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Locality: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phone: +1 215-592-1207



Address: 709 S 4th St 19147 Philadelphia, PA, US

Website: www.brickbatbooks.com

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Brickbat Books 10.04.2021

In the shop! Michael Deforge's Heaven No Hell! Hardcover, $21.95. #michaeldeforge #drawnandquarterly

Brickbat Books 03.04.2021

The Musicians Of Bremen by J. P. Miller, illustrator of the Little Golden Book classic The Little Red Hen. First "A" edition, $9.95. #littlegoldenbook #jpmiller

Brickbat Books 30.03.2021

Home recordings from Brother Theotis Taylor. Soaring gospel vocals with minimal piano accompaniment. From Brother Taylor's personal collection of reel-to-reel recordings. "The music just comes down on you. You always have your machine where you can catch everything. ‘Cause what you can catch today you can’t remember tomorrow. -Mississippi Records. Vinyl LP, $22. #brothertheotistaylor #mississippirecords

Brickbat Books 28.03.2021

Early Penguin edition of Lost In The Funhouse by John Barth. Great cover by Scottish Pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi. $17.95. #johnbarth #penguinpaperbacks #edwardpaolozzi

Brickbat Books 22.03.2021

The Letters Of Emily Dickinson. Three volumes slipcases. Published by The Belnap Press, Harvard University. $175 #emilydickinson

Brickbat Books 07.03.2021

The great Tomi Ungerer's ghoulish take on the New York elite, circa 1969. Lotsa fun! Paperback, $19.95. #tomiungerer

Brickbat Books 02.11.2020

The Art of Assemblage. MOMA catalog from 1961. Cover design by Ivan Chermayeff. Hardcover, $14.95. #assemblage #ivanchermayeff #museumofmodernart Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 23.10.2020

The Beetle Leg, John Hawkes third novel. This edition is from 1951 and has a wonderful cover by Gertrude Huston. Some underlining and margin notes, bottom left corner of rear of dust jack is gone, otherwise a solid copy. Hardcover $24.95. #johnhawkes #gertrudehuston #newdirectionspublishing Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 04.10.2020

Back in stock! Calvino's Complete Cosmicomics and Difficult Loves. Paperbacks, $16.99 and $15.99. #italocalvino

Brickbat Books 23.09.2020

Ecstatic opium-tinged reverie for preschoolers by the great Margaret Wise Brown. The Color Kittens, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen. Hardcover, $4.99. #littlegoldenbooks #margaretwisebrown

Brickbat Books 16.09.2020

Carroll Dunham Painting and Sculpture 2004-2008. Hardcover, $39.00.#carrolldunham Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 27.08.2020

Three by George Saunders. Fox 8, Pastoralia, and the children's book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, illustrated by Lane "Stinky Cheeseman" Smith. #georgesaunders #lanesmith Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 09.08.2020

The shenanigans of a young writer in 70s Paris subletting a flat from Marguerite Duras and engaging in all sorts of youthful literary hijinks. Never Any End To Paris, by Enrique Vila-Matas. Paperback $15.95 Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 05.08.2020

Back in stock! Everything She Touched, The Life Of Ruth Asawa. Hardcover, $29.95. #ruthasawa Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 16.07.2020

Delightful tales for the whole family! Includes such classics as The Boy With Nails In His Eyes, The Girl Who Turned Into A Bed, Jimmy The Hideous Penguin Boy, and of The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy. Written and illustrated by Tim Burton. Hardcover. $19.95 #timburton

Brickbat Books 27.06.2020

Surrealist-to-the-end Benjamin Peret's collection The Leg Of Lamb It's Life And Works. Originally published in 1957 and edited by Peret, it collects 24 pieces, most published in the 1920s. If you prefer your surrealism straight up, this one is for you. Paperback. $17.95. #wakefieldpress #benjaminperet

Brickbat Books 17.06.2020

Three early Little Golden Book titles from Richard Scarry. Gingerbread Man, Colors, Chipmunk ABC, The Polite Elephant, and Duck And His Friends. All new. All $4.99, except for Colors, which is $5.99, and has a spinning color wheel. #littlegoldenbooks #richardscarry Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 09.06.2020

The Little Horse Bus, a sentimental tale of obsolete technology triumphing over "progress." Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.. Hardcover, illustrated boards. $19.95. Out of print. #grahamgreene #edwardardizzone Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.

Brickbat Books 07.06.2020

Long out of print in English, now available again a new translation. Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault's 1920 Surrealist classic The Magnetic Fields. Dedicated to "Dada suicide" Jacques Cache. $14.95 #andrebreton #philippesoupault #surrealism #nyrb

Brickbat Books 04.06.2020

Stunning collection of Gerhard Richter's portait paintings. Out of print hardcover. $75.00. #gerhardrichter Available for pickup 11am-4pm Tues-Sat, 12-4 Sunday or $4 shipping. Email us at [email protected] or stop in to purchase.