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  • Abstracts of Karl Rahner’s Unserialized Essays
    Abstracts of Karl Rahner’s Unserialized Essays
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    “Excellent reference work to finding specific topics within the vast range of the writings of Karl Rahner. Using this book in tandem with the authors earlier Abstracts of Karl Rahners […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • 26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest
    26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest
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    “In 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote 26 songs in 30 days–including classics like “Roll On Columbia” and “Pastures of Plenty”–when he was hired by the Bonneville [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera
    Music of Azerbaijan: From Mugham to Opera
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    “This book traces the development of Azerbaijani art music from its origins in the Eastern, modal, improvisational tradition known as mugham through its fusion with Western classical, jazz, [...]

    GENRE: International, Non-Fiction
  • The Henry Davis Gift: A Collection of Bookbindings
    The Henry Davis Gift: A Collection of Bookbindings
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    “This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Gao Minglu – Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
    Gao Minglu – Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
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    “To the extent that Chinese contemporary art has become a global phenomenon, it is largely through the groundbreaking exhibitions curated by Gao Minglu: “China/Avant-Garde” [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Koretsky: The Soviet Photo Poster: 1930-1984
    Koretsky: The Soviet Photo Poster: 1930-1984
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    “Viktor Koretsky (1909-1998) was a leading Soviet artist and the acknowledged master of the Soviet photographic poster. With a long and prolific career that spanned the early Stalin era [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • In the Atelier: Erik Desmazières Printmaker René Tazé Printer: An Artistic collaboration 1978-2018
    In the Atelier: Erik Desmazières Printmaker René Tazé Printer: An Artistic collaboration 1978-2018
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    “Erik Desmazières’s first love was drawing and he began engraving in the Ville de Paris studios from 1971. René Tazé joined the Leblanc studio, a famous and ancient Parisian intaglio [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
    American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
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    “This volume presents the first scholarly consideration of Morris Davidson (1898–1979), an influential painter and educator whose work has been neglected in the art history of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Michael Auping – 40 Years: Just Talking About Art
    Michael Auping – 40 Years: Just Talking About Art
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    “Michael Auping, one of America’s foremost curators of contemporary art, explores process and technique through conversations he has had over the past four decades with the most [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Big Idea: Criticality and Practice in Contemporary Architecture
    The Big Idea: Criticality and Practice in Contemporary Architecture
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    “Scott Johnson is the highly acclaimed designer of some of L.A.’s most recognized architecture. As partner in the award-winning Los Angeles architecture firm Johnson Fain he was the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Constance A Newland – Myself and I (as-is)
    Constance A Newland – Myself and I (as-is)
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    “The psychic syndrome of Constance Newland — a young widow, mother, and highly successful slick writer — was not particularly extraordinary. She had always been sexually frigid [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Distant Ruptures: A Selection Of Comics
    Distant Ruptures: A Selection Of Comics
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    “Pulling from pulp, sci-fi, gag cartoons, fantasy, and thrillers, and populated by goblins, astronauts, magical thieves, and talking owls, CF’s comics break apart genres and forms, then [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • R.Crumb’s Dream Diary (scarce)
    R.Crumb’s Dream Diary (scarce)
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    “For more than 40 years, legendary American artist Robert Crumb has documented his nightly dreams in a meticulously kept private journal. This material has stood as a guarded secret in […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Janet Malcolm – Iphigenia In Forest Hills
    Janet Malcolm – Iphigenia In Forest Hills
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    “She couldn’t have done it and she must have done it.” This is the enigma at the heart of Janet Malcolm’s riveting book about a murder trial in the insular […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Talking Heads – Remain In Light (Red Translucent Vinyl)
    Talking Heads – Remain In Light (Red Translucent Vinyl)
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    “The musical transition that seemed to have just begun with Fear of Music came to fruition on Talking Heads’ fourth album, Remain in Light. “I Zimbra” and “Life [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cold Cave – Fate In Seven Lessons (Blood Vinyl)
    Cold Cave – Fate In Seven Lessons (Blood Vinyl)
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    “Fate In Seven Lessons” is the new release by Cold Cave encompassing all of their past while moving deeper into the future. It’s their heaviest and most romantic yet with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years (Black Smoke Vinyl)
    Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years (Black Smoke Vinyl)
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    “”Cherish The Light Years” was originally released in 2010 by Matador Records. Recorded at Electric Lady and DFA’s Plantain Studios in NYC, “Cherish The Light [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years
    Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years
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    “Cherish The Light Years” was originally released in 2010 by Matador Records. Recorded at Electric Lady and DFA’s Plantain Studios in NYC, “Cherish The Light Years” [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Blondie ‎– Heart Of Glass
    Blondie ‎– Heart Of Glass
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    From their album Parallel Lines. Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2295 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1979 VG/G+. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve has staining and is taped along [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie – The Tide Is High
    Blondie – The Tide Is High
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    From their album Autoamerican Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2465 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG. Some sleeve creasing and wear

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie ‎– Rapture
    Blondie ‎– Rapture
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    From their album Autoamerican. Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2485 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some wear and creasing.

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Blondie – The Hardest Part (Promo)
    Blondie – The Hardest Part (Promo)
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    From their album Eat To The Beat Label: Chrysalis – CHS 2408 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo Country: US Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Wear and creasing to sleeve

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Ramones – Leave Home (180g Reissue)
    Ramones – Leave Home (180g Reissue)
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    “Second verse, not quite like the first…. Released a mere nine months after the Ramones’ groundbreaking debut, 1977’s Leave Home was in many respects a continuation of the [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Gang Of Four – A Brief History Of The Twentieth Century
    Gang Of Four – A Brief History Of The Twentieth Century
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    Album & EP tracks 1979-1983. Label: Warner Bros. Records – RCV1 26448 Series: Back To The 80s Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Clear Country: US Released: Jul 27, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Hot Feet, Hot Stuff! (Wild library funk/disco record)
    Hot Feet, Hot Stuff! (Wild library funk/disco record)
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    Some decent alt disco cuts from the Statler studio crew. Le Freak, Boogie Oogie Oogie, etc. Label: Statler Records ‎– SLP 1284 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1979 […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Franciska ‎– Tryghed
    Franciska ‎– Tryghed
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    Tryghed is the debut album from Franciska, the alias of the now Copenhagen-based artist Jonas Torstensson. As one of the key figures in the young, vivid scene around the Forlaget […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Wiese – GGA
    John Wiese – GGA
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    Released on Cali De Witt’s Teenage Teardrops label. 2 length side pieces from 2011 Wiese. Stereo mix of a 4 channel install. Label: Teenage Teardrops – TD-037 Format: Vinyl, LP, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Black Pus – Primordial Pus
    Black Pus – Primordial Pus
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    “Little surprise that Black Pus should have a scuzzed-out, hyperactive, and extreme sound in general; it’d be surprising to expect anything less from Brian Chippendale of Lightning [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • Kozmetika – Kozmetika (Atlantide Reissue)
    Kozmetika – Kozmetika (Atlantide Reissue)
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    “Yugoslavia had a rich and colorful scene for rock and pop back from the ’60s to the ’80s. By 1983, at the peak of new wave and electronic rock, even […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Timeghost ‎– Cellular
    Timeghost ‎– Cellular
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    “Truly modern electronic music by way of synthesizers and found sounds, spoken texts and irradiated thoughts. Everything clicks and whirs into place as if by unseen hands.” Label: [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Methuselah ‎– Matthew, Mark, Luke And John (Sealed)
    Methuselah ‎– Matthew, Mark, Luke And John (Sealed)
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    “There’s no true gospel to be gleaned from Methuselah, just lots of familiar Bible references and name-drops, but Les Nicol’s lead guitar cuts through any nonsense, ripping out [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Confuse – Old God Meet New God (Fan Club Reissue)
    Confuse – Old God Meet New God (Fan Club Reissue)
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    Contains the Indignation Demo and Live At Green Village Label: Absolute Power – JAPAN FOUR Format: Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release Country: Europe Released: VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends ‎– Hands Of Jack The Ripper
    Lord Sutch And Heavy Friends ‎– Hands Of Jack The Ripper
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    Proto shock-rock featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Keith Moon & other UK psych and hard rock luminaries Label: Cotillion – SD 9049 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1972 VG/VG+. Vinyl [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tuning Circuits – No Compassion (2016 Reissue)
    Tuning Circuits – No Compassion (2016 Reissue)
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    “Recorded live at home April/May 1990. No mixing or editing afterwards, no samples, no stereo, no dolby. Play this analog dancecore very loud!!!!” Label: Totally Freaked Out Power [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • N’draman Blintch – Cikamele’ (2013 Reissue)
    N’draman Blintch – Cikamele’ (2013 Reissue)
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    “Tired of reading the words ‘classic’, ‘masterpiece’, ‘missing link’, ‘cult’, ‘seminal’ in every press release? Just trust us on this one: this is the real deal. We have no choice […]

    GENRE: African
  • Guitar Roberts ‎– In Pittsburgh
    Guitar Roberts ‎– In Pittsburgh
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    “This gig features guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors playing “Trouble in Mind” twice with a couple of wondrously creative “Preludes” in between, creating a suite of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • An Introduction To Modern Architecture (as-is)
    An Introduction To Modern Architecture (as-is)
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    “An explanation of what ‘modern’ architecture is all about, describing also the stages by which it has reached its present degree of development. With plans and diagrams and 48 [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Walt Whitman – Leaves Of Grass
    Walt Whitman – Leaves Of Grass
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    “Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent his entire life writing and re-writing [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Photomediations: A Reader
    Photomediations: A Reader
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    Photomediations: A Reader offers a radically different way of understanding photography. The concept of photomediations that unites the twenty scholarly and curatorial essays collected here cuts [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rocco Di Pietro – The Comedy Of The Real (Self-Published weirdness)
    Rocco Di Pietro – The Comedy Of The Real (Self-Published weirdness)
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    “This is a novel about metaphysics and philosophy in the form a biography.” Self-Published (via lulu books), 2023 Softcover edition. General light wear

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
    Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
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    Part of Silliman’s Alphabet series/long-form poem. Generator, 1993 Staple-bound chapbook. Cornerwear, light discoloration and creasing to wraps.

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Slavoj Zizek – How To Read Lacan (as-is)
    Slavoj Zizek – How To Read Lacan (as-is)
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    The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William Carlos Williams – In The American Grain
    William Carlos Williams – In The American Grain
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    Although admired by D. H. Lawrence, this modern classic went generally unnoticed during the years after its publication in 1925. Yet it is “a fundamental book, essential if one proposes […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Chain 6: Letters
    Chain 6: Letters
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    Issue six of Chain, featuring contributions from William Burroughs, Ron Silliman, Norma Cole and more. Chain, 1999 Softcover edition. Some discoloration/wear to wraps.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Cinema And Art As Archive: Form, Medium, Memory
    Cinema And Art As Archive: Form, Medium, Memory
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    As Jacques Derrida wrote in 1995, while considering Archive Fever, nothing is less reliable or less clear today than the word “archive”. Nevertheless, the historic-cultural dimension of the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Early Cinema: Space, Frame Narrative
    Early Cinema: Space, Frame Narrative
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    In the twenty years preceding the First World War, cinema rapidly developed from a fairground curiosity into a major industry and social institution, a source of information and entertainment for [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lisa Fishman – 24 Pages And Other Poems
    Lisa Fishman – 24 Pages And Other Poems
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    Lisa Fishman’s sixth book of poetry is centered on bodies and where they are in relation to each other—whether a body is of plant; of person; or of words, and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Patrick Farmer – Close Eclogues On Tiptoe, Vol 1.
    Patrick Farmer – Close Eclogues On Tiptoe, Vol 1.
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    Close Eclogues on Tiptoe is an epistolary experiment that recalls the author’s visit to Mass an exhibition by the artist Lotti V Closs in 2016. Drawing on the ‘character’ inherent in Closs’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Fateh = فتح ‎– Chants De La Résistance Palestinienne
    Fateh = فتح ‎– Chants De La Résistance Palestinienne
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    Collects the songs of the Palestinian group Fatah Label: Le Chant Du Monde – LDX 74446 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: VG+/VG+

    GENRE: International
  • Gerry Mulligan ‎– Night Lights [1967 Stereo]
    Gerry Mulligan ‎– Night Lights [1967 Stereo]
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    “This is a rather relaxed recording featuring baritonist Gerry Mulligan and some of his top alumni (trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Bill Crow, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz