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  • S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Art
    S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Ar…
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    “Professor Giedion, well known as an historian of architecture, is concerned in this latest work with a problem that in his view has come more and more into the the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    $8.00 | , ,

    Written by Murry Hope, the book delves into the mystical practices of ancient Egypt, offering insights into magick studies and divination. This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
    The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taugh…
    $8.00 | , ,

    A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, goes the ancient saying. This concept is at the root of the computational worldview, which basically says that very complex […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works
    Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works
    $7.00 | , ,

    “Reading these books one is brought yet again to hope that our society as a whole will be seriously drawn to a more systematic study of the deeper aspects of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods: Images of the Commune
    Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods: Images of the Commune
    $7.00 | , ,

    This is the first English translation of a highly appealing volume originally published in French in 1993. Informed by a sense of wonderment at divine doings, it treats the ancient […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    $8.00 | , ,

    The work of the eminent French cultural critic Louis Marin (1931-92) is becoming increasingly important to English-speaking scholars concerned with issues of representation. To Destroy Painting, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century
    Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End o…
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    In The Return of the Real Hal Foster discusses the development of art and theory since 1960, and reorders the relation between prewar and postwar avant-gardes. Opposed to the assumption […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    $30.00 | , ,

    The definitive work on Western mystic traditions which traces the origins and re-interprets Occultism for modern day readers. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ioan Couliano – The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism
    Ioan Couliano – The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early…
    $40.00 | , ,

    This pioneering study interprets the mythology of dualism from Gnosticism to the medieval Cathars to modern nihilism. Couliano shows that, far from being “historically” transmitted, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    $30.00 | , ,

    A comprehensive study of the theology of the Icon and its history, the aesthetics of the Icon and its structures, and the techniques and steps to paint an Icon, this […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Art of the Icon: a Theology of Beauty
    The Art of the Icon: a Theology of Beauty
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    A presentation on the biblical and patristic vision of beauty, applied then to contemporary movements in art. A ‘theology of the icon’ from a personal point of view, as well […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius
    Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius
    $25.00 | , ,

    The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
    The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
    $18.00 | , ,

    Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the representation of the deity, its possibilities and its proscriptions. The Forbidden Image traces the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arnold I Davidson –  Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts
    Arnold I Davidson – Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemo…
    $15.00 | , ,

    In a book that moves between philosophy and history, and with lasting significance for both, Arnold Davidson elaborates a powerful new method for considering the history of concepts and the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bojana Mojsov – Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God
    Bojana Mojsov – Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God
    $15.00 | , ,

    Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse
    Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse
    $12.00 | , ,

    This concise but illuminating introduction to the sources, symbolism, and meanings of the biblical Book of Revelation brings together visionary images by some of the greatest artists of Western [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Rudolf Wittkower – Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
    Rudolf Wittkower – Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
    $10.00 | , ,

    “This book has a taxonomy of sets of similar symbols with which the history of their locations, uses, and meanings can be put together to see the whole. Well researched […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • F.M Cornford – From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation
    F.M Cornford – From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origi…
    $8.00 | , ,

    This exploration of early Western philosophy traces the religious roots of science and systematic speculation. Cornford, a distinguished historian of ancient philosophy, combines deep classical [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ryu Murakami – Coin Locker Babies
    Ryu Murakami – Coin Locker Babies
    $16.00 | ,

    Two babies are left in a Tokyo station coin locker and survive against the odds, but their lives are forever tainted by this inauspicious start. As they grow up, they […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Šimanský*, Niesner* – Tance Neznámé
    Šimanský*, Niesner* – Tance Neznámé
    $15.00 | , ,

    “This album is a fantastic document of two guitarists complementing each other, giving each other space to work out ideas and while being technical top notch, they put a lot […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Lightning Hopkins ‎– Dirty Blues
    Lightning Hopkins ‎– Dirty Blues
    $20.00 | , ,

    Dirty blues from the Texas master. Label: Mainstream Records – MRL 326 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue Country: US Released: 1972 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some edgewear/rubbing

    GENRE: Blues
  • Cave In ‎– Until Your Heart Stops (White Vinyl)
    Cave In ‎– Until Your Heart Stops (White Vinyl)
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Until Your Heart Stops continues and widens Cave-In’s assault upon body and mind. The chugga-chugga chunks are still there, this time refined into escalating and edgy walls of sound [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Adolescents ‎– Balboa Fun*Zone (Red Vinyl)
    Adolescents ‎– Balboa Fun*Zone (Red Vinyl)
    $17.00 | , ,

    “There are those who feel that an Adolescents record without Tony Cadena (aka Tony Adolescent, Tony Montana and, later in the reformed ADZ, Tony Reflex) isn’t worthy of the name, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Accept ‎– Balls To The Wall
    Accept ‎– Balls To The Wall
    $18.00 | , ,

    “Accept’s most notorious album, Balls to the Wall was also their biggest commercial success. Following hot upon the heels of their creative breakthrough, Restless and Wild, [...]

    GENRE: Metal, Rock / Pop
  • Ärid – From Anthropophagic Waste Breeds A Writhing Mutagenesis
    Ärid – From Anthropophagic Waste Breeds A Writhing Mutagenesis
    $33.00 | , ,

    “Successor to “Harvesting the Toil of Flesh…” and only marginally remnant of themes featured, this album was recorded in 2018 after the “Neglect, Filth, [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Nig-Heist ‎– Nig-Heist
    Nig-Heist ‎– Nig-Heist
    $35.00 | , ,

    Life is funny, and people are strange. The present-day environment of ultra-PC watchfulness requires that we rerelease the best of the beast: vintage punk-rock horrorshow that plays like a [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Goblin ‎– Notturno (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)
    Goblin ‎– Notturno (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film)
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Goblin’s name is very popular since the year of “Profondo Rosso” (1975), but even those who know them in depth “Notturno” remains an almost completely unknown [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Talib Kweli & Madlib ‎– Liberation (Orange Transparent Vinyl)
    Talib Kweli & Madlib ‎– Liberation (Orange Transparent Vinyl)
    $35.00 | , ,

    “Talib Kweli and Madlib truly offer the best of both worlds–or at least coasts–on LIBERATION. New York’s Kweli and Cali’s Madlib released this mixtape-style collaborative LP as [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • The Dickies ‎– Great Dictations (The Definitive Dickies Collection)
    The Dickies ‎– Great Dictations (The Definitive Dickies Collection)
    $20.00 | , ,

    “If there’s one place to plunge into the joy, madness and mayhem of the Dickies’ late-’70s / early-’80s period glory days, this is it. Featuring the classic line-up, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Crude – Crude
    Crude – Crude
    $16.00 | , ,

    Recorded at Klub Counter Action. Label: Blood Sucker Records – BSR-028 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, EP Country: Japan Released: 1998 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Venom – Hell At Hammersmith EP
    Venom – Hell At Hammersmith EP
    $35.00 | , ,

    Recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, 8th October 1985. Label: Neat Records – NEAT 53-12 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, EP, Limited Edition, Stereo Country: UK Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Metal
  • Venom – Live: Official Bootleg
    Venom – Live: Official Bootleg
    $22.00 | , ,

    Live Venom at their peak. Label: American Phonograph – APK 12 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. Jacket has minor edge-wear / corner creasing

    GENRE: Metal
  • Type O Negative – Slow, Deep And Hard (Green/Black Vinyl)
    Type O Negative – Slow, Deep And Hard (Green/Black Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , ,

    “Type O Negative’s melodramatic goth rock style encompasses long songs built on simple riffs, theatrical shouting vocals, churchy-sounding organ and vocal-harmony passages, and the [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Mötley Crüe ‎– Girls, Girls, Girls
    Mötley Crüe ‎– Girls, Girls, Girls
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Girls, Girls, Girls continued Mötley Crüe’s commercial hot streak, eventually going quadruple platinum as its predecessor, Theatre of Pain, had; meanwhile, the title track brought [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Mötley Crüe ‎– Too Fast For Love
    Mötley Crüe ‎– Too Fast For Love
    $25.00 | , ,

    “On their debut album, Mötley Crüe essentially comes across as a bash-’em-out bar band, making up in enthusiasm what they lack in technical skill. Yet that’s part of the appeal [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Irkallian Oracle – Apollyon (Die Hard Gold Edition)
    Irkallian Oracle – Apollyon (Die Hard Gold Edition)
    $35.00 | , ,

    “Upon offering its initial prophecy, “Grave Ekstasis,” in March 2013, Irkallian Oracle immediately left an indelible impression on its audience that was commensurate with the obscure [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • False – Untitled
    False – Untitled
    $12.00 | , ,

    “At long last, we have the new album from the Minneapolis black metal project, False. After an Untitled EP in 2011, and a split LP with Barghest in 2012, they […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • False – Portent
    False – Portent
    $18.00 | , ,

    “False return with the most pivotal record of their career, “Portent”. A redefining of the extreme underground, “Portent” sees the band harness their shared [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Lynyrd’s Innards – Black Flag
    Lynyrd’s Innards – Black Flag
    $40.00 | , ,

    The Chicago punks spit up a full 12″ of Black Flag covers. Rips. Label: Harmless Records – HR 033 Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single Sided, EP Country: US Released: 2001 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Michiro Endo – Terminal
    Michiro Endo – Terminal
    $15.00 | , ,

    Solo album by The Stalin frontman. Shows a distinctive cold-wave/minimal synth influence, while still being accessible and propulsive. Label: Grotesque New Pop – K28A-798 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Circle Of Ouroborus ‎– Kiromantia (Magenta Vinyl)
    Circle Of Ouroborus ‎– Kiromantia (Magenta Vinyl)
    $45.00 | , ,

    “2021 album from the longstanding torchbearers of esoteric Finnish black metal.” Label: His Wounds – NAIL 032 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Magenta Vinyl Country: Greece [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Narayan Govande – Volume 1
    Narayan Govande – Volume 1
    $17.00 | , ,

    Contains two ragas and a tabla solo by accompanist Label: Music + Meditation Records – 1179/I/II Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Some light marks & laminate [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins ‎– Live At The Bird Lounge
    Lightnin’ Hopkins ‎– Live At The Bird Lounge
    $17.00 | , ,

    “This album of Sam “Lightnin'” Hopkins is unique in many ways. It is a well known fact that this artist has been recorded many times-all excellent as only he could […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Dr. José Mesquita – Canções De Coimbra Por Antigos Estudantes
    Dr. José Mesquita – Canções De Coimbra Por Antigos Estudantes
    $8.00 | , ,

    Beautiful & heartbreaking Fado songs Label: Roda – SSRL 9000 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Portugal Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Some sleeve discoloration

    GENRE: International, Latin
  • Anthony Pasquarosa – Abbandonato Da Dio Nazione
    Anthony Pasquarosa – Abbandonato Da Dio Nazione
    $10.00 | , ,

    Anthony Pasquarosa focuses the third eye back to 1910 to conjure a lysergic spaghetti Western experience. Expect to be transported to another realm where gunshots, galloping horses and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Donald Miller ‎– Transgression​!​!​!
    Donald Miller ‎– Transgression​!​!​!
    $9.00 | , ,

    On Transgression!!!, Donald Miller, guitar icon known for destroying worlds in the great Borbetomagus, takes the listener on an unexpected journey through the 12-string acoustic guitar. Utilizing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Izzy Johnson – Earth Tones
    Izzy Johnson – Earth Tones
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Michigan songwriter Izzy Johnson’s debut record Earth Tones, a vast abyss of a record presented on Driftless Recordings, draws from the files of freak folk, new age, and meditative styles [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Incredible String Band ‎– The Incredible String Band
    The Incredible String Band ‎– The Incredible String Band
    $15.00 | , ,

    “The debut release from the original Incredible String Band trio — Robin Williamson (violin/whistle/mandolin/guitar/vocals), Clive Palmer (banjo/guitar/vocals), and Mike Heron [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Son Of Dribble ‎– Son of Drib Against The Wind
    Son Of Dribble ‎– Son of Drib Against The Wind
    $12.00 | , ,

    2nd LP from the Columbus, OH trio (now expanded to a quartet)! 12 songs of scuzzed out garage pop that take you from Beat Happening to the Warsaw demos to […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Rangda ‎– The Heretic’s Bargain
    Rangda ‎– The Heretic’s Bargain
    $10.00 | , ,

    Lots of ground covered: abraded fury, free forms and serpentine Rang-dang-doodle songatechture mutated via some kind of lateral gene transfer of their musical DNA — a trip best taken WHOLE. […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country