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20th Century Boy. Original Photographs of Marc Bolan
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
California Dreaming. Memories and Visions of L.A. 1966-75.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2008. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. No.307 of 350 copies, SIGNED by photographer Henry Diltz, with three original signed colour photos enclosed in a printed envelope exclusive to the deluxe copies. Folio. Finely bound in full brown leather with the title stamped in gilt, within a silk-screened box stamped..... More
Desert Vivant.
Paris: Societe Francaise Du Livre, 1954. [Film] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto. A fine copy, respined in cloth to style. Inscribed by the great and powerful Mr. Disney in customary flamboyant style to the verso of the half title. A sumptuous photographic collection of the animals and scenery of the Living..... More
Chronicles: Volume One.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2004. [Music Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 293 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Coco Shinomiya, priced at £16.99. Light spotting and browning to top edge; some light handling. Near fine. More
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Bob Dylan Himself [Song Book]
Great Britain; Duchess Music Ltd 1965. Rare original UK 32-page songbook featuring the words and music to 13 tracks arranged for guitar and vocal along with chord shapes. Includes a biography, illustrations and photographs. Superb glossy cover artwork with additional professional laminate. Originally priced 12/6 to title page. Minor handling;..... More
The Beats: From Kerouac to Kesey, an Illustrated Journey through the Beat Generation.
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
Faithfull: An Autobiography.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. [Music] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17 cm), pp. [10]; 310. With sixteen pages of photographs. Publisher's quarter grey cloth over black boards with silver titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Steve Snider. Pages are clean, light spotting to top edge, slight pushing..... More
Brian Jones: The Inside Story of the Original Rolling Stone.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. [Rock and Roll Biography] ADVANCE COPY, First Edition. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.256. With a suite of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. With an Advance Copy slip, stating price and date of publication, loose to preliminaries. Publisher's black quarter paper with..... More
Beatles Ltd.
London: George Newnes, 1964. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. Quarto (31 x 31cm), with 12 leaves of black and white photographs of the band by Freeman. Stapled in original purple card covers with green titles. Rubbing and creases to cover edges; covers detached. Good. More
Birds of Great Britain.
London: The Bodley Head, 1967. [Photography/Sixties Culture] FIRST EDITION. Folio (35 x 27cm), unpaginated. With black and white photographs throughout. Bound in crimson half morocco over red cloth sides, gilt-lettered title panel to spine, black endpapers. Leaves had a tidemark (reducing throughout) to top corner else contents fine, in a...... More
I, In The Membership of My Days. Poems.
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
Five Girls.
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1962. [Fashion Photography / Sixties Culture] Landmark photography book. FIRST US EDITION. Publisher's salmon cloth hardcover in original dust-wrapper priced at $10. Folio, unpaginated. Photographed throughout in black and white. One or two tiny marks to jacket, small chip at crown, soft crease to flaps;..... More
November Girl.
New York, NY: Madison Square Press, 1967. [Cult photography book] FIRST EDITION. Folio (35 x 28cm), unpaginated. Publisher's cream coloured cloth in original dust-wrapper priced at $9.95. Photographed throughout in black and white. Some moderate handling, jacket frayed at crown, few small scratches to rear. Very good. More
Music, A Joy for Life.
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
Classic Hendrix.
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
Jimi Hendrix. The Ultimate Lyric Book.
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
'Corpus' Drawings 1981-2006.
London: Other Criteria, New York, NY: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp.411. Textured cloth with leather title square to spine. Profusely illustrated. A fine copy still in the publisher's shrink wrap. More
Boogie Woogie.
London, Duckworth and Co. 2000. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION (No.119 of 500), 8vo. Publisher's bright red cloth with pale yellow mottled endpapers, spotless pages, a fine copy. Signed by author and on covers by artist Damien Hirst, who designed the wrapper. More
That's the way I see it.
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
Addition. Folio IX.
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
Catalogue from Big Pic Box / The Beauty of Our Weapons.
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
Realistic Pictures.
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
31 Songs.
London: Viking, 2003. [Popular Music] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 196. Illustrated throughout in black and white. SIGNED by the author in thick blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Hatch Show Print, priced at..... More
Fine Clothes to the Jew.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. [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
The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book.
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