" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

1964. [Rock and Roll Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Profiles of each artist / band in the line-up. Publisher's red and black illustrated soft covers, stapled twice, and priced at 2/6. Heavy ink doodling to 'The Nashville Teens.' Light wear to covers. Very good..... More
1964. [Rock and Roll Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Profiles of each artist / band in the line-up. Publisher's red and black illustrated soft covers, stapled twice, and priced at 2/6. Light wear to covers. Near fine. More
London: Harold Davison, [circa 1965]. [American Folk Music] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.[20]. An in-depth profile of the artist, including material from various interviews, illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. Publisher's yellow soft covers, stapled twice. Very light handling; almost as-new. Fine. More
Manchester: World Distributors, 1963. [Popular Music] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[40]. Profiles of each band member and their manager Brian Epstein, plus general information about the band and their origins, and many contemporary black and white photographs. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice and priced at..... More
London: Apple Records, no date [circa 1970-74]. [7'' Label] VARIANT OR TRIAL 'A' SIDE LABEL. Circular, with a diameter of 8.5cm. Showing 'Play Loud' text in white rather than the usual black. Crisp and fine. A rare and unusual find. More
Bradford: John D. Marshall & Co. [and] Marlboro' Press, 1960. [Jazz Concert Programmes] TWO ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4]; pp.[4]. Each programme featuring a list of numbers which the band would choose from on the night, plus a list of the artists scheduled to be playing with..... More
no date [taken 1971]. [Glam rock] Original black and white photograpH. Printed by photographer Spud Murphy, titled signed and dated by him in ink to lower margin. In an elegant acid-neutral mount, glaze, and bespoke archival frame. Overall dimensions 37 x 46 cm. Fine. This classic shot shows the band..... More
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Two-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Three-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Rear-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Matching pair of two and three-colour monochrome prints pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Each image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front and rear..... More
New York, NY: Screen Gems-Columbia Music, 1966. [Pop Songsheet] ORIGINAL SONGSHEET. Magazine format (28 x 22cm). Musical notation and words to the song 'She' by The Monkees. One large leaf of card, folded once, with a colour photograph to font cover. Price label partially removed to lower right corner of..... More
UK: Genesis Publications, 2012. [Rock photo-documentary]. COLLECTOR EDITION, signed by the author. Folio, pp.376. No 1467 of 1650 copies. Comprehensively illustrated with images taken by over eighty of the world's best photographers, including David Bailey, Terry O'Neill, Dominique Tarlé and Lord Snowdon. Printed on heavyweight GardaMatt and GardaPat Art paper..... More
London: Cassell and Co., 2001. [Punk Music] MULTI-SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 30cm), pp.400. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, printed on clay paper. SIGNED by both authors, and by numerous relevant characters, including Paul Cook and Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols; their follower Helen..... More
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 346. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Evans with printed price of £20. Signed (in our presence) by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were..... More
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 De Luxe (best) edition. 'Son of a Box of Punks' comprises seven silver gelatine prints of punk and..... More
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
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
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
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
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; 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