Summer Reading!

Here are three new titles and a vintage copy of  # 3 of the classic Foxfire series to round out your summer reading lists.

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The Meeting of Failures: Act 1, London

The Meeting of Failures: Act 1 London, By Francis,  2011


Paperback, Everyone Agrees, 119 pages.
First edition of an unnumbered, unsigned, print run of 125 copies.

We are thrilled to have just gotten a very, very small number of copies of this amazing book!

The Meeting of Failures: Act I, London, is the first in a trilogy of novellas engaging with extended adolescence, misdirected ambition, authenticity, hipster politics and the politics of hipsters. It follows the narrator Francis as he seeks to escape the nihilistic bubble of contemporary East London by winning over the enigmatic Savannah Palace. 

$ 9.00
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Yves Klein, The Foundations of Judo

The Foundations of Judo, Yves Klein

Paperback, 224 pages, The Everyday Press, 1st English Edition

Before his inclusion into the canon of 20th century modernism for his zen influenced, proto-minimalist works, Yves Klein traveled to Japan to study Judo. After becoming one of the few Europeans of the time to receive the 4th dan black belt, Klein returned to France and opened the Judo Academie de Paris. This book is the first English translation of Klein's 1954 Les Fondments du Jodo, published with the original images and typeface.

$ 25

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Intellectual Colours, Ryan Gander

Intellectual Colours, Ryan Gander, 2007

Silvana Editoriale and Dena Publishing, paperback, bound in leatherette, 144 pages

A documentation of Gander's project for the Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau, this book was published in association with the presentation of the Dena Foundation Art Award 2006. 

$25

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American Minimal Music

American Minimal Music, Wim Mertens,1983

Kahn & Averill, paperback, 128 pages, 2004 printing
The first in depth study of repetitive music, composer Wim Mertens explores the work of 
La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

£6.00

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Mosaic Scarves by Urara Tsuchiya

Owl Cave Books now has a selection of reclaimed cashmere scarves by artist and designer Urara Tsuchiya.
Each scarf is a unique hand made mosaic of cashmere squares, made from used cashmere jumpers. Check back at this site for more Tsuchiya creations and Owl Cave collaborations.
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Bird & Monster Necklaces

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Bird & Monster necklaces for Owl Cave Books!

We are happy to present a selection of jewelry by Bird & Monster custom made for Owl Cave.

Bird&Monster, based in Texas, creates handcrafted jewelry from a combination of found, vintage and modern objects. Each piece is a unique response to reclaimed materials so no two are alike.

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Art Kelly

 




































Art Kelly, Sumocloud, 2009

Sumocloud, screen printed cover with 28 black and white photocopied pages on yellow paper, bound with staples and multicolored yarn.

A Sumocloud zine, proposing an art movement centered around the work of recording artist R. Kelly.

$10

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$10

Not So Too Much of Much of Everything, Naoko Takahashi

Not So Too Much of Much of Everything, Naoko Takahashi, 2007

Book Works, Paperback 72 pages.

No7 in the Chap Books Series, offset printed in an edition of 1000.

An excellent, short novel based on Takahashi's experiences during an artist residency in The United Arab Emirates. 
A 21st century, existentialist, travelogue in which the narrator's actions are continually misinterperated, and unexpectedly fraught with identity politics.

£7.00

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The Way Things Go

Fischli and Weiss, The Way Things Go, Jeremy Millar, 2007

Afterall Books, Paperback 109 pages, 

Jeremy Millar's analysis of the 1987 Fischli and Weiss work Lauf der Dinge, from the Afterall One Work  book series.

The Coelacanth Journal, NO. 4

The Coelacanth Journal No.4 The Dream Has Gone But The Baby Is Real, 2009

In September 2009 The Coelacanth Press hosted an event at The South London Cultural Centre exploring socialist realism through 1960's kitchen sink drama. Their fourth biannual publication uses this as a departure point, but covers topics from crop circles to a psychedelic screenplay starring Yuri Gagarin.



Contributions by Phoebe Blatton, Justin Moore, Rebecca Bligh, Spartacus Chetwynd, Cushla Donaldsonm Susan Finlay, Steven Gontarski, Katie Horwichm Sara Kirkwood, Richard T. Jenkins, Dan Pasteiner, Liberty Rowley.

£3.00

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Psychosomatic, Elizabeth A. Wilson

Psychosomatic, Elizabeth A. Wilson, 2004

Duke University Press, Paperback, 126 pages

Deftly interperating theoretical connections between body, mind and emotional states; from  Samuel La Vey's controversial study of sexual orientation, to Charles Darwin's accounts of blushing and trembling, Wilson explores neuroscience and feminist theories of the body.

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£5.00

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Torpor, Chris Kraus

Torpor, Chris Kraus, 2006

Chris Kraus' third autobiographical novel interweaves the personal and political as she tours post Ceauşescu Romania, post MTV America and post May '68 France.

Semiotexte,  Paperback, 285 pages,

£5.00

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Polska Szkola Dokuentu, Kazimierz Karabasz

10 documentary films by Kazimierz Karabasz, part of a NInA series on directors from the Polska Szkola Dokuentu. 

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Sarah Moon, PHOTOFILE

PHOTOFILE, Sarah Moon, 2009

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Sophie Carapetian, 7 Point Plan to Abolish Bourgeoisism in Art

7 Point Plan to Abolish Bourgeosism in Art, Sophie Carapetian

Carapetian's conscise, practical plan for eliminating boring, bourgeois hierarchy among artists!

4 page, photocopied pamphlet, bound with red thread.

£1.00

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Dough Warrior!

 from, The Dough Warrior Project!, Soren Dahlgaard, 2008

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Silk Handkerchiefs

Silk Handkerchiefs, Paul Haworth, 2009


The first in a trilogy of tragi-comic novels by writer and artist Paul Haworth set in contemporary London.

True True True, paperback, 96 pages

£8.00

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The Rest Is Silence

The Rest Is Silence, Emanuel Almborg, with an essay by Jeff Kinkle

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Between Beauty and the Beast, Limited Edition

Between Beauty and the Beast, Paul Mc Carthy,

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