Search Results: Titles starting with M from Bynx, LLX

London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. First Edition. 240pp. Hardcover: FINE. Dust Wrapper: Wrapper: FINE. SIGNED in black and gold marker pens in stylish, pictorial fashion with an added heart shape drawing with the words "All you Need is Love".
"Alan Aldridge burst upon the creative scene of sixties London just like The Beatles, with whom he worked. His imaginative designs and intoxicating, color-rich images captured the dreams and hallucinations of the psychedelic era for a generation, and for generations to come. In The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics, on album covers for The Who, Cream, and Elton John, on the notorious Chelsea Girls poster for Andy Warhol, and on innovative covers for Penguin Books, Aldridge fully expressed the spirit of his time. "This illustrated autobiography charts Aldridge's life as a graphic entertainer, covering his whole exuberant career from 1963 up to the present. Interspersed with hundreds of images are extraordinary stories about how the projects came about and Aldridge's… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1973. First Illustrated Edition. 275pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. This edition includes 10 full-page drawings, a biographical sketch of Bradbury and a list of his body of work. Book is solid, some minor bumping to spine and a few pencil marks on the front endsheet. Dust Wrapper has minor chips, some sunning to spine and smudges on the rear flap. SIGNED by Bradbury on the half title.
Bradbury's first major work and a science fiction landmark, The Martian Chronicles is a series of short stories describing the first attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars. The interwoven stories result in an emotional impact that is uncommon in science fiction of that era. Bradbury's significant contribution to science fiction / fantasy is undeniable. An asteroid is named after him, and a crater on the Moon is named after his novel Dandelion Wine. In 2007, Bradbury received a special citation from the Pulitzer board for his "distinguished, prolific and deeply… Read More