A collection of 49 issues (in 35 publications) of the influential film journal Film Culture, known for exploring avant-garde cinema in depth. The magazine was founded and edited by Jonas Mekas (1922-2019), also the founder of the Anthology Film Archives and considered to be the godfather of American avant-garde cinema. Fluxus artist George Maciunas did the layout for select issues, such as Nos. 15 to 23 and No. 30 in this collection. A total of 79 issues of Film Culture were published between 1954 and 1996. A special issue #80 on Barbara Rubin.....
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One of an edition of 500. Black and white images of German Shepherds and Pitbulls, and a series of blank astro-bright colored pages at the end of the book. The cover features a varnish-printed "2" not visible in the item photo.

Condition: Very Good, top back cover at spine is bumped/pinched.
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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 second issue with Elvira on the cover, photographed by Matt Irwin. Articles on "the women we love," Nicola Roberts, Mavi Staiano, Susanne Deeken, Holly Fulton, Franca & Carla Sozzani, Alex Prager, Pete Burns, Lisa Stansfield, Alice Hawkins as Dolly Parton, boxing/fashion photography by Ellen Von Unwerth, Felicity Hayward as Anna Nicole Smith, Dame Edna, Donatella Versace 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 1912 edition of what is considered to be the first English-language novel published in the United States by a Japanese writer. The text first appeared in 1901 serialized in two parts in Illustrated Monthly and was first published in book form in 1902 by Frederick A. Stokes. Marketed as the authentic diary of a young Japanese girl visiting the states, it was actually written by the prominent (male) Japanese author of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism Yonejir (Yone) Noguchi, also the father of the famous contemporary sculptor Isamu Noguchi.....
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The book-length catalog for the 11th Biennial in Lyon, France, including Buckminster Fuller, Katinka Bock, Marlene Dumas, Yona Friedman and The Otolith Group, among many others. Black and white reproductions. Text in French and English. With a custom-made protective mylar cover.

Condition: Very Good+, edges of boards are lightly rubbed.
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A 1969 issue printed on paper of various colors. Published from 1968-1969 in the East Bay, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, Black Politics was "a part of the Black liberation movement and believe[s] that freedom, justice, and equality must be attained by those means that the oppressed think necessary." This issue includes articles on the role of violence in revolutionary change, the strike as a tactic, Israel, terrorism and sabotage, an editorial on police murder, and an appeal to boycott Safeway, plus more.

Condition: Very Good+, edge toning.....
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The Laura Owens catalog from her 2017 restrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The first printing with unique silkscreened covers, all made in Owens' LA studio. Apparently the popularity of the book caught up with the idea to produce unique covers as later editions no longer included the silkscreen covers, but came with various stickers that could be affixed to make your own custom cover. More of artists' book than a traditonal retrospective monograph, it reproduces photographs, notes, documents and ephemera from her career with the artwork being.....
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With the full subtitle/description being: "Embracing a Complete Thanatopsis with Chapters Relating to Burial and Etiquette containing Monuments, Mausoleums, The Nameless Dead, Grave Errors to be Avoided, Letters of Condolence, Queen Victoria, Accessories and Amusements, Together with Funeral Parlor Games, Not Nearly Twenty Thousand Illustrations, The Whole Forming A Complete Guide to English Death, with Text & Collages by Derek Pell". One of 26 copies from the "special mummified edition" limited to 26 copies, lettered A-Z (this copy being "D"), and signed by the author ("festeringly yours"). Doktor Bey is.....
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The political magazine of Italy's cultural right. Text in Italian. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.

Condition: Very Good+, toning to newsprint pages.
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A book based on Swiss artists Fischli & Weiss' art project for the Ringier AG Annual Report 2007, edited by Kunsthalle Zurich Director and Ringier Collection Curator Beatrix Ruf. "The encyclopedic element in all Fischli & Weiss pieces is just as evident in this Annual Report which is best described as an encyclopedia, obtained from hundreds of magazines, of the temptations and yearnings that mark contemporary life. The artists clearly consider print ads the most powerful embodiment of the economic principle and show their fascination with the never-ending flood of.....
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The rare October, 1965 mimeographed second printing of the Fugs’ Songbook, from the counterculture NYC band founded in 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.

Condition: Good, a relatively large previous moisture staining to lower left corner, visible on all interior pages and front and back covers; the number "2" with a dash is written next to four songs in blue felt pen on the Table of Contents. Priced accordingly.
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The Walker Art Center published Design Quarterly from 1954-1993 which covered subjects such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, product and graphic design. This issue focused on the Thirteenth Triennale held in Milan in 1964, an international exhibition of architecture and decorative arts. The United States participated for the first time at the Thirteenth Triennale, a representation organized by the designer Jack Lenor Larsen. With silver metallic printing on the cover and a few interior pages.

Condition: Very Good, very faint scuffing to front cover; soft crease to top corner.....
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