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"YELLOW KID" WEIL

"YELLOW KID" WEIL

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J.R. "Yellow Kid" Weil, W.T. Brannon

$18.00

Bilked bankers, grifted gamblers, and swindled spinsters. Welcome to the world of confidence men. You'll marvel at the elaborate schemes developed by The Yellow Kid and cry for... (more)

1968 IN AMERICA

1968 IN AMERICA

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Charles Kaiser

$13.00

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Considered to be one of the best accounts of life in the US during the sixties. Music, politics and more.

44 (FORTY FOUR) PRESIDENTS

44 (FORTY FOUR) PRESIDENTS

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MZA, Maria Sputnik

$12.95

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220... (more)

ABOLISHING CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER ESSAYS

ABOLISHING CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER ESSAYS

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Jonathan Swift

$13.95

"We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another." In this critically acclaimed compendium of 11 outrageous commentaries and... (more)

ABSINTHE & FLAMETHROWERS: PROJECTS AND RUMINATIONS ON ART...

ABSINTHE & FLAMETHROWERS: PROJECTS AND RUMINATIONS ON ART...

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William Gurstelle

$16.95

Written for reasonable risk takers and suburban dads who want to add more excitement to their lives, this daring combination of science, history, and DIY projects explains why... (more)

ALAN'S WAR: THE MEMORIES OF G.I. ALAN COPE

ALAN'S WAR: THE MEMORIES OF G.I. ALAN COPE

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Emmanuel Guibert

$24.00

"When I was eighteen, Uncle Sam told me he'd like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf.... (more)

AMERICA BY THE YARD: CIRKUT CAMERA: IMAGES FROM...

AMERICA BY THE YARD: CIRKUT CAMERA: IMAGES FROM...

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Robert B. Mackay

$100.00

This book is both a history of an unusual camera and a splendid display of its product. "Yard longs," as the Cirkut camera's huge panoramic photographs were called,... (more)

AMERICAN PHOTOBOOTH

AMERICAN PHOTOBOOTH

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Nakki Goranin

$29.95

Generally relegated to the realm of kitsch, the history and cultural importance of the photobooth has long been overlooked. Here, Nakki Goranin documents the invention, technological evolution, and... (more)

APPLICANT

APPLICANT

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Jesse Reklaw, editor

$4.00

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One night while rooting through the recycling bin for magazines, Jesse Reklaw ( Dreamtoons , Slow Wave ) found all the confidential Ph.D. applicant files for the biology department at an... (more)

THE ART OF INSTRUCTION

THE ART OF INSTRUCTION

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Katrien Van Der Schueren

$35.00

Large-scale wall charts were fundamental tools of classroom instruction throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Collected here for the first time in one deluxe volume are... (more)

ARTHUR SZYK

ARTHUR SZYK

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Katja Widmann, Johannes Zechner

$58.00

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Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was considered one of the 20th century's most important creators of political illustrations and caricatures. While largely unknown in Europe, his work is highly regarded... (more)

BLACK MASK & UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER

BLACK MASK & UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHERFUCKER

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Ron Hahne, Ben Morea

$15.95

Founded in New York City in the mid-1960s by self-educated ghetto kid and painter Ben Morea, the Black Mask group melded the ideas and inspiration of Dada and... (more)

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