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— Marcel Proust
Pop Culture
Elvis & the Birth of Rock.
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
![Item #57012 [The Animals] R 'n' B '64. The ANIMALS](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/57012.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1604770082)
[The Animals] R 'n' B '64.
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
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[The Animals] R 'n' B '64.
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. Light wear to covers. Near fine. More
Guildhall Portsmouth Sunday, 18th April: A Concert in aid of the Lord Mayor's Special Appeal for the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial. Presented by Joe Collins and Mervyn Conn. With Manfred Mann, Dave Berry, the Ivy League.
Hastings: Hastings Printing Company, April 1965. [Concert Programme] RARE PAMPHLET (27 x 20cm), pp.12. Publisher's colour printed paper covers with two staples. Very light wear. Near fine. More
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
Meet the Beatles. Star Special Number Twelve: An Informal Date in Words & Personal Album Pictures. Introduced by themselves.
Manchester: World Distributors, 1963. [Popular Music] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[40]. Profiles of each band member and their manager Brian Epstein, plus general information about the band and their origins, and many contemporary black and white photographs. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice and priced at..... 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
The Best of Beaton. With notes on the photographs by Cecil Beaton. Introduction by Truman Capote.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.248. Profusely illustrated with mainly black and white photographs by Beaton. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, orange endpapers, dust-jacket. Edges toned with the occasional mark, cloth lightly handled. Jacket price-clipped, with extensive amateur repairs to..... More
It Gives Me Great Pleasure.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 214; [2] blank. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beaton with printed price of 16s net. Photographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations. Inscribed by the author to the flyleaf: "To dearest Enid..... More
BECK01.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2016. [Rock Autobiography] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (43 x 38cm), pp.352. Number 256 of 350 deluxe copies, SIGNED by Jeff Beck. Bound by hand in full Italian leather, with silver page edging and hand tooling. A stamped metal front cover reproduces a Californian number plate from the..... More
Beyond the Fringe.
London: Souvenir Press, 1963. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's dark blue cloth, orange titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of 13s. 6d. With six double sided black and white photographic plates. Light spotting to edges. Wrapper slightly edge worn, some marking to rear panel..... More
A Programme of Jazz by Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazzband [Concert Programmes]. St. George's Hall, Bradford, 24th January 1960 [and] The Gaumont Theatre, Bradford, 7th October 1960. Presented by P.J.P. Dennehy Ltd.
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
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
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Two-colour 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
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Three-colour 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
The Slider. A Screenprint Image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Matching pair of two and three-colour monochrome prints pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of ten numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Each image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front and rear..... More
Ladies and Gentlemen (screenprint image of David Bowie).
No place, 2022. [ARTWORK] Two-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made Somerset ivory art paper. One of ten numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to the lower margin. Image size 30 x 22 inches, ready for framing. In fine condition. The photograph upon which this is based was..... More
![Item #62997 David Bowie / Aladdin Sane [Concert Poster]. David BOWIE, David Robert JONES](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/62997.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1664037723)
David Bowie / Aladdin Sane [Concert Poster].
UK, [1973]. PROMOTIONAL POSTER advertising David Bowie's appearance at Leeds University, 1973 as part of the Aladdin Sane tour. Printed later from the original art. Approximate dimensions 19.5 x 27.5 inches (50cm x 70 cm). Rolled. Fine/as new, ready for framing. A striking poster. Originals were printed in a custom..... More
From Station to Station. Travels with David Bowie 1973-1976.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2007. [Rock/pop] SIGNED BY BOWIE AND MacCORMACK. Deluxe Edition, number 30 of 350 copies bound in full leather, from a total run of 2000 copies, with additional photograph SIGNED by MacCormack. Folio (overall dimensions 42 x 30cm), in full Italian red leather, all edges gilt, within folding..... More
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
London: Cassell / Octopus, 2005. [Rock/pop] FIRST BRITISH TRADE EDITION. Folio (31 x 22cm), pp.320. Text by David Bowie, photographs by Mick Rock. Publisher's purple cloth, orange endpapers, dust-wrapper priced £25. Lightly handled, some shelfwear. A very good copy. A collaboration between David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock. A deluxe..... More
British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age.
London: V and A Publishing, 2012. [Art and Design] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.400. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards with white titles to spine. Gold endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £40. A fine, as-new copy. From the library of the writer, media and..... More
Six-String Stories. Eric Clapton. The Crossroads Guitars.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2012. [Rock photo-documentary] SIGNED COLLECTOR EDITION. Folio, pp.376. Number 1472 of 1650 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. Comprehensively illustrated with images taken by over eighty of the world's best photographers, including David Bailey, Terry O'Neill, Dominique Tarlé and Lord Snowdon. Printed on heavyweight GardaMatt and GardaPat..... More
So, anyway...
London: Random House, 2014. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8]; 424. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, dark blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £20. With three photographic suites. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine/as new. Engaging memoir from the legendary Monty Python comedian, writer..... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's..... More
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 (in our presence) by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were..... More