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama : The Eucharist as The…
    $18.00 | , ,

    This book, of unprecedented scope and richness, explores the multiple dimensions of the theater, open to detail and hermeneutic possibilities. It synthesizes an immense amount of cultural [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Immanuel Kant – Critique of Judgment
    Immanuel Kant – Critique of Judgment
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Pluhar maintains a fine, even tone throughout. . . . Those who have found the prospect of teaching the third Critique daunting will admire its clarity. . . . No […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Berzock and Clarke – Representing Africa in American Art Museums
    Berzock and Clarke – Representing Africa in American Art Museums
    $20.00 | , ,

    In recent years, the critical study of museums has emerged as a major focus of scholarly inquiry across various disciplines, bringing into greater focus the effect that museum practice has […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities
    Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities
    $20.00 | , ,

    Many today do not recognize the word, but “philology” was for centuries nearly synonymous with humanistic intellectual life, encompassing not only the study of Greek and Roman [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dreamings: The Art Of Aboriginal Australia (as-is, no dustjacket)
    Dreamings: The Art Of Aboriginal Australia (as-is, no dustjacket)
    $20.00 | , ,

    In collaboration with a major exhibition of Aboriginal art, this book provides a complete study of the role of the Aboriginal artist and his work in a traditional context, and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mira Lazarevic – Woman Without a Country: Finding Sacred Space
    Mira Lazarevic – Woman Without a Country: Finding Sacred Space
    $20.00 | , ,

    The reader takes a death-defying journey with a woman whose life is torn apart by two wars, assassinations, and loss of home, family, country, and identity. She is welcomed to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Antonio Serrato-Combe – The Aztec Templo Mayor
    Antonio Serrato-Combe – The Aztec Templo Mayor
    $20.00 | , , ,

    The Templo Mayor precinct at Tenochtitlan in Mexico was an important centre in Aztec ceremonial life, providing the setting for displays of highly-energized rituals. This book uses the latest [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hermes Trismegistus – Hermetica (as-is, general wear and several pencil markings)
    Hermes Trismegistus – Hermetica (as-is, general wear and several…
    $20.00 | , ,

    First published in 1924, this classic four-volume work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Henri Bergson – Creative Evolution
    Henri Bergson – Creative Evolution
    $12.00 | , ,

    The most famous and influential work of distinguished French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941), Creative Evolution features the fullest expression of the philosopher’s ideas about the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jean Rhys: The Complete Novels
    Jean Rhys: The Complete Novels
    $8.00 | , ,

    Omnibus containing Voyage in the Dark, Quartet, After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Good Morning, Midnight and Wide Sargasso Sea. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Charles T. Tart – Altered States of Consciousness (as-is, scarce)
    Charles T. Tart – Altered States of Consciousness (as-is, scarce…
    $30.00 | , ,

    The book to read “if you’re doing anything with meditation, dope, hypnosis, dreams, subjective exploration of any kind.” – The Last Whole Earth Catalog. This book is in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Colin Wilson – The Outsider (1st Printing)
    Colin Wilson – The Outsider (1st Printing)
    $20.00 | , ,

    Colin Wilson in The Outsider laments the human preoccupation with “trivialities and endless pettinesses” which cloud over life’s real significance. The daily round, however, has [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Charles Willeford – The Burnt Orange Heresy
    Charles Willeford – The Burnt Orange Heresy
    $8.00 | , ,

    Fast-talking, backstabbing, womanizing, and fiercely ambitious art critic James Figueras will do anything―blackmail, burglary, and beyond―to make a name for himself. When an unscrupulous [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind’s Oldest Taboo
    Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind’s Oldest…
    $8.00 | , ,

    Presenting the history of cannibalism in concert with human evolution, Dinner with a Cannibal takes its readers on an astonishing trip around the world and through history, examining its subject [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Vern L. Bullough – The History of Prostitution (as-is, top edge water damage)
    Vern L. Bullough – The History of Prostitution (as-is, top edge …
    $20.00 | , ,

    A historical and social examination of the sex trade across different eras and societies. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Paul B. Jaskot – The Architecture Of Oppression
    Paul B. Jaskot – The Architecture Of Oppression
    $18.00 | , , ,

    This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Through an analysis of such major Nazi building [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Victor Serge – Notebooks: 1936-1947
    Victor Serge – Notebooks: 1936-1947
    $10.00 | , ,

    In 1936, Victor Serge—poet, novelist, and revolutionary—left the Soviet Union for Paris, the rare opponent of Stalin to escape the Terror. In 1940, after the Nazis marched into Paris, Serge […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • F. Bruce Lamb – Rio Tigre and Beyond
    F. Bruce Lamb – Rio Tigre and Beyond
    $12.00 | , ,

    F. Bruce Lamb’s Rio Tigre and Beyond recounts an unparalleled Amazonian adventure, completing the life story of Manuel Córdova Rios who at the beginning of the 20th century was abducted […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arabian Fairy Tales
    Arabian Fairy Tales
    $8.00 | , ,

    Anthology of traditional stories from the Arab world. Editor Amina Shah, later known as Amina Maxwell-Hudson, was a British anthologiser of Sufi stories and folk tales, and was for many […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • J. David Truby – Women At War
    J. David Truby – Women At War
    $10.00 | , ,

    Treatise on the effectiveness of women in combat utilizing examples from history. Paladin Press. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sander L. Gilman – Making the Body Beautiful
    Sander L. Gilman – Making the Body Beautiful
    $10.00 | , ,

    Nose reconstructions have been common in India for centuries. South Korea, Brazil, and Israel have become international centers for procedures ranging from eyelid restructuring to buttock lifts [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Patrick Modiano – After the Circus
    Patrick Modiano – After the Circus
    $8.00 | , ,

    Set in mid-sixties Paris, After the Circus traces the relationship between the narrator, a young man not quite of legal age whose parents are absent, and the slightly older, enigmatic […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Millicent Dillon – You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
    Millicent Dillon – You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles
    $8.00 | , ,

    At the center of Millicent Dillon’s provocatively titled You Are Not I burns a mystery. The ever elusive Paul Bowles indirectly captured Dillon’s attention. When in Tangier, Morocco, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Larry Townsend – The Leatherman’s Handbook II
    Larry Townsend – The Leatherman’s Handbook II
    $75.00 | , ,

    This completely new sequel to the Leatherman’s Handbook reveals all the secrets of the underground world of leather and S&M practices. Near Fine. Sharp and crisp copy. Appears unread. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Larry Townsend – The Leatherman’s Handbook
    Larry Townsend – The Leatherman’s Handbook
    $75.00 | , ,

    Possibly the ur-text of the gay S&M leather scene. Includes statistics, guidelines, suppliers, behavioral standards, etc. With cover homage to Scorpio Rising (perhaps?). Freeway Press [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Way Of The Knife: The CIA, A Secret Army And A War At The Ends Of The Earth
    The Way Of The Knife: The CIA, A Secret Army And A War At The Ends Of …
    $7.00 | , ,

    The most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place away from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, in the corners of the world where large […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ed Sanders – The Family: The Story Of Charles Manson’s Dune Buggy Attack Battalion
    Ed Sanders – The Family: The Story Of Charles Manson’s Dun…
    $30.00 | , ,

    Ed Sanders’s unnerving and detailed look at the horror dealt by Manson and his followers is a classic of the true-crime genre. The Family was originally published in 1971 and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Death’s Men: Soldiers of the Great War
    Death’s Men: Soldiers of the Great War
    $6.00 | , ,

    A look at the First World War through the eyes of the men who fought in it. Originally published in 1978. This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Roberto Arlt – The Seven Madmen
    Roberto Arlt – The Seven Madmen
    $10.00 | , ,

    First published in 1929, The Seven Madmen perfectly captures the conflict of Argentine society at a crucial moment in its history. Arlt’s exploration of the still mysterious city of Buenos [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Elmore Leonard – Rum Punch
    Elmore Leonard – Rum Punch
    $8.00 | , ,

    Pretty working-girl Jackie Burke is in a tight spot. She’s just been picked up at Palm Beach International with fifty grand and some blow stashed in her flight bag. Lucky […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
    Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern …
    $10.00 | , ,

    Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere- from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana. In this […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Leo Tolstoy – The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Confession (Scarce Hardcover Edition)
    Leo Tolstoy – The Death of Ivan Ilyich & Confession (Scarce…
    $18.00 | , ,

    In the last two days of his own life, Peter Carson completed these new translations of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession before he succumbed to cancer in January […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Wyndham Lewis – The Vulgar Streak
    Wyndham Lewis – The Vulgar Streak
    $15.00 | , ,

    Vincent Penhale, a young British man trying to enter the upper class in 1938, begins to become aware of his Fascist sympathies. Book is in Very Good condition and shows […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Wyndham Lewis – The Revenge For Love
    Wyndham Lewis – The Revenge For Love
    $15.00 | , ,

    Published in the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, “The Revenge for Love” is a political thriller attacking the fraudulence and feeble-mindedness of life in the Britain of the 1930s. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs
    The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs
    $12.00 | , ,

    From the antiquity of Homer to yesterday’s Naked Lunch, writers have found inspiration, and readers have lost themselves, in a world of the imagination tinged and oftentimes transformed by [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction