@50watts
Bookshop + indie press (& now selling stationery to other shops via Faire) / visit us @ 15 W Highland Ave in Chestnut Hill Philadelphia
50 Watts Books
50 Watts Books
50 Watts Books is a bookstore and indie publisher specializing in art books, Japanese art, underground comics, Surrealism, international picture books.
For US shops - our books/postcards/prints on Faire
For US shops - our books/postcards/prints on Faire
50 Watts publishes legendary Japanese picture books and offbeat illustrated books which can be found in interesting shops around the world. We opened in 2021 as an indie press and online bookstore with a focus on visually-striking and unusual books. In 2024 we opened a retail bookshop storefront in Chestnut Hill Philadelphia (please visit and say hello!). In 2025 we added postcards to the mix on Faire (we had long been making them for our retail customers).
50 Watts Books on Bookshop.org
50 Watts Books on Bookshop.org
50 Watts is a bookstore with a focus on visually-striking and unusual books from around the world -- incredible art books and artists' books, surreal picture books, graphic design icons, underground comics, risograph zines, Writers No One Reads, deep backlist finds, odd vintage arcana, and funky gift books, prints, and ephemera. Expect to find lots of publications from Japan and Europe. Gift cards purchased in our retail shop or at our website cannot be redeemed on Bookshop.
June 2026 - Prints by Samplerman!
June 2026 - Prints by Samplerman!
This 8 x 10 print features a collage by the French artist Samplerman, also found in our book Anthropomorphic Japan: The Frogs. Samplerman here works with images from the 50 Watts collection of vintage illustrated books. Printed digitally in the US on 120 lb smooth uncoated cover stock.
Anthropomorphic Japan - The Frogs
Anthropomorphic Japan - The Frogs
Anthropomorphic Japan - The Frogs / compiled by 50 Watts / more details about this series soon! / forthcoming in 2024 from 50 Watts Books
Anthropomorphic Japan - The Insects
Anthropomorphic Japan - The Insects
The Outer Periphery paperback - Andy Sturdevant - published June 2025
The Outer Periphery paperback - Andy Sturdevant - published June 2025
The Outer Periphery: Amateur Spacecraft Designs from the U.S. Patent Office / by Andy Sturdevant / ISBN 9781957625065 / a 100-page paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, published in June 2025 by 50 Watts Books & Birchwood Palace Industries. *** A collection of over 75 patent illustrations for functioning spacecraft and spac
I Am a Wolf, After All - Maki Sasaki
I Am a Wolf, After All - Maki Sasaki
I Am a Wolf, After All by Maki Sasaki / ISBN 9781957625058 / forthcoming in 2024 / Maki Sasaki is a manga artist, illustrator, and picture book writer who made a brilliant debut with Garo in the 1960s. First published in 1977, I Am a Wolf, After All is the next title in our series of Japanese picture book classics.
Animal Land Where There Are No People (published by 50 Watts)
Animal Land Where There Are No People (published by 50 Watts)
Animal Land Where There Are No People by Sybil and Katharine Corbet, introduction by Andrew Lang / ISBN 9781957625027 / 64-page paperback, 6 x 6 inches, printed in color / published in 2022 by 50 Watts Books. (Also available on Apple Books.) Retailers can buy the books (and postcards and bookmarks) we publish via the p
A Tiger in the Land of Dreams - Tiger Tateishi
A Tiger in the Land of Dreams - Tiger Tateishi
Pictograms by Warja Lavater (Nieves and 50 Watts)
Pictograms by Warja Lavater (Nieves and 50 Watts)
Pictograms by Warja Lavater / ISBN 9783907179642 / 124-page paperback, 7.7 x 10 inches, co-published by Nieves and 50 Watts / a new reprint of the long-gone 2008 edition / A wonderful publication from this Swiss pioneer of artist's books Want to place a wholesale order? You can find most 50 Watts publications on Faire,
Cheat Sheets by Tiger Tateishi (Nieves and 50 Watts)
Cheat Sheets by Tiger Tateishi (Nieves and 50 Watts)
The King of Circles - Kiyoshi Awazu
The King of Circles - Kiyoshi Awazu
The King of Circles by Shuntaro Tanikawa, designed and illustrated by Kiyoshi Awazu, translated by Yosuke Kitazawa and Ottilia Tanaka / ISBN 9781957625010 / 24-page hardback, 9 x 9.25 inches, printed offset / published in July 2023 by 50 Watts Books Retailers in the US can buy the books (and postcards and bookmarks) we
Into the Cosmos - Stathis Tsemberlidis
Into the Cosmos - Stathis Tsemberlidis
Into the Cosmos: Sci-Fi Illustrations and a Comic by Stathis Tsemberlidis / ISBN 9781957625096 / a 64-page paperback with flaps, 6 x 9 inches, published in August 2024 by 50 Watts Books. [UK customers: Decadence Comics have copies for sale -- check here.] *** This book collects illustrations Tsemberlidis made for recen
Videoland: A Visual Catalog of American Video Store Logos, 1980-1995
Videoland: A Visual Catalog of American Video Store Logos, 1980-1995
Videoland: A Visual Catalog of American Video Store Logos, 1980-1995 / a 28-page zine from Birchwood Palace Industries, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. *** In the vanishingly short period of time video rental stores were a part of the cultural landscape, thousands of mom-and-pop shops codified a surprisingly unified visual identity.
50 Watts Zine n.1 - Book Covers by Emanuel Schongut
50 Watts Zine n.1 - Book Covers by Emanuel Schongut
50 Watts Zine n.1 - Book Covers by Emanuel Schongut / ISBN 9781957625041 / 32-page illustrated zine, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, saddle-stitched, offset printing (plus a postcard) / published March 2023 to coincide with the second anniversary of 50 Watts Books Want to place a wholesale order? You can find most 50 Watts publicati
A Frog in the Fall by Linnea Sterte (PEOW)
A Frog in the Fall by Linnea Sterte (PEOW)
The Rainbow Goblins
The Rainbow Goblins
The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico / ISBN 9780500277591 / 32-page hardback, 12.25 x 9.75 inches, published by Thames & Hudson A book I wish I had growing up. *** After seven goblins try to steal it, the Rainbow is careful never again to touch the earth. Since its original publication in 1978, the fantastic colors, a
Moon Trax by Tiger Tateishi
Moon Trax by Tiger Tateishi
Moon Trax by Tiger Tateishi / ISBN 9784875024613 / 132-page hardback with dust jacket, 7.6 x 9.75 inches, published by Kousakusha (Japan) / text in Japanese and English though the book mostly consists of images. Highest recommendation! *** "Using three-dimensional panel layouts on two-dimensional art, this is an introd
Hirayama Fireworks Company book
Hirayama Fireworks Company book
Echoes of a Natural World
Echoes of a Natural World
Stages of Rot - Linnea Sterte
Stages of Rot - Linnea Sterte
Decadence University Press - Complete Works
Decadence University Press - Complete Works
Shuna's Journey
Shuna's Journey
50 Watts t-shirt through bonfire
50 Watts t-shirt through bonfire
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