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New York: Signet Books - New American Library, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 127 pp. Signet Book D2652. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. The Chapters are: His Predecessors; His Image; His Women; His Adversaries; and His Future..

London: Carlton Books, 2013. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 288 pp. Glossy pictorial boards. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustajcket. Stories about Keith Moon; Iggy Pop; Gene Simmons; Keith Richards; Axl Rose; Johnny Rotten; Jim Morrison; and many, many others..

Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig Publishers, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 4to. 96 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and a flat uncreased spine; small ink mark on the half-title page. Illustrated with mostly colour photographs and a fold-out poster..

Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 192 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Subtitled: How to Catch a Great White Shark - Perform the Vulcan Nerve Pinch - Track a Fugitive - and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills. The Chapters are: GOOD GUY SKILLS: How to Secure - Spy Proof a Hotel Room; How to Track a Fugitive; How to Interrogate a Suspect; How to Secure and Read a Crime Scene; How to Take Fingerprints; How to Catch a Great White Shark; How to Tell When Someone Is Really Dead; How to Save a Patient Who Has Flat-lined; How to Survive in Prison When You're Wrongfully Incarcerated; How to Drive a Bus at High Speed; How to Negotiate a Hostage Crisis and Buy More Time; How to Take a Bullet; How to Save Someone Who's Hanging from a Cliff. LOVE SKILLS: How to Stop a Wedding; How to Dirty Dance; How to Make and Use a Love Potion; How to Pick Someone Up in a Bar; How to Turn… Read More

New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (xxx) 240 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Preface by Marisa Smith and Amy Schewel; Introduction by Jeanine Basinger; Interview with Nikos Psacharopoulos; The Monologues; Monologue Profile Reference Guide; Afterword; Sources; and Index. There are far too many memorable monologues here to mention them all but some of the highlights are: Mr Deeds Goes to Town; Mr Smith Goes to Washington; It's a Wonderful Life; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Knute Rockne, All American - One for the Gipper; On the Waterfront - Stella; Elmer Gantry - What Is Love; To Kill a Mockingbird; Dog Day Afternoon; Raging Bull; and many, many more..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 199 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block. Illustrated with colour plates and black and white photographs. Subtitled: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band..

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. 182 pp. Burgundy boards decorated in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; previous owner's name inside. Stories about Sir John Gielgud, told by: J. C. Trewin; Angus McBean; Emlyn Williams; Christopher Fry; Alec Guinness; John Mortimer; Peggy Ashcroft; Harold Hobson; Irene Worth; Peter Brook; Michael Billington; Alan Bennett; Michael Coveney; and Derek Granger; followed by a postscript, a chronology and an index..

New York: A. S. Barnes, 1980. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 341 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; yellow endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings..

New York: Macfadden Bartell, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Second Printing. 96 pp. Macfadden Book 50-210. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: B-Day Minus; B-Day; B-ginnings; Skiffling Along; Vass Iss Dese Kids?; Braintrust Beatle; And Up It Was; B-Day Revisited; From Carnegie to Cassius; and Epi(c)logue..

London: Robson Books, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 148 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. More than just a nostalgic look at the break-up of a supergroup at the end of the heady days of the Swinging Sixties, this is a record of the extraordinary experiences of one girl who wanted more than anything to have a personal relationship with unreachable, untouchable people - and the inevitable clash when the worlds of fan and rock star collided. The Chapters are: When We Was Fab - and It Was All Too Much; Twist and Shout - and Scream a Lot Too; Band on the Run - but the Fans Keep Catching Up; Sun King; Yesterday; Here Comes the Sun; Act Naturally - but Don't Stop Playing Drums; Little Chance of Peace Down Abbey Road; I'm So Tired - but Not Dead; All Things Must Pass - Even the Beatles; I Should Have Known Better - but I Didn't; and Get… Read More

London: Robson Books, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 148 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. More than just a nostalgic look at the break-up of a supergroup at the end of the heady days of the Swinging Sixties, this is a record of the extraordinary experiences of one girl who wanted more than anything to have a personal relationship with unreachable, untouchable people - and the inevitable clash when the worlds of fan and rock star collided. The Chapters are: When We Was Fab - and It Was All Too Much; Twist and Shout - and Scream a Lot Too; Band on the Run - but the Fans Keep Catching Up; Sun King; Yesterday; Here Comes the Sun; Act Naturally - but Don't Stop Playing Drums; Little Chance of Peace Down Abbey Road; I'm So Tired - but Not Dead; All Things Must Pass - Even the Beatles; I Should Have Known Better - but I Didn't; and Get… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 287 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..

Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 594 pp. Red cloth lettered in white on the front panel and spine. No dustjacket, as issued. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings. The Chapters are: The Directors; Major Films Cited in This Volume; Serials Cited in This Volume; and Bibliography. The Directors section contains too many names to list here but some of the highlights are: Franklin Andreon; Dorothy Arzner; William Asher; Lionel Barrymore; Ford L. Beebe; Spencer Gordon Bennet; Christy Cabanne; William Castle; Roger Corman; Jack Donohue; Jose Ferrer; Hugo Haas; Ben Hecht; Joseph Kane; Albert Lewin; George Marshall; Ozzie Nelson; George Pal; Lesley Selander; R. G. Springsteen; Alfred Zeisler; and many more..

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1984. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 290 pp. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings..

Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 432 pp. Trade paperback format. This is a new, unread copy, signed by the author. Illustrated in black and white. A bibliography of books by and about The Beatles. The Chapters are: Year-by-Year; By Author; By Title; By the Group: Harrison, George; Lennon, John; McCartney, Paul; and Starr, Ringo..

Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, 2008. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 484 pp. Trade paperback format. This is a new, unread copy, signed by the author. Illustrated in black and white. The book gathers together, in an A-to-Z format, the people who touched the lives of the most famous band of all time. Friends, families, enemies, lovers and wives, producers and promoters, writers, journalists, photographers, and the authors who fed the machine that took The Beatles to the pinnacle of modern art; a comprehensive, up-to-date encyclopedia that collects the Beatles' recordings and awards, concerts, television appearances, movies and et cetera..

United States: Apple Corps Limited - Hallmark Cards, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. The Beatles Calendar for 1995, still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Black and white photographs..

New York: Avon Books, 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First American Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and a light crease on the front cover; previous owner's name inside. Profusely illustrated in black and white with album covers and photographs. The Chapters are: British Section: Chronological Index to Record Releases in Great Britain; American Section: Chronological Index to Record Releases in the USA; Appendices: With a Little Help from Their Friends; The Paul Is Dead Story; Unreleased Studio Recordings; The Hamburg Recordings and other non-EMI Recordings; The Beatles' Bootlegs; The Beatles in the BMRB Chart 1962 - 1982; Song Recording Dates; and The Beatles' Christmas Records..

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..

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… Read More