"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
Rock, Pop & Vinyl
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
Magne F, Payne's Gray.
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. [Art / Pop Music] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Square quarto (31 x 31cm), unpaginated. Publisher's printed cloth covered boards, black endpapers. Illustrated throughout. Signed and inscribed by the author to the first blank: "To Jane | M F | 13.04.12". Uncommon in any state, particularly so..... 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 Townsend. 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
Sex and Seditionaries.
London: First Edition Publishing, 2006. [Punk Fashion] CD ROM LIMITED EDITION. Folio (35 x 25cm), unpaginated, with introductory essays by MacLaren and Easton, followed by a full-colour catalogue of some items later sold to the artist Damien Hirst, and disputed as fakes by MacLaren. With the CD ROM also containing..... 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
The Warlock of Love.
No place [Printed in Plymouth]: Lupus Music, 1969. [Psychedelic verse] FIRST EDITION. Slim octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.64. Publisher's photographic hardcovers in dust-jacket. A notoriously fragile production- this copy has a little dustiness to top edge but is essentially fine. Uncommon thus. Chameleon songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan went through..... More
A Spaniard In The Works.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER, with various differences to the published version. Duodecimo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Printed sheets, sewn, with blank endleaves, in a proof-only dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. A lovely fine copy, inside and out. The most important and obvious difference..... 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 Townsend to title page, obtained at a book-launch signing session with the retailer's original 'Signed..... More
John.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2005. [Music autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xii; 404. Hardback cloth in dust-jacket, with photographic plates. Signed by Cynthia Lennon to publisher's bookplate. An absolutely fine unread copy. Cynthia's long-awaited and revealing personal account of her life as the first and later former..... More
Grapefruit. Works and Drawings by Yoko Ono. Introduction by John Lennon.
London: Peter Owen, 1970. Originally published as a limited edition of 500 copies [Tokyo, 1964], this is the FIRST EDITION in the English Language, being the first with contributions from John Lennon. Issued simultaneously with the New York Sphere printing. Small, square octavo, publisher's white cloth hardcovers in dust-jacket. A...... More
Jimi Hendrix. The Ultimate Lyric Book.
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
In His Own Write.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Illustrated verse] EARLY REPRINT. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.79; [1], blank. Illustrated by Lennon in his own amusing and unique style. Publisher's glossy blue covers with the famous portrait of Lennon by Robert Freeman to upper. Circular label over price, a few light spots to..... 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. The fourth sing;e to..... 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
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