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  • AMERICAN VAMPIRES: Fans, Victims, Practitioners by Dresser, Norine.
    Dresser, Norine.
    AMERICAN VAMPIRES: Fans, Victims, Practitioners

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London: Norton, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-researched look at vampires in American life - whether considered as entertainment or taken seriously - by this folklorist - a scholarly book but one written with humor. Illustrated, notes, appendix, bibliography, index, 255 pp. ISBN: 0-393-026787.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59660
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  • WEIRD LIKE US: MY BOHEMIAN AMERICA. by Powers, Ann.
    Powers, Ann.
    WEIRD LIKE US: MY BOHEMIAN AMERICA.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster (2000). First edition - A book that "chronicles the vitality and influence of alternative culture in America and discovers that Bohemia is more than alive and well -i t is a powerful force in our shifting national identity." Chapters include discussions of art, politics, sexual mores, good drugs and bad drugs, to selling out and more. 287 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy black wrappers.

    Book ID: 59849
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  • DEAD RECKONINGS: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead. by Rocco, John, editor.
    Rocco, John, editor.
    DEAD RECKONINGS: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Schirmer Books, (1999). First edition - The Library Journal calls this anthology of essays, articles, and book excerpts, "an important collection of commentary on perhaps the hardest to define of all rock groups." Includes pieces either about or by people not usually connected to the Grateful Dead, like George Plimpton, Miles Davis, and novelist Robert Stone, which illustrate how the Grateful Dead's influence on popular culture is in turn a result of the wide variety of influences absorbed by the band. Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography, chronology, discography and index. xiv, 349 pp. ISBN: 0-02864896X.

    Condition: Very good (slight soiling to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 82384
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  • Smith, Joan.
    MISOGYNIES: Reflections on Myths and Malice.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - A biting and witty collection of essays on the subject of women-hating, by the author of the Loretta Lawsen academic mysteries.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dj. (a new, unread copy.)

    Book ID: 11654
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  • PLASTICVILLE: Poems. by Trinidad, David.
    Trinidad, David.
    PLASTICVILLE: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Chappaqua, NY: Turtle Point Press, (2000.). First edition - A collection of poems that focus on the mass popular culture - from Chatty Cathy to Garbo to Monster Mash and AIDS - with praise from Bernard Cooper, Alice Notley, and others. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Notes. 101 pp. ISBN: 1885983468.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 55430
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  • PLASTICVILLE: Poems. by Trinidad, David.
    Trinidad, David.
    PLASTICVILLE: Poems.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Chappaqua, NY: Turtle Point Press, (2000.). First edition - A collection of poems that focus on the mass popular culture - from Chatty Cathy to Garbo to Monster Mash and AIDS - with praise from Bernard Cooper, Alice Notley, and others. Notes. 101 pp. ISBN: 1-885983468.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 65529
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