Thursday, September 27, 2012

HUBERT'S FREAKS: The Rare Book Dealer, A Times Square Freakshow & The Lost Photos of Diane Arbus - by Gregory Gibson


HUBERT'S FREAKS: The Rare Book Dealer, A Times Square Freakshow and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus
By Gregory Gibson

The stranger than fiction true story of how an odd-ball rare book dealer discovered a lost stash of Diane Arbus photographs - and what he did with the find of a lifetime.

Bob Langmuir is an obsessive dealer with an uncanny eye for treasure who makes the discovery of a lifetime when he chances upon a stash of never before seen photos taken by the legendary photographer Diane Arbus.

From the moment he sees some intriguing photos in a trunk he buys from a guy who claims to be a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he knows he's on to something - the trunk holds the archive of a Times Square mid-century freak show called Hubert's that Diane Arbus often frequented.

He begins to suspect that what he has found may add a pivotal chapter to what is now known about Diane Arbus and the "old weird America" that Hubert's Freak Show was a part of.

Bob's ensuing adventure, full of bizarre coincidences - turns into a roller coaster ride that takes him from the fringes of the memorabilia business to Sotheby's, and from the exhibits of a run-down Times Square freak show to the currator's office of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Will the photos be authenticated? How will the Arbus estate react? Most importantly, can Bob, who has seen more than a few promising deals head south, finally make his one big score?

Harcourt Books - 2008 Edition - 274 Page Hardcover - b&w illustrations - Price: $20.00

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

WEATHER WARFARE: The Military's Plan to Draft Mother Nature - by Jerry E. Smith - Chem-trails/Geo-engineering


WEATHER WARFARE: The Military's Plan to Draft Mother Nature - by Jerry E. Smith

Geo-engineering/ Chem-trails/ Global Warming/ Military and Government Corruption

*CHEM-TRAILS: This follow-up to Jerry E. Smith's book HAARP: THE ULTIMATE WEAPON covers the 130-year history of military, scientific and commercial efforts at controlling Mother Nature. The furor over cloud seeding above the Ho Chi Min Trail during the Viet Nam War lead to a 1978 UN treaty banning the use of all environmental processes (weather, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc.) as weapons of war. After signing that treaty US research allocations dropped from $140 million a year to zero - did Uncle Sam really abandon this research, or did the whole program go "black" / "underground" / "top secret" ?

A lengthy chapter on the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) contains the most up to date material now available in book form, including how it might have played a role in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Smith spends 100 pages on "chemtrails" focusing on "geo-engineering" - a scheme to use particles intentionally released into the upper atmosphere to mitigate global warming. All this and much more!

This represents our science community, military complex and 'transparent' government out of control !!

Adventures Unlimited Press - 2006 Edition - 382 Page Paperback - Few Illustrations - Chemtrails/ Global Warming/ Corrupt Government/ Corrupt Military - PRICE: $18.00 

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

BURLESQUE PARAPHERNALIA CATALOG #439 - Strange Collection of pranks, jokes, costumes and all manner of the bizarre!!


Burlesque Paraphernalia Catalog Number #439

Intro by Charles Schneider - with an Appreciation by Magician David Copperfield


This book is a time machine - an obscure vintage re-issued catalog collection of pranks, jokes, costumes and all manner of strangeness!! This book is truly incredible and overflowing with unusual items that defy description - they just don't make stuff like this anymore -- Could you imagine, in today's world of lawyers and lawsuits, inviting someone to sit in a trick collapsing-exploding chair? The amazing De Moulin Brothers catalog of 'Burlesque and Side Degree Paraphernalia' is full of barely describable props and items - pranks, gags, tricks, costumes, exploding cigars, theater props, collapsing chairs, whoopee cushions, hand buzzers, skeletons, devil masks, spankers and all the equipment and costumes for elaborate old ritualistic, vaudeville, side-show, theater, stage and slapstick jokes of past days...

Many of these items were intended as to be used as initiation devices as part of various elaborate secret society rituals. Back in those days, fraternal organizations flourished by the hundreds - and these jokes and pranks were of a high order - the uses and plots were developed by the comically sadistic De Moulin Brothers company - the thought, design, skill and craft that went into each piece is astonishing - yes, this book truly is a time machine.

Fantagraphics Books - 2010 Release - Many Many Amazing B&W Illustrations with a few in Color - Ritual/ Vaudeville/ Stage/ Slapstick/ Pranks/ Jokes/ Vaudeville/ Initiation/ Catalog - PRICE: $20.00

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