" 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
Live In Japan.
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
Hamburg Days. The Untold Story.
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
Stuart. The Life and Art of Stuart Sutcliffe
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
Playback (Deluxe).
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2002. LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE COPY No.10 [of just 250 examples], SIGNED by Sir George Martin. With Forewords by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Quarto (40 x 26cm in box), pp.327. Bound in full black leather with chromium nameplate, silver page edges and tooling. With exclusive music..... More
Playback.
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
Summer of Love. The Making of Sgt Pepper.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2007. [Music History] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 150 of 350 DELUXE copies. Large quarto. 'Checked copy' slip laid in. Elaborately bound in full pink leather with a photo of George Martin laid down to upper cover, housed in the original silk-screen printed box with ribbon pull, the..... More
John Lennon. The Life.
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
Now These Days Are Gone.
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
Now These Days Are Gone.
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
Hamburg Days. The Untold Story.
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
A Box of Punks. Original Photographs.
[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. 'A Box of Punks' comprises seven silver gelatine prints of punk bands; the images contained..... More
Neat Damned Box. Original Photographs.
[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. 'Neat Damned Box' comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of..... More
The Curse of Lono (with fine painting of Thompson).
Köln: Taschen, 2005. [Original artwork] FIRST EDITION THUS, trade issue, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, with superb ORIGINAL PAINTING. Folio (39 x 30cm), pp.208. With numerous fantastical colour illustrations by Steadman, many double-paged. Publisher's white hardcovers screen-printed in black, colour-illustrated dust-jacket. To the half-title is a most personal painted caricature of..... More
Who I Am.
London: Harper Collins, 2012. [Rock Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.538. Publisher's grey hardback cloth, photographic endpapers, pictorial jacket priced £20. Illustrated with two suites of photographic plates. With signature of Pete Townshend to title page, obtained at a book-launch signing session with the retailer's original 'Signed..... More
Mr Fantasy. The Lyrics of Jim Capaldi
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2012. LIMITED EDITION, No.63 of 900 copies. SIGNED by Signed by Steve Winwood, Aninha Capaldi and Robert Plant (on the same sheet- later copies have autographs separated). Handwritten lyrics, jottings and doodles reproduced in facsimile. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.176. Full-bound in Milan with silkscreen artwork..... More
Wobbly Sounds: A Collection of British Flexi Discs. Four Corners Irregulars No. 6.
London: Four Corners, 2019. [Sound Recordings] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.160. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated soft covers, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10. Also with a publisher's bookmark loose to preliminaries. A fine, as-new copy. More
Liebe in Saint Germain des Pres.
Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, n.d. [1956]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 20cm), unpaginated. Black and white photographs printed on clay paper with occasional German text. In publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With original photographic dust-jacket. Some rubbing to jacket edges and corners. Very good. More
Show Souvenir of Britain's Foremost Artists and Groups. The Walker Brothers | Roy Orbison.
Blackpool: Valex Products, no date [circa 1965]. [Pop Music Show Souvenir] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.[8]. Black and white photographs of Rock and Pop acts of the moment. Publisher's black and blue soft covers, priced at 2/6. Heavy rubbing and creasing to covers, with heavy chipping..... More
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Star Scene 65 [Pop Concert Poster].
London: Converta, 1965. [Pop Concert Poster] ORIGINAL POSTER (119 x 28cm), folded in concertina fashion to 20 x 28cm, printed to both sides. Light handling, with pin marks to corners. A small loss to top right corner. Near fine. More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 13, no. 6.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, June 1966. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.200. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at 75c. Light rubbing to covers. Very good. Including a large feature on the actor Humphrey Bogart, "Here's Looking at You..... More
Starlight Rendezvous 1961; Bernie Clifton in the Bernie Clifton Show 1977; Startime at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh 1968; The Bachelors in Holiday Startime 1965; The Helen Shapiro Show 1963; The Four Pennies Show; "Once Upon a Fairy Tale" 1965; The Bachelors Show 1963; Herman's Hermits Show 1965; Good Timing 1960; The Brian Hyland and Little Eva Show 1963; An Evening with Engelbert Humperdinck 1967 [Souvenir Programmes].
Lowestoft: Lowestoft Printing Company; Hastings: The Hastings Printing Company, 1960; 1961; 1963; 1965; 1967; 1968; 1977. [Pop Concert Programmes] ORIGINAL PROGRAMMES AND TICKETS. Twelve individual programmes of varying sizes (27 x 21cm to 21 x 13cm). Programmes all stapled with colour paper covers. One programme signed by each member of..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 16, no. 11.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1969. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.298. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with three staples to the spine, priced at $1. Fairly light general handling, with some scraps of cloth glued to rear cover, as well as a few patches..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 21, no. 12.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, December 1974. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.338. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with three staples to the spine, priced at $1.75. Light wear to covers, with additional rubbing and bumping to spine. Very good. Including an interview with Robert Redford;..... More
Playboy Magazine. Vol. 18, no. 11.
Chicago, IL: HMH Publishing Company, November 1971. [Men's Magazine] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.286. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, with two staples to the spine, priced at $1. Light wear to covers, with a small chip to head of spine, and a little oxidation to staples. Very..... More
The Best from Playboy Number Five.
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971. [Anthology] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.196. Illustrated in colour throughout, with central folding plate. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at $2.50. Some rubbing to covers, with spotting to preliminaries, and occasionally throughout. Very good. Another round-up of notable articles published in Playboy..... More