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Oscar Wilde THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST – 1910 Presentation copy
£300.00£225.00 Actor/manager George Alexander (1858-1918) played Jack in the original 1895 production of The...Category: Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The First Production Edited by Joseph Donohue with Ruth Berggren
£200.00£100.00 Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST The First Production Edited by Joseph Donohue with...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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His Life and Confessions & With Memories of Oscar Wilde by Bernard Shaw 1918 USA
£120.00£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 -
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Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby 1907 biography
£120.00£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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Lord Alfred Douglas by H. Montgomery Hyde
£17.50£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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Bosie : A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas by Doulgas Murray ( Oscar Wilde Interest)
£25.00£15.00 UK 1 st edition Hardback : Excellent , only marking are previous owner's embossed stamp on...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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The Life of Oscar Oscar Wilde : Hesketh Pearson 1946
£30.00£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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Oscar Wilde by H. Montgomery Hyde 1976 Biography
£20.00£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 -
Oscar Wilde Salome and A Florentine Tragedy : 1921 (7th edition) harback
£45.00 British 7th edition hardback - printed in 1921 by Methuen Condition : VG++ Previous owner's...Category: Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
Oscar Wilde Salome and Other Plays – Penguin Books
£15.00 Penguin paperback - circa 1950s : No markings - minor wear on spine but fantastic vintage reading...Category: Biography, Books, Collections, Theatre, Theatre : PlaysView Details -
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Alfred Douglas : A Poet’s Life and His Finest Work – Oscar Wilde interest
£20.00£15.00 2007 Hardback 1st edition : Excellent - no flaws Focus on Douglas' work - more infamous as ...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Irish Peacock and Scarlet Marquess : The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
£12.50£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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The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde
£15.00£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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Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellman
£10.00 – £12.50 Regarding by Wilde's family as the best biography 1987 Hardback Page 632 Pages To order:...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
Oscar Wilde : the Importance of Being Irish by David Coakley
£25.00 Scarce title examining Wilde's Irish heritage - including his politically radical mother...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView 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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William Gibson – Virtual Light UK 1st edition Hardback
£37.50£20.00 Science Fiction author best known for Neuromancer UK 1st : 1993 : Clean no marking , lightly...Category: 1st Edition, Books, NovelView Details -
The World of Charles Ricketts
Charles Ricketts 1866 –1931 was theatre designer, best remembered for his visionary costume...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Mainly About Lindsay Anderson A Memoir : Gavin Lambert
£12.50£7.50 Faber 2000 Hardback first edition : Excellent , DJ price...Category: 1st Edition, Autobiography/ Biography, BooksView Details -
Jean Genet Prisoner of Love : 1986 Hardback
£10.00 Introduction by Genet's biographer Edmund White Condition : VG+ Previous owner's name on blank...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Jean Genet in Tangier : 1974 book – Introduction by Burroughs, translated by Paul Bowles
£35.00£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 -
Jean Cocteau : The Man & The Mirror 1968 biography
£10.00 1968 biography by Elizabeth Sprigge & Jean-Jacques Kihm published in Uk by Victor...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
Jean Genet – The Balcony UK 1st edition Play & 1st run programme
£25.00 1957 Uk Hardback 1st edition of Genet's seminal play Condition : VG++ No previous Owner's...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
Jean Genet -Our Lady of the Flowers – 1957 Olympia Press English language edition
£45.00 No 36 in Maurice Girodias' infamous Traveller's Companion series -which included Burroughs Naked...Category: Beat Writers, Books, Collections, Novel, TheatreView 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 -
The Unfortunates by B.S Johnson : 1969 Hardback -complete
£175.00 27 sections; 20 cm; 1 box Subjects: Johnson, B S (Bryan Stanley) 1933-1973 Experimental fiction A...Category: 1st Edition, Books, NovelView Details -
Bill Drummond 45 book : signed copy
SOLD Pub by Little Brown 2000 Paperback Only To order: please click the enquiry button or email...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Music Book, SignedView Details -
Ken Kesey The Day After Superman Died – signed
£175.00 Limited edition of 300 copies - signed Presentation copy Condition : Near Fine : No jacket ...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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Colin Wilson – Introduction to the New Existentialism 1967 1st edition
£60.00£45.00 US 1st paperback edition VG+ : Wear on spine otherwise clean copy Other Colin Wilson : Colin...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Colin Wilson – Poetry and Mysticism 1969 City Lights
£25.00 1st edition 1969 : Published by City Light San Francisco Condition : VG++ : Looks unread,...Category: 1st Edition, Books, PoetryView Details -
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Trail Of Cthulhu – August Derleth (after H.P Lovecraft) – 1962 Arkham Press 1st edition
£135.00£125.00 1962 US Hardback first edition 2500 copies printed A collection of five Cthulhu Mythos stories...Category: 1st Edition, Books, NovelView Details -
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Adrift in London by Colin Wilson British 1st edition Hardback or 1st Paperback
£20.00 – £45.00 Willson's classic novel set more in Notting Hill than Soho but still captures a snapshot of the...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, Books, NovelView Details -
Psychedelic Baby Reaches Puberty – Peter Stafford
£25.00 This copy came from the book shelf of Steve Abrams - Soma organiser and the Legalise Pot Rallies...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
Dan Dare’s Anastasia Jet Plane original 1955 Presso Book
£125.00 Approx : 38cm x 25cm 16 pages This 1955 (undated) book consists of the 8 page, illustrated Dan...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Juvenile / ChildrenView Details -
Michael English 3-D Eye (1982 edition)
£10.00 1982 reprint of Michael English's book of graphic designs for posters etc Spanning his early...Category: Art, Art & Artists, Art & Artists, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Hapshash & The Coloured Coat, Music Posters : Gigs , Festivals, Posters, Psychedelia, Psychedelic, Swinging LondonView Details -
“Hands Across the Water” Wings Tour USA – US 1st edition 1978
£10.00 Clean US 1st edition paperback (no HB issued) All photos by Hipgnosis' Aubrey Powell foreword by...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Music Book, PhotographyView Details -
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Linda Pictures : Linda McCartney – Signed UK HB, Unsigned US HB and Paperback available
£20.00 – £375.00 According to Danny Fields, who hired Linda Eastman as a photographer on numerous occasions for...Category: 1st Edition, Beatles, Books, Memorabilia, Music Book, Photography, SignedView Details -
Corinne Day Diary : Sealed copy
SOLD Corinne's only book published with her lifetime and controversial for all the wrong reasons...Category: Art & Artists, Autobiography/ Biography, Books, PhotographyView Details -
Drag by Roger Baker 1968 HB & 1994 Updated PB edition
£45.00 Lot of 2 books : the original edition was published in 1968 and was subtitled A History of Female...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, TheatreView Details -
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Birds of Britain 1967 Book … and LP also available (separately)
£45.00 – £225.00 Iconic Swinging London title right and wrong for all the wrong and right reasons British female...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Film Tie In / TV, Photography, Swinging LondonView Details -
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Allen Jones – Prints : 1995 Exhibition companion / catalogue
£50.00£45.00 Condition : New ; paperback -unread , spine unbroken Minor indentation on back cover comes with...Category: Art, Art & Artists, BooksView Details -
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail
£45.00 – £125.00 Hunter S Thompson rides out on the Gonzo Campaign trail to cover the 1972 Presidential election...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
Linder : Linder Sterling 2013 Hanover Catalogue
£100.00 As new : several images from Secret Public - New Hormones 1978 publication with Jon Savage : The...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Art & Artists, Books, Collections, PUNK, PUNKView 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 -
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 -
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William Burroughs Soft Machine US Grove Press first editions : Signed and unsigned
£125.00 – £500.00 Soft Machine was first published by the Olympia Press in Paris in 1961 The US edition text is...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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William Burroughs Soft Machine 1961 Olympia press first edition / 1st printing with original text
£1,500.00£1,250.00 Signed and dedicated by Burroughs in green pen to beat writer and publisher Allen De...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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William Burroughs Exterminator 1960 US 1st edition
£275.00£250.00 Published by the Auerhahn Press San Francisco this book has the distinction of being Burrough first...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, 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 -
William S. Burroughs : A Collector’s Guide by Eric Shoaf
£15.00 Useful 2015 Burroughs bibliography that builds on the 1978 Maynard & Miles ( Indica Bookshop...Category: Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
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William Burroughs Interzone US Viking proof
£120.00£95.00 Interzone was Naked Lunch's original title and this material was written in Tangier during the...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView 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 -
Pete Townshend : The Age of Anxiety : A novel 2019 Signed UK HB 1st
SOLD Townshend's well received novel from 2019 , signed on the title page Condition : As new :...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Music Book, NovelView Details -
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Alice in Wonderland : 1973 set of 6 Posters by John Minnion
£350.00£300.00 A set of 6 posters from the Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass exhibition held at the...Category: Art & Artists, Art & Artists, Juvenile / Children, Posters, BooksView Details -
Masquerade by Kit Williams UK HB 1st edition 1979 book or 1981 calendar.
£55.00 – £100.00 Famous treasure hunt book that caused a sensation at the time of publication, and then a minor...Category: 1st Edition, Art, BooksView Details -
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Cruising A novel by Gerald Waker 1971 UK HB 1st edition : Al Pacino interest
£375.00£275.00 This novel, 1st published in 1970 in the US, caused something of a stir for exposing an otherwise...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
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Linda ‘Lovelace’ Boreman (star of Deep Throat) lot of 3 books Intimate Diary/ Ordeal / Out Of Bondage
£45.00£40.00 A lot of 3 books relating to the infamous 1970s adult film star Linda Lovelace, best known for Deep...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Marjorie Cameron : Songs For the Witch Woman (Crowley, Kenneth Anger interest).
£125.00 Although this book is titled Songs For the Witch Woman it is the catalogue for the 2015 MOCA...Category: 1st Edition, Art, Art & Artists, Books, Film Tie In / TVView Details -
Horizon periodical 1968 “The Hippies’ Article : 1 Don Synder’s Bobby Beausoleil photo, Leary, Psychedelic Art, Morning Star commune
£35.00 – £40.00 Horizon was a US seasonal arts periodical, published 4 times a year This is a 120 page hardback...Category: 1st Edition, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Film Tie In / TV, Photography, Books, CollectionsView 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 -
Andy Warhol’s Pork handbill and programme : 1971 Roundhouse, London
SOLD Original ephemera from Warhol's infamous stage production of Pork at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm,...Category: Art, Art & Artists, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Memorabilia, Swinging London, Theatre, Tour ProgrammesView Details -
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Jamie Reid Up They Rise : The Incomplete Works of : Faber 1987 (Jon Savage)
£95.00 – £125.00 Paperback only, 144 pages : B&W images throughout - No colour This is half way between and ...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Music Book, PUNK, PUNKView Details -
Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov; Olympia Press & Kubrick Film tie-in
£45.00 Nabokov's infamous novel was first published in Paris by the equally infamous Olympia Press#6 in...Category: Books, Film & TV, Film Tie In / TV, MemorabiliaView Details -
HASH by Nichol Fleming 1971 drug-exploitation novel.
£95.00 1971 UK novel by Nichol Fleming 1939-1995, Ian Fleming's nephew He wrote four novels including...Category: 1st Edition, BooksView Details -
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Bob Dylan Tarantula : USA, UK 1st & bootleg editions
£45.00 – £225.00 Outside his lyrical work Dylan hasn published very little in terms of prose or other written...Category: 1st Edition, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Music Book, NovelView Details -
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Timothy Leary Start Your Own Religion 1967 1st edition : Millbrook.
£475.00£425.00 Leary's 3rd, non academic title -Published by League for Spiritual Discovery (Kriya Press of Sri...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, Counter Culture/ Underground Press, Psychedelia, Books, CollectionsView Details -
Timothy Leary The Politics of Ecstasy U.S HB 1st edition
SOLD Scarce 1st edition of Leary's 4th -non-academic- published book 1968 by GP Putnam Condition : ...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, 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
£45.00£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 -
Through Beatnik Eyeballs – 1961 UK exploitation paperback
£80.00 by R A Norton Published by Pedigree Books, London, 1961 A Novel of Teen-age Life + Beatnik...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, Books, Collections, Counter Culture/ Underground PressView Details -
The Hippy’s Handbook : How to Live on Love : The 1st & Only Complete Guide… 1967 USA Exploitation
£95.00 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 -
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 -
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 -
Rolling Stone Hunter S. Thompson 1974 article Fear & Loathing in Washington : Boys in the Bag article
£20.00 + Great Jane Fonda In Vietnam article + The Carpenters + Zappa _ Ralph Steadman...Category: Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Hunter S. Thompson The Great Shark Hunt 1983 US Paperback
£20.00 Early printing of the 1st edition Paperback Condition ~: See Photo : VG : Read : no previous...Category: Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Hunter S. Thompson : 1973 Rolling Stone Article – Fear & Loathing The Past -The End of the Campaign Trail
£30.00 9 page article relating to Thompson's stand in the US election- see Hunter S Thompson, Fear And...Category: 1st Edition, Beat Writers, BooksView Details -
Hunter S. Thompson : 1972 Rolling Stone Article – Nixon Bites the Bomb
£45.00 Condition : Complete, no previous owner’s markings, no writing, no loose pages, no clippings, no...Category: 1st Edition, 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 -
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When The Going Gets Weird : A Very Unauthorized biography of Hunter S. Thompson
£25.00£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 Rum Diaries Audio Book : 4 cassettes.
£15.00 The Lost Novel -Simon & Schuster Audiobooks USA 4 x unplayed cassettes - 45 hours read by...Category: Beat Writers, Books, NovelView Details