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— Abraham Lincoln
Pop Culture
Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. [Fashion Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (37 x 28cm), unpaginated, with 162 black and white photographs. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by the photographer in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy photographic paper-covered boards. With the original clear..... More
Satan's Tears. The Art of Alex Niño.
Detroit, MI: The Land of Enchantment, 1977. [Comic Book Art] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (35 x 27cm), pp.x, 301 [1]. With 20 colour plates, and all other illustrations in black and white, many folding. Number 965 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist in black ink to limitation page..... More
Philippe Halsman A Retrospective: Photographs from the Halsman Family Collection.
London: Pavilion, 1998. [Celebrity Photography] FIRST UK EDITION. Quarto (34 x 27cm), pp.212. Black and white photographs throughout. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and brown endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £40. Some light markings to jacket and little creasing to endpapers. Near fine. Iconic photos..... More
Chromes.
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
Hamburg Days. The Untold Story.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1999. [Rock photo-documentary] LIMITED COLLECTOR EDITION, Signed by photographer Astrid Kirchherr and artist Klaus Voorman. No 1177 of 2500 numbered copies printed portfolio limitation is SIGNED by the founder of Genesis Publications, Brian Roylance (1945-2005). Folio, 2 volumes (text/photos plus book of paintings). Foreword by George Harrison..... More
Stuart. The Life and Art of Stuart Sutcliffe
Guildford, England: Genesis Publications, 1996. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, one of 2000 copies. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.232. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Elegantly bound in black leather over screen-printed cloth sides. The box set contains two superbly printed books; the main, definitive illustrated biography plus facsimile reproduction of one of an..... More
The Songs of Bob Dylan from 1966 through 1975.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. [Popular Music] FIRST EDITION. Quarto ring-binder (34 x 26cm), pp.384. Words set to musical notation. Publisher's colour-illustrated waxed cloth over boards, with silver titles to spine, white ring-binding, and grey endpapers. With the matching slipcase priced at $19.95. Some wear to ring-binding, but..... More
Nirvana. Photographs.
London: Vision On, 2002. [Music biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardback, SIGNED on the limitation plate to pastedown by both photographers- one of 1000 copies published. Folio (34 x 26cm), pp.153 + [7]. Publisher's clossy photographic covers housed in a black cloth clamshell box with silk-screen titles in white, with an..... More
That's the way I see it.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. [Modern Art] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 23cm), pp.248. With 365 illustrations, most in colour. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow titles to spine and a yellow illustration to upper board. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. A little rubbing to cloth; jacket edges bruised. Near..... More
Spectacles: a Memoir.
London: Michael Joseph, 2015. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[14] 377 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles in blind to spine, and pink bespectacled endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby, priced at..... More
Ode to a Highflying Bird.
London: Beat Publications, 1964. [Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Original white paper-covered boards, printed in black. Duodecimo, (19 x 13cm) pp.[32]. With colour illustrations. Shows some handling and bumping to corners. Some losses to head and tail of spine. Very good. A decent copy of a particularly elusive book (not to be..... More
Rolling Stones: Out of Their Heads.
Berlin: Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, 2006. [Rock Music Photography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio (40 x 30cm), two volumes in publisher's slipcase, 640 pages, large hardback. Autographed by the photographer. As new, in shrinkwrap, within original card case with colour printed label and carry handle. A beautifully presented selection of over 1000..... More
The Who Live. The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World. With a foreword by Pete Townshend, Compiled by Ross Halfin.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2000. [Rock Music] LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE SIGNED BY PETE TOWNSHEND and photographer Ross Halfin No 90 of only 250 copies, fully bound in leather and additionally signed by the legendary Who songwriter. Includes a Gold CD of THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS pressed specially for this..... More
Sometime in New York City.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1995. [Rock Music biography] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Bob Gruen and Yoko Ono. Number 2160, of 3500 copies only. 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..... More
Postcards From The Boys.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2003. LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE SIGNED [TWICE] BY RINGO. No 21 of 350 numbered copies, not to be confused with the 'Collector' edition which was numbered up to 2500. Exquisite box set of reproduction postcards sent to Ringo from John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison..... More
A Day In The Life. Photographs of The Beatles.
Guildford, England: Genesis Publications, 2008. [Photojournalism] LIMITED EDITION. No.211 of 750 copies, SIGNED by the photographer. Folio (50 x 35cm). 24 large-format prints of The Beatles with accompanying 64-page book specially printed in three inks, reproducing each plate and the accompanying story behind the photographs, with explanatory text, location information..... More
Led Zeppelin. A Photographic Collection by Neal Preston. Written by Dave Lewis.
London: Vision On, 2002. FIRST EDITION, hardback (also issued in softback), SIGNED on flyleaf by Preston. Folio, pp.192. With EXCLUSIVE PRINT of the band, Los Angeles, 1976 ('The Song Remains The Same' era). A quality publication- this is a fine copy in the beautiful suede slip-case; book and case decorated..... More
Classic Hendrix.
Guilford, England: Genesis Publications, 2004. LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE no.43 of 350 copies; 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
Autograph leaf.
[London] 1996. Single page measuring approx. 8x6 inches, SIGNED by Pistol's bassist Glen Matlock, and lead guitarist Steve Jones. Matlock has additionally inscribed 'Finsbury Park '96. Folded once, fine. Ideal for framing. Londoner Glen Matlock, (born August 27, 1956) was the original bass player of legendary punk band The Sex..... More
Autograph leaf.
no place, no date [1994]. [Music] Single page removed from an autograph book, SIGNED by Pistol's bassist Glen Matlock, dated X-94. Approximate dimensions 11 x 15cm. Ideal for framing. Fine. Londoner Glen Matlock, (b. Aug. 27, 1956) was the original bass player of legendary punk band The Sex Pistols. Drummer..... More
Chronicles: Volume One.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2004. [Music Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 293 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Coco Shinomiya, priced at £16.99. Light spotting and browning to top edge; some light handling. Near fine. More
My Thoughts Exactly.
London: Blink, 2018. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 344. SIGNED by the author in black ink to 'Special Signed Edition' leaf. With a suite of eight double-sided colour photographic plates at rear. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine and upper, priced at £20.00 (no..... More
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
British Pop.
Bilbao: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2005. [Pop Art] INSCRIBED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE. Quarto softcover (27 x 20cm), pp.474 [2]. SIGNED by the artist Peter Blake in black ink, and additionally INSCRIBED by Livingstone in blue ink: 'For Edward | Marco Livingstone | 16.IV.09.' Both to title page. Text in..... 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