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Rei Kawakubo. Zine edited by Very Negative Production (only 30 copies). For Sale. DM for Info.
23/07/2026

Rei Kawakubo. Zine edited by Very Negative Production (only 30 copies). For Sale. DM for Info.

Le Palace (Agenda 1980)J. Maillot (design and production), Paris, (1979). Unpaginated (104 pages). 23,7 x 15,5 cm. Condi...
17/06/2025

Le Palace (Agenda 1980)

J. Maillot (design and production), Paris, (1979). Unpaginated (104 pages). 23,7 x 15,5 cm. Condition : Very Good (Some signs of wear. Remarkably well preserved copy, perfect binding).

First Palace diary edited (out of a series of three which lasted until 1982). Remarkable state of conservation despite a spiral binding. A true collector’s item, this diary offers a remarkable iconography of the famous nightclub founded in 1978 by Fabrice Emaer. We find there in particular : Thierry Mugler (who designed the outfits for the staff), Serge Gainsbourg, Rod Stewart, Yves Saint-Laurent, Jacques de Bascher, Edwige Belmore, Guy Cuevas, the sets of the Palace, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Andrée Putman, Helmut Newton, the Bazooka collective, Kenzo, Village People, Kraftwerk, Talking Heads, The B 52’s, Andy Warhol… Very Rare.

Soft Cell (Les Bains Douches)Original poster, off-set print, Paris, 1982, Imprimerie Le Souterrain, 56.8 x 37.3 cm. Cond...
13/06/2025

Soft Cell (Les Bains Douches)

Original poster, off-set print, Paris, 1982, Imprimerie Le Souterrain, 56.8 x 37.3 cm. Condition: Very Good

Rare poster of the British new wave group Soft Cell in concert at Bains Douches in October 1982. The group had released their album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret a year earlier, from which their single Tainted Love was taken.

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New WaveBy Jean-François Bizot, Actuel & Éditions du Panama, Paris, 2007. First Edition. Text in French. 288 pages. 29,8...
12/06/2025

New Wave

By Jean-François Bizot, Actuel & Éditions du Panama, Paris, 2007. First Edition. Text in French. 288 pages. 29,8 x 29,8 cm. Condition : Good (Some curled pages, slight wear on the corners but good copy).

The title of this book is actually used to tell us all the cultural history of the 80s without being limited to the New Wave period. Who better than Bizot, founder of Actual and Radio Nova, pioneer of the French Underground (not to say the Pope) could direct it? Here we are, embarking from Kraftwerk and the cold wave aesthetic to the shimmering colors of Keith Haring or the Memphis group. This book is remarkable because it gives a striking image of this culture as varied as that of this decade: the rock of Richard Hell, the drawings of Basquiat, the design of Starck, the hip-hop of Grand Master Flash, the young people of Blitz or Bains Douches, the funk of Prince, the coldness of Joy Division, the Goude Style… all illustrated with magnificent photographs, some of which come from essential magazines such as Blitz, Art News, Interview, Façade, Wet, The Face, Paper… A work of passionate people like Jean-François Bizot and the people who helped him write this book (Bernard Zekri, Patrick Eudeline, Léon Marcadet, Jean Rouzaud, Marc Voline…).

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Autobiographie en photomatons1968-1988, By Pierre & Gilles, Bazar Edition, Paris, 2012. First Edition, Text in French, 4...
12/06/2025

Autobiographie en photomatons

1968-1988, By Pierre & Gilles, Bazar Edition, Paris, 2012. First Edition, Text in French, 464 pages. 25,7 x 20,4 cm. Condition : Excellent.

“The painted photographs of Pierre and Gilles, very colorful and sometimes described as “kitsch”, are famous. But an important part of their work was until now unknown to the general public: an exceptional set of photo booths, collected and put in order first by Gilles Blanchard alone then by Pierre and Gilles between 1968 and 1988. Autobiography in photo booths is a story told in the first person by Gilles Blanchard, in the form of captioned images, that of a shy teenager from Le Havre “gone” to Paris, who meets love in the person of Pierre Commoy. We meet everyone who matters in Paris in the 70s and 80s (Alain Pacadis, Edwige Belmore, Kenzo, Philippe Morillon, Maripol, Djemila Khelfa, Christian Louboutin, Eva Ionesco, Paquita Paquin…). The book ends when the “old” photo booth booths disappear at the same time as Paris changes and Pierre and Gilles find success. This autobiography in images, which constitutes the heart of the book, is preceded by a long interview with Pierre and Gilles, and followed by a gallery of portraits of the main actors in the film of the life of the famous duo.

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Hip Hop Flyer (1980)Original Flyer, Nubian Productions, New York, 1980. 21,5 x 16,5 cm. Condition : Very Good.Back in St...
10/06/2025

Hip Hop Flyer (1980)

Original Flyer, Nubian Productions, New York, 1980. 21,5 x 16,5 cm. Condition : Very Good.

Back in Stock : Original flyer for a Hip-Hop party in the Bronx in February 1980 at The T-Connection (White Plains Road). The “Jungle City Rose” part announces the presence of Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Jazzy Jay, Dj Red Alert, Furious 5 MC’s, Mel-Mel, SoulSonic Force MC’s and others. A historical document bringing together the main pioneers of the Hip-Hop movement.

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Branded Bronx BagsDeath, s*x and Trouble. The marketing of NYC streets Drugs (1989-1994), by Thatcher Keats aka DSM III,...
07/06/2025

Branded Bronx Bags

Death, s*x and Trouble. The marketing of NYC streets Drugs (1989-1994), by Thatcher Keats aka DSM III, Blurring Books, New York, 2023. 44 pages, 28 x 21,5 cm. Condition : Excellent.

Tragic and beautiful, ridiculous and sublime, these photographs are a record of the branded proprietary names of street drugs of The Bronx in the years around the Crack and AIDS epidemics.
He**in brand names were mostly associated with trouble and co***ne brand names were mostly associated with good living/the high life. These images tell stories, provide cautionary tales, sell through s*x appeal, reference topical issues and engage in Truth In Advertising. Told through the photographs of New York based photographer, Thatcher Keats.

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History is Made at Night (Signed)By David Godlis, introduction by Jim Jarmusch, MATTE Editions, New York, 2016. First Ed...
06/06/2025

History is Made at Night (Signed)

By David Godlis, introduction by Jim Jarmusch, MATTE Editions, New York, 2016. First Edition limited to 1200 copies. Numbered and signed. 170 pages. 23,5 x 23,5 cm. Condition : Very Good.

David Godlis is a street photographer. He has been walking for 50 years in the streets of New York with his camera. Above all, he experienced the golden age of the punk-rock scene. “‘History is Made at Night” contains 119 black and white photographs. All taken between 1976 and 1979 around the CBGB in the Bowery. Without Flash with only the lights of the streetlights. So we find the heroes of those punk nights: Patti Smith, Richard Hell, the members of the Ramones, Talking heads, Television, the young Jim Jarmusch, and the crowd of strangers. It is a tribute to this emblematic and legendary place that was the CBGB club. We can see the interior of the room, the concerts, the queues in front of the front door, the atmosphere of those nights. A unique and certainly the most beautiful book covering this period.

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Reggae Flyers (80s)Original flyers, Cincinatti (U.S.A.), mid-1980s, Most of the same size 28 x 21.5 cm (except one 35.5 ...
05/06/2025

Reggae Flyers (80s)

Original flyers, Cincinatti (U.S.A.), mid-1980s, Most of the same size 28 x 21.5 cm (except one 35.5 x 21.5 cm and one 21.5 x 13.8 cm). Condition: Very Good (Some traces of tape on some. Sometimes small stains).

Very nice collection of 15 original flyers for reggae concerts organized in the city of Cincinatti (Ohio). Most of these concerts take place in The Bogart’s concert hall. On the program for all these flyers: Burning Spear, Rita Marley & the I-Threes, The Wailers, Ziggy Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Culture, Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor, Black Uhuru, Uprising, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Mighty Diamonds, Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare etc. Very nice collection in remarkable condition.

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TapesBy Giasco Bertoli, RVB Books, Paris, 2022. First Edition limited to 150 copies. Silkscreen printing (cover) & Risog...
05/06/2025

Tapes

By Giasco Bertoli, RVB Books, Paris, 2022. First Edition limited to 150 copies. Silkscreen printing (cover) & Risography printing. Unpaginated (100 pages), 27 x 18,5 cm. Condition : Excellent.

Back in Stock. One of our favorite books, a real favorite: “Created between 2018 and 2019, the Tapes still life series is an ode to the end of the 80s and the magic of the audio cassette. The photographer Giasco Bertoli found and reproduced the K7 that he recorded as a teenager Printed in black and white risography at 2.5 scale for the book, this collection compiles the soundtrack of a bygone era”.

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