"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth... and listen to silence." — The Canterville Ghost. New list on Death, Dying and Medicine. We have many items remaining from the list and in our holdings. Please check our catalogs section for Rage Against ....
in the bio. 💀#booksondeath
Kate Holland binding on Peter Koch's, Fragments of Parmenides. Photograph inside depicts refugees making the same crossing from Turkey to Greece nearly 2500 years later that Parmenides’s family made. #nyabaa26 #booktok #rarebooks #finepress #designbinding #artistbooks #bookarts
2026, quotations by Orwell from 1984 and Animal Farm. New book by Verdigris. #finepress #artistbooks #booktok #orwell
2026, quotations by Orwell from 1984 and Animal Farm. New book by Verdigris. #finepress #artistbooks #booktok #orwell
Cataloging Verdigris Press’ new work [George Orwell] 2026 —citations—.
More to follow.
JB Bell was a conflict historian & expert on terrorism. Early work on the PLO led him to the IRA, which became his focus. His literary archive is at BC. We have his IRA reference collection. Nearly 800 books, pamphlets, & posters documenting the history and evolution of the IRA.
We were very pleased to place most of Dr. Sacks' annotated library at the NYPL to enhance his literary archive held there. This essay, only 'public' today, explores 'knowing him' through his annotations.
Elements of his library remain available, msg us.
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A brilliant collection of satirical work, issued upon the advent of the reality TV star's assent to the White House. #nyabaa26 #poetry #artistbooks #booktok
Dick); and MAGA Vortex Sutra (after Allen Ginsberg)...also including work by Molly Crabapple (two full page illustrations), Ernest Hilbert, Christopher Brown, and others.
In keeping with such a homage, the collection includes Wessels' "Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump" (after J.G. Ballard) and Doctor Benway, Surgeon General (after W.S. Burroughs); Brendan C. Byrne's "The Three Stigmata of Peter Thiel (after Philip K.
"I first read it while looping the Dead Kennedy's, "California Über Alles" [written re Jerry Brown] and their "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now" [rewritten when Ronald Reagan won in 1980].
An updated/reworking of Sladek's brilliant, 'Ronald Reagan // The Magazine of Poetry' [1968] (an image of which is included at the inside of the rear wrapper). Created when the Reality TV actor was first elected, we are down to the last three copies we have...
Donald Trump: The Magazine of Poetry.
List Tuesday! Check our new Eclectic Winter Reading List for bit of late winter reading, a very short illustrated list... A bit of everything such that all should find something fun and engaging! Check our bio and the Catalogs TAB. Happy cozy reading! #winterreading #occultbooks #oliversacks
Reduction woodcuts by Gaylord Schanilec: This is a set of progressive proofs from Lac Des Pleurs: Report from Lake Pepin. Will be in the booth at the NYC ABAA fair. #nyabaa26 #woodcuts #finepress #artistbook #bookarts #rarebooks #booktok
Antikamnia Calendars, 1899-1901. Antikamnia [Anti-Pain] Chemical Co claimed its drug to be a new synthetic coal-tar derivative but in fact contained almost 50% acetanilid, which was sometimes mixed with codeine or quinine. The calendars were issued from 1897 until 1901.
Tyler Starr's, Flags, Placards, and Illicit Climbers of the Capitol Insurrection. Images of rioters scaling walls of the Capitol Grounds, background removed to highlight rioters. Context provided via signage embodying affiliations, motivations & ideologies. #artistbook #bookarts
Rauschenberg & Robbe-Grillet: Traces Suspectes en Surface. Widely considered to be Rauschenberg's magnum opus of book illustration. 4 years of collaboration, "The tension of image and text and of the two artists is evident, and the result is extraordinary." #bookarts #artistbook
All sorts of wonderful to be found in our booth at the ABAA Holiday Virtual Book Fair.
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Title Page of the Day...Originally intended for inclusion in The Age Letters, it was considered so obscene it was cut by the printers... #burroughs #ginsberg #fuckyoupress
Booth tour of our interesting bits at the Boston ABAA book fair, 2025. Enjoy.
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Quick Clarifying Note: As I've mentioned in various spaces, we have purchased a wonderful house in Ireland. It will eventually be our primary residence.
To be clear, Lux Mentis will continue to grow US operations while also expanding its European presence.
Also today: two thick costume designers binders documenting, in photos and text, the transformation over the season of Glee’s m->f and f->m trans characters…the year Glee won an Emmy.
Well, today is off to a good start.
"18 years old... 88 years old in human terms. He lived a long life and died peacefully at the end. He must have had a very happy life as a cat." Rest easy, Maru.
mugumogu. I Am Maru. Japan: Tokimeki Publishing, 2009. First (Japanese) Edition.
"It is indeed a painful duty I am called to perform to announce to you the tidings of the death of our little Alice, she died yesterday about 10 oclock her disease was cholera infantum - a disease which often attends teething..." Sarah Dunn writes to family about the death of her child #mementomori
Seems, sadly, apt for today... Dance of Death leaf from Weltchronik [The Nuremberg Chronicle], 1493.
Not just books, Tarot and tarot decks are regularly featured in our inventory.
After two major exhibits in the Europe, the tarot is recognized as divination system, beyond
a parlour game novelty. Tarot tells a story and provides users with a framework.
Tarot is art. Tarot is engagement. #tarot
Hosting an east coast watch party for the debut of naming the dead… Please consider joining and even if you're not able to join, please support the exceptional work of DDP.
Happy Birthday to Dr. Oliver Sacks! We have posted a short list from his private library that we hope reflects his questing mind and interests. Enjoy. #oliversacks #neurodivergence
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