| |  | | | | $16.00 vintage illustrations compiled by 50 Watts + collages by Samplerman / 96-page paperback, 6 x 9 inches, illustrated throughout The first half of this book features images and details from a 1920s Japanese multi-volume set -- The Collected Tales of Iwaya Sazanami -- drawn from the 50 Watts collection of illustrated books. The works included here are mostly unsigned but appear to be by two or maybe three artists. About halfway through Sazanami Sleep Study Samplerman takes over and works his magic. *** |  | | | | $39.95 Every day is a new day - 2026 calendar / 5.9 x 8.26 inches / produced so you can bolt the calendar to a wall (or it can sit on a desk) "A tear-off calendar for 2026 by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens. For each day of the year, Martens has created a unique arrangement, originally constructed using his signature method of printing letterpress monoprints from found metal forms, and then digitized to comprise 365 compositions in total. Every day is a new day!" *** |  | | | | $15.00 attractive small-format paperback, 160 pages, 4.1 x 5.9 inches, published by Spector Books (Leipzig; text in English) / illustrated throughout A visionary assemblage of historical, present-day and speculative material on space colonies, inspired by the culture of the Whole Earth Catalog At the beginning of the 1970s, American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill developed the first ideas for colonizing space. Shortly thereafter, Stewart Brand, cyber-communard and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, took up these ideas and published the book Space Colonies in 1977. Space Colonies, an edition of Brand's CoEvolution Quarterly, funded by the proceeds of the Whole Earth Catalog, took up the question of whether space might be colonized by the year 2000. Artist Fabian Reimann takes up Brand and O'Neill's particular strain of techno-utopianism in Space Colonies: A Galactic Freeman's Journal. In his photo-essay Reimann assembles historical, present-day and speculative material, combining these with fictional and factual stories to create a composite of different images of the world. With global ecological disaster an even more pressing issue than it was in 1977, and the colonization of space still touted by some as a last-ditch resort, Reimann looks back at the dreams and nightmares of the 1970s with a sophisticated visual humor. *** |  | | | | $49.95 416-page paperback, 6 x 8.25 inches, published by Grand Gallery (Japan) / bilingual Japanese/English (though it is 99% images An extensive and visually stunning anthology of posters, this volume features more than 400 rare and iconic Japanese rock posters, all photographed in high quality. From rock 'n' roll and punk to folk, soul, and blues, it offers an invaluable resource and insight into Japan's golden era of music culture through its visual legacy. It is also the official catalogue of the exhibition 'Japanese Rock Posters Collected by Yasushi Ide: 1969–1986'. Ide, founder of the Grand Gallery record label, has been working as a DJ and producer in Japan since the 1980s. *** |  | | | | $49.95 196-page paperback with jacket, 7.25 x 7.75 inches / text is in Japanese though the book is mostly images / published by Kousakusha From Kyoichi Tsuzuki's commentary: "...I was drawn to Hanawa Masayoshi's psychedelic, sometimes magical, worldview, in which mysterious creatures repeatedly multiply, and while following his work, I also became very intrigued by the unique creative style he told me about, and so I had the opportunity to interview him - after all, every day after work at a factory, he parks his car in a corner of the parking lot of the nearby K's Denki and creates his works in his car." Bio: "Hanawa Masayoshi was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1981. His work was featured on the cover of 'HEY!', the pinnacle of lowbrow artbooks from Paris, and he was the only Japanese to participate in 'HEY! #4' held at the Musée de l'Halle Saint-Pierre in Paris. He exhibited at the Atsuko Barou booth at the Outsider Art Fair held in Paris, and his work is now in the collection of the Outsider Art Museum in the Amsterdam annex of the Hermitage Museum. He has also published an art book through the publishing art collective Le Dernier Cri in Marseille, France." *** |  | | | | $20.00 Emerson, Lake & Ringo - Collages by Tim Cronin / 60 pages, 8.25 x 8.25 inches, staple-bound Rest in peace musician Tim Cronin, a very early supporter of my blogs and then shop. Put together by John Gall who says: "For years Tim has been making collages using discarded record covers. Aside from being awesome, they also document the rise and fall, rinse and repeat tropes of popular (and unpopular) music visuals as they evolve, merge, get consumed and regurgitated." *** |  | | | | $40.00 Wild new book from First to Knock / 184-page paperback (with photographs, ephemera, and facsimile reproductions), 7.75 x 10.25 inches "Inscrutable as the author himself, Satie's writings from this brief period strike a tone that lies somewhere between fervent Catholicism, anarchistic satire, and the righteous rage of the true Artist--leaving readers befuddled as to the composer's true intent. Yet, despite the impenetrability of his writings, the Parcener's missives took the Parisian art scene by storm and, as Satie's crusade grew in intensity, so too did his reputation, making this era as historically crucial as it is bewildering. Nevertheless, the Metropolitan Church was ultimately a solitary undertaking. Despite certain documents indicating that the Church expected to have more than a billion members, history would show that its congregation never grew beyond one: Erik Satie himself. "Know Me To Be Your Superior in Everything is the first book dedicated exclusively to the story of Erik Satie's Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor. Drawing upon a multitude of firsthand sources--including documents held in the Erik Satie archives in Caen--the book includes new English translations of all known Church publications and correspondence by Satie as the Parcener. Translations of Satie's Church publications are reproduced herein as well, capturing, for the first time in English, the design and typography of the original productions." *** |  | | | | $20.00 |  | | | | $29.99 8.27 x 5.83 inches / published by PIE International in Japan Includes 100 sheets by Keiko Shibata, the popular picture book author and illustrator. "This adorable letter paper book, made up of 100 sheets of sumptuously illustrated designs, features illustrations not only from beloved picture books such as "Pandorobo", "Meganeko" and "Ugokimasen." but also cats, polar bears and other humorous animals, stylish girls, delicious-looking foods and calming landscapes. Showcasing valuable illustrations that have been shown at solo exhibitions, this is the long-awaited book for fans of Keiko Shibata's work. The pages can be used to write a letter to a loved one or perhaps framed to decorate interiors." *** | | | | |
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