A mysterious, undated typewritten booklet of compiled wisdom, quotes and philosophical sayings from various thinkers and gurus, both Eastern and Western, throughout history. No author is credited, although there is a dedication to "my mom and dad, Jess and Frank, and to those who still try". There are also handwritten, printed additions and some small line drawings and embellishments sprinkled throughout. Quotes, sayings and wisdom include those by Buddha, Shakespeare, Yeats, Rajneesh, Balzac, Chaucer, Sartre, Camus, Dylan, Dickinson, The Bee Gees, The Who, e.e. Cummings, Swami Vivekananda, Chu-Hsi, Wavy Gravy...
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The third issue, focusing on Britain, with Jordan Dunn on the cover, photographed by Miles Aldridge. Other photography by Ellen Von Unwerth, Martin Parr, Adrien Pinault, Sarah McRory, Doug Inglish and others. With articles on Joan Collins, Georgia May Jagger, Amir Khan, Daphne Guinness, Christian Louboutin, The Gossip, Carsten Höller, Gemma Collins and more. Due to size and weight, Priority Mail shipping within the US is an additional $5.

Condition: Near Fine, very light edgewear.
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The first issue with articles on Jerry Hall (on the cover, photographed by Sølve Sundsbø), Kylie Minogue, London clubkids, an homage to Yves Klein, Michéle Lamy, Gareth Pugh, photos by Nick Waplington, illustrations by Julie Verhoven and more. Due to size and weight, Priority Mail shipping within the US is an additional $5.

Condition: Near Fine.
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The third issue of Candy Magazine, the first Transversal style magazine "completely dedicated to celebrating tranvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations". With features on Cindy Sherman, Transvestia Magazine in the 1960s, the Italian singer Mina, Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, Tokyo's Skinjuku district, Jenny Shimizu, La Prohibida, Allanah Starr as Dolly Parton, plus photos by Bruce Weber, and more. With Chloe Sevigny on the cover, photographed by (and as) Terry Richardson. In a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Due to size and weight, Priority Mail shipping...
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The inaugural issue of Candy Magazine, calling itself the first Transversal style magazine "completely dedicated to celebrating tranvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations". Featuring photos of Candy Darling by Bruce Weber, plus Christian Lacroix, Jeanette Main, Kim Ann Foxman, Angel Marlow, Bianca Exotica, André J, Joey Arias and others. Photography by David Armstrong, Marcelo Krasilcic, Daniel Riera, Karim Sadli, Kiran Bunse and other. With Miss Lucy Worrall on the cover, photographed by Brett Lloyd. In an limited edition of 1,000 copies. Due to size and weight...
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Garamont and Garamond fonts, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The poster shows both fonts in bold and italic versions, ranging in size from 6 to 72 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid paper, which is "an impressive paper worthy of the finest printing" that will "impress the most critical customer. Its cost is much less than its quality would indicate"

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued.
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A two-color typography specimen poster of the Fairfield font, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The poster reproduces a text from "Plain Printing Types" by Theodore L. De Vinne in the Fairfield font in sizes ranging from 6 to 14 point. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Ledger paper, which is "a strong, durable, genuinely watermarked ledger paper for all kinds of entry work and bookkeeping, as well as for catalogs, price sheets, and other similar pieces where extra...
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An unattributed poster of calligraphy, illustrating different techniques, styles, themes, philosophies and approaches to calligraphic lettering design. The calligraphy itself demonstrates the various techniques and strategies described therein, such as "the longer the lines of writing the more space is needed between them"; "linear separate compressed sequential" and "built-up letters flooded in". Printed in red and black ink on thick ivory paper. From a calligrapher and educator's collection, most of which was from the 1960s.

Condition: Very Good-, light creasing at top and lower right corners; very light foxing along...
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A three-color typography specimen poster of the font Cloister Black, produced by the Eastern Corporation paper company to highlight their paper product and its printing attributes. The font in displayed in 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 30 and 36 point sizes and in a passage from the gospel of St. Luke. The poster is printed on Eastern's Atlantic Antique Laid Cream, Substance 24 paper, which is "an impressive paper worthy of the finest printing" that will "impress the most critical customer"

Condition: Very Good, folded as issued; minor edge wear.
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The Fall 1969 issue (second printing January, 1970) of the Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs called "sort of like Google in paperback form" but from 45 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; .5" closed tear at right side middle edge of front cover; minor chips to edges of cover; tiny dogears to top...
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A study of the great artists' books of the 20th Century, with particular attention to Italy's place within the international artist book movement. Richly printed color illustrations. Includes an illustrated bibliography with thumbnails of books on books categorized by genre. Text in English and Italian. Out of print.

Condition: Very Good; corner bump/crease of 1.25" to the top corner of back cover, faintly visible as a tiny corner bump to the last 40 pages.
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An artist book from the London-born, New York-based artist presenting his altered washcloth assemblages. Printed as black-and-white photocopies on green, blue, grey and pink colored paper corresponding to the color of the work itself. Out of print.

Condition: New, still in shrinkwrap.
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The Dutch artist Willem Oorebeek uses modern printing process such as lithography to manipulate and alter existing imagery and text such as advertisements and printed matter, exploring repetition, order, redaction and other themes. With essays by Camiel van Winkel and Wouter Davidts. This monograph, which is more of an artists' book than traditional artist survey, is from his 2008 exhibition at Culturgest in Lisbon. Out of print.

Condition: New, still in shrinkwrap.
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