"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Music Biography] SIGNED COLLECTOR EDITION. Quarto (36 x 26cm), pp.156. Number 658 of 1400 copies thus, SIGNED by the photographer, Lew Allen, and guest editor Mike McCartney. Lew Allen's photographs are reproduced throughout in duotone inks with image varnishing on to heavyweight, 200 gsm matt art..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Music Biography] SIGNED DELUXE EDITION. Quarto (36 x 26cm), pp.156. Number 273 of 350 copies thus, SIGNED by the photographer, Lew Allen, and guest editor Mike McCartney. Lew Allen's photographs are reproduced throughout in duotone inks with image varnishing on to heavyweight, 200 gsm matt art..... More
1964. [Rock and Roll Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Profiles of each artist / band in the line-up. Publisher's red and black illustrated soft covers, stapled twice, and priced at 2/6. Heavy ink doodling to 'The Nashville Teens.' Light wear to covers. Very good..... More
London: Printed for Penguin Books, 1981. PROMOTIONAL POSTER advertising the combined edition of John Lennon's two poetical works, In His Own Write (1964) and A Spaniard in the Works (1965), plus the reissue of Lennon Remembers, re-released following the author's untimely death. Colour-printed with illustrated artwork. Approximate dimensions 18 x...... More
Bradford: John D. Marshall & Co. [and] Marlboro' Press, 1960. [Jazz Concert Programmes] TWO ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4]; pp.[4]. Each programme featuring a list of numbers which the band would choose from on the night, plus a list of the artists scheduled to be playing with..... More
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Two-tone monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Three-tone monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Rear-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 346. SIGNED in our presence by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were signed via a bookplate to half title). Illustrated with a photographic suite. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red..... More
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
1960 - 1964. [Concert Programmes] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Various sizes from 21 x 13 to 26 x 21cm. Various iterations of the 'Adam Faith Show' in Margate and London. Publisher's paper covers, some in colour, some stapled. Some rubbing to all programmes - more so to the smaller bi-folds. Blue..... More
Great Yarmouth: Printed by John Buckle for the Royal Aquarium, no date [circa 1960]. [Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.[8]. A profile of Emile Ford with black and white photographic images, as well as the programme for the evening's entertainment. Publisher's black illustrated soft..... More
Guilford: Genesis Publications, 2004. LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE no.30 of 350 copies thus; 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
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1993. [Rock and Pop] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio (35 x 27cm), pp.274. Number 1205 of 3500 copies thus, SIGNED by George Harrison in brown ink to a label on the front pastedown. With a foreword by Eric Clapton and text by George Harrison plus members of the..... More
Guildford: Genesis Press, 1987. [Music] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Slim Quarto (26 x 18cm), pp.175; [5]. SIGNED by George Harrison in gold ink to the limitation page. With numerous colour plates and watercolour illustrations by artist Keith West. Original black half-morocco boards, black cloth with guitar and keyboard design blocked to..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 2012. [Music] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Second impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxxvii; [3]; 571; 13, blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-jacket with photographs taken by Barrie Wentzell with printed price of £20.00 to front flap. Author's inscription in black ink..... More
London: Picador, 2016. [Biography/The Beatles] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo, (25 x 17cm), pp.[8] 376, [1]. With 37 coloured and black & white photographs inside. Publisher's black cloth, with gilt titles to the spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Priced at £18.99. Crisp, clean copy. Very minimal signs of wear. Fine..... More
1963 - 1966. [Concert Programmes] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS. Various sizes from 23 x 15 to 24 x 18cm. Various concerts played by Frank Ifield, including a handbill for a concert at the Gaumont, Bradford, in April 1963. Publisher's paper covers, some in colour, some stapled. Hole-punch marks to one programme..... More
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2021. [Rock Scrapbook] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (34 x 32cm), pp.256. Profusely illustrated, and printed on heavyweight 200gsm paper with gilt and deckled page edging. Number 255 of just 350 deluxe copies, estate-stamped with Janis Joplin's signature, and hand-signed by Laura Joplin; Michael Joplin; Peter Albin; Dave..... More
New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2016. [Punk] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 25cm), pp.320. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's yellow and pink paper-covered boards, priced at $65, still in the original shrink-wrap, and housed in the black rubber slipcase. Also with the rare accompanying book of facsimile newspaper clippings, in publisher's black and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Pop culture] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (18 x 14cm), pp.96. Publisher's laminated printed boards. Profusely illustrated with Lennon's idiosyncratic drawings. No inscriptions. Internally clean, gently handled. Near fine. Lennon's second book of amusing illustrated verse. Book Collector No.287 (p32-62) 'The Sixties'. More
London; Sidgwick and Jackson 2002. FIRST EDITION thus. 273 pages, standard size, with photographic plates. Comprising twenty five years of comment from the likes of Tom Wolfe, Noel Coward, Kenneth Tynan, David Frost, Martin Amis, George Melly and Philip Larkin. Publisher's cloth in dustjacket. Fine. More
Printed in UK/USA, 1978-81. [Music memorabila] Souvenir tour programmes, various sizes. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Printed in colour. With contemporary newspaper advert for UK dates, Oct-Nov 1978. Fine condition. To accompany the world tours from the multi-Grammy award winning American jazz vocal group. More
UK: MPL Communications, 1980. [Sheet Music] Original printed song sheet for the 1980 single 'Coming Up', 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. Fine condition. Taken from the..... More
London: Robert Paterson, October 1973. [Rock Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[12]. A profile of the artist with black and white photographic images. Publisher's photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling to covers, with moderate rubbing to spine, which is starting to tail. Very..... More
London: Robert Paterson, no date [1975]. [Rock Tour Programme] SIGNED PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. A4 magazine format (30 x 21cm), pp.[16]. A profile of the artist with black and white photographic images. SIGNED by Don McLean in blue ink to front cover. Publisher's colour photographic soft covers, stapled twice. Light handling to..... More