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Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 317 pp. Trade paperback format. A new, unread copy, signed by the author (if you want it signed). Illustrated in black and white. The Chapters are: 1957; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; A Brief Cavern History; 1971 Melody Maker Interview with Paul McCartney; 1971 Melody Maker Interview with George Martin; The Beatles' First Radio Interview; and Beatles Time Line..

London: Omnibus Press, 1978. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The act we've known for all these years, the Chapters are: Beatles: The Story; Press Conferences; Songwriting; The Songs; The Films; Drugs; and Politics..

New York: Perigee Books, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. (xviii) 335 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a faint crease on the spine and minor creasing on the front cover; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Chapters are: The Disappearance of The Beatles; The Mystery of Astrid K; Which Day in the Life; The Beatles and the Bathtub Hoax; Happiness is a Warm Typewriter; The Good Is Oft Interred with Their Bones; The Days in the Life of A Day in the Life; Day-by-Day Piece-by-Piece; According to Whom; Before Beatles: Woke Up Fell Out of Bed; 1960: Nobody Was Really Sure; 1961: I'd Love to Turn You On; 1962: Somebody Spoke and I Went into a Dream; 1963: I Read the News Today Oh Boy; 1964: A Crowd of People Stood and Stared; 1965: I Saw a Film Today Oh Boy; 1966: Well I Just Had to Laugh; 1967: About a Lucky Man Who Made the Grade; 1968: A Crowd of People Turned Away; 1969: He Didn't Notice That the Lights Had… Leer más

New York: Manor Books, 1978. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 90 pp. Edge and corner wear with some rubbing on the covers; no interior markings. The Contents are; The Beatles Are Back; The Beatles: The Early Years; Enter Brian Epstein; The Birth of Beatlemania; The Beatles Singles in America; The Golden Years; Two Dozen Beatle Albums in the U.S.; Beatles Color Photo Gallery; The Break-up and the Aftermath; The Beatles LPs as Solo Artists; The Fifth Beatle: Murray the K; and Beatles Movies: A to (not quite) Z..

Secaucus, New Jersey: The Citadel Press, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. 256 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Light edge and corner wear with a bit of rubbing on a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs..

London: Headline Review, 2008. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 368 pp. Trade paperback format. Signed by Lorraine Kelly on the title page. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white and colour plates. The Contents are: A Child of the Fifties; Where It All Began; On the Ladder; The Rough and the Smooth; Morning Sickness; So That's What It's All About; Run for Your Life; Going It Alone; Beyond Belief; Talking the Talk; All Human Life; Reach for the Sky; and Dragged Through the Mud; followed by an epilogue and an index..

London: Adlard Coles, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 203 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and charts. Hiscock and his wife had sailed twice around the world in their thirty-foot yacht and this is the story of their second circumnavigation. The Chapters are: A Second Voyage and Why; South to the Cape Verdes; The Atlantic and British Guiana; Into the Pacific; Three Thousand Miles to the Far Mountain; Islomanes' Paradise; Towards Fiji; Out of the Tropics; The Coral Sea; The Stranding Off Croker Island; Indian Ocean Crossing; The Red Sea and Suez Canal; and The Mediterranean and Home; followed by: Appendix One: Wanderer III; Appendix Two: Photography and Tape Recording; Appendix Three: Table of Times and Distances; and an index. ..

London: W. H. Allen, 1982. Book. Illus. by George Underwood;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First UK Edition. 8vo. 174 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: And Never Brought to Mind; Chester, Pennsylvania; Keep Smiling; The Saddlemen; Rock the Joint; Change is Now; The Sun Never Shines in Studio A; The Golden Age of Rock and Roll; Calling all Comets; Rock and Roll Gets the Blame; Rocking Around the World; The Second Battle of Waterloo; The Well Runs Dry; The Con Man's Con Man; The Germans; End of an Era; The Twist King; Rock and Roll Revival; Rock Around the Country; The End; and Crazy Man, Crazy; followed by an epilogue, a discography and an index..

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press - Popular Culture Bio-Bibliographies, 1983. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 235 pp. Teal green cloth lettered in silver on the front panel and spine; headband; black and white frontis of Billy the Kid; illustrated with a map and with a few stills from various films. Light rubbing at the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. The Contents are: Preface; The Life and Death of Billy the Kid; Billy and the Historians - Bibliography of Historical Sources; Billy the Kid in Fiction - Bibliography of Fictional Sources; Billy the Kid in Film - Filmography and Bibliography; and The Legend of Billy the Kid - Bibliography of Critical Sources; followed by: Appendix A: A Billy the Kid Miscellany; Appendix B: A Billy the Kid Chronology; and an index..

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Translated Edition. 8vo. (vi) 318 pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt on the panels and spine; gilt upper edge; green endpapers. Light wear on the corners; previous owner's name on the first blank page; light foxing in the endpapers. Preface by the translator, Harriet W. Preston - a memoir by Paul de Musset, the brother of Alfred de Musset..

Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing - Apogee Books, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Editions. 8vo. 246, 400 pp. Trade paperback format. Both books have light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spines; no interior markings. Both have been profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Included in Book One is an exclusive interview with Eric Carr - ex-Kiss drummer - on CD - in a pocket inside the back cover. BOOK ONE: The Chapters are: No Rest For the Wicked; Children of the Revolution; 2000 Lightyears from Home; We'll Always Have Paris; What Music They Make; Four of the Three Musketeers; and Success Is the Best Revenge; followed by an addendum and photo credits. BOOK TWO: The Chapters are: SECTION ONE: Audio - Official United States Recordings; Official Solo Appearances on Albums; Compilation Albums; Take Offs Homage and Rip-offs; Official Australian Releases; Official Japanese Releases; Official UK Releases; Bootleg Albums and CDs; Private… Leer más

Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas and McIntyre, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 240 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint thumb crease on the front cover and a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. The Contents are: Preface; The Most Selfish Person in History; A Little Colony in Itself; Immigrants' Idyll; The Berserker Streak; One Little Indian; Blood Will Tell; High Realism; The Cost of Living; The Winnipeg Wolf; The Bones of Contention; A Pine in Paris; The Nature Fakers; Black Wolf Meets B-P (Baden Powell); The Living Animal; and Beulah Land; followed by an epilogue and an index..

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing, 1969. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 310 pp. Holloway House book HH-171. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. During the twelve years of Hitler's reign of terror in Germany, millions of Europeans were proscribed to work for the Reich as voluntary labour - most of them ended up slaves and eventually dead. This is the biography of one young man who survived the horror..

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 256 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white photographs. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The story of his beginnings....

London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 362 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates, drawings and maps. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a chip and a tear on the lower right of the front panel; a few nicks and short tears around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: 1864 - 1900: The Protestant Child; Road to Mandalay; The Silver Spoon; Ungilded Staff; No Bigger Than a Man's Hand; Engines of War; The Steamroller; Colenso; The Upper Tugela; Spion Kop to Ladysmith. 1901 - 1914: The New Era; Army Reform and the Entente Cordiale; The Peacemongers; The Ladder; The Sage of Camberley; Agadir; Frocks and Brasshats; Europe at Sunset; The Ulster Crisis; The Curragh Incident. 1914 - 1922: Armageddon; The Lost Opportunity; Mons Le Cateau Guise; The Marne; Deadlock; The Road to Berlin; Loos Champagne; The Wheel; The Butcher's Bill; The Giant Killer; Twilight on the Neva;… Leer más

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 310 pp. Black boards lettered in blue on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Childhood; California Dreamin'; I Was Hippie Cop; The Story of Q; and Being Momma; followed by an index..

Dublin, Ireland: P J Bourke, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Third Edition. 8vo. 72 pp. Trade paperback format - limited edition. Personalized inscription by the author. Light edge and corners wear; aside from de Burca's insciption, no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs and letters..

Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, 1974. Book. Illus. by James E. McIlrath;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 192 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and small thumb crease on the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by James E. McIlrath. The Contents are: Born to Lead; Rise of the Dead Cura; Fall of the Cura; Fearful Secret; For My People; Huinca Territory; Desperate Confrontation; Failure of a Mission; Time Will Tell; My Friend the Bishop; From Tierra del Fuego; Danger Mission; Expedition Hope; Forbidden Pampas; Enemy Attack; Land Ho; To the Vatican; Fresh Hopes; Final Struggle; Homeward Bound; Satan's Mistress; and To Rise Again; followed by a bibliography..

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1963. Book. Illus. by Gavin Nicol; John Mackay;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (viii) 246 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some rubbing and a few nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Gavin Nicol; dj painting by John Mackay. In his Foreword, Sutherland says the past fifty years had been the most murderous and violent in all of history. His story is a record of the calm before the storm. Peace, security and prosperity did exist at one time, believe it or not. The Chapters are: Argyllshire Boyhood; The First American; The First Colonel; The First Salmon; The First King; The First Gun; The First Millionaire; Shepherd's Pie and Baked Jam Roll; Matters Medical; The Eccentrics; Culture; Fun and Games; Scandalum Magnatum; Of Things That Go Bump in the Night; Monsieur Madame and Solange; and Envoi - Some Comparisons..

Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 150 pp. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings..