" 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
Pop Culture
Snow Creature.
Printed in USA [1954]. A colour lobby card (no8) for the 1954 B-Movie 'Snow Creature'. Condition A (fresh), dimensions approx. 13x 10 inches, mounted ready for framing. Classic disater movie; a Yeti, slightly miffed at being captured, removed from his Himalayan home and shipped to California, goes on a a...... More
Summer of Love. The Making of Sgt Pepper.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2007. [Music History] LIMITED 'COLLECTOR' EDITION, number 1603 of 2000 copies, SIGNED by Sir George Martin. 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..... More
Seaside Woman.
UK: MPL Communications, 1977. [Sheet Music] Original printed song sheet for the 1977 single 'Seaside Woman' / 'Suzy and the Red Stripes', written by Linda McCartney and performed by Linda McCartney and Wings [Paul Mccartney, Denny Laine, Henry McCullogh and Denny Seiwell]. Booklet with colour illustration on front cover. Presented..... More
![Band on the Run [Songsheet]. Paul McCARTNEY, born 1942, WINGS](/pictures/thumb/57856.jpg?v=1604079544)
Band on the Run [Songsheet].
London: Music Sales Limited, 1973. [Pop Songsheet] ORIGINAL SONGSHEET. A4 magazine format (31 x 23cm). Musical notation and words to the song 'Band on the Run' by Wings. One large leaf folded once, with a single loose leaf, as published. Publisher's black soft covers, not bound. Light wear to covers..... More
Coming Up.
UK: MPL Communications, 1980. [Sheet Music] Original printed song sheet for the 1980 single 'Coming Up', written and performed by Paul McCartney. Booklet with colour photograph on front cover. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x 30cm. Fine condition. Taken from the..... More
Only Love Remains.
UK: MPL Communications, 1986. [Sheet Music] Original printed song sheet for the 1986 single 'Press to Play', written and performed by Paul McCartney. Booklet with colour photograph on front cover. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x 30cm. Fine, as-new. The fourth..... More
Pretty Little Head.
UK: MPL Communications, 1986. [Sheet Music] Original printed song sheet for the 1986 single 'Pretty Little Head', written by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart. Booklet with colour photograph on front cover. Presented in a simple, elegant card mount, ready for framing. Approximate total dimensions 40 x 30cm. Fine condition. Taken..... More
![British and Irish Concert Tour of Don McLean [Souvenir Programme]. Don McLEAN, born 1945](/pictures/thumb/58823.jpg?v=1621009870)
British and Irish Concert Tour of Don McLean [Souvenir Programme].
London: Robert Paterson, October 1973. [Rock Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[12]. A profile of the artist with black and white photographic images. Publisher's photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling to covers, with moderate rubbing to spine, which is starting to tail. Very..... More
![British and Irish Concert Tour of Don McLean [Souvenir Programme]. Don McLEAN, born 1945](/pictures/thumb/58827.jpg?v=1621009870)
British and Irish Concert Tour of Don McLean [Souvenir Programme].
London: Robert Paterson, no date [1975]. [Rock Tour Programme] SIGNED PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[16]. A profile of the artist with black and white photographic images. SIGNED by Don McLean in blue ink to front cover. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling to..... More
![Don McLean 10th Anniversary World Tour [Souvenir Programme]. Don McLEAN, born 1945](/pictures/thumb/58818.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean 10th Anniversary World Tour [Souvenir Programme].
London: Derek Block Concert Promotions, no date [1982]. [Rock Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[20]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. Publisher's photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling. Near fine. More
![Don McLean in Concert '89 [Souvenir Programme]. With special guest guitar virtuoso Juan Martin,...](/pictures/thumb/58819.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean in Concert '89 [Souvenir Programme]. With special guest guitar virtuoso Juan Martin, accompanied by John Platania.
International Artistes Concerts, 1989. [Rock Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[16]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. Publisher's photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling. Near fine. More
![Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With guests Nettie Brook with Guitar George. Don...](/pictures/thumb/58822.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With guests Nettie Brook with Guitar George.
London: Derek Block Concert Promotions, no date [circa 1983]. [Rock Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[18]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. Publisher's photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling. Near fine. More
![Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With special guests Bowles Bros Band. Don McLEAN,...](/pictures/thumb/58828.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With special guests Bowles Bros Band.
London: Top-Billing Publications, April 1978. [Rock Tour Programme] SIGNED PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[16]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. SIGNED by Don McLean in blue ink to centre spread. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light..... More
![Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With special guests Prelude. Autumn Tour 80. Don...](/pictures/thumb/58826.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean in Concert [Souvenir Programme]. With special guests Prelude. Autumn Tour 80.
London: Derek Block Concert Promotions, no date [1980]. [Rock Tour Programme] SIGNED PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[16]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. SIGNED twice by Don McLean in black ink, to both front cover and an internal..... More
![Don McLean the 15th Anniversary Solo Tour [Souvenir Programme]. John Platania accompanies Don on...](/pictures/thumb/58825.jpg?v=1621009870)
Don McLean the 15th Anniversary Solo Tour [Souvenir Programme]. John Platania accompanies Don on Guitar.
London: Derek Block Concert Promotions, no date [circa 1987]. [Rock Tour Programme] SIGNED PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[12]. A profile of the artist with both colour and black and white photographic images. SIGNED by Don McLean in black ink to front cover. Publisher's photographic soft covers..... More
Elvis: 10 Years After.
Heanor: Heanor Record Centre, 1986. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small Quarto. pp. iii, 204. With many colour photographic plates and a flexi EP of the 1956 New Orleans interview. Number 1766 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the author and editor to a book plate pasted to the front free end-paper. In..... More
Bowie by O'Neill.
London: Iconic Images, 2016. [Photographic memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (38 x 27cm), pp.288. Printed on Italian paper with over 180 photographs - many unpublished or rarely seen. Includes related articles reprinted from Melody Maker and Rolling Stone magazine. Housed in a luxury orange silk clamshell box decorated with a...... More
![Material relating to] Grapefruit. Works and Drawings by Yoko Ono. Introduction by John Lennon....](/pictures/thumb/48872.jpg?v=1521562936)
[Material relating to] Grapefruit. Works and Drawings by Yoko Ono. Introduction by John Lennon.
Tokyo and London: Wunternaum Press and Peter Owen, 1964, 1970. An important archive relating to the British publication of Yoko Ono's Grapefruit, comprising the true first edition limited to 500 copies [Tokyo, 1964] used for setting the UK edition; the UK publisher's file copy, being the first English language edition..... More
Complete Diaries: The Python Years, 1968-1979: Halfway to Hollywood, 1980-1988; Travelling to Work, 1988-98.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006, 2009, 2014. [Comedy/travel] FIRST EDITION, three volumes, octavo (24 x 16 x 15cm), SIGNED by the author to final volume. First book includes a talking CD. Publisher's cloth hardcovers titled to spines, in pictorial dust-jackets. Each with photographic sections. A lovely fine, unread set... More
![Mr Charlie Parker] To Bird with Love. Chan PARKER, Francis PAUDRAS](/pictures/thumb/52507.jpg?v=1539617010)
[Mr Charlie Parker] To Bird with Love.
Poitiers: Editions Wizlov, 1981. [Jazz biography/photography] FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Folio (40 x 28cm), pp.409;[1]. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The accompanying text is written by Chan Berg [Parker], Bird's final partner and mother of his son. Text in French and English. Bound in burgundy vinyl-covered boards with inset printed address..... More
Stories We Could Tell.
London: Harper Collins, 2005. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8] 309 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. A very fine, unread copy. A novel of sex and love and rock and roll (from..... More
Spectacles: a Memoir.
London: Michael Joseph, 2015. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[14] 377 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles in blind to spine, and pink bespectacled endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby, priced at..... More
Cafe Lehmitz.
AB Tiprod, ETC, 1982. [Photography / Counter Culture] FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Text in Swedish. Oblong octavo (27 x 24cm). With 88 black and whiite photographs. White cloth hardcovers blocked in black, photographic dust-jacket. Book is fine, jacket near fine with a couple of small marks and tears. An attractive copy..... More
The Americans.
New York, NY: Grossman Publishers / Aperture, 1969. 83 Photographs by Robert Frank with an introduction by Jack Kerouac. Revised and Enlarged Edition of Frank's classic, moving photo-portrait of American life, from drive-ins, diners and Angels through cowboys, casinos and cocktails. Oblong octavo, unpaginated. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt..... More
Jazz 1955-1959. 61
Amsterdam: Fragment Uitgeverij, 1991. First Dutch Edition, having previously published in Japan. Square octavo, with 190 photographic plates. Bound in publisher's printed softcovers with striking pictorial jacket. A clean, fine copy, with a signature to half-title 'Joost Divend'. Ed van der Elsken was a prolific Dutch artist, photographer, and filmmaker..... More