The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on artist and architect Max Bill, a......
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The second issue of Candy Magazine, the first Transversal style magazine "completely dedicated to celebrating tranvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations". Featuring Divine (as herself), Ash Stymest as Amy Winehouse (photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth), Charles Guislain as Twiggy, Edward Vigiletti as Lady Gaga, Guillermo Turell as Barbra Streisand, and more. With James Franco in drag on the cover, photographed by Terry Richardson. In a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Due to size and weight, Priority Mail shipping within the US is an additional $5.

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The fifth issue of Candy Magazine, the first Transversal style magazine "completely dedicated to celebrating tranvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations". With a theme of "The Candydate" and articles on Nazi crossdressers, the art of Mel Odom, Lahoma Van Zandt, Paola Revenioti, Diana Vreeland, Berlin, a collaboration with Gucci, and much more. With Connie Fleming as Michelle Obama on the cover, photographed by Danielle Levitt. With a heavystock photo card of Fleming as Obama laid in, noting that this is copy number 556 of the special.....
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Issue No. 2 of P.FO.: New Music, an obscure journal of experimental music scores compiled by Daniel Wolf. Wolf is a composer and writer, and was the editor of Xenharmonikon, the "Informal Journal of Experimental Music," from 1985-1989. Wolf was aided by a young Jonathan Segel, whose scores appeared in every issue and who co-edited the double Issue 3/4. Segel is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has performed with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne and Dieselhed, as well as his own group Hieronymus Firebrain. The title page includes a......
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Oversized Japanese photobook printed in high contrast black and white, spanning the years 1969-1979 and with contributions from A. Isozaki, K. Shinoyama, S. Otsuji, Y. Takanashi, K. Taki and S. Taira. A stunning collection of images, printed full bleed. With a timeline/key to the photos, and an 8-page insert laid in. All text in Japanese. Rare.

Condition: Very Good, rubbing, scuffs and wear to slipcase; small corner bump to lower front corner of book not affecting interior pages.
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