The Lou Reed Collection of Books and Periodicals consist of published books and periodicals from Lou Reed's personal library. Many of the books were written by Reed or relate to his career, while others were books on a range of topics in literature, the arts, and hobbies. The majority of the periodicals contain articles or artwork by or about Reed, or about the arts and literature that inspired him.
The collection consists of three series:
Items within each series are arranged roughly by size.
Sewall-Ruskin, Yvonne. High on rebellion: inside the underground at Max's Kansas City. Foreword by Lou Reed
1998, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press
Reed, Lou. New York
1989, Hollywood: Metal Machine Music
Reed, Lou. Words and music
1991, Seacaucus, N.J.: Warner Bros. Publications
Reed, Lou and John Cale. Songs for Drella
1990, Seacaucus, N.J.: Warner Bros. Publications
Reed, Lou. The Lou Reed songbook: six strings and the words
2009, New York: Cherry Lane Music Company
Max's Kansas City: art, glamour, rock and roll. Edited by Steven Kasher
2010, New York: Abrams Image
Künstler für Kinder
1999, Berlin: Artists for Children
Bamgboyé, Oladélé Ajiboyé. Writings on technology and culture
2000, Rotterdam: Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art
From #2
2000, Rotterdam: Witte de With
The book of rock quotes. Compiled by Jonathan Green
1977, London: Omnibus Press
All-Story, vol. 12, no. 4. Lou Reed, guest designer
Winter 2008-2009
Lou Reed songbook
[undated], [Publisher not identified]
Velvets in verse and prose
[undated], [Publisher not identified]
Reed, Lou. Magic and loss. Transcribed and arranged by John Curtin
1997, Hollywood: Metal Machine Music
Reed, Lou. Emotions in action
2003, London: Thames & Hudson
Hamill, Janet. Lost ceilings
1999, Guilford, CT: Telephone Books Press
No one waved good-bye: a casualty report on rock and roll. Edited by Robert Somma
1971, New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey
Kaczkowski, Piotr. 42 rozmowy
2004, Warsaw: Prószyński i S-ka
Reed, Lou. Ho camminato nel fuoco: tutte le canzoni edite e inedite
2000, Milan: Mondadori
Reed, Lou. Nyuyoku sutori: Ru rido shishu = Between thought and expression
1992, Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Reed, Lou. Mezi myšlenkou a vyjádřením = Between thought and expression
1997, Prague: Maťa
Reed, Lou. Mellem tanke og udtryk udvalgte
1992, Copenhagen: Politisk revy
Buccino, Elio. Time zones 98: sulla via delle musiche possibili
1998, Molfetta
Reed, Lou. Luzes da cidade. Translated by Luís Maio
1997, Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim
Watson, Steven. Factory made: Warhol and the sixties
2003, New York: Pantheon Books
Juliá, Ignacio. Feed-back: the Velvet Underground: legend, truth
2008, Barcelona: Ignacio Julià
Reed, Lou and Alberto Campo. Fra pensiero ed espressione: testi e scritti scelti
1993, Milan: Arcana
Warhol, Andy and Pat Hackett. Popism: the Warhol '60s
1980, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Rock, Mick. Rocked: an exclusive photography exhibition
2012, W Hotels Worldwide
Bockris, Victor and Gerard Malanga. Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story
1983, London: Omnibus Press
Ggër, Lou. La ballade de petit monstre
1992, Poitiers: Association Images et dessins
Peelaert, Guy and Nik Cohn. Rock dreams: under the boardwalk
1973, Amsterdam: De Harmonie
Rock, Mick. Blood and glitter: glam: an eyewitness account
2001, London: Vision On
YAM. Warum Kunst? Painted popsongs
1995, Asperg: Killroy Media
Rolling Stone: the twentieth anniversary
1987, New York: Straight Arrow Publishers
Warhol after Munch
2010, Humlebæk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Graphis 339
May-June 2002
Superstars: guide maniaque du Velvet Underground et de la Factory d'Andy Warhol
1990, [Publisher not identified]
Paparoni, Demetrio and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
2001, Milan: Alberico Cetti Serbelloni Editore
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Burroughs, William S. The place of dead roads 1983, New York: Henry Holt |
Schwartz, Delmore. En los suenos empiezan las responsabilidades 2010, Barcelona: Alpha Decay |
Artists United Against Apartheid. Sun City: the struggle for freedom in South Africa: the making of the record by Dave Marsh 1985, New York: Penguin Books |
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Murakami, Ryū. Almost transparent blue 1977, Tokyo: Kodansha |
McLaren, Malcolm. Musical paintings 2009, Zürich: JRP-Ringier |
China's Tibet, no. 2 1998 |
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Le coeur rédempteur de Francis alias Francis Domont 2001, Luneray: Bertout |
Icons of design 2002, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Weyerhaeuser |
Bell, Judy and Nora Guthrie. Woody Guthrie songbook 1999, New York: TRO Ludlow Music |
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Gaetani, Gemma. Colazione al fiorucci store (Milano) 2005, Rome: Lain |
Cutolo, Rita. Messaggeri, Vol. 4 2006, Tavullia, Italy: Associazione L'Angelo |
Edgar Allen Poe, 1809-1849: illustrations of a tormented mind 1999, Prague: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Prague |
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Harding, John Wesley. Collected stories, 1990-1991 1991, Los Angeles: Warner Alternative Ideas |
Cutolo, Rita. Messaggeri, Vol. 5 2006, Tavullia, Italy: Associazione L'Angelo |
Respectus, Vol. 17: Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, NY 1973 |
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Havel, Václav. Open letters: selected writings, 1965-1990 1992, New York: Vintage Books |
Cabaret: American Academy in Rome 2009, Angel Orensanz Foundation, 2 copies |
Graphis, no. 331 2001 |
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Havel, Václav. Letters to Olga. Translated by Paul Wilson 1991, London: Faber and Faber |
Buonoconto, Mario. Viaggio fantastico alla luce del lume eterno 2005, Naples: Alos |
Segerstrom, Rebecca. Nudeyork 1996, Tōkyō: Seibundō Shinkōsha |
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Schwartz, Delmore. Selected poems: summer knowledge 1967, New York: New Directions |
Warhol, Andy. A: a novel 1968, New York: Grove Press |
Pomus, Doc. Save the last dance for me, and other hits from the '50's 1960, [Place of publication not identified]: Warner Bros. |
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Wright, David K.. The Harley-Davidson Motor Company: an official eighty-year history 1983, Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International |
Soligny, Jerome. David Bowie 2002, Paris: Musiques & Cie |
China Pictorial, Vol. 625 2000 |
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Atlas, James. Delmore Schwartz: the life of an American poet 1977, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux |
Charles, Ray and David Ritz. Brother Ray 1980, London: Futura |
The Velvet Underground: peel slowly and see 1995, [Place of publication not identified]: Polydor |
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Painter, Melissa and David Weisman. Edie: girl on fire 2007, San Francisco: Chronicle Books |
Atlas, James. Delmore Schwartz: the life of an American poet 1977, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux |
Sam Messer. One man by himself: portraits of Jon Serl 1995, West Stockbridge, Mass.: Hard Press, Inc. |
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The Velvet Underground: New York art 2009, New York: Rizzoli |
Hein, Piet. Grooks 1969, Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday & Co. |
Haver, Fritz Werner. Rock & roots 1998, Nordwalde: Rose Valley Books |
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Peelaert, Guy and Nik Cohn. Rock dreams 1973, New York: Popular Library |
Nash, Eric. New York's 50 best secret architectural treasures 1996, New York: N.Y. City and Co. |
Pittroff, Maria. Lurid 2002, Berlin: Galerie Peter Herrmann, 2 copies |
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"Success is a job in New York": the early art and business of Andy Warhol 1989, Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Art |
Kostek, M.C. The Velvet Underground handbook 1992, London: Black Spring Press |
Gerard, Maison. Wrapped: Adnet Leleu quinet royere 1974, New York: Maison Gerard |
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Outrageous: the photographs 1998, New York: St. Martin's Press |
Reed, Lou. Parole de la nuit sauvage, Vol. 10, No. 18 1996 |
Hardy, Donald Edward Talbott. The rocks of ages 1992, Honolulu: Hardy Marks Publication |
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Hulsker, Jan. The new complete Van Gogh: paintings, drawings, sketches 1996, Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff |
Bailey, Alice A. Ponder on this 1978, New York: Lucis Publishing Company |
Stiff stuff: please don't bend. Litura Na Swiecie, vol. 6 1997 |
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Gassian, Claude. Rock-images 1981, Paris: Jacques Grancher |
Sammon, Paul M. The King is dead: the tales of Elvis postmortem 1994, New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks |
Huang, Al Chung-liang. Embrace tiger, return to mountain: the essence of T'ai Chi 1973, Berkeley, Calif.: Real People Press |
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Angell, Callie. The films of Andy Warhol: part II 1994, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art |
Havel, Vaclav. Summer meditations 1993, Toronto: First Vintage Books |
Dahan, Eric. Night reporter 2007, Paris: Somogy Editions |
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Bob Dylan's greatest hits undated, Seacaucus, N.J.: Warner Bros. Publications |
Maerzmusik: Festival fur aktuelle Musik: Berliner Festpiele 2002 |
Graphis, no. 329 2000 |
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Dylan, Bob. Down in the groove 1988, Seacaucus, N.J.: Warner Bros. Publications |
Simpson, Eileen. Poets in their youth 1982, New York: Picador |
Gibson, William. Skip Spence's jeans undated, [New York]: Boo-Hooray |
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Dylan, Bob. Under the red sky 1990, New York: Amsco Publications |
"Voluptous panic." In The Watermill Center: a laboratory for performance 2011, New York: The Watermill Center |
Reed, Lou. Fra pensiero ed espressione: testi e scritti scelti 1993, Milan: Arcana |
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Recollecting a culture: photography and the evolution of a socialist aesthetic in East Germany 1999, Boston: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University |
Stano, Tono. Stars 2003, International Film Festival |
Caggiano, Aldo. Lou Reed: poeta Americano dai Velvet a Berlin 1999, Naples: Liguori |
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Kugelberg, Johan. C/o The Velvet Underground: New York, N.Y 2007, New York: JMc & GHB/Ectoplasm Press |
Burroughs, William S. The place of dead roads 1983, New York: Henry Holt |
Bockris, Victor and Andrew Wylie. The alphabet book 1974, Cambridge, Mass.: Dynamic Books |
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Rabaté, Pascal. Ibicus 1998, Issy-les-Moulineaux: Vents d'Ouest |
Heylin, Clinton. All yesterdays' parties: the Velvet Underground in print 1966-1971 2005, New York: Da Capo Press |
Forelle, Dagmar. Kunstler fur Kinder 1994, Berlin: [no publisher identified] |
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1989-1999 Velvet revolution 1999, Washington, D.C.: Embassy of the Czech Republic and Embassy of the Slovak Republic |
Graham, Bill and Robert Greenfield. Bill Graham presents: my life inside rock and out 1992, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday Books |
Draeger, Donn F. and Robert W. Smith. Comprehensive Asian fighting arts 1980, Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. |
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Helnwein, Gottfried. Apokalypse 1999, Krems, Austria: Niederösterreichisches Donaufestiva |
The Transatlantic Review, no. 52 1975 |
Willemsen, Roger. Menschen aus Willemsens Woche: Fotografiert von Detlev Schneider 1996, Berlin: Rutten & Loening |
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Wilcock, John. The autobiography and sex life of Andy Warhol 1971, New York: Other Scenes |
The Duplex Planet, no. 166 2003 |
Andy Warhol 2007, South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery / The Andy Warhol Museum |
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Gassian, Claude. Rock images, 1970-1990 1994, Paris: Putti |
The Duplex Planet, no. 168 2003 |
George-Warren, Holly. Crazysexycool 1996, New York: Rolling Stone Press |
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Murray, Dan. Casualty claim 1996, New York: Cumings Publication |
The Duplex Planet: newly revised and expanded edition of the 1981 classic 1986, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Duplex Planet |
Bockris, Victor. Lou Reed: the biography 1994, London: Huchinson |
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Wawrzyniaka, Andrzeja. Lhasa apso-moja miłość 2001, Warsaw: Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku |
The Duplex Planet, no. 144 1996 |
Watson, Steven. Prepare for saints: Gertrude Stein, Virgil Thomson, and the mainstreaming of American modernism 1998, New York: Random House |
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Bubola, Massimo. I sognatori del giorno: canzoni, lettere e poesie 1996, Firenze: Tarab |
The Duplex Planet, no. 146 1997 |
Schwartz, Delmore. Selected essays of Delmore Schwartz. Edited by Donald A. Dike and David H Zucker 1970, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2 copies |
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Parkett, no. 65 2002 |
The Duplex Planet, no. 147 1997 |
Slimane, Hedi 2003, Berlin. Gottingen: 7L |
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Merwin, W.S. Lament for the makers: a memorial anthology 1996, Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint |
The Duplex Planet, no. 149 1998 |
Upright, Michael H.: One percent 1999, Los Angeles: Action Publishing |
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Andy Warhol and his world. Louisiana Revy, vol. 40, no. 2 April 2000 |
The Duplex Planet, no. 153 1999 |
Brown, Tony. Downtime 1996, Rotterdam: Witte de With |
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Faries, Chad. Drive me out of my mind: 24 houses in 10 years, a memoir 2011, New York, NY: Emergency Press |
The Duplex Planet, no. 154 1999 |
The Lou Reed book 1978, New York: Hermana Rayo Entertainment |
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Leroy, J.T. Sarah 2000, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing |
The Duplex Planet, no. 163 2002 |
Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival 1990 1990, New York : Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Ranchetti, Sebastiano. In cerca di giallo 2005, Milan: Jaca Book |
The Duplex Planet, no. 165 2003 |
Dannemann, Monika. The inner world of Jimi Hendrix 1995, New York: St. Martin's Press |
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Ranchetti, Sebastiano. In cerca di blu 2005, Milan: Jaca Book |
Darling, Dancy. My face for the world to see 1997, Honolulu: Hardy Marks Publications |
Francis, Mark. Les annees pop 1956-1968: exposition presentee au centre pompidou 2001, Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou |
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Ranchetti, Sebastiano. In cerca di rosso: salamandre e 2005, Milan: Jaca Book |
Willis, Ellen. Beginning to see the light: pieces of a decade 1981, New York: Knopf |
Woodward, Frank. Rolling Stone: the illustrated portraits 2000, New York: Chronicle Books |
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Ranchetti, Sebastiano. In cerca di verde 2005, Milan: Jaca Book |
Ari. L'amour n'oublie jamais 2001, Paris: Pauvert |
Seliger, Mark. The music book 2008, Kempen: TeNeues |
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Scott, John. Shiva's really scary gifts, as told to Ann MacDonald 2002, Toronto, Ontario: Coach House Books |
Yazdani, Tarssa. The definitive Daniel Johnston handbook 1999, New York: Soft Skull Press |
Havel, Vaclav. The art of the impossible: politics as morality in practice 1997, New York: Knopf |
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Meese, Jonathan. "Marlene Dietrich in Dr. No's Ludovico clinic." In The Watermill Center: a laboratory for performance: Robert Wilson's legacy Watermill Summer Benefit 7.26.08 2011, New York: The Watermill Center |
Andy Warhol 1928-1987 1997, Bielsko-Biała, Poland: Galeria Bielska BWA |
Pivano, Faernanda. Amici Scrittori: Quarant'anni di incontri e scoperte con gli autori americani 1995, Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore |
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Macci, Fazio. Chapel of Sansevero Museum 2005, Naples: Alos |
Diamond, Wendy. A musical feast: recipes from over 100 of the world's most famous musical artists 1995, New York: Global Liaisons Inc. |
Havel, Vaclav. Disturbing the peace 1990, New York: Knopf |
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Pivano, Fernanda. I miei amici cantautori 2005, Milan: Mondadori |
West, Mike. The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed 1982, Manchester, Babylon Books |
Koch, Stephen. Star-gazer: Andy Warhol's world and his films 1973, New York: Praeger Publishers |
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Domont, Francis. L'art l'insurrectionnel et...Dieu 2001, Luneray: Bertout |
Etxeberria, Jose Luis Zumeta. Zumeta 2002, New York: Haim Chanin Fine Arts |
Schwartz, Delmore. Summer knowledge: new and selected poems, 1938-1958 1959, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
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Grianti, Francesco. 14 Aprile 2007: Una giornata particolare, Cronistoria a cura di Francesco Grianti 2007, Pesaro, Italia: Pesaro Cultura |
The Drawing Center and Ed Hardy. Pierced hearts and true love: a century of drawing for tattoos 1995, Honolulu: Handy Marks Publications |
Swados, Elizabeth. Lea and Lazar 1982, New York: Summit Books |
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Caveney, Graham. Gentleman junkie: the life and legacy of William S. Burroughs 1998, Boston: Little, Brown and Company |
Clements, Alan and Leslie Kean. Burma's revolution of the spirit: the struggle for democratic freedom and dignity 1995, Bangkok: White Orchid Press |
Pollet, Elizabeth. Portrait of Delmore: journals and notes of Delmore Schwartz 1986, New York: Collins Publishers |
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The portfolio 1992, London: Autograph Sales Limited |
Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc. service manual: FLT/FXR Models 1340cc V2 5-Speed 1984-1985 |
McCabe, David. A year in the life of Andy Warhol 2003, London: Phaidon Press Ltd. |
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Lamelas, David. Publication 1970, London: Nigel Greenwood Inc. |
Film culture, no. 45: the Warhol issue 1967 |
Frazer, Sir James George. The golden bough 1963, New York: MacMillan Paperbacks |
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Time Zones '95: X festival internazionale delle nuove sonorita 1995 |
Harry, Debbie, Chris Stein, and Victor Bockris. Making tracks: the rise of Blondie 1982, New York: Dell Trade Co. |
Friedman, Dan and Fred Newman. Still on the corner and other post modern political plays by Fred Newman 1998, New York: Castillo Cultural Center |
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Time Zones '90: V festival internazionale delle nuove sonorita 1990 |
Purple journal: numero zero 2004 |
Paul Gambaccini presents the top 100 albums 1987, London: Grr/Pavilion |
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Time Zones '96: XI festival internazionale delle nuove sonorita 1996 |
Butler, Brenda Arlene. Are you hungry tonight? Elvis' favorite recipes 1992, [United States]: Bluewood Books |
The Andy Warhol show 2004, Milan: Skira |
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Time Zones '97: XII festival internazionale delle nuove sonorita 1997 |
Julia, Ignacio. Feed-back: la leyenda de los Velvet Underground 1986, Barcelona: Ruta 66 |
Richard Avedon and Doon Arbus. The sixties 1999, New York: Random House |
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Time Zones '87 II festival internazionale delle nuove sonorita 1987 |
Polec, Andrzej. Distant Glens and Moors: The Hutsuls today 1997, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo |
Wenner, Jann S. Rolling Stone: the complete covers 1967-1997 1998, London: Harry N. Abrams Publishing |
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Goralski, Maciej Magura. The jewel in the lotus: the sacrificial symbols of Tibetan Buddism 2011, Warsaw: Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku |
Kindskopf. Helnwein 1991, Vienna: Niederosterreicheisches Landesmuseum |
Prince, Len. About glamour 1997, New York: Simon and Schuster Editions |
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Middlehurst, Tony. The pictorial history of motorcycling 1988, [Place of publication not identified]: Bison Books Ltd. |
Ghent, Valerie. Word: a collection of lyrics and poems to commemorate the tragic events of 9.11.2001 2002, New York: Cavos Publishing |
Schwartz, Delmore. In dreams begin responsibilities and other stories 1978, New York: New Directions Books |
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Goldberg, Vicki. American photography: a century of images 1999, San Francisco: Chronicle Books |
Lamelas, David. A new refutation of time 1997, Munich: Kunstverein |
Schwartz, Delmore. Vaudeville for a princess and other poems 1950, New York: New Directions Books |
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Krob, Miroslav. Praha 1995, Praha. Praha: Kvarta |
Gotti, Andrea. Andrea Gotti 2001, Madrid : Luís Gurriarán Galería de Arte, D.l. |
Schwartz, Delmore. The world is a wedding: two short novels and five stories by Delmore Schwartz 1948, New York: New Directions Books |
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Sunzi. The art of war 1991, Boston: Shambhala |
Gotti, Andrea. Dipinti 1992-2002 2002, Milan: Skira |
The collection was acquired from Laurie Anderson in 2017.
Call number was updated. (2022 January)
Music Division
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