 | Subway Art by Martha Cooper
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $6.63 THE BIBLE VOL 1. Dont front, graffiti history is very important & before it was on stone, it was on steel. Learn about it.
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 | Spraycan Art (Street Graphics / Street Art) by Henry Chalfant
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.91 THE BIBLE VOL 2. This is probably better then SUBWAY ART, with a focus on early graff around the U.S. & the world. A must have.
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 | Getting Up: Subway Graffitti in New York by Craig Castleman
Buy new: $20.70 / Used from: $7.19 Much more print than pics, Castleman's book is an entertaining read. But be warned, I have it on good authority that many of the tales within are bogus. Graff writers can be quite heavy on the hype.
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 | Graffiti Art: Deutschland-Germany (Graffiti Art) by Oliver Schwarzkopf
Buy used from: $112.93 All the GERMAN LANGUAGED Schwarzkopf GRAFFITI ART books are quite good, some better than the others. Some are HTF, and Ive listed at least 3 worth getting. Good luck finding them all.
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 | Dondi White Style Master General: The Life of Graffiti Artist Dondi White by Andrew Witten
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $19.49 Thats STYLE MASTER GENERAL DONDI to you punk. This book could have been better considering how important DONDI (RIP) is to aerosol culture. This ones for the hardcore DONDI nuts like me.
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 | Style: Writing from the UnderGround by IGTimes
Buy used from: $60.00 An in depth study on style from the inventor of the actual style that is "wild style", PHASE II. Quite wordy, he sets the record straight on the true evolution of aerosol culture. A MUST HAVE!
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 | Graffiti Art: Writing in Munchen (Graffiti Art) by Oliver Schwarzkopf
Buy used from: $87.57 Another Schwarzkopf GRAFFITI ART book. This is a keeper. If only I could read German.
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 | Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC by James T. Murray
Buy used from: $42.00 The first in a new generation of graff books. HEAVY ON PICS & SUPER THICK! And its a good read as well! Full of productions!
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 | Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents by Nicholas Ganz
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.00 376 pages of eye candy from all over the world. Its a bargain at that price and worth much more. Cop one.
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 | Graffiti Art: Styles (Graffiti Art) by Oliver Schwarzkopf
Buy used from: $155.50 Good luck finding this one, even the publisher is sold out.
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 | Writing: Urban Calligraphy and Beyond by Markus Mai
Buy used from: $85.99 Weird but cool. Not like other graff books, theres not alot of pieces in here. Its more of a study of graffiti's influence on other art forms. MAD THICK & FULL OF EYE CANDY!
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 | The Art of Getting Over by Stephen Powers
Buy new: $19.47 / Used from: $15.49 Good book full of pics and stories. Great history on early Philly and NYC graff and some nice chapters on many of the legends of aerosol.
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 | All-City: The Book About Taking Space by Paul 107
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $11.28 Half "how tos" and half good old graffiti stories. Everything you need to go from toy to king.....except style, thats all on you.
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 | Straight Lines: a ten year graffiti-art dialog by Ecb Reso
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $1.39 This book is expensive, its small, and the cover is MAD WACK, but you know what they say about judging them that way. Cop a used one, its a dope little book.
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 | Style Wars
Buy used from: $12.49 The classic graffiti documentary, now with bonus footage and rare subway flicks you can pan across. The short DOZE interview is worth the price. Learn Something!
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 | Beat Street
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $4.69 The most successful of the HIP HOP exploitation movies. The graff is "fake" and was painted by Hollywood set painters on trains provided by the MTA, but I still dig the flick. Catch it on cable.
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 | Wild Style
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $9.50 Same year as STYLE WARS. Corny drama with really bad acting by LEE & LADY PINK among others. BUT THE GRAFF IS REAL!
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