G Barry Golson Editor (10 results)
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Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Book Club Edition (BCE). Contains the complete, word-for-word texts of the interviews with Lennon conducted shortly before his death in 1980, plus unpublished conversations & Lennon's song-by-song analysis of his music. Orig. published in Playboy magazine, this is a Bo…ok Club Edition (BCE) of the First Hardcover edition from 1981 (we are also offering the First mass market paperback edition; please see our listing #017476 ). 8vo. 203 pp + Epilogue + 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. Pink paper over boards lettered in bright gilt to front & spine. Condition is Fine: as clean & bright as brand new! The unclipped DJ is VG, with mild-moderate edgewear, small chips to both ends of spine & corners, slight rubbing; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Published by Playboy Press, New York, 1981
- Hardcover
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, CanadaWestside Stories
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. A Solid Book, Bumped Slightly At Spine Ends. No Marks Or Inscriptions. Pink Hard Cover Boards With Bright Gilt Title On Front And Spine. Dj Is Not Price Clipped But Has Chipping To Spine Ends With A Small Piece Missing From Top Rear. Shelf Rubbing T…o All Edges Ans Minor Aging To Spine.
More imagesPublished by The Playboy Press, 1981
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.My Book Heaven
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. David Sheff; G. Barry Golson (editor) The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono The Playboy Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover first edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. This book is The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono, a compilation of conversations between John Lenno…n, Yoko Ono, and interviewer David Sheff, edited by G. Barry Golson. Background The interviews were conducted in September 1980, just three months before Lennon's tragic death in December of that year. They originally appeared in Playboy magazine's January 1981 issue, but this book collects the complete transcripts, including sections not published in the magazine. Content ? Personal reflections: Lennon and Ono discuss their relationship, creative partnership, and daily life together. ? Music commentary: Lennon provides a song-by-song analysis of much of his work with both The Beatles and his solo career, explaining inspirations, lyrical choices, and studio experiences. ? Philosophy & worldview: The interviews explore Lennon's thoughts on fame, politics, peace activism, and spirituality, as well as Ono's avant-garde artistic vision. ? Unpublished material: Beyond the magazine version, this volume includes extended dialogues and private reflections that add depth to Lennon's voice in his final months. Significance ? It stands as Lennon's last major interview, offering a direct window into his mindset at the very end of his life. ? The song analyses are especially valuable to fans and scholars, since Lennon rarely dissected his own music in such detail elsewhere. ? It has become an important historical document, capturing not only Lennon's voice but also his evolving partnership with Ono.

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Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bookworks
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated), First Printing, 1981. Clean and tightly bound with unmarked contents. Light fading to the cover edges and faint spotting to top text block edge. A previous owner's personal library blindstamp is on the front free endpaper. The… unclipped dust jacket shows very shelf wear only, almost near fine. A nice copy. International shipping and domestic Priority Mail may require added postage charges.
More imagesPublished by Playboy Press, 1981
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.Dearly Departed Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Name on the upper edge of the front endpaper has been covered with black marker. Rubs to the jacket's corners. 2" diagonal crease at the rear panel's upper right edge.

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Seller: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Enterprise Books
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Thick Hardcover HB. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ As New. NO defects. NO notes or ANY MARKINGS. None. DJ, New not clipped ($19.95); Ships in a box, USA; Thick 8vo; 721 pages.
More imagesThe Playboy Interviews With John Lennon & Yoko Ono
John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Interviews conducted by David Sheff , Editor G. Barry Golson
Language: English
Published by Playboy Press / PEI books Inc. / Harper & Roe, New York, 1981
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- First Edition
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, CanadaM.A.D. fiction
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated first printing of a fine hardcover in a fine dustjacket. The complete interviews of John Lennon & Yoko Ono conducted by David Sheff on behalf of Playboy Magazine just two months before his death in 1980. Only portions of these interviews w…ere published in the magazine, but after his death the complete texts were published in book form for the first time. Lennon as he was being interviewed decided to review his personal and professional life for the first time. A somewhat scarce first edition in this condition. Edited by G. Barry Golson.
More imagesThe Playboy Interviews with John Lennon & Yoko Ono [FIRST EDITION] [VINTAGE 1981]
Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko; Sheff, David (interviewer); Golson, G. Barry (editor)
Language: English
Published by Playboy Press, New York, 1981
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition light gray boards, maroon cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Foreword; Introduction and Epilogue. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photogra…phic plates. A stamped letter "P" at the lower page edge and two tiny 1/16th inch indents at lower board edge. (see photographs). All pages are in very fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in extremely tight and square unread condition (see photographs). "Just two months before John Lennon was shot on December 8, 1980, he and his wife, Yoko Ono, had completed what would become the most exhaustive and thorough interview sessions of his life. The couple had been retired from public life for five years, and had reemerged in a burst of creativity to record some new music - and with much to say. It was during these long sessions with Playboy interviewer David Sheff that Lennon decided to review his personal and professional life in full - often movingly, sometimes bitingly, and always honestly. The magazine version of the interviews was on the newstands as the tragedy took place in the archway of the Lennons' apartment building. Playboy's twenty million readers therefore had the inteview in their hands when the news was announced and durring the days of vigil and remembrance that followed. As Los Angeles Times art editor Charles Champlin would later write, "David Sheff's sympathetic questions evoked so much of the Beatle past and of Lennon's intellectual past and present and future plans that the interview would hardly have been less engrossing and important even if it were not illuminated by tragedy." But even though Playboy's interviews are noted for their length, only a portion of the over twenty hours of conversation could be published that month. There remained many more hours of unpullished thoughts, memories, and insights from th brilliant mind that helped to shape a generation. These have now been transcribed and integrated into the original magazine interview to provide readers with what is undoubedly the autobiography Lennon would never write. Those close to Lennon called th magazine interview his "final testament," so this book represents perhaps the "complete testament," as nearly two-thirds of the material here has never been published before. In his own words, Lennon thrashes out his feelings about the Beatles, recalls the insanity of sex and drugs and hero worship during the Sixties, becomes lyrical about the love and tranquility of his family life, triggers his own choked memories of his mother and his childhood, analyzes the excitement about the future and a life that "begins at forty," and, for the first time, comments on virtually every song he wrote with and without Paul McCartney. Throughout, Yoko Ono also speaks movingly about what it was like to be the one accused of breaking up the Beatles, about her own life and work since, and about the rigors of being married to a legend. For those who loved John Lennon, and for those curious about his life and his art, this is the one, indispensable source book." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. LoPrete, Tere (book design) (illustrator).
Published by NY, PLAYBOY PRESS, 1981
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. "CLASSIC CONVERSATIONS" FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD.

THE PLAYBOY INTERVIEWS WITH JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO
John Lennon, Yoko Ono, David Sheff, G. Barry Golson (editor)
Published by Playboy Press, New York, 1981
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.