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Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center

“This catalogue was published to commemoration of the inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center that took place on October 9, 2008. NOW JUMP, the title of the […]

GENRE: Art/Photography

Jean Genet – What Remains Of A Rembrandt Torn Into Four Equal Pi…

$175.00 | Book, Print

Hanuman Books, 10.5 x 7 cm.Softcover. 1988 edition. Light discoloration & foxing to both dustjacket and edges of pages. Noticeable corner crease/warp along upper right corner of front wrap. [...]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Jean Genet – The Thief’s Journal (Uncorrected Proofs)

$350.00 | Book, Painting, Print

Grove Press, uncorrected proofs for the 1964 edition, presented in a spiral binder. Staining to & writing on both front and back wraps.Some general wear & discoloration to edges of […]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Cormac McCarthy – Suttree (Scarce Vintage Contemporaries Edition…

$110.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

“From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road, here is the story of Cornelius Suttree, who has forsaken a life of privilege with his […]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground

$80.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

“Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

GENRE: Non-Fiction

Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)

$40.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

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

Olga Tokarczuk – House Of Day, House Of Night

$125.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia in the past. When the narrator moves into […]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking

$75.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

One of the first sex-ed & health guides for gay men. Hark Publishing, 1976 Hardcover edition. Some sagging from spine and wear to boards. Discoloration to edges of pages.

GENRE: Non-Fiction

Herman Broch – The Sleepwalkers: A Triology (1st English Edition…

$200.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

“With his epic trilogy, The Sleepwalkers, Hermann Broch established himself as one of the great innovators of modern literature, a visionary writer-philosopher the equal of James Joyce, [...]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)

$150.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

“VE3 is a re-imagining of a book originally published in the 1960s. The book is the first ever book in a box”, called Composition No.1 by Marc Saporta. When we […]

GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Trader Horne ‎– Morning Way (1970 UK Pressing)

$130.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

“Legendarily named after DJ John Peel’s nickname for his nanny, the duo Trader Horne were one of those wonderful, short-lived footnotes of musical history with which the [...]

GENRE: Folk / Country

V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Ac…

$30.00 | 2xLP, Used Items, Vinyl

Featuring: Peter Wright, CJA and Annamarie, Sleep. Pumice, Kieran Monaghan (mr sterile), Swagger Jack, Birchville Cat Motel, Richard Francis, 1/3 Octave Band, Tim Cornelius (Sandoz Lab Techs), [...]

GENRE: Experimental / Noise

Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge

$40.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

“Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such […]

GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music

Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop

$120.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

“If you wandered into a smoky South Side club in Chicago during the early ’70s, there’s a good chance you’d have been met by the raw, unvarnished truth of Arelean […]

GENRE: Rhythm & Blues

Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania

$45.00 | 7", Used Items, Vinyl

Sole single from these avant-pop weirdos. Sounds like the catchier bits from Ralph Records, fed through a uranium tube. Label: Cheap Records – 110032X Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single […]

GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk

Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog

$40.00 | 7", Used Items, Vinyl

“Welcome to the wild, bizarro world of the experimental artists called The Residents. Little is known about the group’s origins or its members’ identities, although it is widely [...]

GENRE: Experimental / Noise

Animism In Art And Performance

$45.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

This book explores Māori indigenous and non-indigenous scholarship corresponding with the term ‘animism’. In addressing visual, media and performance art, it explores the dualisms of people and [...]

GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction

Justin Green – Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary

$70.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

A lost classic of underground cartooning, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is Justin Green’s autobiographical portrayal of his struggle with religion and his own neuroses. Binky Brown is [...]

GENRE: Art/Photography

Frank Stanford – The Singing Knives

$65.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

THE SINGING KNIVES, originally published in 1971 by Broughton’s Mill Mountain Press, is Frank Sanford’s first collection of poetry. Reprinted by his own press, Lost Roads Publisher, [...]

GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence

$150.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

On their third and final album, Dzyan refined their sound even further into improvisation and exotic sounds. Electric Silence offers other-worldly music of incredible beauty and strangeness, [...]

GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych

V/A – Psycho Serenade

$30.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Bizarre comp of garage rock, rockabilly and novelty oddities. The Five Du-Tones track is a particular highlight. Label: Beware – BEWARE 666 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: [...]

GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk, Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

V/A – Desperate Rock N’ Roll Volume Nine

$18.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Rockabilly comp featuring The Viceroys and The Notes Label: Flame – FLAME 009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: VG+/VG+. Light marks and sleevewear/discoloration

GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

V/A – Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Volume Eight

$16.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Rockabilly comp featuring Prince Arky and Willie B. Label: Flame – FLAME 008 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: VG+/VG+. Missing A Side label. Light marks/wear

GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

V/A – Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 3

$20.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Rockabilly comp featuring tracks from Kip Tyler and Gus Jenkins Label: Flame – FLAME 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: VG+/VG+. Light marks/wear

GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

V/A ‎– Desperate Rock’n Roll Volume Ten

$18.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Rockabilly comp featuring Dennis Smith and Sandman Howard. Label: Flame – FLAME 010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released:1988 VG+/VG+. Light marks/wear

GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

V/A ‎– Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 6

$18.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

Rockabilly comp featuring tracks by Clyde Arnold and The Sly Fox. Label: Flame – FLAME 006 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: UK Released: VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleevewear

GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll

NSK from Kapital to Capital: Neue Slowenische Kunst-an Event of the Fi…

$20.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

The generously illustrated, lavishly documented story of NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst), the eastern European art collective present at the last revolution of the twentieth century. This book is [...]

GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Non-Fiction

Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)

$50.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

A monograph containing a selection of Jenny Saville’s paintings, along with writings on her work in English & Italian. MACRO, 2005 Softcover edition. Light general wear.

GENRE: Art/Photography

The Stooges ‎– The Stooges (1969 Pressing, looks G+/plays VG)

$165.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl

“While the Stooges had a few obvious points of influence — the swagger of the early Rolling Stones, the horny pound of the Troggs, the fuzztone sneer of a thousand […]

GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk

Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage

$80.00 | Cassette, CS, Used Items

Label: Cause And Effect Format: Cassette, Album, C60 Country: US Released: 1987 Genre: Electronic Style: Industrial Does not include re-sealable pouch with a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ booklet.

GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics

Semiotext(e): The German Issue

$15.00 | Book, Print, Used Items

A first-hand account of the Western world on the threshold of a major global mutation, bridging art and intellect, culture and politics, Europe and America.The German Issue (1982) was originally [...]

GENRE: Non-Fiction