George Harrison Derek Taylor (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wear consistent with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and page block edges. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. This Book is in Good condition - WEAR, NICKS, AND SOME TEARS TO EDGES OF DJ, BOOK ITSELF IS VERY GOOD. See our picture for exact item you will receive. All items ship within 24 hours. Packaging is 100% Recyclable. Most items purchased from Charitable organizations. A portion of each sale is also donated to a monthly charity, check your package for this month's charity. Reuse-Recycle-Rebook.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, a small dent on bottom edge of cover and a couple of light dents in surface of covers, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. This copy has some handling marks and wear. Slipcase has foxing to the printed paper label. 15mm white paint mark to upper margin of slipcase, and some traces of whit paint along lower margin of slipcase. Some rubbing to edges of slipcase. Book has some rubbing and some indentations or grooves running along the leather at margins of boards near spine. Some rubbing to leather on face of spine. A 30 scuff mark with light indentation to top gilt page edges near the spine. Lower gilt pages have a deeper groove about 13mm long and 1mm deep near the spine. Overall book is near very good. Loosely included are some pages printed from the internet circa 2013: "As a result of George and Derek travelling to the Southern Hemisphere specifically to promote Fifty Years Adrift, half the edition was sold down there [. . .] 2,000 copies were made in brown half-leather and each one is autographed by George Harrison, Derek Taylor and by ex-Bonzo Dog member Larry Smith, who created the endpapers." - from the webpage "Genesis Publications: The Hall of Fame: Fifty Years Adrift".; This copy is number 161 of a limited edition of 2,000 signed copies. x, 541, [3], [2 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + plates. Brown half calf leather binding with brown cloth boads. Gilt and red illustration on front board. All page edges gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Page dimensions: 240 x 170mm. With slipcase. Illustrated. Illustrations include some tipped-in illustrations. Bookmark ribbon with yellow facsimile Monterey International Pop Music Festival ticket attached at end. Signed by Derek Taylor in blue ink on the limitation page. Signed by George Harrison in brown ink on the Foreword, page vii. Signed by Larry Smith in pencil on page viii.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Pub by Genesis Publications, Ltd, 1984, Limited Edition #644/2000. SIGNED by author Derek Taylor on limitation page, & by George Harrison at bottom of Foreword, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. NOT exLib. Fine or better cond. hardcover in As-New original slipcase, no dj, as issued. Brown cloth over bds, 3/4 brown leather w/ burgundy title block & bright gilt dec & lettering on spine. Beautiful gem-like bright gilt & burgundy pict dec on front cover, all edges bright gilt. Decorative endpapers. Burgundy silk ribbon marker w/ yellow facsimile ticket bookmark. Well illustrated in color & b&w. 543pp. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean except as noted, overall Fine or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. NOTE: Unfortunately not available for out-of-country shipment. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Guildford, Genesis Publications Limited in Association with Hedley New Zealand & Hedley Australia, 1984. Small quarto, x, 544 pages, often printed in colours, with numerous illustrations (many by Roy Williams), facsimile documents, and 2 mounted colour ticket facsimiles plus 56 pages of plates (from photographs) and 27 other pages of plates (19 in colour, the frontispiece with a tissue-guard), ticket-facsimile ribbon marker, and pictorial endpapers by Larry Smith. Gilt-blocked half brown calf and cloth with a red morocco title-label on the spine; all edges gilt; leather slightly scuffed; an excellent copy (internally fine) in the excellent slipcase (very slightly rubbed). Number 1653 of 2000 copies signed by The Beatles guitarist George Harrison (the editor), Derek Taylor (the author, and publicist for The Beatles), and 'ex Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band drummer "Legs" Larry Smith' (who designed the endpapers). The autobiography of Derek Wyn Taylor (1932-1997), British publicist and record producer. '15,000 words contributed by George Harrison. His introduction and text are interwoven throughout Derek's text. Read in George's own words who probably suggested the name The Beatles. He also writes about Brian Epstein, Stuart Sutcliffe and John in Hamburg and more. Derek Taylor's autobiography [comprises] a massive 250,000 words. Life with The Beatles on tour and at Apple; working with the Byrds, Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper, Monty Python, Harrison Ford and many others' (from the prospectus). Offered together with a copy of the original prospectus (quarto, 4 pages, printed in three colours, in excellent condition). [2 items]. Signed.…

Condition: Near Fine. Signed/Limited. Fifty Years Adrift is Derek Taylor's richly personal memoir, conceived as an intimate gift for Beatles associate Alistair Taylor before being expanded into a full-scale work for Genesis Publications in 1984. Written with Taylor's signature blend of wit, nostalgia, and sharp observation, it moves from his early career in British journalism through his pivotal role as the Beatles' press officer and close friend. The narrative captures the cultural upheaval of the 1960s from the inside, offering candid portraits of the band, their circle, and the changing world they helped define. This copy bears the signature of George Harrison, adding a direct link to the history Taylor so vividly recounts. Signed and Limited to 2000 copies of which this is 1200. Signed by George Harrison, Derek Taylor (the Beatles' publicist) and Larry Smith (illustrator). A few scuffs to leather, still near fine in fine, lightly rubbed publisher's slipcase. An extremely bright, clean, and tight copy. Half calf backed cloth boards, red morocco spine label, title and ruled in gilt, compartments decorated in gilt. Illustrated endpapers (by Derek Taylor), edges gilt. In publisher's brown paper slipcase, paper title label. Signed. …

SIGNED BY DEREK TAYLOR & GEORGE HARRISON, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt lettering & tooling/decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt rule with gilt & red illus to front board, gilt rule & author signature to rear board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 541pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor discolouration to leatherwork- otherwise a beautiful specimen) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling to title plate).…

First edition, number 41 of 2,000 copies signed by George Harrison, Derek Taylor (the Beatles' publicist), and the illustrator Larry Smith. Fifty Years Adrift is the autobiography of Taylor and the companion to I Me Mine. "Taylor was many things: an elegant writer who could flip into the crudest, earthiest language; a press officer who would go beyond the call of duty at the same time as he placed advertorial copy in the pop magazines of the time; a Beatle intimate taking remedial acid trips with John Lennon at the same time as he was an employee, if not a servant. He defined and extended what it was to be a PR at the same time as he retained a cool, journalistic eye. In the end, he preserved what was best about the high Sixties for future generations" (Savage). Jon Savage, "The fifth Beatle, Derek Taylor", GQ. Quarto. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 82 plates (18 colour), facsimile tickets tipped to pp. 177 and 343, illustrations and colour printing in text. With errata slip loosely inserted. Original half calf, spine with red label and lettered and decorated in gilt, brown cloth sides, sides and corners ruled with single gilt fillet, vignette on front cover in red and gilt, rear cover with Derek Taylor's signature stamped in gilt, illustrated endpapers from a design by Larry Smith, edges gilt, original red silk ribbon and colour concert ticket bookmark. With publisher's brown slipcase, paper title label. A few scuffs, spine sunned and with several splash marks: a near-fine copy in very good slipcase with some abrasions and sunning. …

Condition: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Limited first edition, number 666 of 2,000 copies signed by Beatle George Harrison and Derek Taylor. x, 544 pp. Publisher's brown half calf binding over cloth boards, all edges gilt, housed in brown paper cover slipcase with paper title label. Near Fine with light wear to leather and rubbing to letting, faint musty odor to contents. Slipcase lightly worn and with several faint spots of foxing to title label. Written by Taylor and edited and annotated by Harrison, who also wrote the forward. Taylor served as The Beatles' publicist, and was one of several people who earned the moniker "The Fifth Beatle." A lovely piece of music memorabilia, most notably signed by "the Quiet Beatle," whose work solo and with the group was consistently ambitious and often experimental. Signed.…