World Food Books

SM Kitan November 1977

1977, Japanese
Softcover (staple-bound), 250 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Sun Publishing / Japan

$40.00 - Out of stock

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SM Kitan November 1977 issue. A cult classic of vintage Japanese BDSM and Kinbaku (Japanese bondage), SM Kitan was the SM magazine published by the great Sun Publishing house, and was formerly known as S&M Abhunter (changing its name to SM Kitan from August 1975). Heavy with wonderful artwork galleries in colour and bw, glossy bondage photo-features, illustrated fetish fiction, manga, fold-outs, and much more. This issue features the work of some of the best names in Japanese SM art. Regular contributors included Ran Akiyoshi, Sotaro Aki, Tadao Chigusa, Namio Harukawa, Yoko Ozuma, Reiko Kita, Akiyoshi Akiyoshi, Hakuzan Shiraishi, Shoji Oki, Namio Harukawa, Akira Kasuga, and Gekko Hayashi (Gojin Ishihara).

Mature audiences (18+) only.

Very Good copy. Light cover wear/age.

File under: Sun Publishing / Japan Eros Fetishism / BDSM Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Counterculture Periodicals Japanese Photography Out-of-print / Rare Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque

As Loud As Possible 1
The Noise Culture Magazine

2010, English
Softcover, 160 pages, 28 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by As Loud As Possible / UK

$110.00 - In stock -

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Quickly out-of-print, inaugural and solitary volume of the UK noise music magazine, As Loud As Possible, published in 2010 and edited by Chris Sienko and Steve Underwood (Harbinger Sound). Not surprisingly an instant collector's item, this first ambitious issue (names after the Incapacitants 1995 album) is packed with articles, interviews and reviews with both "seminal and newly emerging sound artists that specialize in atonal sonic brutality." Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Broken Flag (Maurizio Bianchi, Unkommuniti, Mauthausen Orchestra, Satori, Controlled Bleeding, Irritant, JFK, Mauro Teho Teardo (M.T.T.), Con-Dom Sigillum S, Agog, Giancarlo Toniutti, Vortex Campaign, Le Syndicat, Krang....), No Fun, Putrefier, Sewer Election, The Haters, The Rita / Sam McKinlay, Zone Nord / Jean-Luc Angles (Blowhole, Prick Decay, Small Cruel Party), Cheapmachines, Climax Denial, Interchange fanzine, Alien Brains / Storm Bugs / Anti-Messthetics, and much more...

Contents: “Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock: “Artaud, Aktionkunst, Abreaction and Eb.er” : texts by Alice Kemp, accompanied by new drawings from Rudolf Eb.er, and a detailed “Aktiongraphy”; The Broken Flag Story: An extensive indepth interview with Gary Mundy, covering the career of Ramleh, the complete output of his legendary Broken Flag record label, and also featuring new interviews with the artists responsible for those releases, including: Maurizio Bianchi, Unkommuniti, Mauthausen Orchestra, Satori, Controlled Bleeding, Irritant, JFK, Mauro Teho Teardo (M.T.T.), Con-Dom Sigillum S, Agog, Giancarlo Toniutti, Vortex Campaign, Le Syndicat, Krang and many more, plus unseen artwork and photographs; No Fun: Festival curator Carlos Giffoni talk about the New York festival's past, present and future, and covers his work with the No Fun Productions label. The Politics of HNW: The Rita’s Sam McKinlay talks about the obsessive nature of the harsh-head. Includes a list of Sam's essential Wall Noise picks spanning the past two decades. An excellent introduction to wall-riding; 30 Years of The Haters: G.X. Jupitter - Larsen provides a personal history, as well as a delineation of his ideas, methods, and tricks accrued over three decades. The inside story from the man who has made entropy his life's work. Putrefier: An interview with Mark Durgan, covering his twenty years in the UK's wilderness, from Birthbiter's heyday to the present-day. Includes reminiscences from Andy Bolus about their infamous duo project, Olympic Shit Man! Sewer Election: Sweden's loudest, Dan Johansson talks about his music, ideas, art and running a tape label. Interview by Mikko Aspa of Grunt; Zone Nord: An album -by- album look at the discography of this retired French noise legend, including brief commentary from Mr Zone Nord himself, Jean-Luc Angles; Apraxia: An interview with Patrick Barber, the man behind the label. Covers the output of this legendary label who released Blowhole, Prick Decay, Small Cruel Party and others in the early '90s; Cheapmachines: An interview with London sound-sculpter and all-'round sonic chameleon Phil Julian.
Climax Denial: An interview with this Milwaukee-based Power Electronics lecher, including an album-by-album analysis; Alien Brains, Storm Bugs and Anti-Messthetics: A study of the non-careers of two early eighties UK outfits that were very much connected. Includes input from some of the key players, plus lots of vintage artwork; Interchange: A look at this influential UK fanzine from the mid-80s, plus an interview with its creator, John Smith. Tunnel Canary: G. X. Jupitter - Larsen tells us about his first memories in Vancouver of this volatile bunch. IDES: An overview of the primary output of this American tape label, and an interview with its owner, Nicole Chambers; Classic Albums: A regular feature dedicated to both in-depth analysis and memories of overlooked but not forgotten gems from yesteryear. Issue #1 features articles on The Lemon Kittens (We Buy A Hammer For Daddy), XX Committee (Network) and RJF (Greater Success In Apprehensions & Convictions). A collection of thoughts and interviews, including an exclusive interview with ex- XX front-man, Scott Foust. Opinion Columns: A regular feature from a rotating pool of participatory players with the music they ponder. Includes John Olson (Wolf Eyes), Andy Ortmann (Panicsville), Mikko Aspa (Grunt), Steve Underwood (Harbinger Sound), Hicham Chadly (Nashazphone), Jonas Kellagher (Segerhuva), C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) and Mark Wharton (Idwal Fisher) amongst others. Covering artists including Masonna, Vomir, and The Black Phelgm, and ranging from Bizarre Uproar all the way to Christian bluegrass bluegrass music! Extensive reviews section. Back cover artwork by Richard Rupenus (The New Blockaders).

Very Good copy with light wear.

File under: Broken Flag The Haters Leibstandarte SS MB (Maurizio Bianchi) MB (Maurizio Bianchi) Maurizio Bianchi (M.B.) Maurizio Bianchi (MB) Le Syndicat Krang Giancarlo Toniutti Vortex Campaign Sigillum S Agog Sigillum S. Con-Dom Unkommuniti Mauthausen Orchestra Satori Controlled Bleeding Irritant JFK Mauro Teho Teardo (M.T.T.) Lemon Kittens Blowhole Prick Decay Small Cruel Party Zone Nord Masonna Vomir The Black Phelgm Wolf Eyes Burning Star Core Idwal Fisher The Rita Sam McKinlay Putrefier Sewer Election Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck Alien Brains Storm Bugs Cheapmachines Climax Denial Chris Sienko Steve Underwood Gary Mundy Sam McKinlay As Loud As Possible / UK Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Counterculture Performance / Dance / Theater

Episodic 4.5 (double issue): consacré à la ville / l’urbanisme à l’ère du numérique
w/ compilation mini-CD (Sister Iodine, Mika Vainio, Oval)

1998, French
Softcover (+ mini-cd), 142 pages, 18 x 14 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Episodic / Paris

$20.00 - In stock -

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Rare copy of the 1998 double issue of French art/media theory zine Episodic, with this issue (4.5) including 3-track 3" mini-cd with multimedia section including a Sim City prop, plus exclusive abstract/experimental/minimal tracks by Sister Iodine, Mika Vainio (of Pan Sonic) and Oval. Each issue was built around a specific theme (or publishing principle), combining a variety of media and fields. This double issue — consacré à la ville / l’urbanisme à l’ère du numérique (dedicated to the city / urban planning in the digital age). The epitome of glitch graphic design. Berlin, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Dordogne, Grenoble, Helsinki, Kobe, Lille, Londres, Los Angeles, Montreuil, Nantes, New York, Ostende, Paris, São Paulo, Saint Pétersbourg, Sim-City, Stockholm, Venise… › Accession-à-la-douceur-de-vivre, Boris Achour, Yann Beauvais, Blockhaus DY 10, Guy Chevalier, Décé, Le fournil, Olivier Francès, Walter Friedman, Alexander R. Hickox, Laura Keller, Rubens Machado, Miles Kingsley McKane, Claire Maugeais, Jean-Claude Moineau, Nicolas Moulin, Jean-Christophe Nourisson, Oxymore, Yves Pélissier, Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié…

VG copy w/ mini-cd

File under: Oval Pan Sonic Episodic / Paris Periodicals Architecture / Interior Theory / Essay Sound / Music

ART & TEXT 10
Winter 1983

1983, English
Softcover, 104 pages, 17.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Art & Text / Prahran

$45.00 - In stock -

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ART & TEXT 10
Winter 1982

Edited by Paul Taylor

CONTENTS :
The End of Civilisation Part 2: Love Among The Ruins by Vivienne Shark LeWitt
Fear of Texture by Imants Tillers
Items On The Menu by Paul Taylor
Presence and Absence: The Gallery As Other Place by Bruce Adams
Demolition Man by Ted Colless and Paul Foss
The Strip Laid Bare: Unevenly by Mick Carter
Put Youryoney Where Your Mouth Is by David James and Dave Sargent
Chameleon by John Davies

Art & Text, one of the landmark contemporary art magazines of the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 by Paul Taylor (1957–92), who soon moved to New York City to make his mark as an art critic, the magazine went on to become one of a handful of international art magazines that succeeded in capturing the turmoil and passing brilliance of that period of postmodernism.

Very Good - general mild wear.

File under: Vivienne Shark LeWitt Imants Tillers Paul Taylor Bruce Adams Paul Foss Edward Colless Ted Colless Mick Carter David James Dave Sargent John Davies Art & Text / Prahran Art Australian Art Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Theory / Essay

ART & TEXT 5
Autumn 1982

1982, English
Softcover, 96 pages, 17.5 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Art & Text / Prahran

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ART & TEXT 5
Autumn 1982
Edited by Paul Taylor
Contents:
"Self and Theatricality : Samuel Beckett and Vito Acconci" by Paul Taylor
"Beyond Beckett: Reckless Writing and the Concept of the Avant-Garde within Post-Modern Literature" by Nicholas Zurbrugg
"Dr. Spitzner’s Scrapbook" by Zerox Dreamflesh
"Literal Cloth: Elizabeth Paterson’s Masquerades" by Suzanne Spunner
"Musical Perception and Exploratory Music" by Warren Burt
"On Animism in Art" by Jenny Zimmer
"The 1979 Biennale ― ‘European Dialogue’" by Nick Waterlow
"Rebels and Precursors by Richard Haese and Murray/Murundi by Bonita Ely" by Jill Graham
"On Photo-Discourse" by George Alexander

Art & Text, one of the landmark contemporary art magazines of the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 by Paul Taylor (1957–92), who soon moved to New York City to make his mark as an art critic, the magazine went on to become one of a handful of international art magazines that succeeded in capturing the turmoil and passing brilliance of that period of postmodernism.

Good - general wea, some rippling to bottom corner.

File under: Elizabeth Paterson Vito Acconci Bonita Ely Warren Burt George Alexander Jenny Zimmer Jill Graham Nicholas Zurbrugg Nick Waterlow Paul Taylor Samuel Beckett Suzanne Spunner Warren Burt Zerox Dreaniflesh Art & Text / Prahran Art Australian Art Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Theory / Essay Sound / Music Performance / Dance / Theater Conceptual Art Minimal Art Film / Video Philosophy

Yaso
Special Feature : Hans Bellmer — Poupée

2010, Japanese
Softcover, 208 pages, 24 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Atelier Peyotl / Tokyo

$60.00 - In stock -

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Incredible Hans Bellmer special feature Issue of cult Japanese underground magazine Yaso, published in 2010, edited by Yuichi Konno and Atelier Peyotl (publishers of Night Vision/Yaso/Peyotl/Wave/Silvester Club...). Being a magazine specialising in the doll arts it was only natural that they would dedicate an entire issue to the ground-breaking work of German Surrealist Hans Bellmer and the development of his dolls, and pay homage to his immense influence on Japanese doll artists by discussing his work with them. Heavily illustrated with reproductions of Bellmer's iconic doll photography and drawings, alongside reproduced and translated original texts, extensive chronology of Bellmer and Unica Zürn, the drawing and anagram work of his partner Zürn, an invaluable bibliography of publications related to Bellmer to date, and many portraits of the artist. There is an extensive chronicle of doll history and development stretching from 1902—2010 and a large part of the issue is made up of heavily illustrated exclusive interviews with Japanese artists influenced by the legacy of Bellmer, including Simon Yotsuya, Nori Doi, Ryo Yoshida, Tatsumi Hijikata, Makoto Onozuka, Kishin Shinoyama, Minori Nawata, and more, surveys contemporary doll artists Volks, PEACH-PIT, naruto, Hizuki, Tari Nakagawa, Minori Nawata, Os, Akihiko Aono, mican, Ayumi, Masanao, Katan Amano, Nishioka Bro. & Sis., and many more, and includes essays by Sue Taylor, Alice Mahon, Kumi Ogata... absolutely packed with content and a valuable Bellmer reference in the context of his Japanese influence on the arts.

Good—Very Good copy with some light general reading wear.

File under: Hans Bellmer Unica Zürn Simon Yotsuya Nori Doi Ryo Yoshida Tatsumi Hijikata Makoto Onozuka Kishin Shinoyama Minori Nawata Katan Amano Akihiko Aono Tari Nakagawa Hans Bellmer Unica Zürn Atelier Peyotl / Tokyo Drawing Sculpture / Installation Transgressive / Visceral / Abject Fetishism / BDSM Eros Ero Guro / Erotic / Grotesque Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Theory / Essay Art Surrealism Art Brut / Folk / Visionary / Fantastic

Fu vol.1 — Crossover magazine
Fashion / Photo Issue

2001, Japanese
Softcover, 128 pages, 27.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Ei Publishing / Tokyo

$140.00 - In stock -

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Very rare copy of the first (and only?) issue of Japanese "crossover" magazine, Fu, a special Fashion / Photo Issue. What makes this stand-alone volume unique is that the content is not made up of fashion photography taken by a so-called fashion photographers, but fashion photography by celebrated Japanese photographers who usually don't take such a photographs. For example, Yoshinaga Masayuki shoots Y's for Men; Chikashi Suzuki shoots Veronique Branquino; Katsumi Watanabe shoots Via Bus Stop / Martin Sitbon, Jean Colonna, Alexander McQueen, Bernhard Wilhelm; Keizō Kitajima shoots APC; Onuma Shigekazu shoots X-GIRL; Hajime Sawatari shoots Hysteric Glamour; Osamu Kanemura shoots Masaki Matsushima; Masafumi Sanai shoots Milk Fed, Katsumi Omori shoots Revolver, etc. All shoots created exclusively for the magazine. This feature takes up the majority of the magazine, all photography with almost no text, but the magazine also includes a photo-special on Daido Morayama's New York photography and an interview with legendary Dune editor, actor and photographer, Fumihiro Hayashi.

Rare and collectible, even in Japan, for obvious reasons.

Very Good copy, light wear.

File under: Daido Moriyama X-Girl Y's Yohji Yamamoto Keizo Kitajima Yoshinaga Masayuki Chikashi Suzuki Veronique Branquino Katsumi Watanabe Martin Sitbon Jean Colonna Alexander McQueen Bernhard Wilhelm Onuma Shigekazu Hajime Sawatari Hysteric Glamour Osamu Kanemura Masaki Matsushima Masafumi Sanai Milk Fed Katsumi Omori Fumihiro Hayashi Ei Publishing / Tokyo Periodicals Fashion Photography Japanese Photography

EROS No. 1
Spring 1962

1962, English
Hardcover, 90 pages, 32.3 x 24.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Eros Magazine / New York

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Volume One, No. 1, Spring 1962 issue of the legendary, short-lived and controversial Eros magazine, published by Ralph Ginzburg and art director Herb Lubalin, a quarterly and revolutionary hardbound periodical containing articles and photo-essays on love and sex. Besides the learned introductions and publication of classical erotica, Eros covered stories about sexual practices that were until then piously hidden from the public eye. Although there was hardly a hint of pornography in the journal, it was explicit enough to trigger fatally the puritanical reflexes rooted so deeply in American culture. Eros was beset by legal and financial problems. The magazine closed down after four issues, partly because it was so expensive to produce, but primarily because Ginsburg, as editor, was absurdly convicted under federal obscenity laws for the fourth issue, which featured a naked, bi-racial couple embracing.

Eros was one of a group of vanguard publications created by Ginzberg and Lubalin in the 1960s-1970s, including fact: and Avant-Garde, that became iconic in the history of graphic design, ushering in a new generation of artistic publishing that was intelligent, humorous and caustically critical of American society and government via the bold and sensitive typographical approach synonymous with the work of the great Lubalin.

Good copy with light wear to hardcovers, some wear to board edges, light foxing/toning.

File under: Ralph Ginzburg Herb Lubalin Ralph Ginzburg Eros Magazine / New York Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Eros Sociology / Politics Counterculture Gender Studies / Sexuality

EROS No. 2
Summer 1962

1962, English
Hardcover, 90 pages, 32.3 x 24.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Eros Magazine / New York

$50.00 - In stock -

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Volume One, No. 2, Summer 1962 issue of the legendary, short-lived and controversial Eros magazine, published by Ralph Ginzburg and art director Herb Lubalin, a quarterly and revolutionary hardbound periodical containing articles and photo-essays on love and sex. Besides the learned introductions and publication of classical erotica, Eros covered stories about sexual practices that were until then piously hidden from the public eye. Although there was hardly a hint of pornography in the journal, it was explicit enough to trigger fatally the puritanical reflexes rooted so deeply in American culture. Eros was beset by legal and financial problems. The magazine closed down after four issues, partly because it was so expensive to produce, but primarily because Ginsburg, as editor, was absurdly convicted under federal obscenity laws for the fourth issue, which featured a naked, bi-racial couple embracing.

Eros was one of a group of vanguard publications created by Ginzberg and Lubalin in the 1960s-1970s, including fact: and Avant-Garde, that became iconic in the history of graphic design, ushering in a new generation of artistic publishing that was intelligent, humorous and caustically critical of American society and government via the bold and sensitive typographical approach synonymous with the work of the great Lubalin.

Very Good copy with light foxing/toning.

File under: Ralph Ginzburg Herb Lubalin Ralph Ginzburg Eros Magazine / New York Eros Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sociology / Politics Gender Studies / Sexuality

EROS No. 4
Winter 1962

1962, English
Hardcover, 90 pages, 32.3 x 24.9 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Eros Magazine / New York

$50.00 - Out of stock

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Volume One, No. 4, Winter 1962 issue of the legendary, short-lived and controversial Eros magazine, published by Ralph Ginzburg and art director Herb Lubalin, a quarterly and revolutionary hardbound periodical containing articles and photo-essays on love and sex. Besides the learned introductions and publication of classical erotica, Eros covered stories about sexual practices that were until then piously hidden from the public eye. Although there was hardly a hint of pornography in the journal, it was explicit enough to trigger fatally the puritanical reflexes rooted so deeply in American culture. Eros was beset by legal and financial problems. The magazine closed down after four issues, partly because it was so expensive to produce, but primarily because Ginsburg, as editor, was absurdly convicted under federal obscenity laws for the fourth issue, which featured a naked, bi-racial couple embracing.

Eros was one of a group of vanguard publications created by Ginzberg and Lubalin in the 1960s-1970s, including fact: and Avant-Garde, that became iconic in the history of graphic design, ushering in a new generation of artistic publishing that was intelligent, humorous and caustically critical of American society and government via the bold and sensitive typographical approach synonymous with the work of the great Lubalin.

Very Good copy with light foxing/toning.

File under: Ralph Ginzburg Herb Lubalin Ralph Ginzburg Eros Magazine / New York Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Eros Sociology / Politics Counterculture Gender Studies / Sexuality

Altair V
Journal of Speculative Fiction

1998, English
Softcover, 158 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Altair / Blackwood

$35.00 - In stock -

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Rare copy of the fifth issue of Altair, the short-lived, semi-annual speculative fiction magazine founded in 1998 by writer/editor/anthologist Robert N. Stephenson and published out of Blackwood, South Australia, until 2000, later becoming Altair Australia Books, a publishing venture which releases novels, anthologies and poetry collections. It's manifesto is 'to bring to light some of the lesser known works of Australia's and the World's leading writers in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror; be it short stories or commentary.' Much the same can be said about the origins as the Altair journal, featuring short science fiction and speculative fiction, Fantasy, Horror, essays, poetry and illustrations.

Altair V, edited by Robert N. Stephenson, Andrew Collings and Jim Deed, features written contributions from: Stephen Dedman, Karen Jordan Allen, Kain Massin, Joe Murphy, David Wesley Hill, Kurt von Trojan, Sten Westgard, Fred Saberhagen, Tony Shillitoe, Baryon Tensor Posadas, Lyn Nichols and Ron Collins, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Andrew Collings, Robert J. Sawyer, Roberto de Sousa Causo, Liz Martin; illustrations by Adam Oehlers, Carol McLean-Carr, and others.

Average-Good copy with wear and damage to covers, internally Very Good throughout.

File under: Carol McLean-Carr Adam Oehlers Robert N. Stephenson Arthur C. Clarke Andrew Collings Jim Deed Stephen Dedman Karen Jordan Allen Kain Massin Joe Murphy David Wesley Hill Kurt von Trojan Sten Westgard Fred Saberhagen Tony Shillitoe Baryon Tensor Posadas Lyn Nichols Ron Collins Robert J. Sawyer Roberto de Sousa Causo Liz Martin Altair / Blackwood Periodicals Australian Fiction Australian Science Fiction / Speculative Fiction Out-of-print / Rare Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction

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 - In 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

SALE2 No.43
Sexploitation Films issue

1992, Japanese
Softcover, 176 pages, 13 x 18 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fiction Inc. / Tokyo

$70.00 - In stock -

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Issue No.43 of the great SALE2 periodical from Tokyo Japan during the late 1980s and early 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. Each issue covers different themes and features, heavy on fetishism.

Issue No.43, the "Sexploitation Films" issue features "Biker Films, Beach Party Films, LSD Films, Women in Prison Films, Mondo Films...", a filmography from "A Taste of Flesh" (1967) to "The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield" (1968), a long interview with cult director Herschell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, plus Carlo Mollino, Pierre Molinier, John Willie, Guido Crepax, Irving Claw, Betty Page, Gilles Berquet, and periodicals such as Sweet Gwen's, Bizarre, Gwendoline, Rigorosa Disciplina, and much more...

Very heavily illustrated throughout with erotic photography and artwork, all texts in Japanese.

File under: Herschell Gordon Lewis Russ Meyer Carlo Mollino Pierre Molinier John Willie Guido Crepax Irving Claw Betty Page Gilles Berquet Fiction Inc. / Tokyo Periodicals Eros Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Photography Art Illustration / Graphic Art / Bandes Dessinées

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 3 (Shūji Terayama)
February, 1970 (Eros and Theater)

1970, Japanese
Softcover, 300 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

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Very rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 3, 1970, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With gorgeous graphic design and (Aleister Crowley) cover by graphic designer Heikichi Harata, this issue's special feature is ‘Eros and Theater’, edited by Shūji Terayama and Masahiko Akuta with contributions by Terayama, photographer Hajime Sawatari, writer Taruho Inagaki, director Takahiko Iimura, anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, playwright Yasunari Takahashi, director and cinematographer Sakumi Hagiwara, film director Nobuhiro Kawanaka, playwright Rio Kishida, and many others. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki Heikichi Harata Tadanori Yokoo Yasunari Takahashi Takahiko Iimura Hajime Sawatari Izumi Suzuki Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Eros Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Art Performance / Dance / Theater Theory / Essay Film / Video Occult / Esoterica Counterculture

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 5 (Shūji Terayama)
August, 1972 (City Drama / Human-powered airplane Solomon)

1972, Japanese
Softcover, 340 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

$120.00 - In stock -

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Rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 5, 1972, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With iconic cover photography by Shūji Terayama, this issue's special feature is ‘City Drama / Human-powered airplane Solomon’, with contributions by Terayama, artsit Jiro Takamatsu, butoh dancer and choreographer Akira Kasai, actress Eiko Kujo, photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, film director Nobuhiro Kawanaka, playwright Yutaka Higashi, film critic Shigechika Sato, musician J. A. Seazer, musician Shigeo Takenaga, musician Norihito Inaba, photographer Hiroshi Yamazaki, and many others. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki Jiro Takamatsu Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuhiro Kawanaka Akira Kasai Yutaka Higashi Eiko Kujo J. A. Seazer Norihito Inaba Shigeo Takenaga Hiroshi Yamazaki Izumi Suzuki Shigechika Sato Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Art Performance / Dance / Theater Out-of-print / Rare Film / Video Theory / Essay Periodicals Eros Counterculture

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 6 (Shūji Terayama)
August, 1973 (New Trends in Overseas Theater)

1973, Japanese
Softcover, 340 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

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Very rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 6, 1973, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With iconic cover photography by Shūji Terayama, this issue's special feature is ‘New Trends in Overseas Theater’, with contributions by Terayama, musician J. A. Seazer, musician Norihito Inaba, photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, actor Hideaki Sasaki, producer and actress Eiko Kujo, artist Nobuo Sasaki, and many others. Includes in-depth features and interviews on the work of theatre directors Jérôme Savary, Robert Wilson, and Mario Ricci and photo-reports the activities of independent theatre companies around the world, including Teatro Abaco (Rome), Atelje 212 (Belgrade), Teatr Laboratorium (Wrocław), La Mamma Theatre (New York), Forum Theater (Berlin), Odin Teatret (Holstebro), Stichting Mickery Workshop (Antwerp), making it a very valuable resource on the subject. There are also photo reports and scripts on the performances of Tenjō Sajiki, including works performed overseas. Incredible rare performance documents. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki J. A. Seazer Nobuyoshi Araki Hideaki Sasaki Nobuo Sasaki Eiko Kujo Norihito Inaba Jérôme Savary Robert Wilson Mario Ricci Teatro Abaco Atelje 212 Teatr Laboratorium La Mamma Theatre Forum Theater Odin Teatret Stichting Mickery Workshop Tadanori Yokoo Kaoru Abe Izumi Suzuki Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Art Theory / Essay Performance / Dance / Theater Film / Video Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Eros Counterculture

Angura (Underground Theatre) No. 11 (Shūji Terayama)
May, 1977 (Secret Drama — Absurd Ship)

1977, Japanese
Softcover, 64 pages, 21 x 15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / good
Published by Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo

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Rare copy of Angura (Underground Theatre) issue 11, 1977, the "Dramatic Theory Magazine" published in Tokyo by Shūji Terayama's radical avant-garde theatre company Tenjō Sajiki. With iconic cover photography by Shūji Terayama, this issue's special feature is ‘Secret Drama (Absurd Ship)’, with contributions by Terayama, writer Taruho Inagaki, anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, film director Nobuhiro Kawanaka, playwright Rio Kishida, and many others. A very unique periodical that not only discusses in-depth the works of Angura theatre, but also the international avant-garde, inviting diverse critical perspectives on performance and anti- and living-theatre, sharing ground with Gutai and Fluxus. Illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams and photographs, mixing themes of pop, protest, surrealism, and eros, plus texts and scripts in Japanese. A rare printed embodiment of Tenjō Sajiki, Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and the Japanese underground.

Tenjō Sajiki was a Japanese independent theater troupe co-founded by Shūji Terayama, Kujō Kyōko, Yutaka Higashi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Fumiko Takagi. Led by Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer Shūji Terayama, the prolific group was active between 1967 and 1983 (until Terayama's death). A major phenomenon on the Japanese Angura ("underground") theater scene, the group has produced a number of stage works marked by experimentalism, folklore influences, social provocation, grotesque eroticism and the flamboyant fantasy characteristic of Terayama's oeuvre. Tenjō Sajiki benefitted greatly from collaborations with a number of prominent artists, including musicians J. A. Seazer and Kan Mikami, and graphic designers Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo.

Shūji Terayama (1935 — 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Terayama is considered one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan, with a wide-reaching influence on many artists from the 1970s onward.

File under: Shuji Terayama Shūji Terayama Tenjo Sajiki Tenjō Sajiki Tadanori Yokoo Rio Kishida Nobuhiro Kawanaka Izumi Suzuki Taruho Inagaki Rio Kishida Masao Yamaguchi Tenjō Sajiki / Tokyo Out-of-print / Rare Periodicals Art Performance / Dance / Theater Film / Video Theory / Essay Eros

Fool's Mate "Special Stock" 1978—79
Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde"

1979, Japanese
Softcover, 240 pages, 25.5 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Fool's Mate / Tokyo

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Rare "Special Stock" compendium book by the world's finest "Euro Rock Magazine", Fool's Mate, from Japan. In the 1970's—1980's, Fool's Mate (named after the 1971 Peter Hammill LP), edited by Masashi Kitamura with regular contributions by Masami Akita (Merzbow) and many other heads, was a vital conduit between emerging and metamorphosing avant-garde music cultures in Europe (Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Free Music, Electronic, Cosmic, Psychedelic Folk, Avant Pop, Rock in Opposition, Post Punk, Industrial, etc.) and Japan. No doubt responsible for the resonance of experimental contemporary music there during that period through to today, each issue of Fool's Mate during these early years was packed cover-to-cover with exclusive interviews with the artists, rare photographs and graphics, thematic genre/artist/label/artistic movement features, in-depth profiles/discographies/family-trees, catalogues, lyrics, letters, collage art, record, book, and live reviews, columns and an endless stream of concert and import/record store/label/venue/cafe adverts, all presented in a perfectly obsessive fanzine aesthetic manner, cut 'n' pasted across many paper stocks. The Americas and other realms, including new directions in Japanese alternative music, are all covered alongside their European counterparts, with many issues exploring key artistic and theoretical influences, such as Symbolism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Eros, Futurism, etc.

This special three issue collection combines Vol. 4 "Fantasy" + Vol. 6 "Eros" + Vol. 7 "Avant-Garde". Says it all really. Incredible in-depth, encyclopaedic features on Derek Bailey (full biography and discograohy), British avant-garde/free music/jazz/avant-rock/R.I.O./Canterbury (Bailey, Henry Cow, Daevid Allen/Gong, Lol Coxhill, Soft Machine, Company, Slapp Happy, Keith Tippett, National Health, Evan Parker, Art Bears, King Crimson, Hatfield and The North, Kew Rhone, National Health, Robert Wyatt, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Incus Records, Ogun Records, etc.), R.I.O. expanded (Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, ZNR, The Residents, Albert Marcoeur, Stormy Six, Etron Fou Leloublan, Samla Mammas Manna, etc.), plus features and articles on Robert Fripp, Atoll, Annette Peacock, Italian Prog, Gloria Mundi, Peter Hammill, Ashra, Brian Eno, Tony Banks, Van Der Graaf, Genesis, Vangelis, Peter Gabriel, New Spanish Rock, and much more. Highly recommended to any fan of such things.

Very Good copy.

File under: Aubrey Beardsley Kuniyoshi Kaneko Hans Bellmer Fernand Khnopff Charles Ricketts Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ashra Ash Ra Temple Manuel Göttsching Derek Bailey Henry Cow Daevid Allen Gong Lol Coxhill Soft Machine Company Slapp Happy Keith Tippett National Health Evan Parker Robert Wyatt Spontaneous Music Ensemble Incus Records Ogun Records King Crimson Robert Fripp Atoll Annette Peacock Gloria Mundi Peter Hammill Brian Eno Van der Graaf Generator Genesis Vangelis Peter Gabriel Univers Zero Art Zoyd ZNR The Residents Albert Marcoeur Stormy Six Etron Fou Leloublan Samla Mammas Manna Tony Banks Masami Akita (Merzbow) Masashi Kitamura Fool's Mate / Tokyo Eros Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music Art Symbolism / Decadence / Fin de siècle Theory / Essay Occult / Esoterica Collage / Mail Art / Xerox Art Counterculture

NEWSWAVE Vol. 16

1988, Japanese
Softcover, 88 pages, 26 x 18.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by NEWSWAVE / Tokyo

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Rare copy of NEWSWAVE, a great post-punk/avant-rock/synth-pop fanzine from Tokyo in the 1980s, very seldom seen. This issue, volume 16 from 1988, includes a huge cover story on Patti Smith, A.R. Kane, Coil, Felt, Les Nouvelles Propagandes (French industrial/ambient label), Test Dept., Crime & The City Solution, The Pogues, David Bowie, the ZTT label (Paul Morley's label with Trevor Horn and Jill Sinclair — home of Art of Noise, Grace Jones...), plus abundant illustrated reviews and ads, all features packed with chronology and discography information, release artwork, graphics and photographs.

Very Good copy, very light wear.

File under: Illusion of Safety Test Dept. Crime & the City Solution Patti Smith A.R. Kane Coil Felt Les Nouvelles Propagandes Art of Noise David Bowie NEWSWAVE / Tokyo Periodicals Out-of-print / Rare Sound / Music

Joe's First Issue
Joe McKenna

1992, English
Softcover, 128 unbound pages, 41 x 29.5 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by Joe McKenna / New York

$300.00 - In stock -

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The first issue of one of the most sought after fashion publications of the 1990s, the impeccably produced, over-sized, unbound cult fashion folio magazine produced by stylist Joe McKenna and privately issued in 1992. Photographs by Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, Ellen von Unwerth, Steven Meisel, Paolo Roversi, George Platt Lynes, and more. Design by Sam Shahid. Joe's was created at the height of the super-model era and a time in fashion of great artistic sophistication. A bold integration of art and fashion, the publication's success lies in the freedom that McKenna gave to the photographers and writers, away from the constraints of commercial publications. The magazine was funded by the ads, placed by designer friends of McKenna with no strings attached. A second issue only was published in 1998. Only two issues were ever made.

Articles include an illustrated discussion of the work of Parisian Maison Alaïa, Donald Windham on Tennessee Williams and Montgomery Clift with photos by George Platt Lynes and Karl Bissinger, Jean Paul Goude on Vanessa Paradis, with photographs by Paolo Roversi, Anna Sui on muse Wallis Franken, photographed by Steven Meisel and studies of Dirk Bogarde and artist Paul Cadmus.

The magazine ends with the controversial homo-erotic images of identical twins in Bruce Weber's photo-story 'The Last Days of Summer'. WARNING: This copy is priced to reflect the fact that this important section has been meticulously hand-censored wherever a penis is concerned due to it being copy imported into Tokyo in 1992 under strict print regulations. Sadly, this effects three Weber photographs, and one Paul Cadmus photograph.

Average-Good copy due to wear to cover boards and Japanese censorship outlined above. All other contents perfect.

File under: Bruce Weber Peter Lindbergh Ellen von Unwerth Steven Meisel Paolo Roversi George Platt Lynes Dirk Bogarde Paul Cadmus Sam Shahid Joe McKenna Alaïa Azzedine Alaïa Joe McKenna / New York Periodicals Fashion Photography Art Eros LGBTQ+

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

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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

Fade To Black: A Collection

1985, English
Softcover (staple-bound), 96 pages, 29.5 x 21 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by S.C.A.S.A. / Glebe

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Seldom seen copy of Sydney's "Fade To Black: A Collection", published by Sydney College of the Arts Film Group, edited by Stephen Cummins, Toula Anastas, Peter Handsaker, Gretta Kool and Mary Temelovski, with cover featuring stills from editor Steve Cummins' 1984 student film "Breathbeat". Stephen Cummins (1960-1994) was an Australian filmmaker, photographer and curator who left an indelible mark on the independent queer film scene.

With bold, high-contrast b/w art direction by Gretta Kool and Mary Temelovski throughout, the magazine opens with imagery from Catherine Lowing's 1985 film about the Sydney Lesbian S&M scene, "Knife in the Head, Spooky", followed by notes and quotes on film from Straub, Landow, Eisenstein, Barthes, Hitchcock, Godard, Fellini, Lesley Stern, Adrian Martin, and many more, before the feature contents (interviews, essays, reviews, artist pages, etc), as follows: "Framing the Film Still" Ross Gibson, "All the Glitters" Robyn Outram, "Transported" - Virginia Hillyard, "Mojave Moon" - Renee Romeril, "Roadscript" - Andrew Martin, "To Render the Body Ecstatic" - Anna Rodrigo interviews Laleen Jayamanne, "Doppelganger in Blue" - Steve Cummins, "Carmen" Louise Burchill, "Where None" - Toula Anastas, "Between Kitsch and Fascism" - Interview with Dieter Schidor, "Kanahooka Day Trip" - Kate Richards, "On Movement" - an essay in screenstudy - Chris Tuckfield, "Vluku Vlk" - Ken Heyes, "Hot Minutes" - Andrew Donaldson, "Lost in Space" - Ross Harley, "The Super 8 Film Group - More than Informative" - Michael Hutak, "And the Winner is ..." Anne Zahalka, "Psychotherapy and the Cinema" - Ben Crawford, "Little Hans Rides Again (a film still)" - Kurt Brereton, "Broken Mirrors Feminist Horror" - Ruby Davies, "Why have there been no great women ventriloquists - or what are they talking about" - Shan Short, "Imitation of Life" - Mark Titmarsh, "Sorry Wong Number" - Claudia Shaw, "Two Scenes from an untitled film" Ken Orchard, "Pieces of Freedom" - Melissa Smith, "Frameup" - Karen Borger, "Android" - Rosemary Johnson, "Staring at Helene and Pete" - Debra Thorsen, "What Price Culture" - Paola Talbert. A wonderful time-capsule of the film arts and film criticism in mid-80's Oz.

Good-Very Good copy with minor spine pinches and rubbing to black card covers.

File under: A.D.S Donaldson A.D.S. Donaldson Anne Zahalka Stephen Cummins Toula Anastas Peter Handsaker Gretta Kool Mary Temelovski Laleen Jayamanne Claudia Shaw Adrian Martin Lesley Stern A.D.S Donaldson A.D.S. Donaldson Stephen Cummins Toula Anastas Peter Handsaker Gretta Kool Mary Temelovski Louise Burchill Claudia Shaw S.C.A.S.A. / Glebe Periodicals Art Film / Video Theory / Essay Out-of-print / Rare Australian Art LGBTQ+ Weird / Speculative / Science Fiction Eros Feminism Sound / Music Fetishism / BDSM

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A Quarterly of Gay Fiction

1978, English
Softcover, 69 pages, 23 x15 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / average
Published by The Antares Foundation / San Francisco

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First Spring 1978 volume of Paragraph: A Quarterly of Gay Fiction published in San Francisco by The Antares Foundation and featuring the short fiction writings of Jane Alden, Richard Hall, Chip Moore, Pat Braus, Stanley Rutherford, and John F. Gilgun. Each story accompanied by an illustration/graphic.

Average-Good copy with general light wear to book extremities, light rubbing/toning, previous sticker damage to back cover. Internally nice and clean.

File under: Jane Alden Richard Hall Chip Moore Pat Braus Stanley Rutherford John F. Gilgun The Antares Foundation / San Francisco LGBTQ+ Periodicals Fiction / Poetry Out-of-print / Rare Eros

Double Page No. 8
Le Carnaval de Bâle / Paul Maurer

1981, French
Softcover, 48 pages, 32 x 24 cm
1st Edition, Out of print title / used / very good
Published by Éditions SNEP / Geneva

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Double Page No. 8: Le Carnaval de Bâle / Paul Maurer, published in 1981 as part of the Swiss photography series of over-sized art books. "Each issue of DOUBLE PAGE presents a photographic series on a single subject, treated by a single photographer, preceded by an author's text." This volume comprising photographs of the masked and costumed participants of Le Carnaval de Bâle shot in the streets of Basel during the biggest carnival in Switzerland, photography by Paul Maurer with text by French writer Michèle Fitoussi.

Very Good copy with some light wear.

File under: Paul Maurer Michèle Fitoussi Éditions SNEP / Geneva Periodicals Photography Out-of-print / Rare