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A Cellarful of Noise, Brian Epstein, 1964 UK 1st edition hardback
£45.00 – £90.00 Beatles Manager, Brian Epstein's 1964 autobiography Ghost written by his assistant and Beatles...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beatles, Books, CollectionsView Details -
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test : 1968 US 1st edition Hardback signed by Tom Wolfe (& Unsigned 1st)
£375.00 1968 US 1st edition & 1st impression of Wolfe's seminal work on the counterculture There was...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Psychedelia, SignedView Details -
Corinne Day : May The Circle Remain Unbroken – Photography book
2014 UK : Morel 1000 copies Hardback 254 cm x 203 cm Disregard online listings, stating...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, PhotographyView Details -
William S. Burroughs, Rub Out The Words: The Letters Of William S. Burroughs, Harper Collins US Uncorrected Proof Copy (2012)
£75.00 "A collection of 300 of the best of Burroughs's letters from 1959 to 1974 that provides...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
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Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylone, First French J.J. Pauvert Paperback Edition (1959)
£150.00 – £400.00 The true first edition of this cult classic French Language Edition of underground film maker's...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film, Film & TVView Details -
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Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon, First US APS Paperback Edition (1965)
£225.00 POPT post about this title The story of Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon The first English...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, FilmView Details -
Kenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon II, First US Dutton Hardback Edition (1984)
£17.50 – £350.00 The sequel volume to Kenneth Anger's notorious study of Tinseltown's dark side POPT post about...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, FilmView Details -
Timothy Leary, Jail Notes, First US Douglas Books hardback edition (1970)
£50.00 Counter culture and LSD guru Timothy Leary's account of his prison experience after serving seven...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, PoetryView Details -
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Play Power by Richard Neville UK 1st Edition with Martin Sharp cover : Oz Magazine
£17.50 – £275.00 Little should need saying about the importance of Richard Neville as a legendary counter culture...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, PsychedeliaView Details -
Sharp & Sharper : Biographies of Martin Sharp
SOLD Two biographies published 2016 & 2017 by ETT Print Australia 'A Biography of Martin Sharp as...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Swinging LondonView Details -
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Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson: An Inquiry Into the Life & Death of the Master of Gonzo
£30.00 Published 2017 edited by Warren Hinckle 520 pages Hardcover 725″ x 1025″ x 145″ ...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Irmin Schmidt (with Rob Young) All Gates Open : The Story of Can 2018 deluxe signed edition
£275.00 – £375.00 Copies available of the deluxe edition of 200 copies worldwide Even to book sellers these were...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, SignedView Details -
Inside Out : A Person History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason
£20.00 – £95.00 Hardback : (signed by author) : SOLD Hardback : regular trade - NOT signed Paperback :...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, SignedView Details -
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood 2014 autobiography
£100.00 and finally Westwood's autobiography (co-authored with Ian Kelly) I'd imagine she's one of those...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, PUNKView Details -
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The One and Only : Peter Perrett – Homme Fatale by Nina Antonia & Perrett
£75.00 Scarce UK 1st edition published 1996 by SAF Published Ltd Signed by both Peter Perrett - and...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music Book, PUNK, SignedView Details -
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The essential Lenny Bruce : his original unexpurgated satirical routines
£10.00 – £15.00 The Essential Lenny Bruce: His Original Unexpurgated Satirical Routines, edited by John Cohen...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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Lenny Bruce, The Comedian as Social Critic and secular Moralist by Frank Kofsky 1974
£25.00 One the early Bruce books, printed in 1974 by Monad Pressm This copy has it's original sales...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Patti Smith Just Kids, Illustrated Hardback edition, Signed by Patti Smith, 2019
£225.00 Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir This edition by Bloomsbury Publishing is richly...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
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Patti Smith “Babel”, Signed by Patti Smith
£130.00 – £140.00 "A tidal wave of dreams, hallucinations and ecstasy from the High Priestess of Rock" Patti...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Patti Smith, Year Of The Monkey UK 1st edition, Hardback, Signed by Patti Smith
£125.00 "From looming political crisis to a leaky flat – a troubled year in the life of a great American...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
On the Bus: The Complete Guide to the Legendary Trip of Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, 1990 edition
£35.00 Out of print Hunter S Thompson foreword "The bus is perhaps the artefact of the entire psychedelic...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, PsychedeliaView Details -
Guitar Army, street writings / prison writings by John Sinclair, signed copy
SOLD Signed copy of GUITAR ARMY contains the saga of the former "rock and roll guerrillas", the MC5, who...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
Elvis Died For Somebody’s Sins But Not Mine by Mick Farren, signed copy
£70.00 A literary life ralling against the machine, in the company of Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Chuck...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, SignedView Details -
KIng Mob: A Critical Hidden History by David Wise, paperback
NEW Unread copy Being sold elsewhere online for £100+ To order: please click the enquiry button...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
The First Third & Other Writings by Neal Cassady
£30.00 This is the original, much lost-and-found book of autobiographical writing by the "real life hero"...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
13th Floor Elevators A Visual History – 2020
£40.00 – £55.00 Another labour The Elevators biography Eye Mind was published 13 years ago and took nearly 8...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Juvenile / Children, PsychedeliaView Details -
Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon 1975 US edition
£85.00 – £375.00 This listing is for the 1975 US 1hardback edition of Anger's infamous book For other editions ,...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Kenneth Anger : 1961 Hollywood Babylon (German Language) 1st Edition :Enthüllte Götter. Eine Sittengeschichte von Babylon Hollywood.
£95.00 1961 German language 1st Edition See this article The story of Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film & TV, Film Tie In / TV, MemorabiliaView Details -
Kenneth Anger : Hollywood Babylonia 1960 pub by Sugar Editore Milan –1st Italian language edition
SOLD Hollywood Babylonia 1960 pub by Sugar Editore Milan –1st Italian language edition More on this...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film & TV, Film Tie In / TV, MemorabiliaView Details -
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Bob Dylan Behind the Shades – Take Tow ( Revised & Updated) 2000 UK Hardback signed by author Clinton Heylin.
£30.00 Condition : DJ, clipped, no rips or tears, minor rubbing and very minor corner bump Signed on...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
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Bob Dylan Still on the Road : The Songs of Bob Dylan vol2 : 1974-2008, UK 1st HB 2010, signed by author Clinton Heylin
£30.00 Publishers Blurb : This is the second volume in Clinton Heylin's magisterial survey of the songs of...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
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Who On Earth is Tom Baker ? An Autobiography 1997 UK 1st edition Hardback signed by Tom Baker
£145.00 Publishers Blurb : The hilarious, rumbustious and gloriously indiscreet autobiography of the...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film & TV, Memorabilia, SignedView Details -
The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift : Intellectual Barbarians by Annebella Pollen 2015 1st edition.
From publishers blurb The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift: Intellectual Barbarians is the first...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
13th Floor Elevators : Eye Mind pub Feral House 2007
£135.00 Publishers Blurb : The trailblazing 13th Floor Elevators released the USA's first...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
James Dean is Not Dead by Steven Morrissey. 1st- uncredited & 2nd edition
£70.00 – £120.00 Steven Morrissey's 2nd Book published just before he joined Johnny Marr to form the Smiths in...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film & TV, Film Tie In / TV, Memorabilia, Music BookView Details -
Bandido : Biography of Oscar Zeta Acosta and the Chicano Experience (Hunter S. Thompson’s “attorney”)
£35.00 by ILan Stavans For more background info see : Oscar Zeta Acosta -The Autobiography of a Brown...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page : 2010 photographic autobiography, hardcover, new
£300.00 Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page a photographic autobiography Originally published as a signed &...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
The Zapple Diaries : The Rise and Fall of the Last Beatles Label by Barry Miles 2015 UK HB 1st edition
£25.00 Although only John & Yoko's Unfinished Music #2 & George Harrison's Electronic Sounds were...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beatles, Books, Collections, Music BookView Details -
Aldous Huxley and the Way to Reality by Charles M.Holmes 1970 book
£30.00 Publisher : Indiana University Press (25 Feb 1971) Language : English Hardcover : ...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Charlie Chaplin His Life And Art 1931 UK 1st Edition by WM Dodgson Bowman
£135.00 Early Chaplin Biography , foreword by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr B&W photos Most importantly...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Charlie Chaplin My Autobiography 1964 Promo poster
£175.00 An unusual piece of Chaplin ephemera A small 43cm x 155cm promo banner for use in bookshop windows...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film, PostersView Details -
Charlie Chaplin My Autobiography 1964 Hardback 1st edition / 4th printing
£22.50 A VG reading copy of Chaplin's memoirs Alongside David Robinson's "His Life & Art" the best...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film & TV, Film Tie In / TV, MemorabiliaView Details -
Charlie Chaplin His Life & Art by David Robinson 1985 UK 1st edition
£30.00 Alongside the autobiography , this is without a doubt the best book on Chaplin , and the basis for...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Faust : Stretch Out Time 1970-1975 : 1st & only biography of the classic “Krautrock” band
£30.00 On their seminal 4th LP , 1973's eponymous "Faust", the band cemented the name of the music...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
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When The Going Gets Weird : A Very Unauthorized biography of Hunter S. Thompson
£20.00 Out of Print 1983 US biography by Peter O Whitmer Publisher : Hyperion Books; First...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Hunter S. Thompson 1977 High Times cover article + 8 page Interview
£25.00 As New- Unread copy : Complete, no previous owner’s markings, no writing, no loose pages, no...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Gonzo – Hunter S. Thompson deluxe -box edition + print
£325.00 This is by far the most comprehensive "museum in a box" dedicated to Thompson life, his Gonzo ...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
The Angry Brigade 1967-1984 Documents & Chronology
£7.50 This is the 2017 reprint of the book original published in 1978 NEW : NB This is small pocket...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
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The Hippy’s Handbook : How to Live on Love : The 1st & Only Complete Guide… 1967 USA Exploitation
£85.00 – £125.00 By Ruth Bronsteen, Canyon Book # 1013 New York Stapled 64 page booklet Approx 215 x 14cm Scarce...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, PsychedeliaView Details -
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The Boy Looked At Johnny : The Obituary of Rock and Roll -1978 1st Julie Burhcill & Tony Parsons
£40.00 96 Page Paperback, Pluto Press 1978 - 1st impression- (this title was reprinted several times until...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, PUNK, PUNKView Details -
Mott the Hoople : Diary of A Rock’n’Roll Star – Ian Hunter’s autobiography.
£45.00 Despite a reprint the same year as it was first published, this book is considered something of a...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Music BookView Details -
The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol
£10.00 – £55.00 1971 USA : scare 1st edition with original cover A gazetteer through Warhol's entourage and...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Art & Artists, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
William Burroughs Maynard & Miles A Bibliography 1953 -73 (1978 US hardback)
£50.00 Published for the Bibliography Society of the University of Virginia, USA Published in Hardback...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Please Kill Me – The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Uk 1st HB : signed by Gillian McCain & Legs McNeil
SOLD Seminal punk book - signed by the authors on their official bookplate 1996 Little...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Music Book, PUNK, PUNK, SignedView Details -
England’s Dreaming – Jon Savage : signed UK 1st Paperback
£85.00 UK 1st Edition and a reprint paperback both signed by author Jon Savage on one of the his many...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, PUNK, PUNKView Details -
Corinne Day Diary : Sealed copy
£250.00 Corinne's only book published with her lifetime and controversial for all the wrong reasons...Category: Art & Artists, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, PhotographyView Details -
Hidden Gems of Erotica – Luxor Press Ltd 1971
£20.00 "Seven secret sex stories revealed ! See Back Cover" See Gallery photos Part of a series of ...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
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Jean Genet in Tangier : 1974 book – Introduction by Burroughs, translated by Paul Bowles
£30.00 76 pages, with B&W photos - text translated by Paul Bowles- foreword by William...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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Mainly About Lindsay Anderson A Memoir : Gavin Lambert
£7.50 Faber 2000 Hardback first edition : Excellent , DJ price...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Alan Bennett Untold Stories : signed by the author
£30.00 UK 1st edition hardback : singed on the title page with self portrait condition ~~DJ price...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Signed, TheatreView Details -
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The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde
£7.50 Uk 1st edition Hardback 2011 Franny Moyle : Condition : Near Fine : No significant wear or...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess : The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
£10.00 Written by Wilde's only grandson Merlin Holland 2003 UK 1st edition Hardback : EX : no...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Oscar Wilde by H. Montgomery Hyde 1976 Biography
£10.00 Prior to Ellman's 1987 book, this was the best biography of Oscar according to his grandson Merlin...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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The Life of Oscar Oscar Wilde : Hesketh Pearson 1946
£20.00 Methuen - publisher of Wilde's plays 1946 recommended by Wilde's family as the most complete...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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Lord Alfred Douglas by H. Montgomery Hyde
£10.00 A follw up to Hyde's 1976 Wilde Biography - regarded by his family as the best until Ellman's 1987...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby 1907 biography
£70.00 Early 1907 biography of Wilde - 1st edition Published by London: T Werner Laurie,...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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His Life and Confessions & With Memories of Oscar Wilde by Bernard Shaw 1918 USA
£80.00 Two Volume set: bound in green cloth with gilt titles on spine Published by Frank Harris, New...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
The King’s Jester The Life of Dan Leno – Foreword Roy Hudd – signed by him
£35.00 Who was Dan Leno In 1901 everyone in Britain knew who he was They had seen him live on the music...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Memorabilia, Music Hall, Variety, Vaudeville, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
Houdini and Conan Doyle – The Story of a Strange Friendship by Bernard Ernst (Society of American Magicians)
£120.00 Scarce antiquarian book -1st UK edition Published 1933 by Hutchinson, London Having met in 1920,...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Conjuring/MagicView Details -
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The Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : Thirteen Biographers in Search of a Life
£12.50 CONTENTS Illustrations 2x Foreword Dame lean Conan Doyle Preface Introduction: The Quest for...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Biography, Books, Conjuring/MagicView Details -
Michael Hollingshead : The Man Who Turned on the World HB 1st editions
£225.00 – £275.00 Scarce British & American hardback first editions offered for sale ( individually - select...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, PsychedeliaView Details -
Artaud and the Gnostic Drama
£65.00 Condition: New -2020 -Scarlet Imprint hardback edition -cloth with dust jacket...Category: Art, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
William Burroughs – A Life. by Barry Miles : Uk 1st edition hardback – signed
£35.00 – £45.00 Condition : New : Signed by Miles on the titles page on one of his visits to the shop ...Category: Autobiography/ Biography, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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The Velvet Underground Extravaganza 2016 book and exhibition catalogue
£12.50 – £37.50 This book is the catalogue of the exhibition that will be held at the Philharmonie de Paris, from...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Music Book, PsychedeliaView Details -
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The Beatles : 1968 Hunter Davies Biography + 4x Photos and letter
£250.00 The first and only authorised Beatles biography written within the band's lifetime Lot consists...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Beatles, Books, Memorabilia, Music BookView Details -
The Wickedest Books In the World : Confessions of An Aleister Crowley Bibliophile 2009
£175.00 Usefully bibliography , that doesn't take itself too seriously and documents of Crowley 's original...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, SignedView Details