The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies
by Hunter Davies
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
McGraw Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition so stated (1968.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 357 pages. The book is in very good condition very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. The dust jacket is in fair condition with some shelf wear and a few tears to top right edges of back cover. Some chipping to top edges over spine of dust jacket. Pictures available upon request. "Hunter Davies had the great fortune to be with the Beatles for around 2 years researching (with their cooperation) this book. This gave him fantastic insights and access but of course being 'authorised' he had to be a little careful about what he wrote e.g John's treatment of women etc...No-one interested in how The Beatles grew up and what made them what they were should be without this book." Multi-colored spine/Black text. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Biographies.
Synopsis
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, family and colleagues. There when it mattered, he collected a wealth of intimate and revealing material that still makes this the classic Beatles book - the one all other biographers look to. Hunter Davies remained close with the band and as such has had access to more information over the years. This 40th anniversary edition contains new material which has never been revealed before, from the author's archives and from the Beatles themselves, that will bring new insights to their legend.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jero Books and Templet Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032701
- Title
- The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies
- Author
- Hunter Davies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- The Beatles: The Authorized Biography by Hunter Davies Music Biographies
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