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Kandy Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Wofle
£ 100.00 GBP
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In Wolfe's first book–a collection that launched its author as America’s foremost entertainer with something to say–Tom Wolfe took a sharp-eyed look at the American scene of the early 1960s and zeroed in on the exotic forms of status-seeking that flourished across the country from New York to Los Angeles. He observed the emergence of intriguing art forms and styles of life that had nothing to do with the “elite” culture of the past. In the Low Rent world of the Twist, bouffant hairdos, stock car racing, and rock concerts he found not only a uniquely American energy but also an American aesthetic. The condition is very fine and has very little marks, it also comes with a dust cover.
A Heatbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Eggers
£ 50.00 GBP
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of his younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. Very fine condition with accompanying dust cover.
Magick in Theory and Practice, Crowley
£ 75.00 GBP
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First Edition. Many consider this work by Crowley to be the foremost book on ceremonial magic written in the twentieth century. It was written especially for beginners as Part 3 of Book 4 (Liber ABA). The original was privately printed in 1929 after Crowley failed to find a publisher in London. The condition is very fine for such an important and infamous book.
Inside Out, Bernstein
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During World War II, Walter Bernstein was a correspondent for the U.S. Army magazine Yank; after the war, he joined the Communist Party. When Senator Joseph McCarthy began his notorious witch hunt for Communists in the late 1940s, Bernstein -- a writer for film and television -- found himself blacklisted. In an immensely alive and pointed memoir, Bernstein recounts his passage from idealist to scapegoat. Chronicling his writing careers in Hollywood and then television, Bernstein tells of the blacklisting for communism which brought ostracism, FBI surveillance, and a search for "fronts" to take credit for his work. of photos.
The Eye, Nabokov
£ 50.00 GBP
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At around 80 pages, The Eye is Nabokov's shortest novel. Nabokov himself referred to it as a 'little novel' and it is a work that sits somewhere around the boundary between extended short story and novella. It was produced during a hiatus in Nabokov's creation of short stories between 1927 and 1930 as a result of his growing success as a novelist. As in many of Nabokov's early works, the characters are largely Russian émigrés relocated to Europe, specifically Berlin. Condition is very good and little to no marks.
A Walk In the Night, La Guma
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A Walk in the Night and Other Stories reveals La Guma as one of the most important African writers of his time. These works reveal the plight of non-whites in apartheid South Africa, laying bare the lives of the poor and the outcasts who filled the ghettoes and shantytowns. A walk in the night follows the story in which the collection takes its name from, A Walk in the Night, relates the story of a young man who is overtaken by the oppression of apartheid as he walks through the night to calm his nerves after being unjustly fired by his white supervisor. Very fine condition, little to no marks on the front or back cover.
How to Please Your Mate, B.J. Cox
£ 45.00 GBP
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Wonderfully kitsch, overwhelmingly strange, sex tips from a time gone-by. This book is profusely illustrated with charming drawing. Wonderful mix and match with sex position section at the back with tracing paper and cartoonish members. Precision technique. Chapter on the joys of genetil washing. Pre porn era. Great condition however some small tears on the front cover.
Sammy Younge JR, Forman
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Even as a child, Sammy Younge, Jr. saw the struggle for equal rights as a personal challenge. A political science student at prestigious Tuskegee Institute, he became a leader in the student Civil Rights Movement. Demonstrations were touched off on January 4, 1966 when it became known that Sammy, age 21, had been shot and killed by a gas station attendant. James Forman knew Sammy personally, and tells the young martyr's story through interviews with family and friends. Condition is very good, however some scuffs and marks on the front cover.
White Shroud, Ginsberg
£ 300.00 GBP
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A short collection of lengthy poems. Ginsberg has matured as an artist, and most of these poems are retrospective - Though there's still plenty of take no prisoners agitprop political poems. Condition is very fine.
Beloved Son, Allen
£ 12.00 GBP
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The noted entertainer details the circumstances of his son's sudden joining of a religious enclave, the reasons involved, and the effects on his family and discusses the wider social context of cults and their converts. Condition is very fine, accompanying dust cover.
Wonderland Avenue, Sugarman, Signed
£ 65.00 GBP
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Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess, first published in 1989, is the personal memoir of late author and The Doors' publicist Danny Sugerman, who went on to manage Ray Manzarek's solo-career. Great read for people with any interest about Manzarek or
The Corrections, Franzen
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The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen. It revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium. Condition is very good.
How it Ended, McInerney
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In this thrilling McInerney classic, a transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father. A senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water. And two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. Discover a world of sex, excess and urban paranoia where worlds collide, relationships fragment and the dark underbelly of the American Dream is exposed. Fulls of twists and turns, we believe this book is a must for readers and writers alike. Condition is very fine.
The Strategem, Crowley
£ 350.00 GBP
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The Stratagem and other Stories is a small book of short stories written by Aleister Crowley, occult magician, poet and self-proclaimed prophet. The book was originally published in 1929 and one of a series of Crowley's works to be published by Mandrake Press after a period in which Crowley found it difficult to publish due both to his lack of funds, and his notoriety. Mandrake Press also published The Confessions of Aleister Crowley volumes I and II, and Moonchild. Fine condition, accompanying dust cover.
The Coup, Updike
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Black comedy about Hakim Felix Ellellou, ex-dictator of Kush, a fictional Islamic state in Sub-Saharan Africa, narrates the history of his life and his rule over his former desert empire from his current exile in France. With his drought ridden country ever on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, Ellellou's troubles begin when the hated Americans begin sending food aid to his starving people. The crazed dictator has the crates of food burned to keep out the Americans but his second-in-command turns against him, secretly negotiating a deal with the United States for rights to the country's oil. Condition is very fine, comes with dust cover.
The Magical Record of the Beast 666
£ 360.00 GBP
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The Magical Record of the Beast 666 by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant gives us a fascinating glimpse into the magical activities of Aleister Crowley during the years of the Great War. They can be read as a continuation of the experiments he made with fellow magician and poet Victor Neuburg, during 1914 in The Paris Working - a series of 'operations' which were a transition between the ceremonial rituals as taught in the Golden Dawn and the sex rites of the Ordo Templi Orientis. The sexual force replaced the lengthy conjurations of the past and the records aim to show to what extent the sexual 'current' can determine or influence events. Condition is very good, however some scuffs towards the top of the cover.
New Lines, Conquest
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New Lines is an anthology edited by R. Conquest, containing work by himself, E. Jennings, John Holloway, Larkin, Gunn, Amis, Enright, Davie, and J. Wain, poets associated with the Movement. In his introduction Conquest attacked obscure and over‐metaphorical poetry, presenting the claims of ‘rational structure and comprehensible language’. New Lines Volume II added other poets including Thwaite, Scannell, and G. MacBeth. Condition is very fine with dust cover.
A Vagrant, Gascoyne
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A Vagrant marked a point in Gascoyn's career as it is the first sign of his transition from surrealism to a more metaphysical and religious writings. The poetry contained in this book are all true masterpieces and should be in collections of writers and readers alike. Fine condition, however some scuffs as is common with a book of this age.
Voltaire in Love, Mitford
£ 25.00 GBP
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Voltaire in Love is a popular history of the sixteen-year relationship between Voltaire and the Émilie, the Marquise du Châtelet. Written by Nancy Mitford and first published in 1957, the book also explores the French Enlightenment. Condition is very good, however some tears on the cover and some loss of colour customary with a book of this age.
A Sense of Reality, Greene
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A Sense of Reality is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene, first published in 1963.[1] The book is composed of three short stories and a novella, Under the Garden.[2] These stories share a marked change of style from Greene’s usual format, with the author plunging into fantasy, dreams, false memories and imagination. Condition is very fine, come with dust cover.
Between Blue and Blue, Queneau
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The Duke of Auge dreams that he is Cidrolin, living on a barge alone with his daughter, while Cidrolin dreams that he is the Duke of Auge, travelling through the history of France. They will meet in 1964. Carl Reinecke, a critic writing for the London Times, has argued that this novel is an example of the archetypal "prodigal son" storyline. Very fine condition, comes with dust cover.
A Guide to Glastonbury's Temple of the Stars, Maltwood
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An account of the author's discovery of prehistoric man-made ground patterns in the Glastonbury area and their zodiacal significance. In recent years detailed archaeological study has shown that in parts of the world prehistoric man had a far deeper understanding of astronomy than traditional historians were willing to accept. Glastonbury has always been at the heart of legends of chivalry and sanctity dating back for beyond written records, and has long excited the interest of scholars and seers.
If We Must Die, Edwards
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Later edition of this novel about an African American Korean War veteran's experiences of violence while trying to exercise his right to vote in the segregated South. IF WE MUST DIE is Junius Edwards's first novel, expanded from his earlier short story "Liars Don't Qualify." Titled after the Claude McKay poem of the same name, IF WE MAY DIE presents the grim story of a Black man who returns home from the Korean War to violent racism in the US South.
The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross, Allegro
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East is a 1970 book about the linguistics of early Christianity and fertility cults in the Ancient Near East. Hit classic and is a must for collectors and writers alike. Fine condition for such a prestigious book.
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