Bakhåll, P O Box 1114, 221 04 Lund, Sweden, order@bakhall.com. © 2021
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[Presentation in Swedish] 
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A short presentation in English
Founded in 1980, Sweden's Bakhall publishing house
focuses on sales of fiction and the avant-garde.
Though many of our books are in Swedish, we carry
a number of English and bilingual titles as well.
Bakhall regularly supplies literature and CDs to
book and record stores in Sweden and to individual
collectors throughout Scandinavia via mail order.
Thanks to the internet, quality items from our
printing press are now also available for purchase
worldwide.
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Yoko Ono: Live In The Light Of Hope
In her new book, based on her recent Twitter posts,
Yoko covers a wide range of topics, including art,
music, love, and peace. Her tweets are always
thoughtful, always inspiring, often provoking.
“We protested for rights & for peace in the 60s
& 70s. I am proud we are still together
and doing it with love.”
240 pages, 137 X 152 mm, soft cover with flaps, sewn,
printed on high quality paper, illustrated with artworks
and photos by Yoko.
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Yoko Ono: Woman Power
”In the coming age of feminine society
We’ll regain our human dignity
We’ll lay some truth and clarity
And bring back nature’s beauty
Woman Power!”
96 pages, 141 X 156 mm, hard cover, sewn,
printed on high quality paper, illustrated
with artworks and photos by Yoko.
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Gay Life in Dikanka – Robert Crumb's Old-time favorites
Legendary underground comics artist Robert Crumb is a passionate collector of 78 rpm records. We invited Mr. Crumb to
choose from his huge collection to compile his album of favorites, and this is the result: A wonderful parade of happy music
from the early – the golden! – days of recording.
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono: "Give Peace A Chance"
Collectors item!
“All we are saying—is Give Peace A Chance!” was recorded in May of 1969 on a portable tape deck during John Lennon
and Yoko Ono’s famous “Bed-In” to promote world peace. Released on record a few weeks later, it quickly became
an anthem for peace-loving people of all countries, and still stands as a slogan for peace that is fresh and relevant as ever.
This book, edited under Yoko’s supervision in 2007, is an anthology of photos, documents and quotations culled from
the couple’s many inspiring peace campaigns, spanning from the late 1960s to Yoko’s peace work in Lennon’s memory
in recent years.
176 pages, 146 X 146 mm, hard cover, sewn, printed on high quality paper, illustrated with drawings by John and photos.
Included with the book is a Bonus DVD containing documentary footage from “Bed-In” (1969) and Yoko’s film “Onochord” (2004).
Playing time of the DVD is 17 minutes. The DVD is in the PAL system.
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Yoko Ono: "Imagine Yoko"
"Imagine Yoko" is a book of ideas--provocative,
engaging, enjoyable. In this unique edition Yoko
Ono shares her inner thoughts with us on such
themes as what art really is and how art can make
the world a better place.
This brilliant book also gives us an unclouded
insight into Yoko's artistic realm and guides us
through her work.
So what is art? Art is to imagine. Art can be the
saviour when politics fail. Art is a means of
survival.
The book is an anthology of aphorisms and essays
that Yoko has verbally communicated or written
over the years, compiled and edited by Bakhall's
founder Orjan Gerhardsson in close cooperation
with the artist herself.
Deluxe hard-cover edition, 128 pages, printed on
high quality paper with many color illustrations.
Included with the book is a bonus DVD with samples
from two of Yoko's films: Film No.4 (Bottoms) and
Film No. 13 Fly. Playing time: 14 minutes. The DVD is in the PAL system.
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Yoko Ono: Yes Box
is a comprehensive presentation of the grand retrospective YES YOKO ONO exhibition, shown at the Japan Society, New York from October 2000 to January 2001 and thereafter at many other first-ranking art museums around the world. This box contains chosen samples of the artworks of the exhibition together with Yoko's own commentary. The box contains the following items:
1. SOUL GOT OUT OF THE BOX - a 32 page booklet presenting some of the artworks from the exhibition.
2. INTERVIEW CD - a CD with a recorded interview with Yoko Ono giving her inner thoughts on many of her artworks. The interview was conducted by Bakhall's publisher Orjan Gerhardsson in Yoko's home in New York on February 28, 2003. Playing time: 18 minutes 13 seconds.
3. SONG CD - a CD with two songs from Yoko's album Blueprint For A Sunrise:
"It's Time For action" and "I'm Not Getting Enough". Playing time: 7 minutes 30
seconds.
4. A CARD WITH A HOLE - ... with the text "A hole to see the sky through" -
a replica of Yoko Ono's artwork from 1964.
Box and booklet layout by Orjan Gerhardsson. Everything contained in this box is copyrighted by Yoko Ono. All rights reserved.
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Bob Dylan: Tarantula
A bilingual Swedish-English edition of Bob Dylan's novel, written around 1965–66 in the same wild mercury style as his songs of the
legendary albums Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Tarantula's description of the world as chaos is in itself the spontaneous
chaotic flow it tells you about, shaped in Dylan's unique sounds and colors.
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John Lennon: A Spaniard in the Works
A book of short stories and poems by John Lennon, originally published in 1965. Illustrated with his own drawings.
Cover photographs from Lennon's visit to Sweden together with the Beatles
in 1964. Bilingual Swedish-English edition. The entire text is represented
both in the English and the Swedish language. 128 pages. No bonus CD in
this second print run of the book.
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John Lennon: Skywriting By Word Of Mouth
This book by John Lennon, written in 1975, is
his only autobiography, his own story about his life,
his relation to Yoko, the breakup of the Beatles and much more. And several
humoristic short stories. Illustrated with Lennon's own drawings. Bilingual
Swedish-English edition. The entire text can be read both in the Swedish
and the English language. 256 pages. Included
with the first 3000 copies of the book is a bonus-CD with 3 minutes from John
Lennon's last interview, the same day as he was shot, December 8, 1980.
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Yoko Ono: Grapefruit
Grapefruit is Yoko Ono's legendary collection of
her quirky, subversive, surprising instructions
for art and life. First published in Tokyo as
a limited edition in 1964 and later enlarged and
widely reprinted in 1970, Grapefruit is now a
modern art classic. "Make a hole. Leave it in the
wind." "Draw a map to get lost." "Listen to the
sound of the earth turning." Add Grapefruit to your
collection today by ordering directly from our
website. We accept payment by PayPal.
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Chet Baker: As Though I Had Wings
This is legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's own story about his
life, the music, the women, the drugs. "A gorgeous jumble of images
and expressions", "unremitting chaos shot through with pure genius."
Included with this bilingual Swedish-English edition of the book is
a bonus CD with recordings from one of the peaks of his career:
Los Angeles '54. Playing time of the CD: 65 minutes. Cover photographs
from Chet Baker's visit to Sweden in 1986.
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Patti Smith: Woolgathering
Woolgathering is a book of short stories by Patti Smith. It was originally published in 1992 by Hanuman Books.
This hardcover edition is bilingual Swedish-English (Swedish text on the right hand pages, English text on the
left hand pages). A very fine book, as one review puts it: ”this is her greatest piece of writing, period” and ”she is a free form
channeler of the muse of the great mystery itself”. 128 pages. Hard cover, high quality paper, sewn sheets, clothed spine.
OUT OF PRINT
Including international shipping & handling!
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