" 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
Rock, Pop & Vinyl
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics.
London: Macdonald Unit 75, 1969. FIRST EDITION. Soft cover magazine format, small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.156. With colour illustrations and photographs to most pages, paired with selected lyrics. In original publisher's colour-illustrated covers. Light internal browning; quite heavy wear to spine with joints starting; some marks to covers. Fair. More
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
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
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
Shout. The True Story of The Beatles.
London, Hamish Hamilton / Elm Tree Books 1981. FIRST EDITION, with photographic plates. Red cloth in glossy dust jacket featuring the Robert Freeman 'With The Beatles' LP photograph. Slightly bumped, wrapper sunned to spine else a near fine copy Sunday Times Correspondent Philip Norman's Shout was a ground-breaking biography of... More
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
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
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
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
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
24 Nights / Twenty Four Nights. The Music of Eric Clapton. The Drawings of Peter Blake.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1991. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Eric Clapton and Peter Blake. Slim Quarto. Colour plates and illustrations. Book and scrapbook, with additional material. Original green morocco boards, gilt edges, together with a laminated stage pass, guitar picks, and a pack of guitar strings, plus limited double CD '24... More
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
I Shot The Sheriff. 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. 'I Shot The Sheriff' comprises seven silver gelatine prints of Bob Marley arriving, backstage... More
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
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
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
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
Pet Shop Boys, Literally.
London: Viking, 1990. [Pop] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[12]; 340. Publisher's black cloth, titles in white to spine, photographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs. Signed by Neil Tennant to the title page. Spine ends a little pushed, dust-jacket slightly creased to top... More
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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
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
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
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
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
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
A Spaniard In The Works.
London, Jonathan Cape. 1965. FIRST EDITION. 140mm x 180mm, pp. 90 (+ v). A collection of writings, full of Lennon's own quirky drawings. Publisher's glazed photographic boards (cover shot and design by Robert Freeman). A lightly used copy with a small stain to top edge, covers a touch rubbed; very... More