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New Stuff This Week

Published on February 9, 2019 0 Comments

Charles R. Childs Panoramas: A Panoramic Construction of the Images of Charles R. Childs by Perry Casalino $20 – From 1907 to 1912, Charles R. Childs produced over 5,400 individual photographic views of Chicago for use as picture postcards. Charles R. Childs Panoramas is a collection of whimsical panoramic views using Childs’ postcards. These constructions give a sense of place never before seen in vintage Chicago photography.

Zines

Trial and Error #6 Pocket Guide to Being Totally Cool $3

Safe Sex Mini Bundle How to talk about STDS with Sexual Partners $1

Hieratic Art or the Alchemy of Talismans by Brian Cotnoir $10

Would Be President by John Dishwasher $5

Lacunae by Lisa Wilde $20

Music Men Ruined For Me by Alison Lang $10

Raise Your Horns $2.50

Xerography Debt #43 and #44 $4 each

Post Modern Romance #1 The View From Marriage $8

BYOC Build Your Own Chimera: A Guide to Creature Invention by Jam $1

Comics & Minis

Every Drop Counts by Tori Holder $5

Duel by Finn Walker $4

Graphic Novels

Nothing Nice to Say: Complete Discography by Mitch Clem (Silver Sprocket) $24.99

Mort Gerberg on the Scene by Mort Gerberg (Fantagraphics Underground) $25

Journey Into the Unknown by Randi Drozd $20

Through a Life by Tom Haugomat (Nobrow) $18.95

Politics & Revolution

The Anarchist Encyclopedia edited by Sébastien Faure (AK Press) $22

Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism by William I. Robinson (Haymarket) $21.95

Don’t Shoot I Want to Live: Gun Violence In America by Tyshondra Barnes $5.99

Art & Design Books

Unnatural Selections: The Artwork of Tiffany Bozic by Tiffany Bozic / Mary Ellen Hannibal (Gingko) $45

Essays

Up Up, Down Down: Essays by Cheston Knapp $16

Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith $18

Fiction

Carnivorous Lunar Activities by Max Booth III (Fangoria) $15

I Am God by Giacomo Sartori (Restless) $17.99

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin $16

The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño $24

Same Same by Peter Mendelsund $17.95

A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers edited by Charlie Jane Anders & A. Merc Rustad (One World Classics) $17

Music Books

Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, and the Song That Changed American Music Forever by Geoff Edgers $27

Consuming

On Drinking by Charles Bukowski, edited by Abel Debritto $26.99

Crafts

Paper Animals: Fox, Deer, Meerkat and Bear Family by Paperwolf (Gingko) $24.95

Magazines

Fortean Times #375 $12.40

Horror Hound #75 $6.99

Lit Journals & Chap Books

Bloom Magazine Aug 18 $12

God Made Dirt Dirt Don’t Hurt by B. Traverse $3

Sex Guides & Culture

Unfuck Your Intimacy: Using Science for Better Relationships, Sex, and Dating by Faith G. Harper, PhD (Microcosm) $14.95

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February Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter Now Available

Published on February 2, 2019 0 Comments

The February Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter is available at this link here!

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January Quimby’s Bookstore Newsletter Now Available

Published on January 3, 2019 0 Comments

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New Stuff This Week

Published on October 6, 2018 0 Comments

Cavegirl Monologue by Heather Benjamin (Sacred Bones Books) $35 – Cavegirl Monologue is artist Heather Benjamin’s most substantial collection to date and displays her art on paper and on canvas, the latter of which is a first for her.

Zines

Primordial Cooch #2 by Caroline Paquita $5

Alejandro #1 Photo Zine by Alana Derksen $20

Sneak Peeks and Coming Attractions $3

Still Dancing On My Own: A Robyn Fanzine by Rachel Pallmeyer $3

Zines by Dan Kelly, $2 each: Hydeaway, For Your Consideration

Here’s How the Sausage gets Made: A Few Thoughts on Desire by Emma Casey $2

BGMPDG #1 $5

HARDCORE ARCHITECTURE: THRASH ADVERTISING: Paper Ephemera from Underground Zines 1980-1990 (Half-Letter Press) $20

BREAK DOWN WORKBOOK #4—SONIC MEDITATIONS: IMMERSIVE ECOLOGICAL ENTANGLEMENT, VOL. 2 by Brett Bloom & BKDN BKDN (Half-Letter Press) $6

Scaffolding #1 by Ruby Miller and Idene A $10

Zines from Diaspora Savant Press: BLCKMZIC #1 Black Banjo $12, And Then There Were None: Sanctuary, Migration, Gentrification and the Vanishing Metropolis $15, And Now My Watch Begins: Almost Six Years of Sobriety My Way aka Staying Sober While Staying Woke $12 & more

Comics & Minis

Comics by Bacteria by J. Bladder: Pickles Dickson $1.50, Bacteria $3.50

Fungirl Origins #1 by Elizabeth Pich $10

Venus Riff Presents Wild Card by Teylor Smirl and Johari Mayfield $5

Graphic Novels

Brat by Michael Deforge (Koyama Press) $19.95

A House in the Jungle by Nathan Gelgud (Koyama Press) $24.95

The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling: A Hardcore, High-flying, No-holds-barred History of the One True Sport by Aubrey Sitterson / Chris Moreno $18.99

Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories by Neil Gaiman & Mark Buckingham $17.99

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden $21.99

Evie and the Truth About Witches by John Martz (Koyama Press) $19.95

Politics & Revolution Books

The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation by Laboria Cuboniks $12.95

Homosexuality: Power & Politics by Gay Left Collective $18.95

Unladylike: A Field Guide to Smashing the Patriarchy and Claiming Your Space by Cristen Conger & Caroline Ervin, illustrated by Tyler Feder $24

The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom, editor Alice Kim (Haymarket) $18

Pink Triangles: Radical Perspectives on Gay Liberation, editor Pam Mitchell $18.95

A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis $27.95

American Homo: Community and Perversity by Jeffrey Escoffier $18.95

Art Books

The Abcs of Style: A Graffiti Alphabet by Dana James $25

Outer Limits

Everyday Magic: Rituals, Spells & Potions to Live Your Best Life by Semra Haksever $14.99

The Witchcraft Handbook: Unleash Your Magical Powers to Create the Life You Want by Midia Star $14.99

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty $15.95

Clockwork Futures: The Science of Steampunk and the Reinvention of the Modern World by Brandy Schillace $15.95

Bong Appétit: Mastering the Art of Cooking With Weed, by the editors of Munchies $30 – Based on the popular Munchies and Viceland television series Bong Appétit.

Do Robots Make Love?: From AI to Immortality – Understanding Transhumanism in 12 Questions by Laurent Alexandre / Jean-Michel Besnier $12.99

The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris $16

Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations by Arnold Van De Laar $29.99

Music & Film Books

Songs of Love and Horror: Collected Lyrics of Will Oldham by Will Oldham $26.95

Why the Ramones Matter by Donna Gaines $16.95

Around the World In Eighty Record Stores: A Guide to the Best Vinyl Emporiums on the Planet by Marcus Barnes (Dog N Bone) $14.95

The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings by Leonard Cohen $28

A to Z Great Film Directors by Andy Tuohy $14.99 – A design-led reference book with art, text, infographics and more!

Fiction

Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval $16.95

Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides $17

Sexxxy

Balls Deep by John Maggie $10

Magazines

Uppercase #39 $18

Lit Journals

The Point #17 Fall 18 Beethoven and Blackness $14.99

For the Kiddies

Lowriders: Blast from the Past by Cathy Camper $9.99

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New Stuff This Week

Published on August 25, 2018 0 Comments

There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of BIG STAR by Rich Tupica (Hozac Books) $37.99 – 400+ pages, stocked with a wealth of previously-unseen color photos, personal ephemera from the Bell family’s archive, as well as everything Ardent Studios could jam in, plus Bell’s childhood bands, his post-Big Star solo work & more!

Zines

Men Who Memorize #1 & #2 $5 each

How to Uncover SELF In Chaotic Times by Lauren Maxwell $12

Meal Based Artist Residency Program by Marc Fischer (Public Collectors) $8 – Marc takes visiting artists to Joong Boo Market in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Here they share their reflections.

Affinity by David Meehan $10

Razorblades and Aspirin #4 by M. Thorn $8

Transhumanist Street Style Look Book by Peter J. $8

Comics & Minis

Nude Beach by Eloise Grills $8

Saliva Tide by Hawkins $8

Claw the Terrible Beautiful Claw by Marc Pearson $8

Humboldt by Grant Musser $2

Cotards Joke by Jonas $1

Hoody #3 Robot City $10

Grixly #44 by Nate Mcdonough $2

Draw by Night June 2018 by Steph Neary $2

Snack Time by Ally Lasser $4

Graphic Novels

Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt (D+Q) $22.95 – Half dog, half coyote, all cowgirl, on the run from a trio of vengeful bad dogs. And also, there are homemade crop tops.

The Agency by Katie Skelly (Fantagraphics Underground) $25 – A collection strange and arcane medical images collected as a webcomic: horny skeletons, yonic portals, thrill-seeking vegetation, and multitudinous wry glances and stammered phrases!

Fang vol 1 Moon Light Snack by Marc Palm $7.99

Pivot by Jaime Dear $20

Politics, Revolution & Help

Resist!: How to Be an Activist in the Age of Defiance by Michael Segalov $19.99

Ways of Being: Advice for Artists by Artists by James Cahill $15.99

Creating Chaos: Covert Political Warfare, from Truman to Putin by Larry Hancock (OR Books) $17.95

Magic for the Resistance: Rituals and Spells for Change by Michael M. Hughes $15.99

Art Books

Fully Coherent Plan: For a New and Better Society by David Shrigley $24

Outer Limits

Paranormal Parasites: The Voracious Appetites of Soul-sucking Supernatural Entities by Nick Redfern $16.99

Fiction

Surrealists and Outsiders 2018: I Wagered Deep on the Run of Six Rats to See Which Would Catch the First Fire, ed by RW Spryszak $10 – Fiction and poetry anthology.

Book Smarts and Tender Hearts: A Novel by Shelley Pearson $12.99 – Hannah discovers zines at 16 and makes some new friends who help her figure out how to balance her book smarts and her heart.

New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, editor James Thomas $15.95 – 35 stories by 89 authors of microfiction, stories of no more than 300 words.

Notes from the Fog: Stories by Ben Marcus $26.95

Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey $26

Murder Romance and Two Shootings by Todd Allen Smith $15

Magazines

Maximumrocknroll #424 $4.99
Jacobin #30 $12.95
Raw Vision #98 $14
Mojo #298 $11.25

Lit Journals & Chap Books

Windowcat #2 $5

McSweeney’s 53: Includes 8 Inflatable Balloons $28 – Yes, there’s a book but there’s also stories printed on the balloons you have to blow up to read.

 

 

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