"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
Rock, Pop & Vinyl
David Bailey's Rock and Roll Heroes.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. [Rock Photography] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, with an invitation to the exhibition preview. Folio (37 x 27cm), pp.112. Mainly black and white photographs; a few in colour. Text by Spencer. Publisher's glossy photographic card covers with titles to spine and front cover in red and black... More about David Bailey's Rock and Roll Heroes
Another Beatles Christmas Show.
[London]: NEMS Publications, 1964-1965. Quarto. In soft paper covers, with cover illustrations by Lennon, showing various figures exchanging yuletide holly branches. Cover slightly foxed to edges and spine, only intrusive to rear cover. Internally clean. Programme for the second Beatles Christmas show, running 24th December 1964 until 16th January 1965... More about Another Beatles Christmas Show
The Beatles. The Authorised Biography.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Music biography] FIRST EDITION, with photographic plates. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.374. With four suites of black and white plates. Purple cloth in glossy psychedelic jacket designed by Alan Aldridge with printed price of 30s net. Very good, but with the usual edge spotting and a few... More about The Beatles. The Authorised Biography
Notes From the New Underground.
Viking Press, New York 1968. FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE COPY. An anthology; contributors include Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Publisher's cloth in glossy dust jacket. A very good copy (some minor chipping to wrapper), with review slip loosely inserted. Includescv lengthy interviews with both George Harrison and Paul McCartney, just two... More about Notes From the New Underground
Chuck Berry the Autobiography.
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Rock and Roll]. SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 346. Publisher's black quarter cloth over grey paper covered boards, red metallic titles to spine, red endpapers, photographic dust-jacket. Signed to the half-title page. A couple of very faint thumb marks to edges... More about Chuck Berry the Autobiography
Bob Marley: Rebel Music and Roots Reggae. Compiled by Ross Halfin
England: Genesis Publications, 2004. LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, no.12 of 350 copies SIGNED by photographer Kate Simon and guitarist Eric Clapton, who recorded Marley's song 'I Shot the Sheriff'. Folio volume, original full brown leather, blocked in colours, all edges yellow, printed on five different paper stocks, one of which is... More about Bob Marley: Rebel Music and Roots Reggae. Compiled by Ross Halfin
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 about The Warlock of Love
T.Rex. Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior.
no date [taken 1971]. [Glam rock] Original black and white photograpH. Printed by photographer Spud Murphy, titled signed and dated by him in ink to lower margin. In an elegant acid-neutral mount, glaze, and bespoke archival frame. Overall dimensions 37 x 46 cm. Fine. This classic shot shows the band... More about T.Rex. Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2002. [Rock/pop] SIGNED BY BOWIE AND ROCK. Deluxe Edition, number 171 of 350 copies bound in full leather, with additional photographic print, from a total run of 2500 copies. Folio (38 x 28cm), pp.346. Printed on fourteen different paper stocks, including clear acetate, trace leaves and a.... More about Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust
Portrait Photograph of David Bowie.
no place, [2001]. Original hand-printed colour photograph. Numbered 16 of just 100 prints, SIGNED in pencil by both the subject David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock to lower margin. In an elegant mount, perspex, and simple moulded frame. Overall dimensions 60 x 45 cm. Often referred to as "The Man... More about Portrait Photograph of David Bowie
David Bowie - The Jean Genie.
(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. The Jean Genie comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of David... More about David Bowie - The Jean Genie
The Band: A Musical History.
Hollywood, CA: Capital Records, 2005. [Roots Rock] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.112. Complete with five CD's and a DVD. Photographically illustrated throughout. Publisher's illustrated cloth with titles in red and white to spine. Red endpapers. Light rubbing. A near-fine copy. All about the Canadian-American Roots Rock band which... More about The Band: A Musical History
Selected Poems. 1956-1968.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. [Poetry] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.x; 245; [1] blank. Publisher's cream quarter cloth over green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, top edge red. Striking dust-jacket designed by Barry Hall, with printed price of 36s. net. Neat ownership to flyleaf, spotting to endpapers... More about Selected Poems. 1956-1968
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite.
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED 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 on a Roger Daltrey bookplate to the half title page. Illustrated with a.... More about Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite
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 about Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite
Son of 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 De Luxe (best) edition. 'Son of a Box of Punks' comprises seven silver gelatine prints of punk and... More about Son of a Box of Punks. Original Photographs
20th Century Boy. Original Photographs of Marc Bolan
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. '20th Century Boy' comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of Glam-Rock... More about 20th Century Boy. Original Photographs of Marc Bolan
Beatles Ltd.
London: George Newnes, 1964. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. Quarto (31 x 31cm), with 12 leaves of black and white photographs of the band by Freeman. Stapled in original purple card covers with green titles. Rubbing and creases to cover edges; covers detached. Good. More about Beatles Ltd
Magne F, Payne's Gray.
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. [Art] 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 signed. Some tiny... More about Magne F, Payne's Gray
To Be or Not to Be Bop
London: W H Allen 1980. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Autobiography. Octavo, pp.553. Publisher's hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-jacket. Some toning to page edges and endleaves otherwise fine. The flyleaf bears a SIGNED INSCRIPTION from the Jazz legend to photographer Denis Williams, noting 'Your photos are rare!'. More about To Be or Not to Be Bop
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The Iron Man [The Iron Giant], together with The Iron Woman. Signed.
London: Faber and Faber 1985. 1985 and 1993. 2 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS thus: 'The Iron Man' signed and inscribed by both composer Pete Townsend and author Ted Hughes, and the sequel being inscribed by Hughes. Publisher's uniform hardcovers in pictorial jackets. Fine/near fine. 'The Iron Man: The Musical' based on... More about The Iron Man [The Iron Giant], together with The Iron Woman. Signed
Bit of a Blur. The Autobiography.
London: Little, Brown, 2007. [Britpop] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 274 [4]. With 12 double-sided colour photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in thick black marker to title page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards with titles to spine and tan endpapers. With the matching blue dust-jacket... More about Bit of a Blur. The Autobiography
Sometime in New York City.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono. No 1720 of 2500 Limited Edition copies that are signed by Ono and Gruen, out of a total publication of 3500. Folio, pp.236. Original black leather over silkscreened aluminium boards, all edges silver. Contained in a black... More about Sometime in New York City
Sometime in New York City.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono. No.1026 of 3500 copies. Folio. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Bob Gruen on matt art paper with traced overlays. Text by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. Original black leather over silkscreened aluminium boards, all edges silver. Contained... More about Sometime in New York City
Earl's Court, 1975. Original Photographs of Led Zeppelin in concert.
(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. 'Earl's Court' comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of legendary hard-rock... More about Earl's Court, 1975. Original Photographs of Led Zeppelin in concert