“in this thicket, each smallest branch, plant, fern, root --- must now be isolated, observed, picked over, measured, raised as though a word, an accuracy were a pincer!” -Charles Olson
Bizarre Architecture by Charles Jenks. Bizarre Architecture by Charles Jenks.
Bizarre Architecture by Charles Jenks.
$20.00

Rizzoli, 1979. Paperback, square octavo, 80 pp., illustrated throughout in color. Minor edgewear. Very good overall.

ISBN:0847802221

Diaspora / Memory / Place: David Hammons, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Pamela Z, edited by Salah M. Hassan and Cheryl Finley (Prestel, 2008). A really cool volume that accompanied these three mega-artists' site specific works at the Dak'Art 2004: Th
Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi by D. L. Hawksworth, B. C. Sutton and G.C. Ainsworth (Commonwealth Mycological Institute, 1983, Seventh Edition). Now in its 10th edition, this one has the best jacket in our opinion. For serious myco
Bizarre Architecture by Charles Jenks (Rizzoli, 1979). One of our personal favorite small architecture photo books. The follow up to Fantastic Architecture tries to place on a taxonomy on the bizarre with some success, but just a great little overvi
Dictionary of Discards: How To Make Useful Things from Scrap by Frank M. Rich (Avenel Press, 1952). Don't want to buy weird plastic Halloween costumes this year? Time to think about keeping household materials out of landfills and put them to good u
Black History / Black Vision: The Visionary Image in Texas by Lynne Adele (Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery,1989). Whoa! We've never seen this one before--a 93 page exhibition catalogue celebrating the work of 6 incredible black visionary artists fr
Dwarf Fruit Trees by Lawrence Southwick (Garden Way Publshing, 1972). We’re back from summer vacations and set up in our new home and thinking about planting fruit trees. This slim little volume on Dwarf Tress gives all to information you&rsqu
Practical Handbook of Plant Alchemy, by Manfred M. Junius (Inner Traditions, 1985). Perhaps not the most practical for road trips and camping (we don’t travel with tinctures typically), this awesome volume provides a metholodology for incorpo
[The People of Total Loss Farm] Home Comfort: Stories and Scenes of Life on Total Losd Farm. Saturday Review Press, 1973 We’re on the road, traversing green mountains with the smell of maple sugar and dairy farms. The Total Loss Farm was (and
A huge thanks to the good folks at @detbookfest for throwing such an awesome event this year! We had a blast and so did all the friends and vendors we chatted with. We didn’t even have time to take pictures. And thank you Detroit for showing
We’re out in the parking lot of Shed 5 in Eastern Market for @detbookfest ! Come say hi, look at goat books, buy some literature, all at discount prices! There’s so many great vendors and books—you might be here all day. 🐐 #detr
Last of the packing for @detbookfest tomorrow! Art, cooking, literature, kids books, literature, and more. See you at @easternmarket Write your own synopsis.
Packing for the @detbookfest !!! This Sunday at Eastern Market. So many awesome vendors, so many books. We've got your mushrooms, birds, national parks, and Kaos covered. #artbooks #mushroombooks #homesteader #bees
Blast off! We’re out here by the It Takes A Village Skatepark @theshepherddetroit ! Come on by and check out some books, art, produce, ceramics and more!
Join us TOMORROW for a Summer Market at @theShepherdDetroit on Saturday, June 21 | 11AM–5PM Browse a curated selection of vendors including @BlackArtLibrary, @IMWeiss_Gallery, @InThicketBooks, @LouisBuhl, @ProgressiveArtStudioCollective, @P
It’s almost here! Summer Market @theshepherddetroit this Saturday, June 21 from 11am-4pm. Yes, we have books on magic and mysticism for your pantry. #detroitevents #popupdetroit
Happy Father's Day! A selection of woodworking crafts suitable for kids and parents. Each one, teach one, and teach young! Wooden Toys and Games: Patterns and Assembly Instructions for 30 Projects by Ralph F. Parkison (Chilton, 1984). $10 Woodworki