The second printing of Space Colonies, A CoEvolution Book published by the Whole Earth Catalog. A compilation of essays, articles, writings and information on space and the possibility of (and the debate surrounding) humans colonizing space. Includes contributions from Carl Sagan, Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Astronaut Russell Schweickart, Buckminster Fuller, Paolo Soleri, and an interview between Stewart Brand and Jacques Cousteau, plus much, much more. Scarce.

Condition: Very Good-, light edgewear to covers; a few foxing spots to text blocks; slight waviness to book likely due to some exposure to...
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The Spring 1970 issue of the Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs called "sort of like Google in paperback form" but from 50 years ago. With information on the tools one needed (and could order) to live with the earth, it features sections on whole systems, shelter and land use, communications, community, learning, and nomadics.

Condition: Very Good-; some edgewear, chips and corner creasing to covers; wear and tear with loss to black printing along spine; age toning to interior newsprint pages as is common; the color printing effect on...
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The paperback first editon of Lloyd Kahn's classic book "Shelter". Kahn was the Shelter Editor for the Whole Earth Catalog, and produced this book, plus his Domebooks One and 2 using Whole Earth's equipment and "production garage". Still in print today, Shelter is an epic work, displaying hundreds upon hundreds of images, diagrams, stories, histories and the how-tos of vernacular and counter-culture architecture from around the world.

Condition: Very Good-, sun fading to spine and front cover on left side and at bottom; some edge wear, chips and light corner...
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The second printing (January 1970) of the Fall 1969 issue of the Whole Earth Catalog (the third full issue) that Steve Jobs called "sort of like Google in paperback form" but from 50 years ago. The second printing has a slightly different back cover than the first, where the "Further" has a drop shadow rather than a checkboard pattern within the font. The catalog includes information on the tools one needed (and could order) to live with the earth, and features sections on whole systems, shelter and land use, communications...
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The Fall 1969 issue of the Whole Earth Catalog (the third full issue) that Steve Jobs called "sort of like Google in paperback form" but from 50 years ago. With information on the tools one needed (and could order) to live with the earth, it features sections on whole systems, shelter and land use, communications, community, learning, and nomadics.

Condition: Very Good-, toning to newsprint pages as is common; edgewear, scuffs and dimples to covers; reader's crease/wrinkles and wear along spine as is common; paper clip impression on pages 2-10...
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The January 1971 issue of the Whole Earth Catalog in the format that was formerly known as "The Supplement" and "The Difficult But Possible Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog", in which the covers are not black but printed newsprint. A note inside the first issue of the Whole Earth Catalog states "If the content of the...Catalog is mostly products, the content of the....Supplement is mostly processes". The supplements were meant to be published in between the larger issues and offered corrections and updates to the previous issue, and were...
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The January 1970 issue of the Whole Earth Catalog in the format that was formerly known as "The Supplement" and "The Difficult But Possible Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog", in which the covers are not black but printed newsprint. A note inside the first issue of the Whole Earth Catalog states "If the content of the...Catalog is mostly products, the content of the....Supplement is mostly processes". A note on the cover also states that "the name was changed to accomodate the Post Office" (and there is a further explanation...
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The announcement card for Iain Baxter's "IT" exhibition at the Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles in December of 1966. The card lists the "N.E. Baxter Thing Co." as the artist, which perhaps alludes to the still-developing moniker for the N.E. Thing Co. Baxter created the seminal Canadian conceptual art practice N.E. Thing Co. in 1966 with his then-wife Ingrid Baxter, which often used corporate strategies when presenting works, installations and environments. One of the works in the IT exhibit was titled "Pnuematic Judd" and consisted of colored, inflated vinyl wall-mounted...
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A signed silkscreen print (also known as a serigraph) by Corita Kent (1918-1986) from her "International Signal Code Alphabet" series, in which she made one print for each letter of the alphabet, usually in an edition of 200. This print for the letter "S" and including a quote by Leonard Cohen on sainthood.Kent was an artist, activist and educator who became a Catholic nun at the age of 18 in the Immaculate Heart of Mary order. During the 1960s her work became increasingly political and included calls to fight poverty...
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A signed silkscreen print (also known as a serigraph) by Corita Kent (1918-1986) from her "International Signal Code Alphabet" series, in which she made one print for each letter of the alphabet, usually in an edition of 200. This print for the letter "U". Kent was an artist, activist and educator who became a Catholic nun at the age of 18 in the Immaculate Heart of Mary order. During the 1960s her work became increasingly political and included calls to fight poverty, racism and social injustice. This led to tension...
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The fold-out poster/flyer for a 1995 exhibition organized by the late, great Steven Leiber at Track 16 Gallery/Smart Art Press at Bergamont Station in Santa Monica. The show featured work by Picasso, Duchamp, George Maciunas, Agnes Martin, Richard Tuttle, Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Eva Hesse, On Kawara, Edward Ruscha and Eleanor Antin, among others. Double-sided and printed on newsprint, one side features the artist's names laid out in an apparent stripe homage to Daniel Buren. The other side is the list of works, including prices for those available for sale...
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A 1920 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This drawing of a porcelain hat is by the French illustrator Charles Martin.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
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A 1920 pochoir-printed plate from the Paris fashion magazine, Gazette du Bon Ton. The magazine was published from 1912-1925 and featured exquisitely printed illustrations of the latest fashions using the pochoir printing process, in which stencils were created for the various colors and the plates hand-painted. This yachting costume illustration is by the illustrator José Zinoview.

Condition: Very Good, age toning to paper.
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