Posts Tagged: The Record Books
The Record Books • Hatful of Hollow
A barely decipherable handbook of philosophies, guidelines and strictures for the edification of metalworkers throughout rural Shropshire at the end of the 19th century.
The Record Books • Hatful of Hollow
A barely decipherable handbook of philosophies, guidelines and strictures for the edification of metalworkers throughout rural Shropshire at the end of the 19th century.
The Record Books • Scott 4
Peculiar thematic set of poems from 1972
13 December 2012
Today I took a picture of some marketing.
12 November 2012
Today I took a picture of Loveless. (detail from this print)
The Record Books • Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Instruction manual for a German lawnmower.
The Record Books • Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Instruction manual for a German lawnmower.
The Record Books • How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb
Unidentified military instruction manual. It transpires, surprisingly, that dismantling an atomic bomb is just a four-man job.
The Record Books • How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb
Unidentified military instruction manual. It transpires, surprisingly, that dismantling an atomic bomb is just a four-man job.
The Record Books • Title/author unknown
Thick, heavy, indicipherable. Bound in some kind of skin, this weighty tome is full of apparently meaningless symbols and symbolism, peppered with etchings of what appear to be dinosaurs.
The Record Books • Title/author unknown
Thick, heavy, indicipherable. Bound in some kind of skin, this weighty tome is full of apparently meaningless symbols and symbolism, peppered with etchings of what appear to be dinosaurs.
The Record Books • Moon Safari
Late 1950s South African Airlines travel guide to specialist luxury night-time safari resorts.
The Record Books • Moon Safari
Late 1950s South African Airlines travel guide to specialist luxury night-time safari resorts.
The Record Books • Sounds of Silence
This study of the brain and its neurological activity when placed in sonic isolation makes its successor – ‘Fear of Music’ from fellow American thinker Tobias Heads – appear juicily supercharged. We’re talking arid, here.
The Record Books • Sounds of Silence
This study of the brain and its neurological activity when placed in sonic isolation makes its successor – ‘Fear of Music’ from fellow American thinker Tobias Heads – appear juicily supercharged. We’re talking arid, here.
The Record Books • Kings of the Wild Frontier
From the hugely popular ‘Ant Books’ series for children, a history of the cowboy in the ‘Wild West’. Unfortunately the lively and colourful paper cover is missing. Published by Lee Miall & Merrick.
The Record Books • Kings of the Wild Frontier
From the hugely popular ‘Ant Books’ series for children, a history of the cowboy in the ‘Wild West’. Unfortunately the lively and colourful paper cover is missing. Published by Lee Miall & Merrick.
11 September 2012
Today I took a picture of a pamphlet.
The Record Books • Fear of Music
Couldn’t-be-dryer text book dealing with melophobia, so the case study concerning a French serial killer, whose aversion to Village People led to his crime spree, comes as something of a shock. In fact, it could’ve been dryer if its precursor,
The Record Books • Fear of Music
Couldn’t-be-dryer text book dealing with melophobia, so the case study concerning a French serial killer, whose aversion to Village People led to his crime spree, comes as something of a shock. In fact, it could’ve been dryer if its precursor,
The Record Books • Fifth Dimension
Cutting edge* (in 1972) physics exploration, positing a fifth dimension consisting of subatomic ‘sound particles, harmonising in time’. Penned by a group of university graduates (including Uri Geller’s brother, Yaron) calling themselves The Beirut/Yale Relative Dimension Study.
The Record Books • Fifth Dimension
Cutting edge* (in 1972) physics exploration, positing a fifth dimension consisting of subatomic ‘sound particles, harmonising in time’. Penned by a group of university graduates (including Uri Geller’s brother, Yaron) calling themselves The Beirut/Yale Relative Dimension Study.
The Record Books • Welcome To My Nightmare
Although she never gained the respect of highbrow literary critics, Cooper was a very successful writer of teenaged-girl psychodramas.
The Record Books • Welcome To My Nightmare
Although she never gained the respect of highbrow literary critics, Cooper was a very successful writer of teenaged-girl psychodramas.
The Record Books • Abbey Road
Classic paperback. The story of two catholic sisters growing up in a swiftly changing post-war Britain.
The Record Books • Abbey Road
Classic paperback. The story of two catholic sisters growing up in a swiftly changing post-war Britain.
The Record Books • Falling Into You
Pleasantly perky pop-psychology paperback positing prolonged pillow-time produces positive paranormal powers. Poppycock.
The Record Books • Falling Into You
Pleasantly perky pop-psychology paperback positing prolonged pillow-time produces positive paranormal powers. Poppycock.
The Record Books • Talking Book
70s American illustrated pre-school board book containing seven simple sentences, including ‘I love my Mommy’s cakes’ and ‘Daddy works real hard’.
The Record Books • Talking Book
70s American illustrated pre-school board book containing seven simple sentences, including ‘I love my Mommy’s cakes’ and ‘Daddy works real hard’.
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