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High Valley Books is Bill Hallās vast collection of rare and out of print books and magazines spanning fashion, art, architecture, interiors, photography, and fiction. It is run out of his Greenpoint basement (and now upstairs annex). My girlfriend Hannah is a writer and former bookseller who put me on to his place when she found a great copy of The Last Whole Earth Catalogue for me a couple years ago, and weāve had the pleasure of experiencing Billās hospitality and deep knowledge on a few occasions since then. They have an online store if youāre not in NY and their āNew Releasesā email is one of the few recurring retail emails I would recommend subscribing to.
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As a book nerd, Iām always looking for places to get my fix. High Valley Books in Greenpoint is amazing to behold. Itās open by appointment only and is located in the ownerās home. It specializes in vintage and out-of-print art and design books and magazines. Make sure to go downstairs so you can feel like a hobbit in your perfect, overflowing book lair! Their Instagram features pics of visitors, and is a good chance to see what cool-kids-about-town have been there recently.
Sep 18, 2024
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I love record stores and the discovery that happens when old stock mixes with new. More recently I've been getting deeper into art books and love buying books for people as gifts. NYC has a great community of shops like Karma and Mast, and thereās a gaggle of independent vendors that work the fairs like the Printed Matter MoMA PS1 Art Book Fair. I started going to the fairs a few years ago. They are like record fairs but even crustier in some ways, full of curmudgeons and characters. Check The Booksellers documentary for a nice slice of this world. I have met a few dealers and developed some rapport, one of which is Jeff Hirsch Books in Illinois, which has an incredible inventory and their sales emails are one of my favorites of all types. Even if you donāt buy, you learn something.
Apr 6, 2021
Left Bank is a great destination bookstore for art books, zines, and ephemera (it's actually one of my favorite stores in NYC, period). I just discovered these digital catalogs they've been sharing on their website and it sent me down a rabbit hole. the kate bush fanzines one is a favorite as is "shirt show."
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I never know when my iphone 13 mini updates, but sometimes you catch sight of a new emoji and itās instantly on. thatās what happened today for me
I feel like this sometimes, but I think iāll be using this emoji gratuitously, even when iām not feeling anything like that
welcome to my phone my tired brother!
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If you have a car (I donāt anymoreā mine got stolen a few weeks ago), save a parking ticket and put it on your windshield when you want to park illegally. in my experience, it worked about 80% of the time :)
side note: there was no decoy parking ticket on the windshield when my car got stolen...
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