"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
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
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
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 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
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 about Birds of Great Britain
31 Songs.
London: Viking, 2003. [Popular Music] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 196. Illustrated throughout in black and white. SIGNED by the author in thick blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Hatch Show Print, priced at... More about 31 Songs
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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. [Rock Music biography] 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... 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
Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2010. [Rock music] FIRST EDITION. Folio, with 650 photographic illustrations. Limited edition, number 902 of 2500 copies SIGNED by Jimmy Page. Quarter bound in black morocco leather over unique perspex covers with screen-printed photograph portraits, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a leather and silk slipcase... More about Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography
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 about John
In His Own Write.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Illustrated Verse] FIRST EDITION. 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. Very discreet and unobtrusive owner name to top margin... More about In His Own Write
Skywriting By Word of Mouth. With an afterword by Yoko Ono.
London: Pan Books in association with Jonathan Cape, 1986. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.200. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pictorial boards without wrapper as issued. A clean, near fine copy. A collection of previously unpublished fiction and non-fiction written between 1968 and 1979 and illustrated by Lennon in his own... More about Skywriting By Word of Mouth. With an afterword by Yoko Ono