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John Lennon (John Winston Ono Lennon) | First Editions
1940 - 1980
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a lucrative songwriting partnership. He was murdered in 1980. As of 2012, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceeded 14 million and, as writer, co-writer, or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth and, in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1994.Lennon had a modest literary career, his love of wordplay and nonsense culminating in In His Own Write (1964). A Spaniard in the Works followed, in 1965. Skywriting by Word of Mouth, and Other Writings Including the Ballad of John and Yoko was published posthumously in 1986, and includes an afterword by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono.
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![Item #72358 [POSTER] The Penguin John Lennon. BEATLES, John LENNON](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72358.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750437353)
[POSTER] The Penguin John Lennon.
London: Printed for Penguin Books, 1981. PROMOTIONAL POSTER advertising the combined edition of John Lennon's two poetical works, In His Own Write (1964) and A Spaniard in the Works (1965), plus the reissue of Lennon Remembers, re-released following the author's untimely death. Colour-printed with illustrated artwork. Approximate dimensions 18 x...... More
Sometime in New York City.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995. [Rock Music biography] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono. Number 503, of 3500 copies only. Folio. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Bob Gruen on matt art paper with traced overlays. Text by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Original black leather over silkscreened aluminium..... More
Bag One.
Amsterdam: Laurens a.daane N.V., 1970. [Art/Erotica] The famous Bag One portfolio, Dutch issue, in printed card folder. Originally conceived as a wedding gift from John Lennon to Yoko Ono. The portfolio comprises title page, the Alphabet Poem, six portrait prints in black, and seven erotic prints in sepia tone, with..... More
A Spaniard In The Works.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Pop culture] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN DUST-WRAPPER, with various differences to the published version. Duodecimo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Printed sheets, sewn, with blank endleaves, in a proof-only dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. A lovely fine copy, inside and out. The most important and..... More
A Spaniard In The Works.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Pop culture] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Publisher's laminated printed boards. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. No inscriptions. Internally clean, covers are fresh. A fine copy. Lennon's second book of amusing illustrated verse. Book Collector No.287 (p32-62) 'The Sixties'. More
A Spaniard In The Works.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Pop culture] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Publisher's laminated printed boards. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. No inscriptions. Internally clean, gently handled. Near fine. Lennon's second book of amusing illustrated verse. Book Collector No.287 (p32-62) 'The Sixties'. More
The Lennon Companion. Edited by Elizabeth Thomson and David Gutman
London; Sidgwick and Jackson 2002. FIRST EDITION thus. 273 pages, standard size, with photographic plates. Comprising twenty five years of comment from the likes of Tom Wolfe, Noel Coward, Kenneth Tynan, David Frost, Martin Amis, George Melly and Philip Larkin. Publisher's cloth in dustjacket. Fine. More
John Winston Lennon, together with John Ono Lennon. The Definitive Biography.
London, Sidgwick and Jackson 1984. [Rock music biography] FIRST EDITIONS. Volume one covers the period 1940-1966, volume two spanning 1967-1980. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.350, 334, with photographic plates. Hardback in glossy dust-wrappers. A little handled, no inscriptions or price-clipping, edges slightly dusty/spotted; very good copies indeed. Ray Coleman [1937–1996]..... More
John Lennon (The Beatles). 8 x 10 inch publicity photograph.
London, [1970]. [Entertainment Memorabilia] A black and white promotional photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, issued to members of The Beatles Fan Club, circa 1970. Archivally framed in off-white card mount backed with pH neutral corri-cor barrier board, glazed, with moulded wood frame. Total dimensions 13 x 16 inches..... More
![Item #71320 The Night Before [Help]. THE BEATLES, John Lennon, Paul McCARTNEY](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71320.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1740849796)
The Night Before [Help].
UK: Northern Songs Ltd., 1965. [Sheet Music] Original sheet music for the 1965 song 'The Night Before' written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performed by The Beatles. Four-page booklet with film photograph on front cover. 29 x 21cm, priced 3 shillings. Fine condition (virtually as new). Taken from the..... More
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