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    The Face of Black Music by Valerie Wilmer Introduction by Archie Shepp

    Original secondhand hardbook w/out dustjacket. Intro by Archie Shepp.  Wicked pics! G cond

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    By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
      Arthur Baker NEW HARDBACK BOOKLooking For the Perfect Beat
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        Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
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          By Ian PenmanErik Satie Three Piece Suite
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            Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
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              The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
              The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
              • – Melody Babylon
              • – Freedom Fighter
              • – Politicians
              • – Fade Away
              • – Without You
              • – One Step Forward
              • – Just Let It Be
              • – Fever
              • – Social Riot
              • – Rest In Love
              Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
              NYC no wave/ze records scenester Descloux book of poetry, collages and moreIntroduction by Patti Smith
                Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
                Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
                  • Original Book (350g)£30.00
                    Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageing
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                  Jackie DeshannonLove Forever - Demo Recordings 1966-1967
                  Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing...
                    • New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RLGM18131PMI£35.99
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                    Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
                    FLIP THE SCRIPT showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition...
                      Nasty Women
                      With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account...
                        By Truman CapoteIn Cold Blood
                        The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of...
                          Perfume
                          In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable...
                            Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
                            In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
                              Look & See: Collected Ephemera and Printed Material
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                                The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
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                                  George OrwellDown And Out in Paris and London
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                                    We Called It MusicEddie Condon
                                      • Original Book (200g)£20.00
                                        Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, inside yellowing to pages
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                                      William S. BurroughsJunky
                                      A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
                                        Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
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                                          • Book (600g) 9780008464431£20.00 £8.00
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                                          Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back
                                          From acid-house to prog-rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long...
                                            There And Black Again
                                            By Don Letts and Mal Peachey Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
                                              JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
                                              (in french). Nice photos
                                                • Original Book (500g)£10.00
                                                  Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Hardback Book in Good Condition
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                                                Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
                                                  • Original Book (400g)£25.00
                                                    Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book w/Dustjacket
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                                                  A Little Feminist History of Art
                                                  Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to de-gender their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played...
                                                    Subcontinental SynthesisElectronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
                                                    The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.Subcontinental Synthesis...
                                                      Invisible Man
                                                      Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
                                                        The Women Who Changed Architecture
                                                        A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion...
                                                          Things Fall Apart
                                                          Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally...
                                                            A Thousand Golden Horns: The Exciting Age of America's Greatest Dance BandsBy Gene Fernett
                                                              • Original Book (700g)£20.00
                                                                Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print 1st and only edition private press Hardback Book in Good Condition
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                                                              Art on My MindBy bell hooks
                                                              A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love‘There must...
                                                                George OrwellBooks v. Cigarettes
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                                                                  The Book of JazzLeonard Feather
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                                                                      Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book no Dustjacket
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