Music Biography
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Last Train To Memphis
by Peter Guralnick
This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich in documentary and interview material, this volume charts Elvis' early years and his rise to fame, taking us up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Of all the biographies of Elvis - this is the one you will keep coming back to.
Elvis and Me
by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
Elvis and Me is the unforgettable memoir of Elvis Presley. This New York Times bestseller reveals the intimate story that could only be written by the woman who lived it. It serves as a tribute to the man as well as the King of Rock n' Roll.
Here, There and Everywhere
by Geoff; Massey, Howard Emerick
Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. He later worked with the Beatles as they recorded their singles “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” the songs that would propel them to international superstardom. In 1964 he would witness the transformation of this young and playful group from Liverpool into professional, polished musicians as...
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The Beatles
by Hunter Davies
Utterly classic (and only authorised) biography of the Fab Four.There's only one book that ever truly got inside the Beatles and this is it. The landmark, worldwide bestseller that has grown with the Beatles ever since. During 1967 and 1968 Hunter Davies spent eighteen months with the Beatles at the peak of their powers as they defined a generation and rewrote popular music. As their only ever authorised biographer he had unparalleled access - not just to John, Paul, George and Ringo but to friends,...
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John Lennon
by Philip Norman
Philip Norman is the author of Shout!–The Beatles in Their Generation, and biographies of the Rolling Stones, Elton John, and Buddy Holly. He has also published four novels, two collections of short stories, and a memoir of his seaside childhood, Babycham Night.
Wonderful Tonight
by Pattie; Junor, Penny Boyd
PATTIE BOYD is an acclaimed photographer whose exhibition Through the Eyes of a Muse recently toured two continents. She lives in West Sussex, England.
Can't Buy Me Love
by Jonathan Gould
A historical overview of the Beatles from a musical perspective.
Music Biography Books & Ephemera
Way Beyond Compare
by Winn, John C
JOHN C. WINN was born one year after the Beatles disbanded. He has dedicated most of his life to collecting, studying, and enjoying their music. His second volume, That Magic Feeling: The Beatles’ Recorded Legacy, Volume Two, 1966–1970, is forthcoming from Three Rivers Press.
JAGGER UNAUTHORIZED
by Christopher Andersen
New York: Delacorte Press. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385308256 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light shelf wear on front/rear panels. ; 8.3 X 5.6 X 1.5 inches; 440 pages .
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£66.34
Original Beatles Book - Two, The - Magazine
1964 10.The Original Beatles Book - Two, Published by Peterson Publishing Company in 1964. Couverture souple. Bon.
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£11.85
Zeitschrift 1964/ nr. 3-4, XVII. Band:Shakespeare Neu Übersetzt Von Richard Flatter.
by ANTIQUARIAT ZEITSCHRIFT
Wien: Walter Krieg Book. Good. Wrs. 4to. 88 pp. 0.
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£17.35
THE UNPUBLISHED COLE PORTER
by Kimball, Robert (editor)
Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First. Hardcover. 0671220934 . Remainder stamp, bottom edge.; 144 pages .
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£16.15
John Ruskin's 'salsette and elefanta'.
by DEARDEN, JAMES S
London: Collector Ltd Book. Good. Wrs. 8vo. pp.173-187 in "The book collector, volume 34, no.2, Summer 1985". pp.145-151. Illus. in b/w. *Contains a.o: "Libraries and the national literary heritage: two views from Europe"."Bookplates and its Japan", Cliff Parfit. "Basilik and its bookshop: a cautionary tale", Charlene Garry. "The game of quadrille.An allegory: a congreve attribution", D.F.McKenzie. "English and Foreign bookbindings 33", Mirjam...
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£13.01
Heft 10, Jahrgang 2: Zum 400.Geburtstag Von Cervantes.
by DIE FÄHRE LITERARISCHE REVUE - MÜNCHEN
München: Willi Weismann Verlag, 1947. Book. Good. Wrs. 8vo. pp.577-640. Contains a.o.: M.De Cevantes Saavedra, Plaudereien (pp.577). Hermann Hesse, Morgenlandfehrt (pp.588)..
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£10.41
Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band
by Wyman, Bill with Ray Coleman
New York: Viking, 1990 1st Am. ed. 594pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [spine of large volume is creased from reading with a slight pull at spine head; else a clean, complete & tight copy]
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£20.24
Deutsche Literatur, Lebendiges Erbe, Festschrift
by RECLAM, ERNST
Leipzig: Philipp Reclam Jun., 1936. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo. foxed. 184 pp..
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£12.14
Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
by Aldridge, Alan
Hardcover Goed tot zeer goed. Alan Aldridge betrad de creatieve wereld van het Londen van de jaren zestig, net als The Beatles, voor wie hij werkte. Aldridge, een charismatische persoonlijkheid met een schare fans die net zo sterk is als welke rockster dan ook, cre�erde uitbundige, kleurrijke ontwerpen, die groteske monsters opriepen en vorm gaven aan universele fantasie�n, waarbij ze de dromen en hallucinaties van een generatie vastlegden. Deze ge�llustreerde biografie brengt het leven van Aldridge...
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£15.61
John Lennon
by Norman, Philip
First Edition, First Printing. VG / Fine. Ivory boards with green lettering on spine. 851 pages including index and many photos. Book is square and clean with no markings of any kind. The fine dustjacket is price-intact with no chips or tears. Protected in mylar. Carefully packaged and shipped in a cardboard box.
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£24.28£19.43
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration: The Biography
by Malins, Steve
2006 Third edition book in vg condition.
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Andre DeutschISBN-13: 978-0-233-00178-4, ISBN: 0-233-00178-6"Following the release of their second Greatest Hits retrospective, Steve Malins publishes the first in-depth biography of the Basildon boys who rose to fame as Depeche Mode. A music combo who metamorphosed from New Romantic pop band in the early 80s into the Indie kings of electronic melancholia. Combining dark minimalism with elements of dance, Depeche Mode... Read more about this item
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Andre DeutschISBN-13: 978-0-233-00178-4, ISBN: 0-233-00178-6"Following the release of their second Greatest Hits retrospective, Steve Malins publishes the first in-depth biography of the Basildon boys who rose to fame as Depeche Mode. A music combo who metamorphosed from New Romantic pop band in the early 80s into the Indie kings of electronic melancholia. Combining dark minimalism with elements of dance, Depeche Mode... Read more about this item
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£25.00
ELTON JOHN
by Charlesworth, Chris
London: Bobcat Books, 1986. 48pp., candidly illustrated throughout: intext colour plates and b/w halftones throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss card wrapper nominally edgeworn and bumped on upper foredge corner. A critical biography tracing Elton John's career from his days a a pub pianist in North London to his eventual emergence as one of the world's best loved rock superstars . . . Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, at Pinner...
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£15.87
A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME . . . (Signed Copy)
by Chambers, Kasey, with Apter, Jeff
Sydney, NSW, Australia: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011. 269pp., unpaginated colour-plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Photographically-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and creased only. Signed on title-page, under a hand-drawn 'heart' symbol by the primary author Kasey Chambers, using a black felt-tip pen, else textblock unmarked. Raised in a nomadic lifestyle on Australia's remote, vast Nullabor by her entertainer parents, the family became 'The Dead Ringer...
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£23.81
ELVIS PRESLEY - ELVIS - THE FINAL YEARS
by Jerry Hopkins
Berkley. Good. 1983. Paperback. 042509880X . (good reading copy) (Biography with photo-insert) (some internal back cover wear - text & photos unaffected) [US pb. ] .
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£10.00
Slash
by Slash
Madrid.: Es Pop., 2010.. Hardcover. Good. 24 cm. 452 p., [16] p. de lám. col. il. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Slash 1965-. Traducción, Óscar Palmer Yáñez. Título original: Slash. En la p. [459]: 4. Guns N'Roses (Grupo musical). Bozza, Anthony . ISBN: 9788493686437 Biografías. Guns N'Roses (929 Guns N'Roses) [[929]] || Música. Géneros musicales. Métodos y estudios de Música para los distintos instrumentos. Guns N'Roses (78 Guns N'Roses) [[78]]
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£26.70
ELVIS PRESLEY: Entertainer of the Century
by Antony James
Belmont Tower. Good. 1977. Paperback. 0505512394 . (edges heavily "tanned") (some cover wear) (good reading copy only) (Biography - includes 16 pages of photos) [US pb. ] .
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£8.00
The Twang Dynasty
by Leonard, Deke
UK: Northdown Publishing Ltd, 2012. FIRST. VG. 2012 paperback book;
Deke has a lovely style of writing which just keeps you reading and is costing me sleep! This is one guitarist's personal take on the guitarists which he admires and has met or crossed paths with one way or another. I love 70s rock so, for me, it's a lovely read. The fact that it's written by one of the Man band is just an added bonus.
The book gives an enjoyable overview of the best blues and rock guitarists including the genius Mickey... Read more about this item
Deke has a lovely style of writing which just keeps you reading and is costing me sleep! This is one guitarist's personal take on the guitarists which he admires and has met or crossed paths with one way or another. I love 70s rock so, for me, it's a lovely read. The fact that it's written by one of the Man band is just an added bonus.
The book gives an enjoyable overview of the best blues and rock guitarists including the genius Mickey... Read more about this item
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£20.00
Vente 3 Mars 1989 : Livres Russes, Lettres à Philippe Erlanger, Autographes.
by NOUVEAU DROUOT - PARIS
Book. Good. Wrs. 8vo. 265 nos. Illus. in b/w. Sale results. 0.
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£11.27
TOMMY DORSEY Livin' in a Great Big Way--A Biography
by Levinson, Peter J
Da Capo Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First. Hardcover. 0306811111 . 9.7 X 6.5 X 1.5 inches .
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£12.91
Books about books. An international exhibtion on the occasion of the International Book Year 1972.
by UNESCO
Book. Good. Binding see description. Frankfurt, 1972. 390pp. 1395 nos. Indexes. Wrs. 0.
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£17.35
THE LIVES OF JOHN LENNON
by Albert Goldman
New York: William Morrow & Co. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0688047211 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.5 inches; 719 pages .
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£40.43
Freundschaft mit Büchern.
by BODE, HELMUT
Book. Good. Binding see description. Gütersloh, 1962. 191pp. Illus. in b/w. Index. Bibliography. Bds. 0.
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£13.88
ELVIS AND ME
by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1985. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. .
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£93.05
Catalogue XXXVI/n.d.: Bibliography, Typography, Reference Works, Fine & Applied Arts.
by GENDT, A.L. VAN - AMSTERDAM/BLARICUM/EEMNES
Book. Good. Binding see description. 335 nos. 24pp. Wrs. 0.
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£9.54
PAUL McCARTNEY: Behind the Myth
by Benson, Ross
London: Gollancz, 1992. 289pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout [mostly happy-snaps]. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn only. Written to mark his fiftieth birthday, 'Paul McCartney: Behind The Myth' is a detailed and authoritative biography of one of the most talented and best-loved figures in popular culture.Contents include: Prologue, Biblio., and Index, together with...
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£7.94
