World Food Books

20,000 A.D.
by Edward Sanders

1967, English
Softcover, 100 pages, 23 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by North Atlantic Books / Vermont

$40.00 - In stock -

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First edition of 20,000 A.D., a collection of poetry from the 1960s—70s by founder of Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, and the Fugs, Ed Sanders, published by North Atlantic Books, Vermont, in 1976. Deeply influenced by the work of Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, and Allen Ginsberg, Sanders helped bridge the concerns of Beat poetry and the countercultural movement of the 1960s. Sanders discussed his approach to investigative poetry: “Nonfiction is a kind of map of fragments of information sequenced together, like an elegant baklava with layers of meaning,” he alleged. “You have to think of different arrays of sequencing information … You have to make an apt choice, or an artistic choice, or an aesthetic choice about what you put in—and what you leave out. It’s an art form when to say no. Especially in investigative poetry, it’s a mission.”

Very Good copy, light tanning.

File under: Ed Sanders North Atlantic Books / Vermont Counterculture Out-of-print / Rare Fiction / Poetry Poetry

Raymond Pettibon
Exterminating The Eagles

1985, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 28 pages, 21.5 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by SST Publications / Lawndale

$400.00 - In stock -

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Rare early Raymond Pettibon zine from 1985 for SST Publications, Lawdale, California. "Limited to five hundred copies (of which some four hundred were destroyed)", "Exterminating The Eagles" reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged, graphic fables for which Pettibon is famed.

Hand-numbered by Pettibon in red ink #120 of 500.

In Exterminating the Eagles, Raymond Pettibon tackles race, violence and inner city crime using his spare, expressive ink drawings. Subjects include a White Power shop owner, a sourpuss grandmother, Nancy Reagan and Hitler. Pettibon notes, “Unauthorized duplication is unAmerican, i.e., unprofitable.”

Known for his poetic and anarchic collisions of "high" and "low" cultural forms, Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-1970s with his raw, literary-inflected imagery making zines published by his brother's record label SST Publications, fliers, and other ephemera within the SoCal punk scene, for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Minutemen... "His work became identified with a brash and iconoclastic visual style that would influence and speak for an entire generation of disaffected youth … He stands alongside a generation of Los Angeles artists who have tackled the dissolution of American idealism head-on using fragments of its own visual culture." Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon.

Guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number twenty-two in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98").

Good copy, wear around the edges, especially the spine, still holding together but with some splitting. General toning/marking/wear from age. Preserved in archival mylar with backing board.

File under: Raymond Pettibon SST Publications / Lawndale Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Art Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Counterculture

Raymond Pettibon
The Express Sex Train

1985, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 28 pages, 21.5 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by SST Publications / Lawndale

$440.00 - In stock -

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Very rare early Raymond Pettibon zine from 1985 for SST Publications, Lawdale, California. "Limited to five hundred copies (of which some four hundred were destroyed)", "The Express Sex Train" reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged drawings.

Hand-numbered by Pettibon in red ink #426 of 500.

Known for his poetic and anarchic collisions of "high" and "low" cultural forms, Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-1970s with his raw, literary-inflected imagery making zines published by his brother's record label SST Publications, fliers, and other ephemera within the SoCal punk scene, for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Minutemen... "His work became identified with a brash and iconoclastic visual style that would influence and speak for an entire generation of disaffected youth … He stands alongside a generation of Los Angeles artists who have tackled the dissolution of American idealism head-on using fragments of its own visual culture." Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon.

Guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number twenty-two in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98").

Good copy with wear around the edges, still with solid binding. General toning/marking/wear from age. Preserved in archival mylar with backing board.

File under: Raymond Pettibon SST Publications / Lawndale Sound / Music Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Out-of-print / Rare Art Counterculture

Raymond Pettibon
Pig Cupid

1985, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 28 pages, 21.5 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by SST Publications / Lawndale

$400.00 - In stock -

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Very rare early Raymond Pettibon zine from 1985 for SST Publications, Lawdale, California. "Limited to five hundred copies (of which some four hundred were destroyed)", "The Express Sex Train" reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged, graphic fables for which Pettibon is famed.

Hand-numbered by Pettibon in red ink #88 of 500.

The plaintive cover image of Pig Cupid is captioned “Why do I dream of undertow when I don’t even know what it is?” This zine, by punk artist Raymond Pettibon, deals with violent love and toxic relationships. Many of the women within have been violated, deserted, shot, bought or sold, but Pettibon’s fluid line drawings capture the inexplicable pull of desire, even against a woman’s better judgement. Cupid, argues Pettibon, is a pig.

Known for his poetic and anarchic collisions of "high" and "low" cultural forms, Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-1970s with his raw, literary-inflected imagery making zines published by his brother's record label SST Publications, fliers, and other ephemera within the SoCal punk scene, for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Minutemen... "His work became identified with a brash and iconoclastic visual style that would influence and speak for an entire generation of disaffected youth … He stands alongside a generation of Los Angeles artists who have tackled the dissolution of American idealism head-on using fragments of its own visual culture." Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon.

Guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number twenty-two in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98").

Good copy with wear around the edges, still with solid binding. General toning/marking/wear from age. Preserved in archival mylar with backing board.

File under: Raymond Pettibon SST Publications / Lawndale Out-of-print / Rare Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Art Counterculture Sound / Music

EROS No. 1
Spring 1962

1962, English
Hardcover, 90 pages, 32.3 x 24.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Eros Magazine / New York

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Volume One, No. 1, Spring 1962 issue of the legendary, short-lived and controversial Eros magazine, published by Ralph Ginzburg and art director Herb Lubalin, a quarterly and revolutionary hardbound periodical containing articles and photo-essays on love and sex. Besides the learned introductions and publication of classical erotica, Eros covered stories about sexual practices that were until then piously hidden from the public eye. Although there was hardly a hint of pornography in the journal, it was explicit enough to trigger fatally the puritanical reflexes rooted so deeply in American culture. Eros was beset by legal and financial problems. The magazine closed down after four issues, partly because it was so expensive to produce, but primarily because Ginsburg, as editor, was absurdly convicted under federal obscenity laws for the fourth issue, which featured a naked, bi-racial couple embracing.

Eros was one of a group of vanguard publications created by Ginzberg and Lubalin in the 1960s-1970s, including fact: and Avant-Garde, that became iconic in the history of graphic design, ushering in a new generation of artistic publishing that was intelligent, humorous and caustically critical of American society and government via the bold and sensitive typographical approach synonymous with the work of the great Lubalin.

Good copy with light wear to hardcovers, some wear to board edges, light foxing/toning.

File under: Ralph Ginzburg Herb Lubalin Ralph Ginzburg Eros Magazine / New York Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Eros Sociology / Politics Counterculture Gender Studies / Sexuality

EROS No. 4
Winter 1962

1962, English
Hardcover, 90 pages, 32.3 x 24.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Eros Magazine / New York

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Volume One, No. 4, Winter 1962 issue of the legendary, short-lived and controversial Eros magazine, published by Ralph Ginzburg and art director Herb Lubalin, a quarterly and revolutionary hardbound periodical containing articles and photo-essays on love and sex. Besides the learned introductions and publication of classical erotica, Eros covered stories about sexual practices that were until then piously hidden from the public eye. Although there was hardly a hint of pornography in the journal, it was explicit enough to trigger fatally the puritanical reflexes rooted so deeply in American culture. Eros was beset by legal and financial problems. The magazine closed down after four issues, partly because it was so expensive to produce, but primarily because Ginsburg, as editor, was absurdly convicted under federal obscenity laws for the fourth issue, which featured a naked, bi-racial couple embracing.

Eros was one of a group of vanguard publications created by Ginzberg and Lubalin in the 1960s-1970s, including fact: and Avant-Garde, that became iconic in the history of graphic design, ushering in a new generation of artistic publishing that was intelligent, humorous and caustically critical of American society and government via the bold and sensitive typographical approach synonymous with the work of the great Lubalin.

Very Good copy with light foxing/toning.

File under: Ralph Ginzburg Herb Lubalin Ralph Ginzburg Eros Magazine / New York Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Eros Sociology / Politics Counterculture Gender Studies / Sexuality

These Are Drugs: A Photo Look at the Roots of Modern Disease
by Kazuo Kenmochi

1984 / 1995, Japanese
Softcover (w. dust jacket), 144 pages, 21.3 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Rippu Shobo / Japan

$140.00 - Out of stock

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First 1984 edition of this seldom seen photo book by Japanese photographer Kazuo Kenmochi, These Are Drugs: A Photographic Look at the Roots of Modern Disease. Kazuo Kenmochi, an extraordinary figure in Japanese photography, published three ground-breaking photo books that rank as some of the most comprehensive books on drug addiction ever published — Narcotic Photographic Document, Narcotic '61-'72, and Narcotic Damage in Japan (published 1963 through to 1975). These illuminating books of frontline photo-reportage detail the drug culture in Japan in the early 1960s that was spread by U.S. soldiers after the war. A photo artist with direct access as photographer for the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Police Agency, Kenmochi captures all the aspects of the culture from drug production, to distribution, to use, addiction, withdrawal, overdose, raids, seizure, arrests, incarceration, all in great detail. Alongside incredible photo documents of addicts in varying states of disarray, the books photographically documents the seizures, identifies the drug types/variations, paraphernalia, the methods of use, the signs of use on the body, and charts their origins in nature and distribution. Kenmochi's comprehensive observations, ingeniously utilising methods of identity abstraction and provocative photographic techniques used in erotic photography (a field he was active in), to confidentially capture drug use through stark and very intimate moments with users. This 1984 volume collects a selection of the images (vivid colour and b/w) from these highly sought after books into one concise softcover volume.

First 1984 edition, 1995 printing.
Fine—As New in NF dust jacket, preserved under mylar dust jacket, light creasing.

File under: Kazuo Kenmochi Kazuo Kenmochi Rippu Shobo / Japan Crime / Violence Out-of-print / Rare Sociology / Politics Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Japanese Photography Photography Drugs / Psychedelia Counterculture

SALE2 NO.36
Female Foot Fetishism Special Issue

1989, Japanese
Softcover, 208 pages, 13 x 18 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$70.00 - In stock -

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Issue No.36 of the great SALE2 periodical from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1984 by Makoto Orui, who later became art director for Purple magazine in France and Rockin’on magazine in Japan. SALE2 was active for about 14 years during the 1980s—1990s, published regularly as a sort-of fanzine/journal/catalogue/pocket-book by Fiction, Inc., a specialty shop and publisher of fetish and erotica in Tokyo in the 1980-90s. With Orui's distinct design SALE2 developed an exclusive curated editorial set on ‘erotisism and its spiritual philosophy’, with each issue exploring different themes and features, heavy on fetishism and erotic art.

Issue No.36, the "Female Foot Fetishism Special Issue" with the wonderful wraparound Pierre Molinier cover is packed with imagery and essays around the theme of "Foot and Fetish Heel" throughout history, literature, film and fetish publishing, etc. profusely illustrated with drawings, photography, bondage illustrations, film stills, catalogue clippings, and artworks, including works by Bill Ward, Pierre Molinier, Nobuyoshi Araki, and so many more. It also features the Fiction, Inc. section that samples a cross-section of content from catalogue publications including the work of John Willie, Bill Ward, Carlo, Eric Stanton, Irving Claw, Betty Page, and periodicals such as Rubber Magazine, Amateur Bondage, Bizarre Comix, Bizarre Classix, Bizarre Fotos, Stiletto, and much more... Very heavily illustrated throughout with erotic photography and artwork, all texts in Japanese.

Very Good copy.

File under: Bill Ward Pierre Molinier Nobuyoshi Araki John Willie Carlo Eric Stanton Irving Claw Betty Page Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Fetishism / BDSM Eros Japanese Photography Photography Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Counterculture Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Fashion LGBTQ+ Surrealism Theory / Essay

T.A.Z. : The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism
by Hakim Bey

1985 / 2001, English
Softcover, 148 pages, 11.4 x 17.2 cm
Published by Autonomedia / New York

$29.00 - Out of stock

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"A Blake Angel on Bad Acid" — Robert Anton Wilson
"Fascinating..." — William Burroughs
"Who is Hakim Bey? I love him!" — Timothy Leary

Back in print — the underground cult bestseller and first book by anarchist writer and poet Hakim Bey (Peter Lamborn Wilson) published in 1991 by Autonomedia. Originally published in 1985 and circulated in the underground via small private and pirate editions, these texts were an inspiration for a generation of troublemakers and idealists. Both celebrated in the punk underground (where the original book has become a seminal text) and denounced in some anarchist circles, the book has proved itself as both influential and relevant to multiple generations of dreamers, agitators, and activists.

Essays that redefine the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipes for poetic terror, anarcho-black magic, post-situ psychotropic surgery, denunciations of spiritual addictions to vapid infotainment cults — this is the bastard classic, the watermark impressed upon our minds. Where conscience informs praxis, and action infects consciousness, T.A.Z. is beginning to worm its way into above-ground culture. This book offers inspired blasts of writing, from slogans to historical essays, on the need to insert revolutionary happiness into everyday life through poetic action, and celebrating the radical optimism present in outlaw cultures. It should appeal to alternative thinkers and punks everywhere, as it celebrates liberation, love and poetic living.

This new edition contains the full text of "Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism", the complete "Communiques of the Association for Ontological Anarchy", and the new long essay "The Temporary Autonomous Zone", and a new preface by the author.

Very Good copy with some light wear.

File under: Hakim Bey Autonomedia / New York Theory / Essay Counterculture Anarchism Sociology / Politics

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 3 (Shūji Terayama)
February, 1970 (Eros and Theater)

1970, Japanese
Softcover, 300 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

$240.00 - In stock -

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Very rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 3, 1970, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With gorgeous graphic design and (Aleister Crowley) cover by graphic designer Heikichi Harata, this issue's special feature is ‘Eros and Theater’, edited by Shūji Terayama and Masahiko Akuta with contributions by Terayama, photographer Hajime Sawatari, writer Taruho Inagaki, director Takahiko Iimura, anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, playwright Yasunari Takahashi, director and cinematographer Sakumi Hagiwara, film director Nobuhiro Kawanaka, playwright Rio Kishida, and many others. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki Heikichi Harata Tadanori Yokoo Yasunari Takahashi Takahiko Iimura Hajime Sawatari Izumi Suzuki Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Eros Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Art Performance / Dance / Theater Theory / Essay Film / Video Occult / Esoterica Counterculture

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 5 (Shūji Terayama)
August, 1972 (City Drama / Human-powered airplane Solomon)

1972, Japanese
Softcover, 340 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

$120.00 - In stock -

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Rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 5, 1972, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With iconic cover photography by Shūji Terayama, this issue's special feature is ‘City Drama / Human-powered airplane Solomon’, with contributions by Terayama, artsit Jiro Takamatsu, butoh dancer and choreographer Akira Kasai, actress Eiko Kujo, photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, film director Nobuhiro Kawanaka, playwright Yutaka Higashi, film critic Shigechika Sato, musician J. A. Seazer, musician Shigeo Takenaga, musician Norihito Inaba, photographer Hiroshi Yamazaki, and many others. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki Jiro Takamatsu Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuhiro Kawanaka Akira Kasai Yutaka Higashi Eiko Kujo J. A. Seazer Norihito Inaba Shigeo Takenaga Hiroshi Yamazaki Izumi Suzuki Shigechika Sato Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Art Performance / Dance / Theater Out-of-print / Rare Film / Video Theory / Essay Periodicals Eros Counterculture

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 6 (Shūji Terayama)
August, 1973 (New Trends in Overseas Theater)

1973, Japanese
Softcover, 340 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

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Very rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 6, 1973, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With iconic cover photography by Shūji Terayama, this issue's special feature is ‘New Trends in Overseas Theater’, with contributions by Terayama, musician J. A. Seazer, musician Norihito Inaba, photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, actor Hideaki Sasaki, producer and actress Eiko Kujo, artist Nobuo Sasaki, and many others. Includes in-depth features and interviews on the work of theatre directors Jérôme Savary, Robert Wilson, and Mario Ricci and photo-reports the activities of independent theatre companies around the world, including Teatro Abaco (Rome), Atelje 212 (Belgrade), Teatr Laboratorium (Wrocław), La Mamma Theatre (New York), Forum Theater (Berlin), Odin Teatret (Holstebro), Stichting Mickery Workshop (Antwerp), making it a very valuable resource on the subject. There are also photo reports and scripts on the performances of Tenjō Sajiki, including works performed overseas. Incredible rare performance documents. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki J. A. Seazer Nobuyoshi Araki Hideaki Sasaki Nobuo Sasaki Eiko Kujo Norihito Inaba Jérôme Savary Robert Wilson Mario Ricci Teatro Abaco Atelje 212 Teatr Laboratorium La Mamma Theatre Forum Theater Odin Teatret Stichting Mickery Workshop Tadanori Yokoo Kaoru Abe Izumi Suzuki Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Art Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Eros Counterculture

Apocalypse Culture
Edited by Adam Parfrey

1990, English
Softcover, 362 pages, 21.6 x 24 cm
Reprint,
Out of print title / used / good
Published by Feral House / Los Angeles

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"Apocalypse Culture is compulsory reading for all those concerned with the crisis of our times. An extraordinary collection unlike anything I have ever encountered. These are the terminal documents of the twentieth century."—J.G. Ballard

Two thousand years have passed since the death of Christ and the world is going mad. Nihilist prophets, born-again pornographers, transcendental schizophrenics and just plain folks are united in their belief in an imminent global catastrophe. What are the forces lurking behind this mass delirium?

APOCALYPSE CULTURE is a startling, absorbing and exhaustive tour through the nether regions of today’s psychotic brainscape.

First published in 1987, APOCALYPSE CULTURE immediately touched a nerve. Alternately excoriated and lauded as “epochal”, “the most important book of the decade,” APOCALYPSE CULTURE had begun to articulate what many inwardly sensed — the-fear inspired irrationalism and faith, the clash of irreconcilable forces, and the ever-looming specter of fin de race. In its present incarnation for Feral House, APOCALYPSE CULTURE has significantly increased in size, taking on new perspectives on our current crisis, with pertinent revisions of many articles from the original edition.—burb from this expanded and revised 1990 edition.

As New.

File under: Peter Sotos Joe Bradley Peter Sotos Adam Parfrey John Zerzan Hakim Bey Paul Lemos Thomas McEvilley Feral House / Los Angeles Fiction / Poetry Art Eros Counterculture Sound / Music Out-of-print / Rare Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Crime / Violence Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic Film / Video Theory / Essay Anarchism

The Occult Harry Smith: The Magical and Alchemical Work of an Artist of the Extremes
by Harry Smith; Edited by Peter Valente

2025, English
Softcover, 384 pages, 23 x 15.24 cm
Published by Park Street Press / Vermont

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An unusual collection of writing by and about mystic artist Harry Smith. Explores in depth the occult and mystical side of Smith—his “heaven and earth magic”—focusing on how his varied artistic efforts were part of a comprehensive magical and alchemical practice. Includes unpublished photos of and letters from Smith, rare interviews, one of his unpublished texts, and essays by scholars and friends.

Harry Smith (1923–1991) was a legendary twentieth-century artist, filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and archivist. Especially well known for his Anthology of American Folk Music, innovative abstract realms, and extraordinary collection of paper airplanes now housed at the Getty Research Institute, Smith also had a deep esoteric and mystical side, with experimentation in magic, Tarot, Kabbalah, and other occult practices. Like other alchemists, Smith’s life mission was to create a unified work from disparate elements, a synthesis of correspondences between seemingly unrelated topics—from music, string figures, and Seminole patterns to the relationship between sound and film imagery.

Presenting the most diverse collection of writings about Harry Smith, this volume explores the far-ranging esoteric themes that run throughout his art and career. The book includes never-before-seen photos, rare interviews, personal letters, and an unpublished text by Harry Smith, The 96 Apparitions of the 96 Alchemical Formulae (1 to 36), as well as personal reminiscences from Smith’s friends and former students. Smith’s groundbreaking mystical wisdom, "heaven and earth magic," and influence as an artist of the extremes leap from the pages in this book, confirming his contribution to art, music, film, and modern alchemy.

“Alchemist, magician, filmmaker, artist, mystic, anthropologist, collector, rebel, eternal omnivore, and 20th-century Renaissance man, Harry Smith was many things to many people, and this outstanding collection of lovingly written testimonies pays tribute to Harry with wit, respect, love, and laser-like precision. It is absolutely impossible to forget any interaction you had with Harry—and the beautiful tales in this remarkably readable and heartfelt book will have you awestruck, laughing out loud, and hungry for more. Perhaps the best collection of writings about one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures the world has ever known.” ― John Zorn, American composer

“The Occult Harry Smith explores so many fascinating aspects of Harry Smith that have yet to be explored! Through a panoply of voices gathered in this volume, we get firsthand accounts and informed explorations that delve deep into the magician and trickster Harry Smith. Essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about this enigmatic and influential figure who lived his life on the edge and for his art.” ― Rani Singh, director of the Harry Smith Archives

“Through his alchemical metaphors and deep appreciation for cultural diversity, Smith’s work continues to influence new generations eager to learn more about his gentle blurring of the boundaries between art and magic. The Occult Harry Smith is a highly inspiring anthology and an invaluable glimpse into the timeless cosmic prism that was the mind of this polymath magus.” ― Carl Abrahamsson, author of Meetings with Remarkable Magicians and Occulture

“The world is blessed unknown when a Harry Smith enters it, and we are fortunate that enough individuals notice, to record his presence among them. One can only gain—and gain much—from reading this prismatic collection of fascinating views on the polymathic shaman of the city. Smith: all profit with no risk, other than the effect of enlightenment, a mere byproduct of gazing at his mighty works.”―Tobias Churton, author of Aleister Crowley in England, Aleister Crowley in Paris, and Aleister Crowley...

“This invaluable collection comes at the right time, as interest in Harry Smith’s life expands and his manifold work reaches new and ever-growing audiences. Offered up by the people who knew him best, this volume provides new and nuanced perspectives on Harry Smith: the man, the polymath, the sage."―John Klacsmann, archivist at Anthology Film Archives

“The Occult Harry Smith is a long overdue deep dive into this particular aspect of a wonderful, remarkable, and insufferable genius and polymath. In addition, by bringing together the memories and observations of an impressive, indeed close-to-definitive, collection of acolytes, scholars, and friends (not to mention photographic treasures and unpublished texts), Peter Valente presents an unexpected delight in this wide-ranging compendium—endlessly illuminating (as was Harry)—a posthumous banquet.”―Simon Pettet, poet and author of Hearth, As A Bee, and More Winnowed Fragments
About the Author

Harry Smith (1923-1991) was a filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, alchemist, and artist of the twentieth century.

Peter Valente is a writer, editor, translator, and filmmaker. He was born in Salerno, Italy, in 1970 and grew up in New Jersey. The author of 12 books and the translator of several influential works, including Gérard de Nerval’s The Illuminated, he lives in North Carolina.

File under: Harry Smith Peter Valente Harry Smith Park Street Press / Vermont Sound / Music Film / Video Occult / Esoterica Theory / Essay Art Counterculture

Fool's Mate "Special Stock" 1978—79
Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde"

1979, Japanese
Softcover, 240 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

$80.00 - In stock -

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Rare "Special Stock" compendium book by the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This special three issue collection combines Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde". Says it all really. Incredible in-depth, encyclopaedic features on Derek Bailey (full biography and discograohy), British avant-garde/free music/jazz/avant-rock/R.I.O./Canterbury (Bailey, Henry Cow, Daevid Allen/Gong, Lol Coxhill, Soft Machine, Company, Slapp Happy, Keith Tippett, National Health, Evan Parker, Art Bears, King Crimson, Hatfield and The North, Kew Rhone, National Health, Robert Wyatt, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Incus Records, Ogun Records, etc.), R.I.O. expanded (Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, ZNR, The Residents, Albert Marcoeur, Stormy Six, Etron Fou Leloublan, Samla Mammas Manna, etc.), plus features and articles on Robert Fripp, Atoll, Annette Peacock, Italian Prog, Gloria Mundi, Peter Hammill, Ashra, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Van Der Graaf, Genesis, Vangelis, Peter Gabriel, New Spanish Rock, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aubrey Beardsley Kuniyoshi Kaneko Hans Bellmer Fernand Khnopff Charles Ricketts Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ashra Ash Ra Temple Manuel Göttsching Derek Bailey Henry Cow Daevid Allen Gong Lol Coxhill Soft Machine Company Slapp Happy Keith Tippett National Health Evan Parker Robert Wyatt Spontaneous Music Ensemble Incus Records Ogun Records King Crimson Robert Fripp Atoll Annette Peacock Gloria Mundi Peter Hammill Brian Eno Van der Graaf Generator Genesis Vangelis Peter Gabriel Univers Zero Art Zoyd ZNR The Residents Albert Marcoeur Stormy Six Etron Fou Leloublan Samla Mammas Manna Tony Banks Masami Akita (Merzbow) Masashi Kitamura Fool's Mate / Tokyo Eros Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Theory / Essay Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Counterculture

Bizarre Magazine
July 1991

1991, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 210 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$55.00 - In stock -

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July 1991 issue of Bizarre Magazine, Japan's first glossy magazine devoted fully to all things "bizarre culture" and the new fetish subculture that exploded in the 1990's, published by manga (and SM Fan) publisher Tsukasa Shobo from 1990—2000s. "Fetish, bondage, psycho eros, and body arts". Profusely illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w photoshoots styled with fetish fashion materials and costume — models and Japanese AV/pink film idols in rubber, pvc, leather, boots, high heels, corsets, etc. covering all manner of fetishes and cos-themes from cyberpunk to medical, body art, cross-dressing, lesbianism, fem-dom, scene reports from around the world, dominatrix profiles and interviews, lots of manga, articles, stories, advice columns, DIY tutorials, and packed with wild ads for sex clubs, dungeons, bars, bookstores, video catalogues, toys, fashions, reviews of cult books and film, european imports, classifieds, all heavy with illustrations and hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. Each issue was overseen by a rotating group of editors, this issue including material by Kinichi Tanaka, Kaoru Hanano, Ryoko Narumi, Koji Yokoyama, Hitomi Nishina, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Domu Kitahara, Kazuya Ota, Erina, Jiro Ishikawa, Nao Saejima, and many more... Much like SM Sniper, Bizarre Magazine favoured the exploration of new innovations of fetish and underground sex culture, emphasising the work of the models, stylists, make-up artists, and fashion designers, as much as the writers or photographers, encompassing the entire "new wave" of SM counterculture embedded in underground music, film, fashion and visual art at the dawn of the 90's.

Cover statement: "BIZARRE is not S&M. For the above reason, we produced this magazine. This magazine is the first magazine of BIZARRE in Japan. BIZARRE is based on FETISHISM. Bondage, too, is a kind of fetishism in the field of BIZARRE. Costume and material are the most important. For instance, they are leather, rubber, P.V.C. and satin corset, high heels, boots and so on."

Very Good copy.

File under: Masami Akita (Merzbow) Merzbow Kinichi Tanaka Kaoru Hanano Ryoko Narumi Koji Yokoyama Hitomi Nishina Domu Kitahara Rudolf Schwarzkogler Kazuya Ota Erina Jiro Ishikawa Nao Saejima Masami Akita (Merzbow) Kazuya Ota Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Eros Japanese Photography Photography Counterculture Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater

Amateur Bondage Vol. 2
From the Archives of Irving Klaw

1979, English
Softcover (staple-bound),
Published by Belier Press / New York

$120.00 - In stock -

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First 1979 edition of Amateur Bondage Vol. 2, collecting almost 250 photographs of women in bondage from the extensive photography archives of Irving Klaw. "All Genuine, all original"! Wildly creative image making by non-professional photographers, models and fetish enthusiasts, which were originally sold through mail-order c. 1950-1956 by the late Klaw.

Irving Klaw (1910-1966), self-named the "Pin-up King", was a hugely influential American merchant of sexploitation, fetish, and Hollywood glamour pin-up photographs and films. In the history of heterosexual BDSM in the 20th century, Klaw was a curious paradox. He was a non-kinky person who produced and sold arguably more BDSM imagery than anyone before or since. He became a symbol for the cause of sexual freedom, and a martyr to anti-sex initiatives by the Federal government, yet he was non-political, uninterested in activism and never intended to be a martyr for anything. He was a business man who came from humble, working-class beginnings. Klaw worked closely with models like Bettie Page, June King, Joan Rydell, Jackie Miller, et al. for his photography and films. Inspired by John Willie, Klaw also commissioned and distributed illustrated adventure/bondage chapter serials by fetish artists Eric Stanton, Gene Bilbrew, Adolfo Ruiz, and others. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Pérez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years.

Very Good copy with some general light wear/foxing. Sample image only. This copy sold through sold through Tokyo's Fiction Inc. shop distributor and has original shop stamp to colophon section.

File under: Irving Klaw Belier Press / New York Eros Photography Out-of-print / Rare Counterculture Fetishism / BDSM Transgressive / Visceral / Abject

Bondage Fantasy (SALE2 Special Issue)
cover by Tadanori Yokoo

1991, Japanese
Softcover, unpaginated, 26 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$140.00 - Out of stock

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Stunning special ocer-sized edition of the great SALE2 periodical from Tokyo Japan, dedicated to the theme of Bondage Fantasy. With cover design by Tadanori Yokoo and design by Makoto Ohrui and edited by Japanese novelist Mari Akasaka, this 1991 volume is profusely illustrated throughout showcasing the erotic illustration and photography of artists John Willie, Irving Klaw, Eric Stanton, ENEG, Jim, Bill Ward, Jay, Tealdo, Europa, Gilles Berquet, Wolfgang Eicher. Perfectly compiled in the way SALE2 did so well, with elegant scrapbook style, dense with imagery, blown-up, full-bleed reproductions from many publications, and although a primarily visual volume packed cover-to-cover with illustrations, it also features a number of interviews with the artists in Japanese. Highly recommended!

Published regularly as a sort-of fanzine/journal/catalogue/pocket-book by Fiction, Inc., a specialty shop and publisher of fetish and erotica in Tokyo in the 1980-90s. Each issue covers different themes and features, heavy on fetishism.

Mari Akasaka (b. 1964) is a Japanese novelist born in Suginami, Tokyo, and studied Politics in the Law Department at Keio University. In 1999 her novel Vibrator was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize, which was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki. She was again nominated for the Akutagawa prize in 2000 for her novel, Muse, and won the Noma Literary Prize for New Writers for the same novel.

Very Good copy, well preserved.

File under: Tadanori Yokoo John Willie Irving Klaw Eric Stanton Jim Bill Ward Jay Tealdo Europa Gilles Berquet Wolfgang Eicher Makoto Ohrui Eneg ENEG Mari Akasaka Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Eros Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Photography Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Drawing Art Fashion LGBTQ+ Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Fetishism / BDSM Counterculture

The Dome Cookbook
by Steve Baer

1969, English
Softcover (newsprint newspaper), 40 pages, 28 x 38 cm
1st Edition, third print,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Cookbook Fund — Lama Foundation / New Mexico

$380.00 - Out of stock

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The seminal, now very rare, Dome Cookbook — the first widely-read dome instruction manual, created by the founder of Zomeworks Corp, Solar Pioneer, a resident of Drop City, and beatnik architect and engineer Steve Baer in New Mexico in 1968, and a legendary piece of counterculture publishing. Baer’s eccentric, over-sized, hand-lettered 1968 work was written with daring, unskilled builders in mind as its audience — the back-to-the-land movement. "You don’t need to know that much, you just need to go ahead and try it out." Filled with diagram's and photographs, particularly in Drop City, a hippie community founded in 1966 in southern Colorado, Dome Cookbook encouraged the resourcefulness and innovation Baer found essential in his own experiments and elaborations on Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic forms and the creation of his own geodesic-inspired "zome". Published by Cookbook Fund — Lama Foundation, in New Mexico in 1969, in this first edition, third print.

Very Good copy with tanning and some light edge wear.

File under: Steve Baer Steve Baer Cookbook Fund — Lama Foundation / New Mexico Counterculture Ecology Anarchism Out-of-print / Rare Ecology / Earth

GOTHIC & LOLITA Bible vol.2
August 2001 (w. pattern supplement)

2001, Japanese
Softcover (w. pattern sheet), 122 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Index Communications / Tokyo

$75.00 - Out of stock

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Very early Volume 2, August 2001 issue of the cult Harajuku fashion magazine, Gothic & Lolita Bible. Founded by Mariko Suzuki in 2001, Gothic & Lolita Bible was quarterly fashion subculture magazine/book ("mook") devoted entirely to the growing popularity in Japan for lolita fashion in all its myriad variations. The first of its kind, it became the bible for Harajuku's lolita princesses (and a collector's item for cosplay enthusiasts), each glossy issue packed to the brim with colour photographs and heavily illustrated features — fashion shoots of girls in cemeteries and junk yards or at tea-parties and playing with dolls, endless fashion catalogues and shop listings for Japan's lolita and gothic underground clothing and jewellery labels, articles on etiquette and style, Harajuku Gothic & Lolita street photography, goth nightclubs, lolita idols, accessories, DIY sewing patterns, books, films, sticker sheets, customised "punk" teddybears, manga by illustrator Mitsukazu Mihara, lots of lace, leather, corsets, umbrellas, tartan, medical fetish, cute desserts, and anything else the casual or discerning Victorian Maiden or urban Alice could need!

Very Good copy. This copy with inserted garment pattern still enclosed.

File under: Mitsukazu Mihara Index Communications / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Counterculture Fashion

GOTHIC & LOLITA Bible vol. 5
September 2002 (w. sticker supplement)

2002, Japanese
Softcover (w. sticker insert), 122 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Index Communications / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Volume 5, September 2002 issue of the cult Harajuku fashion magazine, Gothic & Lolita Bible. Founded by Mariko Suzuki in 2001, Gothic & Lolita Bible was quarterly fashion subculture magazine/book ("mook") devoted entirely to the growing popularity in Japan for lolita fashion in all its myriad variations. The first of its kind, it became the bible for Harajuku's lolita princesses (and a collector's item for cosplay enthusiasts), each glossy issue packed to the brim with colour photographs and heavily illustrated features — fashion shoots of girls in cemeteries and junk yards or at tea-parties and playing with dolls, endless fashion catalogues and shop listings for Japan's lolita and gothic underground clothing and jewellery labels, articles on etiquette and style, Harajuku Gothic & Lolita street photography, goth nightclubs, lolita idols, accessories, DIY sewing patterns, books, films, sticker sheets, customised "punk" teddybears, manga by illustrator Mitsukazu Mihara, lots of lace, leather, corsets, umbrellas, tartan, medical fetish, cute desserts, and anything else the casual or discerning Victorian Maiden or urban Alice could need!

Very Good copy. This copy with a GOTHIC & LOLITA Bible dress-ups sticker sheet insert.

File under: Mitsukazu Mihara Index Communications / Tokyo Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Counterculture Fashion

GOTHIC & LOLITA Bible vol.12
April 2004

2004, Japanese
Softcover, 122 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Index Communications / Tokyo

$60.00 - Out of stock

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Volume 12, April 2004 issue of the cult Harajuku fashion magazine, Gothic & Lolita Bible. Founded by Mariko Suzuki in 2001, Gothic & Lolita Bible was quarterly fashion subculture magazine/book ("mook") devoted entirely to the growing popularity in Japan for lolita fashion in all its myriad variations. The first of its kind, it became the bible for Harajuku's lolita princesses (and a collector's item for cosplay enthusiasts), each glossy issue packed to the brim with colour photographs and heavily illustrated features — fashion shoots of girls in cemeteries and junk yards or at tea-parties and playing with dolls, endless fashion catalogues and shop listings for Japan's lolita and gothic underground clothing and jewellery labels, articles on etiquette and style, Harajuku Gothic & Lolita street photography, goth nightclubs, lolita idols, accessories, DIY sewing patterns, books, films, sticker sheets, customised "punk" teddybears, manga by illustrator Mitsukazu Mihara, lots of lace, leather, corsets, umbrellas, tartan, medical fetish, cute desserts, and anything else the casual or discerning Victorian Maiden or urban Alice could need!

Very Good copy.

File under: Mitsukazu Mihara Index Communications / Tokyo Periodicals Counterculture Fashion

GOTHIC & LOLITA Bible vol. 32
March 2009 (w. pattern + sticker supplement)

2009, Japanese
Softcover (w. sticker insert and pattern sheet), 130 pages, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Index Communications / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Volume 32, March 2009 issue of the cult Harajuku fashion magazine, Gothic & Lolita Bible. Founded by Mariko Suzuki in 2001, Gothic & Lolita Bible was quarterly fashion subculture magazine/book ("mook") devoted entirely to the growing popularity in Japan for lolita fashion in all its myriad variations. The first of its kind, it became the bible for Harajuku's lolita princesses (and a collector's item for cosplay enthusiasts), each glossy issue packed to the brim with colour photographs and heavily illustrated features — fashion shoots of girls in cemeteries and junk yards or at tea-parties and playing with dolls, endless fashion catalogues and shop listings for Japan's lolita and gothic underground clothing and jewellery labels, articles on etiquette and style, Harajuku Gothic & Lolita street photography, goth nightclubs, lolita idols, accessories, DIY sewing patterns, books, films, sticker sheets, customised "punk" teddybears, manga by illustrator Mitsukazu Mihara, lots of lace, leather, corsets, umbrellas, tartan, medical fetish, cute desserts, and anything else the casual or discerning Victorian Maiden or urban Alice could need!

Very Good copy. This copy with cheeky teddybear sticker sheet AND teddy bear garment pattern sheet still enclosed.

File under: Mitsukazu Mihara Index Communications / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Counterculture

The Best of Bondage Vol. 3 No. 4

1976, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 40 pages, 27.4 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tao Productions / Hollywood

$45.00 - Out of stock

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Scarce copy of this 1976 volume of The Best of Bondage, published by Hollywood's Tao Productions. With editorial by prolific erotica author A. de Granamour, packed cover to cover with b/w female bondage photography, with features Wayward Wife Learns the Ropes. Mary Minds the Apartment. Wilma's Weekly Wash (laundry room bondages). Netting a Cute Karate-Hep Curator. Toni's Tuesday Torment.

Very Good copy, light wear.

File under: A. de Granamour Tao Productions / Hollywood Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Out-of-print / Rare Eros Counterculture