by Walter Kraut | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured book
Ian McEwan and Iain Banks both shocked the literary world with their macabre debut novels, published respectively in 1978 and 1984. McEwan would end up becoming one of the best known literary authors of the UK, with many of his books being turned into films. Banks...
by Walter Kraut | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured book
Twiggy & Justin is a 1960s examination of the Twiggy phenomenon, published at the height of Twiggy-mania in 1968. Written by British-born journalist Thomas Whiteside, it initially appeared in The New Yorker. Whiteside followed Twiggy & Justin (her boyfriend...
by Walter Kraut | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured book
Although Rolling Thunder Logbook by playwright Sam Shepard is nominally a book about Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour, it elevates the genre of rock journalism. The photo-illustrated diary is a literary masterpiece about small town America in the mid-1970s and a...
by Walter Kraut | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured book
We’ve just listed a signed author’s proof of Thurston Moore’s brilliant selection of poems and lyrics, Stereo Sanctity, published in 2005 in a limited edition of 700 copies. Most of the lyrics are from Moore’s days with Sonic Youth. Not easily deciphered...
by Walter Kraut | Jul 23, 2021 | Featured book
Just in: a proof copy and a signed first edition of W.G. Sebald’s masterpiece Austerlitz. The proof copy is No. 086 of 100 limited edition signed proofs, as stated on a bound-in limitation page. Unfortunately Sebald must have forgotten to sign this particular copy –...
by Walter Kraut | Jul 16, 2021 | Featured book
The Medium is the Massage is a design classic from 1967. We’ve occasionally had reprints of this stunning publication in our shop, but I think it’s the first time that a first edition has come through our doors. Such a cool book! I have to admit that I’ve never worked...
