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— Oscar Wilde

Brighton: [Self-published], 2006. SIGNED by the photographer. From Ian Dickson's 'Collector's Series'; a range of handmade box sets, each title containing seven hand-printed images in signed mounts; offered in Standard, Digital or DeLuxe (best) edition. '20th Century Boy' comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of Glam-Rock..... More
Hastings: Hastings Printing Company, September 1962. [Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[8]. Black and white photographs of some artists / bands in the line-up. Publisher's yellow photographic soft covers, stapled twice, and priced at 1s. Hole-punched, with some light wear to edges and a...... More
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2007. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. SIGNED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered boards with light blue endpapers and matching dust-jacket. Some minor creasing to the top and..... More
1960 - 1964. [Concert Programmes] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Various sizes from 21 x 13 to 26 x 21cm. Various iterations of the 'Adam Faith Show' in Margate and London. Publisher's paper covers, some in colour, some stapled. Some rubbing to all programmes - more so to the smaller bi-folds. Blue..... More
Great Yarmouth: Printed by John Buckle for the Royal Aquarium, no date [circa 1960]. [Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[8]. A profile of Emile Ford with black and white photographic images, as well as the programme for the evening's entertainment. Publisher's black illustrated soft..... More
London: Pavilion, 1998. [Celebrity Photography] FIRST UK EDITION. Quarto (34 x 27cm), pp.212. Black and white photographs throughout. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and brown endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £40. Some light markings to jacket and little creasing to endpapers. Near fine. Iconic photos..... More
New York, NY: Random House, 1973. [Irish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.135; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Dated and inscribed by Richard Harris to flyleaf. Bumped to foot of spine, wrapper a little sunned to spine. Near fine. A collection of poems by..... More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1976. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Square Octavo, pp.204 [4]. With numerous b/w illustrations and a colour plate section. In publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to front free end-paper. A fine copy... More
Guilford, England: Genesis Publications, 2004. LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE no.43 of 350 copies; the remainder of the 1400-copy print run are designated 'collector' copies. SIGNED by the author, the photographer and guitarist Joe Perry. Folio (33 x 25cm), pp.292. Quarter-bound in fine-grain purple leather with silk-screened aluminium boards, prismatic silver..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 2012. [Rock Music] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Compiler by Janie L. Hendrix. Square folio (32 x 32cm), with colour photographs throughout, in publisher's photographic covers. Autographed inscription 'Enjoy / Janie Hendrix' to first blank. Signed at the London Pop-Up Exhibition, with loose accompanying material. A fine..... More
San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2004. [Pop Music] SIGNED BY THE KINKS. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.352. Illustrated with occasional black and white photographs. SIGNED by Ray Davies, Mick Avory, Jim Rodford, and Ian Gibbons in black and blue marker to inside front and rear covers. Publisher's photographic soft covers..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. [Modern Art] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.248. With 365 illustrations, most in colour. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow titles to spine and a yellow illustration to upper board. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. A little rubbing to cloth; jacket edges bruised. Near..... More
London: Architectural Association, 1986. [Modernism] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 850 of 1000 copies. Portfolio (12 x 12 inches) of 20 silkscreen prints which when assembled form a print 1525 x 1120 mm, together with 28-page catalogue printed in colour, housed in folding box with ribbon pull release, titled in white..... More
London: Architectural Association, 1988. FIRST (and only) EDITION. A 24-page square catalogue (12 x 12 inches), illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine condition. A scarce automotive/industrial/architectural item. Andrew Holmes is Britain's best-known super-realist painter and graphic designer. He is also an architect and one of the original..... More
London: The Gallery at John Jones Frames, 1991. [Modernism] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Portfolio (12 x 12 inches) of 10 photographs together with two printed text sheets, housed in original polythene sleeve with text printed in white. Fine throughout, with minor handling to bag. A scarce automotive/industrial/architectural item; only one..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. [Folk Music/Lyrics/Verse] Third Printing INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.90; [4]. Publisher's purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper, illustrated dust-wrapper. With presentation note to flyleaf; "For Mrs Holmes- | these songs | and poems - | Sincerely..... More
London: Eyre Methuen, 1976. [Comedy]. SIGNED COPY, the third impression, paperback. Quarto (31 x 24cm), unpaginated. SIGNED by Eric Idle and Neil Innes in blue and black ink to verso of front cover. Full of mad witty nonsense, as expected. Publisher's card covers with false title, 'The Wonderful World of..... More
1963 - 1966. [Concert Programmes] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Various sizes from 23 x 15 to 24 x 18cm. Various concerts played by Frank Ifield, including a handbill for a concert at the Gaumont, Bradford, in April 1963. Publisher's paper covers, some in colour, some stapled. Hole-punch marks to one programme..... More
Lausanne: Editions Clairefontaine, 1950. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. pp. 158. b/w photographic plates to every other page. In publisher's grey card with b/w photographic covers pasted to spine. Errata slip loose to p. 46. Black ink ownership inscription to front free end-paper; light wear to edges; some creasing to spine. Very..... More
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Folio (37 x 29cm), pp.152. Fine art photographs printed on clay paper, with the 'map' loose to preliminaries. Publisher's glossy and very colourful paper-covered boards, with illustrated endpapers. Presented in the original matching card box. Box lid split to corners..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2010. [Rock music] FIRST EDITION. Folio, with 650 photographic illustrations. Limited edition, number 903 of 2500 copies SIGNED by Jimmy Page. Quarter bound in black morocco leather over unique perspex covers with screen-printed photograph portraits, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a leather and silk slipcase..... More
March 1963. [Pop Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[12]. Profiles of each artist / band in the line-up. Publisher's purple and blue soft covers, stapled twice. Moderate rubbing and creasing to covers. Very good. A tour programme for Brenda Lee's 1963 UK tour, also..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2005. [Music autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xii; 404. SIGNED by Cynthia Lennon to publisher's bookplate on title page. Hardback cloth in dust-jacket, with photographic plates. A fine, as-new copy, carefully dark-stored by ourselves since publication. Cynthia's long-awaited and revealing personal account of..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Duodecimo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Publisher's laminated printed boards. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. Slight occasional foxing to the textblock and edges. A little light wear to binding. Very good. More