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  • Jean Fautrier: 1898-1964
    Jean Fautrier: 1898-1964
    $32.00 | , ,

    Jean Fautrier, one of France’s most important interwar and postwar artists, is perhaps best known for the Otages, his series of abstract paintings featuring partially obliterated or [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Danilo Kis – A Tomb For Boris Davidovich
    Danilo Kis – A Tomb For Boris Davidovich
    $15.00 | , ,

    Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Composers on Music: An Anthology Of Composers Writings From Pakestrina to Copland
    Composers on Music: An Anthology Of Composers Writings From Pakestrina…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Features a wide array of essays written by composers as diverse as Satie, Carlos Chavez, Bartok and more. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Brotzmann: Paintings and Objects
    Brotzmann: Paintings and Objects
    $22.00 | , ,

    Catalog for an exhibition held at Corbett vs. Dempsey, October 26 – November 30, 2007. Includes an essay by John Corbett. Design by Kathi Beste. Artist and musician Peter Brötzmann […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Arthur C. Danto – Mysticism and Morality: Oriental Thought and Moral Philosophy
    Arthur C. Danto – Mysticism and Morality: Oriental Thought and M…
    $7.00 | , ,

      This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, or light creasing/wear to the pages. The binding […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Late Modern: The Visual Arts Since 1945
    Late Modern: The Visual Arts Since 1945
    $7.00 | , ,

    This new and augmented edition brings the history of the visual arts since the war forward to the events of the mid-1970’s, and, in particular, to the shift of attention […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Knut Hamsun – Hunger
    Knut Hamsun – Hunger
    $8.00 | , ,

    First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings
    Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings
    $20.00 | , ,

    Brook Ziporyn’s carefully crafted, richly annotated translation of the complete writings of Zhuangzi—including a lucid Introduction, a Glossary of Essential Terms, and a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society & Social Responsiblity
    The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society & Social Responsibli…
    $8.00 | , ,

    In The Subversive Imagination , professional writers, artists and cultural critics from around the world offer their views on the issue of the artist’s responsibility to society. The [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Erich Von Daniken – Signs of the Gods
    Erich Von Daniken – Signs of the Gods
    $10.00 | , ,

    Were human beings created by powers from outer space? Did extraterrestrial giants build the megaliths of Malta and the menhirs of Brittany? Was the Ark of the Covenant a machine […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Karl Ove Knausgaard – The Morning Star: A Novel
    Karl Ove Knausgaard – The Morning Star: A Novel
    $10.00 | , ,

    One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Their friend Egil has his own place nearby. Kathrine, a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Andrew Edwards – Crowbar
    Andrew Edwards – Crowbar
    $15.00 | , ,

    Jay and Al, exiled Rhodesian mercenaries near the end of their rope, take a bagman job for a man in black named Cohen. Launched deep into the heavy syndicate, Jay […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lisa Saltzman – Anselm Kiefer and Art After Auschwitz
    Lisa Saltzman – Anselm Kiefer and Art After Auschwitz
    $30.00 | , ,

    Anselm Kiefer and Art after Auschwitz examines the legacy of German-Jewish culture in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Positioning Kiefer as a deeply learned artist who encounters and represents [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs
    Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Ge…
    $12.00 | , ,

    The true story of punk-messiah Darby Crash. Never-before-told story of the life and times of Darby Crash, the lead singer of the notorious LA punk band The Germs, who died […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Punk / Hardcore
  • Camile Paglia – Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
    Camile Paglia – Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
    $8.00 | , ,

    The bestselling author of Sexual Personae and Sex, Art, and American Culture is back with a fiery new collection of essays on everything from art and celebrity to gay activism, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • J.K Huysmans – Against Nature
    J.K Huysmans – Against Nature
    $8.00 | , ,

    A wildly original fin-de-siècle novel, Against Nature contains only one character. Des Esseintes is a decadent, ailing aristocrat who retreats to an isolated villa where her indulges his taste [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Arthur Rimbaud – A Season In Hell
    Arthur Rimbaud – A Season In Hell
    $6.00 | , ,

    Although he stopped writing at the age of nineteen, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) possessed the most revolutionary talent of the past hundred years, and his poetry and prose have increasingly [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Aleister Crowley – The Book of Thoth
    Aleister Crowley – The Book of Thoth
    $10.00 | , ,

    Used for many years by students of the occult for study of the tarot and as a key to all Western mystery traditions, The Book of Thoth is on the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae
    Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae
    $7.00 | , ,

    Is Emily Dickinson “the female Sade”? Is Donatello’s David a bit of pedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley, between Medusa and Madonna? How do […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William S. Burroughs – Naked Lunch
    William S. Burroughs – Naked Lunch
    $8.00 | , ,

    Naked Lunch is the unnerving tale of a monumental descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, then into Interzone, a […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Pierre Klossowski – The Baphomet
    Pierre Klossowski – The Baphomet
    $32.00 | , ,

    Pierre Klossowski’s last novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, THE BAPHOMET was awarded the Prix des Critique when first publsihed in France in 1965. The author, who has […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Eyeball Compendium: Sex, Horror, Art & Exploitation (as-is)
    Eyeball Compendium: Sex, Horror, Art & Exploitation (as-is)
    $25.00 | , ,

    Since 1989, Stephen Thrower (author of FAB Press’s acclaimed Beyond Terror) has edited one of the smartest and most stylish underground magazines on alternative, cult and art cinema: [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Marquis de Sade – The Crimes of Love
    Marquis de Sade – The Crimes of Love
    $8.00 | , ,

    Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Himalayan Art: Wall-Painting and Sculpture (as-is)
    Himalayan Art: Wall-Painting and Sculpture (as-is)
    $7.00 | , ,

    Illustrated overview of the art of the Himalayan peoples This book is in Acceptable readable condition. It has been read and will show noticeable age & wear to the wraps/boards, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Ted Gioia – The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture
    Ted Gioia – The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Cu…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Taking a wide-ranging approach rare in jazz criticism, Ted Gioia’s brilliant volume draws upon fields as disparate as literary criticism, art history, sociology, and aesthetic philosophy in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Simone Weil – Love in the Void: Where God Finds Us
    Simone Weil – Love in the Void: Where God Finds Us
    $7.00 | , ,

    Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God. Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches
    Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches
    $40.00 | , ,

    An abundance of extraordinary sculptures considered “obscene” by today’s standards may be found on churches in Britain, Ireland, France and Spain. This book examines their [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • William Barrett – Death of the Soul
    William Barrett – Death of the Soul
    $5.00 | , ,

    Traces the development of philosophical thought from the seventeenth century to today, and explores why questions of the soul figure so little in the minds of present-day technocratic [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Stan Brakhage – Metaphors on Vision (2nd Edition)
    Stan Brakhage – Metaphors on Vision (2nd Edition)
    $100.00 | , ,

    “Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective … an eye which does not respond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • E.A Wallis Budge – Amulets and Superstitions
    E.A Wallis Budge – Amulets and Superstitions
    $8.00 | , ,

    By far the most thorough, most fascinating coverage of amulets and superstitions is the present book by Dr. E. Wallis Budge. In it he presents a wealth of information on […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Deborah Curtis – Touching from a Distance
    Deborah Curtis – Touching from a Distance
    $8.00 | , ,

    The only in-depth biographical account of the lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow. Revered by his peers–Bono described his voice as “holy”–and idolized by [...]

    GENRE: Memoir, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas
    The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas
    $45.00 | , , , ,

    “In music-speak, ragas are essentially scalar melody forms — something like scales or melodic modes in Western music. However, North Indian ragas do differ from Western modes and [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, International, Non-Fiction
  • Michel Houellebecq – Serotonin
    Michel Houellebecq – Serotonin
    $9.00 | , ,

    Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional relationship with a younger woman. [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Adam Parfrey – Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind
    Adam Parfrey – Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind
    $20.00 | , ,

    A sobering, occasionally amusing, and altogether compelling look at the impulses that have fueled the rising pitch of Armageddon, this startling book explores the arcane but significant phenomena [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Don Delillo – Libra
    Don Delillo – Libra
    $8.00 | , ,

    In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Maurice Blanchot – Infinite Conversation (as-is)
    Maurice Blanchot – Infinite Conversation (as-is)
    $10.00 | , ,

    In this landmark volume, Blanchot sustains a dialogue with a number of thinkers whose contributions have marked turning points in the history of Western thought and have influenced virtually all [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jane Gallop – Intersections: A Reading Of Sade With Bataille, Blanchot, And Klossowski
    Jane Gallop – Intersections: A Reading Of Sade With Bataille, Bl…
    $12.00 | , ,

    Four writers—the first, an eighteenth-century Frenchman whose works still retain their power to shock, scandalize, and instruct; the others, three twentieth-century Frenchmen, heirs and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ernst Junger – On The Marble Cliffs
    Ernst Junger – On The Marble Cliffs
    $8.00 | , ,

    Set in a world of its own, Ernst Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs is both a mesmerizing work of fantasy and an allegory of the advent of fascism. The narrator […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • E.J Gold – American Book Of The Dead
    E.J Gold – American Book Of The Dead
    $7.00 | , ,

    With over 120,000 copies sold, this unique contemporary work brings the timeless Tibetan Bardo teaching into current American culture and language, with 49 days of readings for someone who has [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • C.G Jung – Answer To Job (50th Anniversary Edition)
    C.G Jung – Answer To Job (50th Anniversary Edition)
    $8.00 | , ,

    Jung has never pursued the “psychology of religion” apart from general psychology. The unique importance of his work lies rather in his discovery and treatment of religious, or [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jerry Jeff Walker ‎– Walker’s Collectibles
    Jerry Jeff Walker ‎– Walker’s Collectibles
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Following up Viva Terlingua with a studio record was a tall order for Jerry Jeff and the Lost Gonzo Band, but true to form as they were until the late […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Clifford Brown ‎– The Beginning And The End
    Clifford Brown ‎– The Beginning And The End
    $16.00 | , ,

    The first and last recorded performances of one of the greatest soloists in the history of Jazz. Label: Columbia – PC 32284 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1973 […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Fernando Díaz y su Cuarteto Maya
    Fernando Díaz y su Cuarteto Maya
    $15.00 | , ,

    Bolero and ranchera music from Puerto Rico. Label: Madeley – LP 111 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Released: VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Latin
  • James Moody ‎– Beyond This World
    James Moody ‎– Beyond This World
    $16.00 | , ,

    Jazz-funk ripper from Mr. Moody Label: Vanguard – VSD 79404 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1978 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Georges Decimus Avec Kassav’ Cie* ‎– Georges Decimus Avec Kassav’ Cie
    Georges Decimus Avec Kassav’ Cie* ‎– Georges Decimus Avec Kassav…
    $15.00 | , ,

    Zouk from the former bassist of Kassav Label: LM Production – LM 6011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: France Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: African, International
  • Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
    Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger perhaps is the strangest blockbuster country produced, a concept album about a preacher on the run after murdering his departed wife and her new [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Sonny Rollins ‎– Plus 4 [86 Mono reissue]
    Sonny Rollins ‎– Plus 4 [86 Mono reissue]
    $20.00 | , ,

    “1956, Sonny Rollins was spiritually and physically rejuvenated. And on Sonny Rollins Plus 4, he’s clearly inspired by Max Roach and Clifford Brown’s depth of spirit. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chet Baker ‎– In New York [1985 deep groove]
    Chet Baker ‎– In New York [1985 deep groove]
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Chet Baker’s West Coast cool comes to the Big Apple on Chet Baker in New York. The project would be Baker’s first — in a four album deal — with […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Oscar Brown, Jr. – Movin’ On
    Oscar Brown, Jr. – Movin’ On
    $9.00 | , ,

    Oscar Brown, Jr.’s vocal and lyrical talents shine on this reissue of his 1972 album Movin’ On. Brown’s witty, politically conscious scats meld art and humor into innovation. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Where The Wild Gigs Were – Vol 2
    Where The Wild Gigs Were – Vol 2
    $28.00 | ,

    HZB-030 241 pages, paperback 1st EDITION of 500 copies Tim Hiney and friends are back with another immensely entertaining volume of their acclaimed Where The Wild Gigs Were series delving […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction