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  • The Frost – Through The Eyes Of Love
    The Frost – Through The Eyes Of Love
    $20.00 | , ,

    “The most refined of the three albums by the Frost features singer/songwriter Dick Wagner as producer, with Sam Charters, producer of the first two albums — Frost Music and Rock […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • David Gilmour ‎– David Gilmour
    David Gilmour ‎– David Gilmour
    $22.00 | , ,

    “By the time of David Gilmour’s solo debut, he had not only established himself several times over as an underrated, powerful guitarist in Pink Floyd, but as a remarkably emotional [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Dexter Gordon – Clubhouse
    Dexter Gordon – Clubhouse
    $30.00 | , ,

    “Although tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon had moved to Europe in 1962, he made a return visit to the U.S. in 1965 that resulted in both this album and Gettin’ Around. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Joni Mitchell ‎– Blue (2LP Mobile Fidelity Remaster Box Set)
    Joni Mitchell ‎– Blue (2LP Mobile Fidelity Remaster Box Set)
    $100.00 | , ,

    “Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell’s songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Charlie Musselwhite ‎– Takin’ My Time
    Charlie Musselwhite ‎– Takin’ My Time
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Another highly talented and original ensemble — Rose still on piano, with the Ford brothers (Pat and Robben), on drums and guitar, respectively. Again, Rose contributes an original [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Circle Of Ouroborus – Ruumistähdet
    Circle Of Ouroborus – Ruumistähdet
    $50.00 | , ,

    Avant-garde black metal from Finland. Label: Kuunpalvelus – no cat number Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Finland Released: 2017 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Metal
  • Sound Within Sound: A History of Radical Twentieth Century Composers
    Sound Within Sound: A History of Radical Twentieth Century Composers
    $19.00 | ,

    This is the impassioned and exhilarating story of the composers who dared to challenge the conventional world of classical music in the twentieth century. Traversing the globe from Ethiopia and [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • John Cage – Silence: Lectures and Writings
    John Cage – Silence: Lectures and Writings
    $24.00 | ,

    John Cage, a leading figure of the American musical avant-garde and lecturer and writer extraordinary, dedicated himself to the search for new horizons in musical composition. Silence is a [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Julio Cortazar – 62: A Model Kit
    Julio Cortazar – 62: A Model Kit
    $16.00 | ,

    ‘A deeply touching, enjoyable novel, beautifully written and fascinatingly mysterious and intricate in its designs’ New York TimesIn a city that could be Paris, London or Vienna, a loose-knit [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Kurt Schwitters – Myself and My Aims: Writings on Art and Criticism
    Kurt Schwitters – Myself and My Aims: Writings on Art and Critic…
    $50.00 | ,

    Kurt Schwitters was a major protagonist in the histories of modern art and literature, whose response to the contradictions of modern life rivals that of Marcel Duchamp in its importance […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Surrealism and Magic: From Max Ernst to Leonora Carrington
    Surrealism and Magic: From Max Ernst to Leonora Carrington
    $56.00 | ,

    Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired by tropes of magic, myth and the occult. In their engagement with the irrational and the unconscious, numerous of its members [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Joanna Moorhead – The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington
    Joanna Moorhead – The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington
    $19.00 | ,

    In 2006 journalist Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father’s cousin, Prim, who had disappeared many decades earlier, was now a famous artist in Mexico. Although rarely spoken of in her [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Leon Genonceaux – The Tutu
    Leon Genonceaux – The Tutu
    $22.00 | ,

    The nineteenth-century French writer and publisher Léon Genonceaux (1856―?) is as much of an enigma as those two legendary enfants terribles whom he was the first to publish: Arthur Rimbaud […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • M. John Harrison – The Course Of The Heart
    M. John Harrison – The Course Of The Heart
    $16.00 | ,

    On a hot May night, three Cambridge students carry out a ritualistic act that changes their lives. Decades later, none of the participants can remember what transpired; but their clouded […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Adele Bertei – No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene
    Adele Bertei – No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Wh…
    $28.00 | ,

    A New York Times Book of 2026’Essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in alternative music’ Guardian'[An] electrifying account of downtown demi-monde days’ [...]

    GENRE: Memoir, Non-Fiction, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Ryu Murakami – From the Fatherland with Love
    Ryu Murakami – From the Fatherland with Love
    $20.00 | ,

    An ambitious, epic dystopian novel – part political thriller and part satire. From the Fatherland, with Love is set in an alternative, dystopian present in which the dollar has collapsed [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Simon Reynolds – Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994
    Simon Reynolds – Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Re…
    $33.00 | ,

    The definitive story of the slackers and shoegazers who reinvented rock. Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Non-Fiction
  • Halkyn – self titled
    Halkyn – self titled
    $28.00 | ,

    Concentric Circles is pleased to present a collection of recordings from Halkyn, the solo project of Chris Coyle, most known for being a member of much beloved Leeds, UK group […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jazz Is Dead 17 (Yellow Vinyl)
    Lonnie Liston Smith / Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge ‎– Jaz…
    $15.00 | , ,

    Coursing through the cosmic pulse of Jazz-Funk is the inimitable influence of Lonnie Liston Smith. For over five decades, the legendary keyboardist and bandleader has been a driving force in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Benson ‎– Goodies
    George Benson ‎– Goodies
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Concealed Class – No Obituary
    Concealed Class – No Obituary
    $10.00 | ,

    Concealed Class emerges without introduction or transition. No Obituary, released by Helicopter/Troniks, marks the debut recording by Charlie Mumma and Matt Purse, two artists whose respective [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, John Wiese – Annihilation Of Samsara
    Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, John Wiese – Annihilation Of Samsara
    $10.00 | ,

    For decades, Attila Csihar, Balázs Pándi, and John Wiese have each occupied positions within the global landscape of experimental music, operating across extreme metal, free improvisation, noise, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
    The Ancient Mysteries: A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
    $7.00 | , ,

    Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Burren Archaeology: A Tour Guide
    Burren Archaeology: A Tour Guide
    $7.00 | , ,

    The Burren in County Clare contains one of the more dense concentrations of archaeological remains in Ireland. Its monuments illustrate the story of human activity since it was first settled […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • An Assemblage of Spirits : Idea and Image in New Ireland
    An Assemblage of Spirits : Idea and Image in New Ireland
    $7.00 | , ,

    Describes the daily life and culture in Papua New Guinea, and shows examples of carved architectural panels, masks, dance ornaments, figures, friezes, and poles This book is in Good readable […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World
    Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World
    $7.00 | , ,

    From the Church in the Middle Ages to the people who prepare sucidide bombers, there is always someone promsing a better tomorrow, if only we do what they say. Although […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language, Theory, Mythology, and Fiction
    The Idea of the Book in the Middle Ages: Language, Theory, Mythology, …
    $6.00 | , ,

    This book assess the relationship of literature to various other cultural forms in the Middle Ages. Jesse M. Gellrich uses the insights of such thinkers as Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Barthes, and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • America, the Sorcerer’s New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Shamanism
    America, the Sorcerer’s New Apprentice: The Rise of New Age Sham…
    $5.00 | , ,

    Reincarnation, Eastern mysticism, channeling, psychic phenomena. Is America at the threshold of a glorious new age of enlightenment? Or have we, in our search for higher levels of human [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Julius Evola – The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation and Magic in the Quest for the Spirit
    Julius Evola – The Mystery of the Grail: Initiation and Magic in…
    $6.00 | , ,

    In this important study of the meaning of the Grail, one of Europe’s greatest esoteric philosophers discloses the pre-Christian and initiatic sources of this symbolic motif that is so [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Walter Burkert – Greek Religion
    Walter Burkert – Greek Religion
    $12.00 | , ,

    In this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on that subject. First published in German in […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Henry Corbin – Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
    Henry Corbin – Avicenna and the Visionary Recital
    $15.00 | , ,

    In this work a distinguished scholar of Islamic religion examines the mysticism and psychological thought of the great eleventh-century Persian philosopher and physician Avicenna (Ibn Sina), [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
    Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art
    $12.00 | , ,

    Artists and writers reconsider the relationship between the body and electronic technology in the twenty-first century through essays, artworks, and an encyclopedic “Abecedarius of the New [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
    Archaeologies of Social Life: Age, Sex, Class Etcetra in Ancient Egypt
    $12.00 | , ,

    Archaeologies of Social Life is a fascinating new perspective on everyday life in ancient Egypt. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt : The One and the Many
    Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt : The One and the Many
    $12.00 | , ,

    A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung’s book will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the history of religion, as well as students and scholars […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Michael Slavin – The Book of Tara
    Michael Slavin – The Book of Tara
    $10.00 | , ,

    The Book of Tara is written by local and respected historian, Michael Slavin, and examines the many aspects and beliefs associated to the sacred Hill of Tara itself and why […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucian Krukowski – Art and Concept: A Philosophical Study
    Lucian Krukowski – Art and Concept: A Philosophical Study
    $10.00 | , ,

    Addressing the important and timely question of what it is to know something as an artwork, this volume explores the relationship between works of art and the concepts, evaluations, descriptions, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
    Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
    $10.00 | , ,

    Twelve studies by eminent art historian James S. Ackerman. This collection contains studies written by art historian James Ackerman over the past decade. Whereas Ackerman’s earlier work [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bruce Mau – Massive Change
    Bruce Mau – Massive Change
    $9.00 | , ,

    Massive Change is a modern, illustrated primer on the new inventions, technologies, and events that are affecting the human race worldwide. This book is part of a broader research project […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Moshe Idel – Messianic Mystics
    Moshe Idel – Messianic Mystics
    $10.00 | , ,

    In this stimulating book one of the world’s leading scholars of Jewish thought examines the long tradition of Jewish messianism and mystical experience. Moshe Idel calls upon his profound [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Gnostic Faustus: The Secret Teachings Behind the Classic Text
    Gnostic Faustus: The Secret Teachings Behind the Classic Text
    $8.00 | , ,

    In The Gnostic Faustus, Ramona Fradon shows the legend of Doctor Faustus to be a composite Gnostic creation myth that reveals the process of spiritual salvation. Nearly every element of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
    The Secret History of the World: As Laid Down by the Secret Societies
    $8.00 | , ,

    The amazing surprise New York Times bestseller, filled with “breathtaking glimpses into worlds that heretofore have been little explored” (Foreward) They say that history is written [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • D’Arcy Thompson – On Growth and Form
    D’Arcy Thompson – On Growth and Form
    $8.00 | , ,

    Classic of biology and modern science sets forth seminal “theory of transformation” — that one species evolves into another not by successive minor changes in individual body parts [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Frances Colpitt – Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century
    Frances Colpitt – Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century
    $8.00 | , ,

    These essays on abstract painting by eleven of its most incisive critics trace the development of such critical issues as hard-edge painting, deductive and serial structure, monochrome [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • David F. Greenberg – The Construction of Homosexuality
    David F. Greenberg – The Construction of Homosexuality
    $8.00 | , ,

    “At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. David F. Greenberg’s [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Magus of Freemasonry: The Mysterious Life of Elias Ashmole–Scientist, Alchemist, and Founder of the Royal Society
    The Magus of Freemasonry: The Mysterious Life of Elias Ashmole–S…
    $8.00 | , ,

    Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was the first to record a personal account of initiation into Accepted Freemasonry. His writings help solve the debate between operative and “speculative” origins of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jose Guadalupe Posada And the Mexican Broadside
    Jose Guadalupe Posada And the Mexican Broadside
    $15.00 | , ,

    José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913), one of Mexico’s most important graphic artists, influenced the generation who lived through and pictured the Mexican Revolution. His powerful and visually [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
    Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
    $10.00 | , ,

    A groundbreaking book that explores how astrology can inform our understanding of the events that have shaped our world—the inspiration for the docuseries Changing of the Gods. In these pages, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Micea Eliade – Images and Symbols : Studies in Religious Symbolism
    Micea Eliade – Images and Symbols : Studies in Religious Symboli…
    $9.00 | , ,

    Mircea Eliade–one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic–shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mircea Eliade – The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History
    Mircea Eliade – The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and Histo…
    $8.00 | , ,

    This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Charles Simic – Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
    Charles Simic – Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell
    $8.00 | , ,

    In Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists. Simic’s spare prose is as enchanting […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction