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Moonwalk
by Michael Jackson
MICHAEL JACKSON was the undisputed King of Pop and has been called "the greatest entertainer who ever lived."SHAYE AREHEART was, along with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Michael Jackson's original editor.
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star
by Jacob Slichter
A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball.After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion. Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who could forget the smash single "Closing Time," a runaway hit in 1998 that thrust Jake and his...
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The Jazz Age Popular Music In the 1920's
by Arnold Shaw
F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, appropriately called The Jazz Age. Enriching his account with lively anecdotes and insidestories, he describes the astonishing outpouring of significant musical innovations that emerged during the "Roaring Twenties"--including blues, jazz, band music, torch ballads, operettas, and musicals--and sets them...
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Popular Music Books & Ephemera
Moon Walk (SIGNED)
by Michael Jackson
U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 283, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED in blue ink by Jackson on the free end page. Possibly signed and inscribed by Michael Jackson on half title page
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€3,306.10
Heroes and Villains. Essays on music, movies, comics and culture
by Hajdu, David
Cambridge: Da Capo Press. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 336 pages. This is the first collection of essays by David Hajdu. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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€9.26
Black Sabbath. Symptom of the Universe
by Wall, Mick
London: Orion Books. 2013. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 379 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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€9.26
SIGNED MUSICAL QUOTATION from NIGHT AND DAY matted with a PHOTOGRAPH
by PORTER, Cole
Framed Manuscript. A beautiful presentation in perfect condition, not examined out of the frame. On a 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" sheet [sight] Porter has written in green pencil a two-bar melody quotation from his 1932 song "Night & Day," and SIGNED below it "Cole Porter." It is matted with a 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" photo of Porter and framed to an overall size of 15" x 12-1/4".
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€5,313.38
TOP FORTY MUSIC ANNUAL.
by Johnson; Briar; Morgan; Wikinson et al (Eds)
177pp; col and b&w photos thru'out. The annual spans the very techno Eighties, from New Wave to New Age, on five continents,and includes music, trivia and technological information. Apparently there might not have been a "Second Decade" so this is rare..
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€24.11
Original photograph of Jeremy Spencer, circa 1969
by [Fleetwood Mac] Jeremy Spencer (subject); George Wilkes (photographer)
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of bassist Jeremy Spencer during a studio recording session, circa 1969. With the stamp of photographer George Wilkes on the verso. Spencer was a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, forming the band in 1967 with guitarist Peter Green and drummer Mick Fleetwood. Spencer recorded four albums with the band before leaving abruptly in 1971, having joined the religious cult The Children of God (now known as the Family International). 9.5 x 6.5...
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€141.69
Imagine John Lennon
by Solt, Andrew & Egan, Sam
London: Virgin. 1989. Quarto Size [approx 22cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Small crease to lower front corner. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 255 pages. A photographic tribute to John Lennon with a "Forward" by Yoko Ono and preface by David L.Wolper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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€11.11
PINK FLOYD: Through The Eyes Of . . . the Band, it's Fans, Friends and Foes
by MacDonald, Bruno [Ed.]
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. xx, + 348pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards lightly bumped on lower foredge corners. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has minor edgewear and indentations. An interesting insight into the great band: Pink Floyd, with contributions from a variety of sources. Includes Index. Book weight approx. 670g.. Second Impression. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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€17.29
Moonwalk
by Jackson, Michael
William Heinemann. Reprinted edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. VGC.William Heinemann,1988.Reprinted edition,1988.The book includes Michael Jackson's printed signature on the title page, and line drawing on the second page of the book with the date 1998(the date he predicted he would die). Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,watermark on the edge of the back cover) in VGC,with Dj(two watermarks inside the edges of the back Dj cover,a couple of creases and small nicks on the edges of the...
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€38.05
Hold Me in Your Heart
by Straight, Charley (music); Sherwood, Ray (lyric)
Williamsport, Penna: Vandersloot Music Pub. Co., 1920. 3 pp. 9.25 X 12. Some ink has chipped from title head, a fold and tear to the top fore edge corner. Very good. ''And with our parting kiss, Just remember this . . .''. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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€14.16
Moon Walk
by Jackson, Michael
New York: Doubledsay, 1988. First Edition. illus. 283, [5]pp. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Fine in fine dj .$15.95 on flap. First Edition. illus. 283, [5]pp. 8vo.
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€188.92
Moonwalk
by Jackson, Michael
Hardback. William Heinemann Ltd, London, England, 1988. .First edition. Clean, bright, handsome all round. Superstar's account of his life both public and private. Facsimile signature to front. Colour photographs. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.
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€53.18
FINGER PLAYS
by POULSSON, EMILIE & Cornelia C Roeske
This edition is undated and very rare and therefore believed to be the first and around 1890. On offer on the Internet are some original copies of the US edition (1893) and more modern reprints (1921) both by other publishers. Pages are browned and frittered on the edges. The spine is re-backed with a new printed title. Cover is spotted. Although the condition is less than Good, it is, or was a work in progress, in the sense that some of the songs have been translated into rhyming Afrikaans,...
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€30.13
When My Baby Smiles at Me. As performed by Ted Lewis in The Greenwich Village Follies, N.Y
by Munro, Bill; Lewis, Ted; Sterling, B
New York: Harry Von Tilzer, 1920. 5 pp. 10.5 X 13 inches. Art by Barbelle. Photo by Strang. Chipping and splitting to spine, which has been sewn. Rear wrap printed upside down and interior pages sewn in upside down. Possibly manufacturing error. Some wear with loss of printing to wraps. Fair to good. Voice and piano. ''My baby's eyes are blue . . . My baby's lips are sweet . . .''. Wraps. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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€23.62
Labatt's 500 All-Time Favourite Tracks
by Read, Mike
Mandarin 1992 . 4to pb 444 gms BF.
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€2.95
Moonwalk
by Michael Jackson
Paperback / softback. New. The only book Michael Jackson ever wrote about his life It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success.
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€13.27
Freddie Mercury A to Z
by Wide, Steve
Melbourne: Smith Street Books. 2019. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition in pictorial boards. Gift inscription to front preliminary page. Illustrated with colour plates by Paul Borchers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. unpaginated. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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€11.11
The Beatles (Icons Of Our Times)
by Hill, Tim
Bath, UK: Pulteney Press. 2009. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm 24cm.] Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a near fine Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 94 pages. . 1st thus.
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€12.35
![Original photograph of the Eurythmics performing at Stockholm Stadion [Stadium], 1987](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/261/149/1503149261.0.b.jpg)
Original photograph of the Eurythmics performing at Stockholm Stadion [Stadium], 1987
by [Eurythmics] Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart (subjects); Mats Strand (photographer)
Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet, 1987. Vintage borderless photograph of the Eurythmics performing at Stockholm Stadion in Sweden on June 13, 1987. Printed label crediting photographer Mats Strand affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Svenskt Pressfoto, a date stamp reading 1987-06-13, and manuscript ink annotations. The group's performance in Stockholm was part of their worldwide tour in support of their fifth studio album, the 1986 release "Revenge." 9.5 x 7 inches. About Fine.
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€141.69
Paul Revere's Ride, March-Galop
by Paull, E. T
New York: E. T. Paull, 1905. 7 pp. Spine split, considerable losses to front wrap, the rest good. Sectrional composition with galloping, cry of alarm, patriots aroused, call to arms, minutemen assembling, battle of Lexington and Concord with shot and shell. enemy routed, enemy in full retreat, and cheers of the vicotrs. Inside the back wrap, an essay by Paull with the complete text of Longfellow's poem. ''A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo...
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€12.27
La Toya: Growing Up In The Jackson Family
by Jackson, La Toya with Patricia Romanowski
New York: Dutton (Penguin), 1991. First printing. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.. vii, 261 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Hard to find.
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€94.46
It Took Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen Years to Make a Girl Like You
by Tannenhill, Frank (lyrics); Snyder, Ted (music)
New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1919. 3 pp. 9.25 X 12 inches. Some stains at spine and bottom margin extending through pages, else very good. Plate Number 967-2. ''It took six days to make the world, And on the day called seven, A thing called love came from above, And someone called it Heaven.''. Wraps. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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€13.22
Collection of nine original photographs of Tina Turner, 1960s-1980s
by Tina Turner, Ike Turner, The Ikettes (subjects)
N.p.: N.p., 1980. Collection of nine vintage photographs of Tina Turner, dating between the 1960s and 1980s. Five photographs with provenance stamps on the verso, and one with a mimeo snipe. The collection includes four photographs of Turner from the films "Gimme Shelter" (1970), "Taking Off" (1971), and "Soul to Soul" (1971), as well as three promotional photographs of Turner (two featuring Ike Turner), and two photographs of Turner from the television concert special "Tina Turner: Private Dancer"...
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€354.22
![Disco 45 Annual [1977 Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/593/457/45457593.0.b.jpg)
Disco 45 Annual [1977 Edition]
by Bolton, Trevor [Ed.]
St. Leonards-On-Sea, Sussex: Stafford Pemberton, 1977. 69pp., 8 page colour section, numerous b/w illustrations, cartoons, amusements throughout. Book clean, spine firm, no splits. Montage illustrated gloss boards. Childish scribble on two pages and a dot-to-dot filled in, else leaves clean. Full page colour plates of John Miles, Abba, Mud, Lol Creme, Smokie and Rod Stewart. Stories of Queen, Roxy Music, 10cc., Eagles, Hot Chocolate. Quizzes and crosswords, more. Book weight approx. 380g. Postage charge...
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€11.11
