Brickbat Books
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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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In the shop! Michael Deforge's Heaven No Hell! Hardcover, $21.95. #michaeldeforge #drawnandquarterly
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
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
Early Penguin edition of Lost In The Funhouse by John Barth. Great cover by Scottish Pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi. $17.95. #johnbarth #penguinpaperbacks #edwardpaolozzi
The Letters Of Emily Dickinson. Three volumes slipcases. Published by The Belnap Press, Harvard University. $175 #emilydickinson
The great Tomi Ungerer's ghoulish take on the New York elite, circa 1969. Lotsa fun! Paperback, $19.95. #tomiungerer
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.
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.
Back in stock! Calvino's Complete Cosmicomics and Difficult Loves. Paperbacks, $16.99 and $15.99. #italocalvino
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.