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      Marshall Weber on January 4, 2010

      Okay people SUPER THANK YOU!! You are all awesome.

      And we will rock the books and art very hard for you all this decade!!!

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      Jonathan Silin on January 4, 2010

      Oops. . . Over the top you go. Jonathan

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      Marshall Weber on January 2, 2010

      Booklyn loves all you backers.

      Spread the news only $714 to go!!!!!

      thnx

      Marshall @ Booklyn

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For $10, you will get an awesome Booklyn T-shirt. A blue American Apparel shirt with the Booklyn logo emblazoned across your chest in black and red.

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For $15, you'll get a copy of one of our ABC (Another Booklyn Chapbook) books. You'll get to choose which one you want! Issue #3 (Scream at the Librarian) is a must for anyone who has worked in a library. You can read about the series in the link to the left. Issue #1 and #2 are out-of-print unless you get the special Box Set (see below).

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Hey, what a bargain! For $30, you'll get 3 ABCs for the price of 2! You choose or let us pick for you.

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A reward for every level! For $100, you'll get a set of 4 prints by artists Damara Kaminecki, Eliana Perez, Scott Teplin, and Sara Varon. A rare steal! See the prints thru the link to the left, where you'll also see that we usually sell them for $175!

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Here's your chance to get those rare ABC #1 and #2 as part of the Box Set (1-5). These books, designed by Mark Wagner and Amy Mees, were recognized by The American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the "50 books/50 covers of the year" competition.

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Karen Switzer is Artnoose, and has been publishing the letterpress zine Ker-bloom! for years. For $200, you can get Ker-bloom!, Collection #3, with issues July/August 2003 #43 through Nov/Dec 2006, #63 (edition of 50). More info thru the link to the left.

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What a crazy book! Check out The Slapdown, an unusual book that you really have to hold in your hands to appreciate. On the link (to the left) is a movie that shows it in action. Flag-book binding with letterpress printed Perma Dur concertina spine and 2-ply die-cut museum board flags. Housed in a gray painted wood and bookboard slip case with blind and black foil-stamped title. 16 flag pages (with 37 printed surfaces), signed by artist and author. Concept and drawing by Damara Kaminecki, text by Jeremy Schmall, production design by Mark Wagner and Sara Parkel with Amy Mees, printed and bound by Sara Parkel and Cat Glennon with Jamie Munkatchy

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Or, for $600, you can get a copy of Esmeralda Tree Cat / Lonely Bear by Christine Shields. See the link!

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This is the De-Luxe: For $1000, the Organik crew (Kurt Allerslev, Marshall Weber, and Christopher Wilde) will make a one-of-kind drawing to adorn the walls of your home. Check out the Organik links.

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Not many of these books are left! For $2000, you'll get a special edition of Scream at the Librarian. This amazing book was written by Joel J. Rane with illustrations by Raymond Pettibon & Christine Sheehan Sullivan; 9-3/4 x 7 x 3/4 inches, 94 printed pages, edition of 50, signed by author and illustrators. Again, check out the link!

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You can own a piece of Lower East Side history: Your House is Mine made by Bullet Space (1989/1991) 19.5' x 24.5', 16 pounds, 40 pages, 11 double-sided, 29 posters on Mohawk vellum paper, editioned and signed by each contributing artist, silkscreen, lithograph, spray-paint, collage, two vellum end sheets, wood covers cased in lead, with a bolt binding. see http://www.booklyn.org/artists/%3Ch2%3EOther%20Associated%20Artists%3C/h2%3E.php#Click13 for more information

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Booklyn is an artist-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to promote artist books as an art form and an educational resource, to provide the general public and educational institutions with services and programming involving contemporary artist books, and to assist artists in exhibiting, distributing and publishing artist books.

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