Damn I kinda wish I wrote this book…

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The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox
Designed by Angus Hyland, Pentagram London
Rizzoli New York

Inspired by the coffee table book Truffaut by Truffaut, Wes Anderson and designer Angus Hyland of Pentagram London have put together the official companion to his latest film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The book contains sketches, photos, interviews, and plenty of corduroy swatches sure to please fans of Wes Anderson and the whimsical world he creates.

7”x9” hardcover. 192 pgs.

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Treat Yourself To Sex: A Guide To Good Loving
by Paul Brown & Carolyn Faulder

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My Teacher Is An Alien
by Bruce Coville

When you are a kid in elementary school you ALWAYS judge a book by its cover. Unless they are those Choose Your Own Adventure books; those are never as fun as the cover makes them out to be. But when in doubt, always trust the one with the teacher ripping his face off to reveal his true alien identity. It’s more than a safe bet.

Functional Graphic Design in the 20’s
by Eckhard Neumann
1967

8.25 x 8.25 hardcover book with 96 pages and 113 illustrations in b/w or two colors. This influential book was the first scholarly study to tie together the disparate elements of the European Avant-Garde (Bauhaus, Dada, Cubism, Futurism, de Stijl, etc. ) and how they related to the emerging field of Graphic Design.

$75.00 from Modernism 101. WANT!

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This was my shit back in 5th grade. I loved these illustrations.

Type. A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1
Edited by Cees W. de Jong, Alston W. Purvis, and Jan Tholenaar

Taschen just released this awesome book covering pre-20th century typography from 1628-1900. Type nerds all over should be drooling.

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Ungagged at last!

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Advertisement for Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book

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Sexual Behavior In The Communist World
by Peter Stafford

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The desk of Hunter S. Thompson

from the book GONZO

Res ipsa loquitor.
Let the good times roll.

from the book GONZO