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  • Trader Horne ‎– Morning Way (1970 UK Pressing)
    Trader Horne ‎– Morning Way (1970 UK Pressing)
    $130.00 | , ,

    “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 Acoustic Music)
    V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Ac…
    $30.00 | , ,

    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
    Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
    $40.00 | , ,

    “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
    Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
    $120.00 | , ,

    “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
    Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania
    $45.00 | , , ,

    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
    Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog
    $40.00 | , , ,

    “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
    Animism In Art And Performance
    $45.00 | , , ,

    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
    Justin Green – Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary
    $70.00 | , , ,

    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
  • Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center
    Now Jump: Inaugural Festival of the Nam June Paik Art Center
    $45.00 | , , ,

    “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
  • Frank Stanford – The Singing Knives
    Frank Stanford – The Singing Knives
    $65.00 | , , ,

    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
  • MC5 – Back In The USA
    MC5 – Back In The USA
    $50.00 | , , ,

    The second MC5 record, cementing their status as proto-punk stalwarts Label: Atlantic – SD 8247 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1970 VG+/VG. Drillhole, some moisture damage and [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    $150.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A – Psycho Serenade
    $30.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A – Desperate Rock N’ Roll Volume Nine
    $18.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A – Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Volume Eight
    $16.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A – Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 3
    $20.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A ‎– Desperate Rock’n Roll Volume Ten
    $18.00 | , ,

    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
    V/A ‎– Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 6
    $18.00 | , ,

    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 Final Decade of Yugoslavia
    NSK from Kapital to Capital: Neue Slowenische Kunst-an Event of the Fi…
    $20.00 | , ,

    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
  • Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
    Ron Silliman – Jones (Very rare chapbook)
    $40.00 | , ,

    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
  • Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
    Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
    $150.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    $50.00 | , ,

    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
  • Herman Broch – The Sleepwalkers: A Triology (1st English Edition)
    Herman Broch – The Sleepwalkers: A Triology (1st English Edition…
    $200.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Cormac McCarthy – Suttree (Scarce Vintage Contemporaries Edition)
    Cormac McCarthy – Suttree (Scarce Vintage Contemporaries Edition…
    $110.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Arno Schmidt – The Egghead Republic (Scarce)
    Arno Schmidt – The Egghead Republic (Scarce)
    $75.00 | , ,

    “Charles Henry Winer, a journalist who in the year 2008 travels across the hominid zone, a post-nuclear wasteland in the western united states, to visit IRAS (the International Republic of [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Stooges ‎– The Stooges (1969 Pressing, looks G+/plays VG)
    The Stooges ‎– The Stooges (1969 Pressing, looks G+/plays VG)
    $165.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Radio Birdman ‎– Radios Appear [1978 USA pressing]
    Radio Birdman ‎– Radios Appear [1978 USA pressing]
    $90.00 | , ,

    “This is primal (and prime) Radio Birdman, with Deniz Tek and Rob Younger firmly ensconced in the eye of this guitar-fueled hurricane. Tek’s originals are pretty strong, especially [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    $30.00 | , ,

    Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1957-2009) was a collector and visionary who filled his homes and warehouses with the world’s greatest private collection related to the subjects of drugs, sex, magic, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Jean Genet – What Remains Of A Rembrandt Torn Into Four Equal Pieces And Flushed Down The Toliet
    Jean Genet – What Remains Of A Rembrandt Torn Into Four Equal Pi…
    $175.00 | ,

    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)
    Jean Genet – The Thief’s Journal (Uncorrected Proofs)
    $350.00 | , ,

    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
  • Olga Tokarczuk – House Of Day, House Of Night
    Olga Tokarczuk – House Of Day, House Of Night
    $125.00 | , ,

    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
  • William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
    William S. Burroughs – Queer (1st Printing)
    $140.00 | , ,

    “Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma – both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs’ [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    $80.00 | , ,

    “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
  • Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    $75.00 | , ,

    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
  • Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
    Master/Slave Relationship – Soundtrack To Black Leather Bondage
    $80.00 | , ,

    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
    Semiotext(e): The German Issue
    $15.00 | , ,

    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