"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
Pop Culture
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
Twentieth Century Boy: The Marc Bolan Story.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1992. [Rock Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 294. Illustrated with four double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth, white titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket. Slight reading lean, some light handling. Uncommon. Near fine. 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
Inside Out. A Personal History of Pink Floyd.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2004. [Music Autobiography] LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies SIGNED by Nick Mason. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Quarto (54 x 40cm in the case), bound in grey morocco blocked in silver with colour plate to front cover, all edges silver. With a all additional items as..... More
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[Elvis Presley] Souvenir Photo Album.
RCA Records, no date [1971]. [Concert Souvenir] ORIGINAL SOUVENIR ALBUM. Octavo booklet (28 x 22cm), pp.[20]. Colour photographic soft covers with black and white photographic images internally. Stapled twice. Fairly light rubbing to edges. Near fine. More
The Fundamental Pictures.
London: Alexander Roussos, 1997. SIGNED COPY. Oblong, pp.[48]. SIGNED by the artists in black ink to title page. Colour reproductions of art works. In publisher's card covers. A fine copy. Artwork encompassed by the title of the first piece, 'Spunk Blood Piss Shit Spit'. More
Autograph leaf.
no place, no date [1994]. [Music] Single page removed from an autograph book, SIGNED by Pistol's bassist Glen Matlock, dated X-94. Approximate dimensions 11 x 15cm. Ideal for framing. Fine. Londoner Glen Matlock, (b. Aug. 27, 1956) was the original bass player of legendary punk band The Sex Pistols. Drummer..... More
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols.
Virgin Records, printed in Holland. no date. Digitally remastered CD recording of the legendary Punk band's sole studio album, SIGNED by the original line-up. Autographs of Johnny Rotten (vocals), Glen Matlock (bass), Paul Cook (drums) and Steve Jones (guitar), in various coloured felt pens to front cover insert, which also..... More
Rankin Nudes.
London: Rankin Photography, 1999. [Photography]. UNPUBLISHED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (36 x 31cm), pp.107 [5]. Colour and black and white photographs, with a short interview with Rankin about the shoot. One of 500 copies produced as a special hard-cover edition, but left un-published after the Publisher went out of business. 250..... More
Bob Dylan: European Concert Tour 1981.
London: Arena International Merchandising Services, 1981. ORIGINAL CONCERT PROGRAMME AND TICKET. Quarto (32 x 24cm), 12 leaves with colour photographs of Dylan in concert by David Redfern, with tour dates, a short biography and a few quotes. Stapled in original light yellow illustrated card covers with red titles. With original..... More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
Mandy.
London: Michael Joseph, 1980. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket featuring a photograph by David Steen. With a suite of double-sided black and white photographic plates. Neat ownership to flyleaf, some spotting to edges. Wrapper and cloth lightly handled. Very..... More
Dylan's Visions of Sin.
London: Viking, 2003. [Musical Criticism] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 517; [5]. Publisher's white cloth with silver titles to spine. Blue endpapers. With the white dust-jacket featuring a photo of the subject by Elliot Landy / Redferns, priced at £25. Toning to the textblock, more so to..... More
Herb Ritts Calendar 1994.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. INSCRIBED TO MEMBER OF LED ZEPPELIN. Small Quarto, unpaginated. With 28 black and white photographic images, subjects including Dizzy Gillespie, Madonna, Mel Gibson and David Bowie. Warmly INSCRIBED TO JOHN PAUL JONES by the artist in gold ink/paint to front free endpaper: 'To..... More
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Papillon [Film Brochure].
London: Sackville Publishing, 1973. [Prison-Break Film Brochure] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (28 x 22cm), pp.[24]. A general introduction to the 1973 film based on the book by Henri Charrière, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, and starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon and Anthony Zerbe, including..... More
There Must Be a Better Way (Knebworth Festival 1974-1979)
Cambridge: Bath Books, 2001. SIGNED COMMEMORATIVE BOX SET, LIMITED to 1500 copies. A folio-sized pale blue box containing 188-page hardcover text volume; two packs of reproduction programmes, tickets, and flyers; a box of forty-three 9 x 7 photographs with index card; VHS recording titled 'The Spirit Of Knebworth' being a...... More
Crossfire Hurricane.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 1997. [Rock photo-documentary] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Photographer Bob Gruen. Folio (30 x 24cm), pp.136. Bound in three-colour silk-screened fabric cover, featuring Mick Jagger on the front board and Keith Richards on the back, with a four-colour screen printed slipcase featuring the band. A superb production..... More
Blown Away. The Rolling Stones and the Death of The Sixties.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1990. [Rock and Pop] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16 cm), pp.349 [3]. Publisher's black quarter cloth over grey boards with silver titles to the spine, grey endpapers. Dust-wrapper designed by Corsillo/Manzone, originally priced $21.95. Lightly toned to edges, jacket lightly bruised with a...... More
Rolling Stones '65.
Irvington, NJ: Roaim Publishing Co., 1965. [Rock and Roll Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Quarto (29 x 29cm), pp.[16]. Black and white photographs by Mankowitz, with obscurantist captions for each band member. Publisher's colour illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. With three ink inscriptions to larger white spaces by Warren and..... More
i-contact.
UK: Genesis Publications, 1998. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 321 of 950 copies. Folio, spiral bound in heavy screen printed boards with specially produced linen tester magnifying glass, housed in a pictorial solander box, depicting a two-tone silver montage of the Stones. 208pp, masterprinted on 200gsm matt art paper with red..... More
Masons Yard to Primrose Hill.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small folio, in slipcase. No 1233 of 1750 copies in black quarter leather with silk-screened slipcase, signed by the photographer. An original 3-frame contact strip direct from the negative is pasted into each copy. This copy with additional 4-page photographic order form for..... More
Rolling Stones: Out of Their Heads.
Berlin: Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, 2006. [Rock Music Photography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio (40 x 30cm), two volumes in publisher's slipcase, 640 pages, large hardback. Autographed by the photographer. As new, in shrinkwrap, within original card case with colour printed label and carry handle. A beautifully presented selection of over 1000..... More