"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme

London: Macdonald Unit 75, 1969. [Illustrated Lyrics] FIRST EDITION. Soft cover magazine format, small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.156. With colour illustrations and photographs to most pages, paired with selected lyrics. In original publisher's colour-illustrated covers, priced at 25s to rear. Lightly browned throughout with to spotting to endpapers. Light..... More
London: The Daily Mirror Newspapers, 1963. [Concert Booklet] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[28]. A black and white photographic record of the band's progress through the day of the performance, including captions. One colour image at centre, and colour illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Only very light rubbing..... More
London: Apple Publishing, 1969. [Music biography] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.160 (unpaginated). Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Publisher's glossy black softcovers with white titles to spine and colour photographs to upper. Fine condition. A companion book issued with the earliest UK and Canadian copies of the..... More
London: Apple Publishing, 1969. [Music biography] FIRST (and only) EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.160 (unpaginated). Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Publisher's glossy black softcovers with white titles to spine and colour photographs to upper. Some rubbing and general handling to covers. A hint of laminate shrinkage. Near fine. A...... More
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
Guidford: Genesis Publications, 2007. [Music History] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 1605 of 2000 copies. Large quarto (35 x 28cm). Elaborately bound in pink fine-grained leather with gold-blocked lettering on the spine, illustrated covers, gilt edges, housed in original silk-screen printed box with ribbon pull, the whole protected in a green..... More
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications / Hedley 1990. [Rock Music / Photography] LIMITED EDITION, No 2795 of 5000 copies, signed by various contributors including Bill Wyman, Spencer Davis and Graham Nash. Photographer Michael Cooper had a long-lasting friendship with both the Beatles and the Stones, and shot the covers for the..... More
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications / Hedley 1990. LIMITED EDITION, No.1872 of 5000 copies, signed by various contributors including Beatle GEORGE HARRISON. Photographer Michael Cooper had a long-lasting friendship with both the Beatles and the Stones, and shot the covers for the classic 1967 albums 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band'..... More
[London]: NEMS Publications, 1964. [Rock and Pop music] ORIGINAL CONCERT PROGRAMME. Octavo (26 x 20cm), unpaginated. In soft paper covers, with cover illustrations by Lennon, showing various figures exchanging yuletide holly branches. Very light soiling to front panel otherwise a particularly crisp, fresh example. Programme for the second Beatles Christmas..... More
UK: Genesis Publications, 2000. [Rock photo-documentary] DELUXE EDITION, signed by Stephen Gunther, curator of the Kurt Gunther archive. STRICTLY LIMITED; No 21 of 200 numbered copies, not to be confused with the 'Collector' edition which was numbered up to 2500. Deluxe copies were bound in full goatskin and include an..... More
UK: Genesis Publications, 1987, 1992. [Rock] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 2 volumes, folio (28 x 20 x 12cm). With additional text by Ringo Starr, Elton John, Harry Nilsson and Jeff Lynne. Quarto, with colour plates and illustrations by Keith West. Original black half-morocco boards, gilt edges, with limited edition CD 'Songs'..... More
Guildford: Genesis Press [Genesis Publications], 1980. [Music autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION (No.482). Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.404; [2], blank. With sepia plates and illustrations. Original half brown morocco with 'guitar' gilt-stamped to boards, gilt edges, in original slipcase. Number 482 of 2000 copies only, signed by the late former..... More
Guildford: Genesis Press [Genesis Publications], 1993. [Rock] LIMITED EDITION, number 2953 of 3500 copies SIGNED by George Harrison. With a foreword by Eric Clapton and text by George Harrison plus members of the touring band. Folio (35 x 27cm), pp.274, with colour photographs throughout. Original full black morocco blocked in..... More
UK: Genesis Publications, 1999. [Rock photo-documentary] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED BY GEORGE HARRISON, also signed by photographer Astrid Kirchherr and artist Klaus Voorman. No 21 of 250 numbered copies, not to be confused with the 'Collector' edition which was numbered up to 2500. Deluxe copies include an exclusive portfolio of art..... More
UK: Genesis Publications, 2004. [Rock photo-documentary]. DELUXE EDITION, signed by Olivia Harrison. Folio, pp.306 STRICTLY LIMITED; No 21 of 350 numbered copies, not to be confused with the 'Collector' edition which was numbered up to 2500. Deluxe copies were bound in half-terracotta goatskin over padded cloth sides with rose gold..... More
Guildford, England: Genesis Publications, 1996. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, one of 2000 copies. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.232. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Elegantly bound in black leather over screen-printed cloth sides. The box set contains two superbly printed books; the main, definitive illustrated biography plus facsimile reproduction of one of an..... More
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2002. LIMITED EDITION, Collector Issue No.1026 of 2000 copies, SIGNED by Sir George Martin. With Forewords by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Quarto (40 x 26cm in box), pp.327. Bound in black quarter leather over buckram sides, chromium nameplate, silver page edges and tooling. With exclusive..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2005. [Music biography] FIRST EDITION, with photographic plates. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.853; [1], blank. With two suites of black and white plates. Black cloth blocked in silver to spine, black endpapers, in glossy dust-jacket priced at £25. Absolutely fine/as new. A monumental, doorstop account of the..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton / Elm Tree Books, 1981. [Music biography] FIRST EDITION, with photographic plates. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.400. With two suites of black and white plates. Red cloth in glossy dust-jacket featuring Robert Freeman's 'With The Beatles' LP photograph. Some dustiness and handling; a very good copy of..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Rock/pop]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE, number 296 of 350 copies. Large quarto (32 x 28cm), pp.256. Printed in Milan on 200gsm matt-art paper, illustrated throughout with photographs reproduced in duotone with image varnishing. Elaborately bound in full scarlet hide, blocked in gold and white to..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Rock and pop] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 476 of 2500 copies. Large quarto (32 x 28cm), pp.256. Printed in Milan on 200gsm matt-art paper, illustrated throughout with photographs reproduced in duotone with image varnishing. Elaborately bound in scarlet hide over red Assuan canvas sides, blocked in..... More
Guildford, England: Genesis Publications, 2008. [Photojournalism] LIMITED EDITION. No.211 of 750 copies, SIGNED by the photographer. Folio (50 x 35cm). 24 large-format prints of The Beatles with accompanying 64-page book specially printed in three inks, reproducing each plate and the accompanying story behind the photographs, with explanatory text, location information..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1999. [Rock photo-documentary] LIMITED COLLECTOR EDITION, Signed by photographer Astrid Kirchherr and artist Klaus Voorman. No 1177 of 2500 numbered copies printed portfolio limitation is SIGNED by the founder of Genesis Publications, Brian Roylance (1945-2005). Folio, 2 volumes (text/photos plus book of paintings). Foreword by George Harrison..... More