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NYPD Challenge Coins Members Only&nbsp;New York City: Research and Destroy, [2017]. Offset. Saddle-stapled. [68] pp. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. Wraps lightly bumped.Book featuring an annotated collection of New York cop memorabilia known as "challenge coins," offering a look inside a culture usually kept unseen. The coins often valorize and congratulate aggressive and disturbing police practices and worldviews. The book was published by Research and Destroy New York City, a radical zine collective producing DIY publications at the intersection of art and abolishing the police. Through a research-oriented practice and a rigorous application of what they call a "photocopy-scamming praxis," they aim to raise critical awareness of how the police suck and are bad.&nbsp;"There are many stories about the origin of challenge coins, all probably apocryphal. What is certain, though, is their roots in American military culture, their rise in popularity after World War II, and their eventual adoption by law enforcement over the proceeding decades. When fellow service members or officers meet for the first time, they might “challenge” each other to show their unit’s or division’s coin as a way to verify that the other is not, in colloquial terms, a poser. Some coins commemorate historical events or “battles,” while others are merely inside jokes shared among friends and coded in obscure cop lingo and arcane insignia."&nbsp;OCLC locates only five holdings as of November 2025.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

[Research and Destroy New York City] — NYPD Challenge Coins Members Only

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JH EngströmSketch of ParisNew York:&nbsp;Aperture Foundation,&nbsp;2013. In wraps. Unpaginated. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. Signed on upper wrap by author. A nice copy, though lacking the slipcase.A photographic tribute to the city of Paris’ alleys, bars, and liminal zones by acclaimed Swedish photographer JH Engström, who has lived in Paris since the late 1980s. Far beyond the lights of the throughways and boulevards, Engstrom strays into the interzones, resulting in a gritty update on Brassai.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

JH Engström — Sketch of Paris [signed]

Witchcraft and the Gay CountercultureBoston: FAG RAG Books, 1978. First edition. Offset. In wraps. 180pp. 9 x 6 in. A reading copy, with underlining and highlighting throughout text, light foxing on the fore-edge.First edition of Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture, the radical faerie classic, published in 1978 by Fag Rag Press.The text articulates a hidden mythic link between homosexuality and paganism in an elegy for the world of sex and magic vanquished by Christian civilization. From Joan of Arc to the Cathars and the underground worshippers of Diana, the author shows how every upwelling of gender transgression and sexual freedom was targeted by the authorities for total and often violent repression or appropriation. The concluding manifesto calls for pagan reconnection with the living world, the creation of armed anarchist cells, and the destruction of industrial civilization.The first edition is scarce in any condition.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Arthur Evans — Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture

Michael FazakerlyNightbirds: Photos of NYC’s Dynamic Club Culture Personalities 1986–1995New York: Stonewall National Museum &amp; Archives, 2019. Offset. Perfect bound in wraps. 104 pp. 11 x 8 ½ in. Light discoloration and bumping to edges of wrappers.Photobook featuring Michael Fazakerly’s portraits of club kids, drag performers, and other idiosyncratic figures of New York’s nightlife scene of the 1980s and 90s. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Michael Fazakerly — Nightbirds

Mamie Van Doren&nbsp;I Swing&nbsp;Chicago: Novel Books, Inc., 1965. Perfect bound in wraps. 128 pp. 7 x 4 ¼ in.&nbsp;Photographic illustrations. Wraps a bit rubbed, text-block bumped.In this tell-all memoir by blonde bombshell Mamie Van Doren, the actress offers an unfiltered account of sex, love, and Hollywood gossip. Includes a “35-Page Mamie Photo-Gallery,” featuring black &amp; white photographs accompanied by saucy quotations and anecdotes.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

[Research and Destroy New York City] — NYPD Challenge Coins Members Only

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