World Food Books

Charlotte Rampling: With Compliments

1986, English
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 140 pages, 27 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Quartet Books / London

$120.00 - Out of stock

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First English hardcover edition of the stunning Charlotte Rampling photobook. With an introduction by the great Dirk Bogarde, this lavishly illustrated volume is a pictorial biography of one of the world's greatest stars of film. Beginning with Rampling's first Z-card in 1963, over 100 photographs trace her early modelling career and bold international film career, including her roles in Luchino Visconti's "The Damned" (1969), Liliana Cavani's "The Night Porter" (1974), John Boorman's "Zardoz" (1974), Dick Richards' "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975), Woody Allen's "Stardust Memories" (1980), Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict" (1982), Angel Heart (1986), to name a few, plus shoots by famous photographers such as Helmut Newton, Alice Springs, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Jeanloup Sieff, Bettina Rhiems, Peter Knapp and others.

Very Good-Fine hardcover copy in Very Good-Fine dust jacket, protected under mylar wrap.

File under: Charlotte Rampling Helmut Newton Alice Springs David Bailey Cecil Beaton Jeanloup Sieff Bettina Rhiems Peter Knapp Dirk Bogarde Quartet Books / London Photography Eros Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Fashion

Jane Birkin
par Gérard Lenne

1985, French
Softcover, 239 pages, 21.7 x 28 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Henry Veyrier / Paris

$120.00 - Out of stock

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The essential Jane Birkin book, by Gérard Lenne and published by Editions Henry Veyrier, Paris, in 1985. The only French printing of this incredibly in-depth monograph on the great actress and singer, Jane Birkin. Scarce and very sought after today, this book, written by French film critic and writer Gérard Lenne, and made closely with Birkin herself, is both an intimate and revealing biography of her life and an important document capturing her diverse and challenging career as actress (working with Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Jean-Luc Godard, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jacques Doillon, Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Rivette, to name a few), model, singer, and much more - through countless photographs, film-stills and profiles of each of her films and records. Includes a discography, bibliography and videography (from "Blow Up" to "le Pirate"). A great publication of English/French film history and a must for any Jane Birkin fan.

Very good copy, some age tanning, light wear. Long out-of-print.

File under: Agnès Varda Alain Resnais Jacques Rivette Jane Birkin Jean-Luc Godard Michelangelo Antonioni Serge Gainsbourg Gérard Lenne Henry Veyrier / Paris Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography

Yaso No. 31
Special Feature : Mannequins

1993, Japanese
Softcover, 240 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Atelier Peyotl / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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"Mannequin" Special Feature Issue of cult Japanese underground magazine Yaso, published in 1993, edited by Yuichi Konno and Atelier Peyotl (publishers of Night Vision/Yaso/Peyotl/Wave/Silvester Club...). Heavily illustrated with texts in Japanese that look at the theme of the mannequin from fashion apparatus to fetish object, automatons to living dolls, including a panoramic photographic history of mannequins, a photo feature of French photographer Bernard Faucon's boy mannequin collection, a huge illustrated article on famous Japanese costume, stage and exhibition designer, and Issey Miyake collaborator Tomio Mohri, the wax anatomical models of dissected corpses by Clemente Michelangelo Susini of Florence (1754–1814) shot by Ryuji Miyamoto, Czech animator Jirí Barta's Klub odlozenych, Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi, the living dolls of the Japanese theatre, medical mannequins, crash-test dummies, icons, "Doll Love" and erotic dolls, plus lots more and a lot more Bernard Faucon!

Very Good—Near Fine copy.

File under: Issey Miyake Tomio Mohri Bernard Faucon Clemente Michelangelo Susini Sayoko Yamaguchi Jirí Barta Ryūji Miyamoto Atelier Peyotl / Tokyo Periodicals Film / Video Fashion Art Sculpture / Installation Performance / Dance / Theater Ancient / Medieval / Gothic Eros Surrealism Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic LGBTQ+ Photography Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle

Heibon Punch No. 396 (Christina Lindberg special)
February, 1972

1972, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 140 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Heibon Shuppan / Tokyo

$65.00 - In stock -

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February, 1972 issue of Heibon Punch, with an early cover feature on the already legendary young Swedish actress Christina Lindberg, with colour nude shoot by Japanese photographer Tadayuki Kawahito. This issue would have coincided with Lindberg's promotional tour across Japan on the back of her acclaimed third film role, Exponerad (1971), a Swedish sexploitation film directed by Lars Gustaf Emil Wiklund. Her new cult-like celebrity and Japanese visit resulting in an invitation to appear in a string of Japanese films and the height of the Pink film boom. There, she played a major supporting role in Norifumi Suzuki's classic Sex & Fury (1973), the same year she starred as Madeleine in the controversial Swedish rape-and-revenge exploitation film, Thriller – A Cruel Picture (1973), by Bo Arne Vibenius. Lindberg was one of the most iconic film stars of the 1970's underground, appearing in 26 feature films, mostly erotica, fictional sexploitation or softcore productions.

This issue also includes Pink Floyd, the famous controversy around Saskia Holleman and the Pacifist Socialist Party during the 1971 Dutch general election, and an amazing feature on the survival of Shoichi Yokoi, the Japanese soldier discovered in the jungles of Guam in January 1972, who when American forces captured the island in the 1944 Battle of Guam, went into hiding and survived off the jungle, living in a cave. Plus men's style, loads of manga,

Heibon Punch was a leading Japanese men's magazine published by Heibon Shuppan between 1964—1988, instrumental in bringing the cutting-edge into the mainstream during this period, including collaborators such as Yukio Mishima, Toshio Saeki, and Kyoko Okazaki.

Very Good copy.

File under: Tadayuki Kawahito Christina Lindberg Pink Floyd Saskia Holleman Heibon Shuppan / Tokyo Eros Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Sound / Music Film / Video

DAVID RAPPENEAU

2024, English
Softcover, 350 pages, 33 x 27.3 cm
Published by American Art Catalogues / USA

$140.00 - Out of stock

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American Art Catalogues presents the first monograph by artist David Rappeneau. Over-sized and profusely illustrated with 161 drawings selected by the artist, this self-titled monograph is printed in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.

“...And I’ve got this new book of David’s drawings. Still ravished, still haunted. Jimmy showed me his work ages and ages ago. Was it in Brussels or in Paris? Lost time. We got high in the park afterwards, which is what we did best. We gave the gargoyles funny names. Left my shopping bags in the graveyard Jimmy said something about Bernini. I said, Miaow. I said, It’s like Peyton but hot, and anime and PornHub vids and Gothic illustrations all making out together. I want, I love! I was just gonna do a heartbroken, mood board-ish Instagram story where I juxtaposed a Schiele drawing with something by David— Egon’s Standing Woman in Red, maybe, from 1914— loop ‘Agora Hills’ by Doja Cat over the top and caption it, ‘Ow, it hurts!’ Like, be all enigmatic like that, but fuck it, I’ve got nothing else to do.” - Excerpt from And the Infinite Sadness by Charlie Fox.

Text by Charlie Fox.

File under: David Rappeneau Charlie Fox American Art Catalogues / USA Drawing Art Eros Fashion

Bizarre Magazine
March 1990

1990, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 210 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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Vol. 1 (March 1990) of Bizarre Magazine, Japan's first glossy magazine devoted fully to all things "bizarre culture" and the new fetish subculture that exploded in the 1990's, published by manga (and SM Fan) publisher Tsukasa Shobo from 1990—2000s. "Fetish, bondage, psycho eros, and body arts". Profusely illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w photoshoots styled with fetish fashion materials and costume — models and Japanese AV/pink film idols in rubber, pvc, leather, boots, high heels, corsets, etc. covering all manner of fetishes and cos-themes from cyberpunk to medical, body art, cross-dressing, lesbianism, fem-dom, scene reports from around the world, dominatrix profiles and interviews, lots of manga, articles, stories, advice columns, DIY tutorials, and packed with wild ads for sex clubs, dungeons, bars, bookstores, video catalogues, toys, fashions, reviews of cult books and film, european imports, classifieds, all heavy with illustrations and hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. Each issue was overseen by a rotating group of editors, this issue including material by Kinichi Tanaka, Hitomi Kudo, Hana Inoue, Tomoko Nakano, Keiko Oda, Sueka Abe, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Manami Harada, Akihiro Yamada, Hisao Kai, Domu Kitahara, Eri Kikuchi, Mari Nishizaki, Yokoyama Kouji, Aida Yuko, Ayano Makoto, Sugita Mari, and many more... Much like SM Sniper, Bizarre Magazine favoured the exploration of new innovations of fetish and underground sex culture, emphasising the work of the models, stylists, make-up artists, and fashion designers, as much as the writers or photographers, encompassing the entire "new wave" of SM counterculture embedded in underground music, film, fashion and visual art at the dawn of the 90's.

Cover statement: "BIZARRE is not S&M. For the above reason, we produced this magazine. This magazine is the first magazine of BIZARRE in Japan. BIZARRE is based on FETISHISM. Bondage, too, is a kind of fetishism in the field of BIZARRE. Costume and material are the most important. For instance, they are leather, rubber, P.V.C. and satin corset, high heels, boots and so on."

Very Good copy.

File under: Kinichi Tanaka Hitomi Kudo Hana Inoue Tomoko Nakano Keiko Oda Masami Akita (Merzbow) Merzbow Sueka Abe Manami Harada Hisao Kai Domu Kitahara Eri Kikuchi Mari Nishizaki Yokoyama Kouji Aida Yuko Ayano Makoto Sugita Mari Akihiro Yamada Masami Akita (Merzbow) Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Eros Counterculture Film / Video Sound / Music Japanese Photography Photography Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Fashion Theory / Essay

Bizarre Magazine
January 1991

1991, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 210 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Shishobo / Tokyo Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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January 1991 issue of Bizarre Magazine, Japan's first glossy magazine devoted fully to all things "bizarre culture" and the new fetish subculture that exploded in the 1990's, published by manga (and SM Fan) publisher Tsukasa Shobo from 1990—2000s. "Fetish, bondage, psycho eros, and body arts". Profusely illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w photoshoots styled with fetish fashion materials and costume — models and Japanese AV/pink film idols in rubber, pvc, leather, boots, high heels, corsets, etc. covering all manner of fetishes and cos-themes from cyberpunk to medical, body art, cross-dressing, lesbianism, fem-dom, scene reports from around the world, dominatrix profiles and interviews, lots of manga, articles, stories, advice columns, DIY tutorials, and packed with wild ads for sex clubs, dungeons, bars, bookstores, video catalogues, toys, fashions, reviews of cult books and film, european imports, classifieds, all heavy with illustrations and hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. Each issue was overseen by a rotating group of editors, this issue including material by Kinichi Tanaka, Akina Nakamori, Eri Kikuchi, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Erina, Miki Fujimori, Yumi Matsubara, Domu Kitahara, Takashi Nakagawa, Junji Ito, Mika Mori, and many more... Much like SM Sniper, Bizarre Magazine favoured the exploration of new innovations of fetish and underground sex culture, emphasising the work of the models, stylists, make-up artists, and fashion designers, as much as the writers or photographers, encompassing the entire "new wave" of SM counterculture embedded in underground music, film, fashion and visual art at the dawn of the 90's.

Cover statement: "BIZARRE is not S&M. For the above reason, we produced this magazine. This magazine is the first magazine of BIZARRE in Japan. BIZARRE is based on FETISHISM. Bondage, too, is a kind of fetishism in the field of BIZARRE. Costume and material are the most important. For instance, they are leather, rubber, P.V.C. and satin corset, high heels, boots and so on."

Very Good copy.

File under: Domu Kitahara Kinichi Tanaka Akina Nakamori Junji Ito Masami Akita (Merzbow) Mika Mori Yumi Matsubara Shishobo / Tokyo Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Eros Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Out-of-print / Rare Art Film / Video Sound / Music Fashion Counterculture

Bizarre Magazine
July 1991

1991, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 210 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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July 1991 issue of Bizarre Magazine, Japan's first glossy magazine devoted fully to all things "bizarre culture" and the new fetish subculture that exploded in the 1990's, published by manga (and SM Fan) publisher Tsukasa Shobo from 1990—2000s. "Fetish, bondage, psycho eros, and body arts". Profusely illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w photoshoots styled with fetish fashion materials and costume — models and Japanese AV/pink film idols in rubber, pvc, leather, boots, high heels, corsets, etc. covering all manner of fetishes and cos-themes from cyberpunk to medical, body art, cross-dressing, lesbianism, fem-dom, scene reports from around the world, dominatrix profiles and interviews, lots of manga, articles, stories, advice columns, DIY tutorials, and packed with wild ads for sex clubs, dungeons, bars, bookstores, video catalogues, toys, fashions, reviews of cult books and film, european imports, classifieds, all heavy with illustrations and hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. Each issue was overseen by a rotating group of editors, this issue including material by Kinichi Tanaka, Kaoru Hanano, Ryoko Narumi, Koji Yokoyama, Hitomi Nishina, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Rudolf Schwarzkogler, Domu Kitahara, Kazuya Ota, Erina, Jiro Ishikawa, Nao Saejima, and many more... Much like SM Sniper, Bizarre Magazine favoured the exploration of new innovations of fetish and underground sex culture, emphasising the work of the models, stylists, make-up artists, and fashion designers, as much as the writers or photographers, encompassing the entire "new wave" of SM counterculture embedded in underground music, film, fashion and visual art at the dawn of the 90's.

Cover statement: "BIZARRE is not S&M. For the above reason, we produced this magazine. This magazine is the first magazine of BIZARRE in Japan. BIZARRE is based on FETISHISM. Bondage, too, is a kind of fetishism in the field of BIZARRE. Costume and material are the most important. For instance, they are leather, rubber, P.V.C. and satin corset, high heels, boots and so on."

Very Good copy.

File under: Masami Akita (Merzbow) Merzbow Kinichi Tanaka Kaoru Hanano Ryoko Narumi Koji Yokoyama Hitomi Nishina Domu Kitahara Rudolf Schwarzkogler Kazuya Ota Erina Jiro Ishikawa Nao Saejima Masami Akita (Merzbow) Kazuya Ota Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Eros Japanese Photography Photography Counterculture Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater

Bizarre Magazine
May 1992

1992, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 210 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Shishobo / Tokyo Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$65.00 - Out of stock

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May 1992 issue of Bizarre Magazine, Japan's first glossy magazine devoted fully to all things "bizarre culture" and the new fetish subculture that exploded in the 1990's, published by manga (and SM Fan) publisher Tsukasa Shobo from 1990—2000s. "Fetish, bondage, psycho eros, and body arts". Profusely illustrated throughout with glossy colour and b/w photoshoots styled with fetish fashion materials and costume — models and Japanese AV idols in rubber, pvc, leather, boots, high heels, corsets, etc. covering all manner of fetishes and cos-themes from cyberpunk to medical, body art, cross-dressing, lesbianism, fem-dom, scene reports from around the world, dominatrix profiles and interviews, lots of manga, articles, stories, advice columns, DIY tutorials, and packed with wild ads for sex clubs, dungeons, bars, bookstores, video catalogues, toys, fashions, reviews of cult books and film, european imports, classifieds, all heavy with illustrations and hundreds, if not thousands of photographs. Each issue was overseen by a rotating group of editors, this issue including material by Kinichi Tanaka, Junji Ito, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Nao Saejima, Seiu Ito, Domu Kitahara, Issei (Kobe Cannibal) Sagawa, Yukinori Fukushima, Ryuko Yano, Mika Mori, Hiroko Mugibayashi, and many more... Much like SM Sniper, Bizarre Magazine favoured the exploration of new innovations of fetish and underground sex culture, emphasising the work of the models, stylists, make-up artists, and fashion designers, as much as the writers or photographers, encompassing the entire "new wave" of SM counterculture embedded in underground music, film, fashion and visual art at the dawn of the 90's.

Cover statement: "BIZARRE is not S&M. For the above reason, we produced this magazine. This magazine is the first magazine of BIZARRE in Japan. BIZARRE is based on FETISHISM. Bondage, too, is a kind of fetishism in the field of BIZARRE. Costume and material are the most important. For instance, they are leather, rubber, P.V.C. and satin corset, high heels, boots and so on."

Very Good copy.

File under: Masami Akita (Merzbow) Merzbow Issei Sagawa (The Kobe Cannibal) Hiroko Mugibayashi Nao Saejima Seiu Ito Domu Kitahara Yukinori Fukushima Kinichi Tanaka Juni Ito Junji Ito Masami Akita (Merzbow) Issei Sagawa Ryuko Yano Mika Mori Shishobo / Tokyo Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Periodicals Fetishism / BDSM Eros Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Theory / Essay Film / Video Sound / Music Counterculture

Bizarre (+ Exotic Sexy) by Azzlo
Photography by Kinichi Tanaka

1989, Japanese / English
Softcover (w. dust jacket), unpaginated, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo

$90.00 - Out of stock

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Rare 1989 fetishwear photobook and catalogue for famous Japanese store Azzlo, purveyors of all things bizarre fashion. Full colour gloss photography throughout by Kinichi Tanaka documenting models in erotic scenes fashioning Azzlo's "bizarre latex items, leather bondage-equipment, exotic high-heels, maids uniforms, pants, skirts, bras, victorian corsets, ballet shoes, masks, hoods, cat-suits, baby dolls, t-shirts, gloves, garters, wigs, bloomers, shoes & boots"... Heavy on pvc, latex, leather and lace, all catalogued with specifications, list prices and ordering information. Azzlo was established in Shinjuku at the end of the 1980's by artist, costume designer and student of Kaneko Kuniyoshi, Yumi Azzlo. Azzlo and her store/gallery space became vital to the Tokyo subculture in the 1990's.

VG—NF copy, light bowing.

File under: Kinichi Tanaka Yumi AZZLO Tsukasa Shobo / Tokyo Fetishism / BDSM Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Japanese Photography Textiles Eros Counterculture

Super Bizarre Collection
Photographs by Masatoshi Osanai

1989, Japanese
Softcover, 115 pages, 18.2 x 25.6 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Million Publishing / Tokyo Taiyo Tosho / Japan

$90.00 - Out of stock

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Rare and amazing 1989 special edition Japanese fetishwear catalogue showcasing clothing and paraphernalia — latex, rubber, leather, gag, underwear, footwear, heel and boot, tool... An incredibly stylish and gorgeous design throughout, with wonderful erotic photography "SCENES" shot by Masatoshi Osanai, featuring the talents of Hitomi Kudo, Junko Kanae, Sayoko Nakajima, Rinko Tachibana, Hana Inoue, Hidemi Hayakawa. Published by S&M Sniper's Million imprint and Taiyo Tosho, the photo collection is also interspersed with hypertexts to compliment the imagery — small articles covering themes of Biomechanoid Restraints, Industrial Baroque, Bondage Dolls, etc. and photo clippings of complimentary erotic photographers — Helmut Newton, Bob Carlos Clark, David Bailey, Robert Mapplethorpe, Joel-Peter Witkin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kishin Shinoyama, plus art clippings — Christo, Minimal Art, Eric Satie, Arvo Pärt, etc... why you wonder? Possibly because it was designed by Ryuichi Sakamoto! Very sophisticated fetishism from Japan.

VG—NF copy, slight bowing.

File under: Masatoshi Osanai Hitomi Kudo Junko Kanae Sayoko Nakajima Rinko Tachibana Hana Inoue Hidemi Hayakawa Helmut Newton Bob Carlos Clark David Bailey Robert Mapplethorpe Nobuyoshi Araki Kishin Shinoyama Joel Peter Witkin Ryuichi Sakamoto Million Publishing / Tokyo Taiyo Tosho / Japan Eros Fashion Japanese Photography Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Fetishism / BDSM

Comme des Garçons SIX, issue 4

1989, English / Japanese
Softcover, 196 pages, 39.5 x 30 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Comme des Garçons / Tokyo

$350.00 - In stock -

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The incredible fourth issue of Comme des Garçons 'Six' magazine (1989) featuring avant-garde photography exploring the idea of the 'Sixth Sense' while reflecting the Fall 19891 collection, including photography by Robert Frank, Arthur Elgort, Josef Koudeika, Saul Leiter, Peter Lindbergh and Mike and Doug Stern. All incredible full-bleed photography spanning 196 over-sized pages!

Between 1988 and 1991, Comme des Garçons explored the theme of the sixth sense via eight special biannual oversized, unstapled magazines titled 'Six'. These magazines were launched to coincide with Comme des Garçons fashion collections and were privately distributed at the time. The magazine visually represented the brand in a way that no other fashion company had before. Rei Kawakubo invited Tsuguya Inoue to art direct and Atsuko Kozasu to edit the issues, whilst contributions came from different designers and artists.

Issues of Comme des Garçons 'Six' have become very sought after collectors items.

Very Good—Near Fine copy.

File under: Comme des Garçons Rei Kawakubo Robert Frank Arthur Elgort Josef Koudeika Saul Leiter Peter Lindbergh Doug Stern Mike Stern Comme des Garçons / Tokyo Fashion Photography Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Art

Rag Vol. 1, No. 1
Spring/Summer 1986

1986, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 36.5 x 26 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Cross Culture Foundation / Tokyo

$65.00 - In stock -

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Rare inaugural issue of the almost unknown but incredible Japanese magazine, Rag. Was this the only issue? Published in 1986 in over-sized, staple-bound format, Rag issue 1 includes a beautiful photo feature on Butoh performer Goro Namerikawa, a large feature on "Art's Destroying Angel" Tadanori Yokoo, photography by Nobuyoshi Araki, Keiichi Tahara, Yasushi Handa, Shunji Kaida, Herbie Yamaguchi, Sachiko Kuro, Kaoru Ijima, experimental musician and playwright Koharu Kisaragi, costume designer Michiko Kitamura, designers Issey Miyake, Junko Shimada, musician Eitetsu Hayashi, and much more.

Good copy with some large format wear to spine/extremities.

File under: Nobuyoshi Araki Tadanori Yokoo Keiichi Tahara Yasushi Handa Shunji Kaida Herbie Yamaguchi Sachiko Kuro Kaoru Ijima Michiko Kitamura Issey Miyake Junko Shimada Eitetsu Hayashi Goro Namerikawa Cross Culture Foundation / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Art Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Japanese Photography Photography Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater

Le Vetrine Di Milano

1982, Italian / English / French / Japanese / German
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 212 pages, 22 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Edizioni L'Agrifoglio / Milan

$160.00 - Out of stock

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First and only edition of the scarce and wonderful "Le Vetrine Di Milano", published in 1982 by Edizioni L'Agrifoglio in Milan. If you ever wished to know what is was like to wander the piazzas and gaze through the shop windows of Milan in the early 1980s, this book lets you do just that. "Milan "presents itself" by way of its shopwindows, it expresses and fulfills itself in them." In 1982, local photographer Maurizio Montanari documented the latest designs and displays of boutiques and gallerias throughout the streets and squares of Milan, from Fiorucci to Christian Dior, Krizia to Arteluce, Pierre Cardin to Gucci. Views of delicate laces, day-glo sports wear, shimmering Alfa Romeos and ornate tapestries are reflected with the gaze of passers-by and the surrounding city landscape in Montanari's photographic flânerie. Illustrated throughout in vivd colour with texts in Italian / English / French / Japanese / German.

Good copy in VG dust jacket. Would be Very Good but only with loosening stitch binding (still strong and intact) and a couple of editing design notes in pencil (copy from collection in Milan).

File under: Maurizio Montanari Luciano Visintin Edizioni L'Agrifoglio / Milan Photography Out-of-print / Rare Fashion Textiles Furniture

Vetrine a Milano — Window displays in Milan
Edited by Silvio San Pietro

1995, English / Italian
Hardcover (w. dust jacket), 260 pages, 30.5 x 22 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Edizioni L'Archivolto / Milan

$90.00 - Out of stock

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First 1995 edition of Vetrine a Milano, a lavish hardcover photographic document of window displays in the fashion capitol of Milan in the mid—1990's, published by L'Archivolto. Stunning gloss full-page and double-page colour photographic spreads by Alberto Ferraro capture the displays of the most famous and prestigious shops in Milan (Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Hermés, Artemide, Krizia, Moschino, Valentino, Missoni, et al.) designed by leading interior designers and window-dressers of the day, all mapped out street by street, with comprehensive indexes and profiles.

Silvio San Pietro is an architect and publisher. In 1980 he founded L'Archivolto, a combined publishing company, bookstore, and gallery specializing in architecture and design. Since 1986 he has created, edited and published over 130 books for Edizioni L'Archivolto.

Very Good copy in VG dust jacket.

File under: Silvio San Pietro Silvio San Pietro Edizioni L'Archivolto / Milan Architecture / Interior Furniture Fashion Photography Out-of-print / Rare Italian Radical Design / Postmodernism

Bill 5

2024, English
Softcover, 192 pages, 31 x 23 cm
Published by Bill / Brussels

$92.00 - In stock -

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‘Bill’ is annual magazine that prioritises visual reading of its photographic stories without the distraction of text. This issue contains 192 offset pages printed in CMYK, silver, and black and white on a dozen different paper stocks, along with some Japanese bound signatures. Designed, edited, and produced by Julie Peeters and associate editor Elena Narbutaite.

Sand, wind, tide, bills, tulips, LA, parking lots, waves, thoughts, bagels, prints, Tokyo, orchids, horses, backs, balm, magazines, updates, shadows, Elena's shoe, two mudbaths and a garage door...

by Boyle Family, Jochen Lempert, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Gillian Garcia, Beat Streuli, Takashi Homma, JP, Adrianna Glaviano, Mimosa Echard, Rosalind Nashashibi, Gerald Domenig, Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham, Martiniano, Blommers Schumm

File under: Blommers/Schumm Julie Peeters Elena Narbutaite Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili Gillian Garcia Beat Streuli Takashi Homma Adrianna Glaviano Mimosa Echard Rosalind Nashashibi Martiniano Boyle Family Jochen Lempert JP Gerald Domenig Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham Blommers Schumm Bill / Brussels Periodicals Fashion Photography Art

A MAGAZINE CURATED BY MAISON MARGIELA
LIMITED EDITION REPRINT

2021, English
Softcover (w. print), 208 pages, 23 x 30 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by A Magazine / Antwerp

$200.00 - Out of stock

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On the occasion of our 20th anniversary, A Magazine presents a limited-edition reprint of A Magazine Curated By Maison Martin Margiela. Originally released in 2004, this project can be traced back to the Belgian origins of A Magazine, which was founded in Antwerp by Walter Van Beirendonck in 2001.

After the magazines N°A, N°B, N°C, N°D and N°E, A Magazine Curated By Maison Martin Margiela was the first ever issue to bear the ‘Curated By’ title, and is a testament to this core concept thanks to Martin Margiela’s insightful mix of collaborators and projects that unveils many key names working quietly behind-the-scenes as parts of his anonymous fashion collective. Though not a single contribution bears his name, every page is imbued with the essence of the Maison, with written recounts via fax and photocopy as well as photographic and artistic projects by permanent staff members, trainees, assistants, models, artists, photographers, musicians, set designers and filmmakers.

Nearly two decades after its original release, the issue remains a bold statement that acknowledges the season-less, timeless nature of A Magazine. As a cult and collectible object in the realm of printed matter, it is a testament to the ongoing relevance of the founding ideals of the Maison Martin Margiela: from the deconstruction of garment-making and the disruption of classical ideals in photography, to such phenomena as street casting, unconventional beauty, subversive communication, and a Dadaist approach to the very concept of fashion and object design.

The 2021 edition is an identical reprint of the original magazine with matched paper stock and cover treatments, with all original content preserved.

Accompanying the issue, a selection of 6 archival images from Mark Borthwick, Anders Edström, Marina Faust, Jonathan Hallam, Ola Rindal and Ronald Stoops have been issued as 240 x 180mm unsigned prints.

Each copy contains a single print placed at random – in the spirit of the Maison Martin Margiela.

Contributor:
Åbäke, Ali Mahdavi, BLESS, Bob Verhelst, Claudia Riedel, David Ballu, Dorothee Perret, Elisabeth Broekaert, Eric Traoré, Frank Pay, Gerdi Esch, Hilde Bouchez, Hilde Decock, Inge Grognard, Jacques Habbah, Jane Birkin, Jonathan Hall House, Kanako B. Koga, Katerina Jebb, Kristina De Coninck, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Laurence Passera, Laurent Mercier, Lutz Huelle, Marina Faust, Mark Borthwick, Nigel Bennett, Nigel Scott, Ola Rindal, Patrick Scallon, Paul Boudens, Paul Helbers, Peter Pilotto, Pierre Gayte, Ronald Stoops, Roxane Danset, Sébastien Meunier, Sherald Lamden, Tetsuya Kitayama, Violeta Sanchez, Yung

File under: Maison Martin Margiela Mark Borthwick Anders Edström Marina Faust Jonathan Hallam Ola Rindal Ronald Stoops A Magazine / Antwerp Art Fashion Photography Out-of-print / Rare

Studio Voice Maison Martin Margiela Special

1998, Japanese
Softcover, 130 pages, 30 x 22.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Studio Voice / Tokyo

$160.00 - Out of stock

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Rare 1998 special collector's issue of Japan's celebrated Studio Voice, dedicated to the work of Martin Margiela. Outside of the Margiela STREET issues, this would have been the largest feature committed to the Belgian fashion designer at the time, with most of the content unseen elsewhere. Almost 50 pages of large colour and b/w Margiela photographic shoots by Marina Faust, Mark Borthwick, and Ronald Stoops, amongst others, plus the Margiela exhibition at the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam, the Bacteria Project, "Working By Hand - Artisanal Production", Margiela's first collection for HERMÈS (98/99 AW), "Endless Threads" (text by Sydney Picasso), and a rare Q&A with Margiela himself.

As a bonus, this issue also includes artwork by EYƎ (Boredoms, etc.)!

Very Good copy. Light wear.

File under: Maison Martin Margiela Marina Faust Mark Borthwick Boredoms EYƎ Ronald Stoops Hermés Studio Voice / Tokyo Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Sound / Music

Viscose 6
TEXT

2024, English
Softcover, 200 pages, 33 x 24.7 cm
Published by Viscose / Copenhagen

$55.00 - Out of stock

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The sixth issue of Viscose Journal focuses on fashion as constructed through words, language and writing. From the pens of fashion journalists and art critics to the conceptual wordplay of designers, the issue delves into the aesthetic and critical effects of “writing fashion” in and outside of fashion industries.

The fashion writer is a confidant, a storyteller, a forecaster, a mythmaker; they are evocative and poetic, forming words that shape, and in turn are shaped by, the latest fashions. From the salon shows to the pages of fashion magazines, their “expressions may be as ephemeral as the fashions they describe,” as Dorothy Hughes noted already in 1935. Early fashion writing played a key role in the transformation of clothes into fashion each season, and in igniting the machine of fashion itself. The historical roots of fashion writing— which was, at least in an industry context, a distinctly female practice— are grounded in the modernization and seasonalization of industrial fashion. And even today, in an age described by many as image-driven, this remains true: across various media platforms, language not only surrounds fashion but also continuously contributes to its creation.

The succinct, ephemeral poetry of the fashion writer still plays—nearly a century since Hughes’ observation—a transformative role in the seasonal turnover of fashion, but its role in the fashion industry remains seriously overlooked. Fashion invests substantially in seasonally refreshing the visual messaging accompanying its physical commodities, but language plays a similarly important support in this artful game of marketing. In this industrial context spanning from press releases to magazine production, writing is devoted to fashion promotion, prioritizing its fundamental traits of novelty, urgency, and semiotic complexity. In this context, fashion writing is a process of mystification, capable of revealing things that the image cannot. The material conditions of fashion writing—of being for fashion—generates a unique set of poetics and syntax. Fashion writing, or “written fashion,” as Roland Barthes asserts, is a form of signification that is simultaneously real and imaginary, connected to the real garment that it signifies, but largely unencumbered by its materiality. Given the constraints of economic, cultural, and political factors on fashion writing, it is perhaps more interesting to ask, what is fashion writing really encumbered by, and what would it mean to “unencumber” it?

Since Baudelaire, art critics have turned to fashion as source material for their practice, casting fashion in the role of art’s capitalist conspirator, temporal truth-sayer, or feminine alter-ego. This erratic history is one filled with both fraught politics (rooted in a gendered division of labor) as well as critical possibility: art writing gestures to a style of intellectualism and independence from industry that is largely foreign in fashion. Viscose Journal has, since its founding, aimed to detach fashion criticism from industrial frameworks that has historically premised it. At the same time, informed by a materialist politics of fashion labor, we wish to seriously level the largely female writing of commercial fashion publications with the masculine philosophical inquiries of fashion.

While “fashion writing” denotes a thematic category within the wider field of writing, our theme of “writing fashion” prompts an exploration of fashion writing as a mode of fashion production and critique. This issue aims to explore writing as a tool for shaping fashion and broaden its perspectives by presenting a survey of experimental, fictocritical, and poetic approaches to writing fashion. In this expanded field of writing, “fashion” unfolds as a ubiquitous and epistemologically complex phenomena of everyday life pertinent to all.

Accompanied by the exhibition “Writing Fashion“ at and published by the International Library for Fashion Research in Oslo, Norway, staged in June 2024, Viscose Journal 06 strives to be a thought-provoking journey into the captivating intersection of fashion and language. We are grateful to the library’s fantastic team and collaborators for their ongoing support and collaboration.

with works by: Osman Ahmed, Alba Aragón, Katherine Bernard, Ricarda Bigolin, Eileen Chang, Dal Chodha, Eduardo Costa, Jose Unzueta Criale, Femke De Vries, Becket Flannery, Kennedy Fraser, Laura Gardner, Patrick Greaney, Bruce Hainley, Elizabeth Hawes, Nakako Hayashi, Devin Hentz, Elaine Wing-Ah Ho, Juje Hsiung, Olivia Kan-Sperling, Jamaica Kinkaid, Chantal Kirby, Jeremy Lewis, Davora Lindner, Hanne Lippard, Shanzhai Lyric, Shizuang Magazine, Celine Mathieu, Derek Mccormack, H.B. Peace, Julie Peeters, John Perrault, Vogue Runway Rag, Rachel Tashjian, Jeppe Ugelvig, Elizabeth VR, Hanna Weiner, Elizabeth Wilson, Yohji Yamamoto, Bruno Zhu

File under: Osman Ahmed Alba Aragón Katherine Bernard Ricarda Bigolin Eileen Chang Dal Chodha Eduardo Costa Jose Unzueta Criale Femke De Vries Becket Flannery Kennedy Fraser Laura Gardner Patrick Greaney Bruce Hainley Elizabeth Hawes Nakako Hayashi Devin Hentz Elaine Wing-Ah Ho Juje Hsiung Olivia Kan-Sperling Jamaica Kinkaid Chantal Kirby Jeremy Lewis Davora Lindner Hanne Lippard Shanzhai Lyric Shizuang Magazine Celine Mathieu Derek Mccormack H.B. Peace Julie Peeters John Perrault Vogue Runway Rag Rachel Tashjian Jeppe Ugelvig Elizabeth VR Hanna Weiner Elizabeth Wilson Yohji Yamamoto Bruno Zhu Viscose / Copenhagen Periodicals Fashion Fiction / Poetry Textiles Art Performance / Dance / Theater

SALE2 NO.36
Female Foot Fetishism Special Issue

1989, Japanese
Softcover, 208 pages, 13 x 18 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$70.00 - Out of stock

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Issue No.36 of the great SALE2 periodical from Tokyo Japan, founded in 1984 by Makoto Orui, who later became art director for Purple magazine in France and Rockin’on magazine in Japan. SALE2 was active for about 14 years during the 1980s—1990s, published regularly as a sort-of fanzine/journal/catalogue/pocket-book by Fiction, Inc., a specialty shop and publisher of fetish and erotica in Tokyo in the 1980-90s. With Orui's distinct design SALE2 developed an exclusive curated editorial set on ‘erotisism and its spiritual philosophy’, with each issue exploring different themes and features, heavy on fetishism and erotic art.

Issue No.36, the "Female Foot Fetishism Special Issue" with the wonderful wraparound Pierre Molinier cover is packed with imagery and essays around the theme of "Foot and Fetish Heel" throughout history, literature, film and fetish publishing, etc. profusely illustrated with drawings, photography, bondage illustrations, film stills, catalogue clippings, and artworks, including works by Bill Ward, Pierre Molinier, Nobuyoshi Araki, and so many more. It also features the Fiction, Inc. section that samples a cross-section of content from catalogue publications including the work of John Willie, Bill Ward, Carlo, Eric Stanton, Irving Claw, Betty Page, and periodicals such as Rubber Magazine, Amateur Bondage, Bizarre Comix, Bizarre Classix, Bizarre Fotos, Stiletto, and much more... Very heavily illustrated throughout with erotic photography and artwork, all texts in Japanese.

Very Good copy.

File under: Bill Ward Pierre Molinier Nobuyoshi Araki John Willie Carlo Eric Stanton Irving Claw Betty Page Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Fetishism / BDSM Eros Japanese Photography Photography Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Counterculture Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Fashion LGBTQ+ Surrealism Theory / Essay

Takayuki Nakamura
Hip Paradise

2001, Japanese
Softcover (w. dust jacket), unpaginated, 30 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Seibundo-Shinkosha / Tokyo

$100.00 - Out of stock

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Published in Japan in 2001, Hip Paradise (translated to English, "Ass Paradise") by photographer Takayuki Nakamura is cover to cover full-colour 90's glamour soft-core/garment fetishism at its finest, featuring Japanese adult film stars Kaya Asami and Hitomi Ikeno as models. The title says it all, this glossy fetish volume is for bottom fans. Styled by Toshiko Sugino, Asami and Ikeno feature in verso throughout undressing various late 90's/early 00's fashions—with loving attention to nylon, denim, lace, and spandex, these are incredible fashion styling/garment fetish publications. Undocumented and little known outside the fleeting appreciation of 1990's tokyo adult book vendors, Nakamura's books are really something special and very rare to come by. For fans of Namio Harukawa, the neon exhibitionism of Pink Star Editions and the peeping lens of Ikko Kagari.

Very Good copy.

File under: Takayuki Nakamura Kaya Asami Hitomi Ikeno Seibundo-Shinkosha / Tokyo Out-of-print / Rare Japanese Photography Eros Fashion Fetishism / BDSM

Self Service 1994-2022, The Ads

2022, English
Softcover, 376 pages, 30.1 x 23 cm
Ed. of 500,
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by IDEA / London

$200.00 - Out of stock

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Expanded 2022 edition of IDEA London's Self Service 1994-2022, The Ads, the quickly out-of-print heavy visual compendium of more than 300 fashion ads from 25 years of Self Service magazine, featuring iconic contemporary advertising imagery from brands such as Raf Simons, Comme des Garçons, A.P.C., Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Prada, Miu Miu, Issey Miyake, Chloé, Balenciaga, Yohji Yamamoto, Jacquemus, Hermès, Celine, Eckhaus Latta, Jil Sander, Calvin Klein, Viktor & Rolf, Yves Saint Laurent, Susan Cianciolo, Marc Jacobs, BLESS, Fendi, Koji Tatsuno, Gucci, Botetega Veneta, Zucca, Helmut Lang, to name a few, all packed into one exceptional reference volume.

Edition of 500 copies.

"This book is a gathering of more than two and a half decades* of fashion advertising campaigns as they have appeared on our printed pages, providing a fascinating testament to and a subjective barometer of fashion's evolving aesthetic and cultural norms."—Ezra Petronio, art director and founder of Self Service

*28 years, 112 seasons, 56 issues, 18,431 pages, 3,397 advertising pages, 314 brands.

Near Fine copy with light wear and light spine crease.

File under: Raf Simons Comme des Garçons A.P.C. Prada Miu Miu Issey Miyake Chloé Balenciaga Jacquemus Ezra Petronio Hussein Chalayan Alexander McQueen Hermés Céline Yohji Yamamoto Eckhaus Latta Jil Sander Calvin Klein Viktor & Rolf Yves Saint Laurent Susan Cianciolo Marc Jacobs BLESS Fendi Koji Tatsuno Gucci Botetega Veneta Zucca Helmut Lang IDEA / London Fashion Graphic Design / Typography Out-of-print / Rare Photography

Guy Bourdin
67 POLAROIDS

2004, English
Softcover, 96 pages, 12 x 17 cm
Ed. of 1000 (mostly destroyed),
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / fine
Published by Star Publishing / Paris

$600.00 - In stock -

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First edition of this exceptionally rare Guy Bourdin title. Due to a copyright restriction almost the entire print run of only 1000 copies of the book were destroyed immediately upon release, leaving only a few copies out in the wild. This is one of those few. 67 Polaroids is the most personal and behind-the-scenes of any of Bourdin's books, presenting a stunning selection of his personal polaroids, most of which were taken during the production of some of his most familiar photo shoots. Captures an intimate and moody glimpse into the creativity of Bourdin not seen elsewhere. Beautifully compiled. "These images step outside the safety of the fashion shoot, conjuring a real-life realm steeped in an ominous sexuality."

Guy Bourdin (1928 – 1991), was a French artist and fashion photographer known for his provocative images. From 1955, Bourdin worked mostly with Vogue as well as other publications including Harper's Bazaar. He shot ad campaigns for Chanel, Charles Jourdan, Pentax and Bloomingdale's. He is considered as one of the best known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century, setting the stage for a new kind of fashion photography. A protégé of Man Ray, Bourdin like his teacher often brought an edge of menace or discomfort to his eroticism. "While conventional fashion images make beauty and clothing their central elements, Bourdin’s photographs offer a radical alternative." The first retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2003, and then toured the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, and the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. The Tate is permanently exhibiting a part of its collection (one of the largest) with works made between 1950 and 1955.

Fine copy.

File under: Guy Bourdin Star Publishing / Paris Eros Photography Out-of-print / Rare Fashion

Pleats Please by Issey Miyake / Issey Miyake by Irving Penn
Two-volume Exhibition Catalogue, 1990

1990, English / Japanese
Softcover (two-volume catalogue house in original printed cardboard sleeve w. invitation), 21 x 30 cm, 40 pages / 20 pages / folded invitation
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Touko Museum of Contemporary Art / Tokyo

$280.00 - Out of stock

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The incredibly rare and beautiful two-volume catalogue edition, issued in conjunction with the exhibition "Issey Miyake: Pleats Please" at Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1990.

This is a first (only) edition printing in VG—fine condition, with additional inserted exhibition folding invitation to the private reception in 1990.

Housed in their original printed cardboard folder/pocket, these two publications, designed by Ikko Tanaka, both feature text in English and Japanese. Volume one: "Pleats Please by Issey Miyake" examines the exhibition "Issey Miyake: Pleats Please", which saw the first presentation of renowned Japanese designer Issey Miyake's new technique called garment pleating, in which the garments are cut and sewn first, then sandwiched between layers of paper and fed into a heat press, where they are pleated. The fabric's 'memory' holds the pleats and when the garments are liberated from their paper cocoon, they are ready-to wear. Miyake's pleating works were first exhibited here in 1990, three years before the launch of the famous line "Pleats Please" in 1993. The publication documents production and installation photography from the exhibitions, where the garments were set into a custom built floor system.

Volume Two: "Issey Miyake by Irving Penn", features stunning photography by the great Irving Penn, of each of Issey Miyake's first "Pleats Please" garments together with a poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa.

This is truely a collector's item for any Issey Miyake enthusiast or collector, marking the beginning of "Pleats Please" through the photography of Irving Penn. This copy has been well looked after, with both books in wonderful condition, protected by the original printed folder sleeve, which is also in preserved condition.

VG—F condition all round.

File under: Irving Penn Issey Miyake Shuntaro Tanikawa Touko Museum of Contemporary Art / Tokyo Fashion Out-of-print / Rare Photography Textiles Art