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“in this thicket, each smallest branch, plant, fern, root --- must now be isolated, observed, picked over, measured, raised as though a word, an accuracy were a pincer!” -Charles Olson
On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing, edited by Joel Weishaus On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing, edited by Joel Weishaus
On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing, edited by Joel Weishaus
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Continuity and Control: The Dynamics of Sacred and Secular Art of Northeast New Guinea (J. Camp Associates, 1978). The traditional music of New Guinea has long fascinated us (the 6 volume series of LPs on Musicaphon and the 2 volume David Toop recor
Middlewest Magazine, No. 1 Spring. David Tamarkin, ed. Chicago, 2013. 10 recipes on card stock and title cardstock along with folding literary supplement in a cardboard sleeve with tie enclosure. Some minor staining to the envelope. Internals are fi
Celebration with Anais Nin, edited by Valerie Harms; Designed by Adele Aldridge (Magic Circle Press, 1973). A meeting at the _legendary_ Gotham Book Mart Gallery leads to a weekend of convergence leads to this document. Painters, sculptors, friends,
The Editors of Rodale Press, 20 Basics of Self-Sufficiency (Rodale Press, 1982). Third Printing. Got plans for Earth Day? Here are some plans--make your chimney more efficient, getting started with wind power, modular storage bins for root crops, br
Javanese Shadow Puppets. Ward Keeler, Oxford University Press Images of Asia Series, 1992. Wayang is the Javanese term for the dusk-til-dawn puppet performances still popular with Indonesian natives on ceremonially important days. Spectators watch th
Susan P. Schoelwer, ed. Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern & Inn Signs from the Connecticut Historical Society, (Princeton University Press, 2000). Jaw dropping folk art from the old weird america. Cover image is for Crofut's
Ian Monk & Daniel Levin Becker, eds. All That Is Evident Is Suspect: Readings from Oulipo 1963-2018 (McSweeney's, 2018). We're big fans of so many Oulipo writers, the project, the shape-shifting nature of literature. But where to start? Here wit
Manny Sievert, The Art of Log Building (TAB Books, 1982). _The_ reference for building a log cabin, starting with tools and ending with advanced building (dormers, side lofts, etc.). Hundreds of illustrations. Just simply everything you need to know
R. Murray Schafer, The Tuning of the World (McClelland and Stewart, 1977). Schafer writes of the calming, unifying power of the earth's natural soundscape. The opening page features a woodcut from 1617, with the world being tuned by a string instrum
Mark Holborn, Torsten Nystrom, eds. Propaganda: Photographs from Soviet Archives (Bonnier Books, 2007). Incredible delve into a Swedish archive of Soviet photographs. 285 pages of (mostly) uncredited work by some insanely talented photographs whose
Paul Haines, Stuart Broomer, ed. Secret Carnival Workers (H.Pal Productions, 2007). Evan Parker, Saxophone Solos (Incus, 1983 plain cover reisssue). A yeoman's job of editing, compiling, identifying, and publishing for this compilation of works by
Sol Lewitt, Bands of Color: One-, Two- Three-, and Four-Part Combinations of Vertical, Horizontal and Diagonal Left and Right Bands of Color 1993-94 (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999). 64 plates. Described above. That's it. #sollewitt #min
Virginia Brock, Anne Marie Jauss, illus., Pinatas (Abingdon Press, 1966). It's April and Easter is around the corner, so why not some family crafting time and history of the pinata? Also pictured, the original pignattas--clay pots broken by blindfol
Joel Weishaus, ed. On the Mesa: An Anthology of Bolinas Writing (City Lights Books, 1971). Awesome anthology of a great range of poets who congregated around Bolinas, California in the early 70s. Creeley, Kryger, Clark, Bergeson, and more. Except fr
Baum, L. Frank, Barry Moser, illus., The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (University of California Press, 1986). Trade edition of Barry Moser's epic Pennyroyal Press edition (which is beautiful, but maybe not in most folk's price range). We love Moser's boo
William Eggleston: The Hasselblad Award 1998 (Hasselblad Center/Scalo, 1999). Ever since encountering "The Red Ceiling" adorning the cover of Big Star's Radio City, we've been obsessed with the photographs of Eggleston. The dye-transfer pr