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Rock, Pop & Vinyl
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
The Songs of Bob Dylan from 1966 through 1975.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. [Popular Music] FIRST EDITION. Quarto ring-binder (34 x 26cm), pp.384. Words set to musical notation. Publisher's colour-illustrated waxed cloth over boards, with silver titles to spine, white ring-binding, and grey endpapers. With the matching slipcase priced at $19.95. Some wear to ring-binding, but..... More
Nirvana. Photographs.
London: Vision On, 2002. [Music biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardback, SIGNED on the limitation plate to pastedown by both photographers- one of 1000 copies published. Folio (34 x 26cm), pp.153 + [7]. Publisher's clossy photographic covers housed in a black cloth clamshell box with silk-screen titles in white, with an..... More
Ode to a Highflying Bird.
London: Beat Publications, 1964. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Original white paper-covered boards, printed in black. Duodecimo, (19 x 13cm) pp.[32]. With colour illustrations. Shows some handling and bumping to corners. Some losses to head and tail of spine. Very good. A decent copy of a particularly elusive book (not to be..... 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
The Who Live. The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World. With a foreword by Pete Townshend, Compiled by Ross Halfin.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2000. [Rock Music] LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE SIGNED BY PETE TOWNSHEND and photographer Ross Halfin No 90 of only 250 copies, fully bound in leather and additionally signed by the legendary Who songwriter. Includes a Gold CD of THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS pressed specially for this..... More
Classic Hendrix.
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
Autograph leaf.
[London] 1996. Single page measuring approx. 8x6 inches, SIGNED by Pistol's bassist Glen Matlock, and lead guitarist Steve Jones. Matlock has additionally inscribed 'Finsbury Park '96. Folded once, fine. Ideal for framing. Londoner Glen Matlock, (born August 27, 1956) was the original bass player of legendary punk band The Sex..... 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
Long Time Gone. The Autobiography of David Crosby.
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1988. [Autobiography] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xviii]; 489; [3] blank. Publisher's black quarter cloth over black paper board lettered in gilt to spine and upper, photographic endpapers, dust-wrapper design by Jay Parti with printed price of $18.95 to flap. Signed to dedication..... More
Chronicles: Volume One.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2004. [Music Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 293 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Coco Shinomiya, priced at £16.99. Light spotting and browning to top edge; some light handling. Near fine. More
Birds of Great Britain.
London: The Bodley Head, 1967. [Photography/Sixties Culture] FIRST EDITION. Folio (35 x 27cm), unpaginated. With black and white photographs throughout. Bound in crimson half morocco over red cloth sides, gilt-lettered title panel to spine, black endpapers. Leaves had a tidemark (reducing throughout) to top corner else contents fine, in a...... More
Twiggy. A Life in Photographs.
London: National Portrait Gallery, 2009. [Fashion Photography / Sixties Culture] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.144. Publisher's glossy printed boards, dust-jacket. Signed by Twiggy to the title page. A fine copy. More
The Who Live. The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2000. [Rock Music] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by photographer Ross Halfin. Foreword by Pete Townshend. Strictly 1500 copies were available worldwide, this being copy number 1233. Includes a CD album of 'THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS' pressed in gold especially for this edition. Folio, bound in quarter black..... More
Days of Hopes and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen.
New York: Insight Editions, 2003. [Rock / pop photography]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE, number 421 of 450 copies. Large quarto (34 x 26cm), pp.136. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Publisher's hardcover in glossy jacket housed in a black cloth clamshell with black and white portrait of the subject laid down..... More
I Me Mine.
Guildford: Genesis Press [Genesis Publications], 1980. [Music autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION (No.482). Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.404; [2], blank. With sepia plates and illustrations. Original half brown morocco with 'guitar' gilt-stamped to boards, gilt edges, in original slipcase. Number 482 of 2000 copies only, signed by the late former..... More
The Magic Christian.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1969. [Satire] FIRST EDITION, thus, with new jacket art. SIGNED BY RINGO STARR Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.148; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt, with the pictorial dust-jacket. A fine reissue/reprint of the book first published in 1959, jacket states second impression; this edition with..... More
Another Beatles Christmas Show.
[London]: NEMS Publications, 1964. [Rock and Pop music] ORIGINAL CONCERT PROGRAMME. Octavo (26 x 20cm), unpaginated. In soft paper covers, with cover illustrations by Lennon, showing various figures exchanging yuletide holly branches. Very light soiling to front panel otherwise a particularly crisp, fresh example. Programme for the second Beatles Christmas..... More
Arthur Howes and Brian Epstein Present The Beatles Show. Souvenir Programme.
UK: Printed by Hastings Printing Company, St Leonards on Sea, 1965. [Rock and Pop music] ORIGINAL CONCERT PROGRAMME. Oblong octavo (17 x 25cm), unpaginated. Paper covers with cartoon illustration to front panel. One tear to cover near spine, some minor creasing/handling; very good. A programme for The Beatles final UK..... More
X-Ray. The Unauthorised Autobiography.
New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 1995. [Popular Music] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 420 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author 'To George' with a short indecipherable note in black ink to title page. Also with a loose progamme for 'An Evening with Ray Davies' (May 1996)..... 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
Life.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010. [Rock Biography / Autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.654. Hardcover with black and white plates, original dust-jacket. One of an unspecified limited number autographed by Keith Richards on a specially-printed 'exclusive signed edition' leaf, following the half title. A fine, unused..... More
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite.
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 by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were signed via a...... More
Rotten. No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [Sex Pistols] SIGNED. First edition, second impression, octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.viii; [2]; 342. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. photographic dust-jacket priced at £14.99, photographic endpapers. Illustrated with two suites of black and white images. Signed by the Sex Pistols frontman in red..... 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