James Truman Introduction (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Hardocver - 1st. UK Print - NEW/NEW (Signed Copy sticker on DJ - isbn sticker on back of DJ) - Boldly Signed by Bryan Ferry on title page - Bryan Ferry's work as a singer and songwriter, both as a solo artist and with Roxy Music, is legendary. - Lyrics collects the words written for music across seventeen albums, from the first iconic Roxy album of 1972 via the masterpiece of Avalon to 2014's reflective Avonmore, introduced by the author, and with an insightful essay by James Truman. - All the classic Roxy anthems are here - 'Virginia Plain', 'Do the Strand', 'Love is the Drug' - songs in which the real and the make-believe blend in a kaleidoscopic mix, shot through with cinematic allure. Also included are the evocative lyrics of romantic longing and lost illusions for which Ferry is rightly revered: 'Slave to Love', 'Mother of Pearl', 'More Than This'. As he writes in his preface, 'The low points in life so often produce the most keenly felt and best-loved songs.' And, it might be added, some of the best poetry. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine to fine condition. First edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Original illustrated white boards with black lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Inside flap and front endpapers with continuous printed text, as is photo-illustrated back flap and back endpapers. Inscribed "To Brian Watson F/K LA 9.9.94" on title page. "Broodingly powerful, intensely emotional, selectively erotic, and always dramatic, this collection of truly extraordinary images, published here in book form for the first time, bears witness to the quarter-century-long career of one of the greatest photographers-Albert Watson." (Truman). Includes photographs of Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson, Gore Vidal, Alfred Hitchcock, Jeff Koons, and Britain's Royal Family.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1994). 4to. 1st edition. 'Raube' inmarked to edges of leaves affecting some pages. Smudging to verso of f.f.e.p Light shelfwear and soiling to boards and d.j. VG/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: vg to fine. First edition. Signed and dated in gold "Watson N.Y.C.94." vertically on title page. Folio. Unpaginated. Original illustrated white boards with black lettering on cover and spine, in original matching dustjacket. Illustrated inside covers. Title page and book design by David Carson. Colophon at rear with details on design and production. "The photographs in this book arrive from several different sources. Some began as commercial commissions: album covers for, among others, Sade and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Many more were magazine assignments: celebrity portraits, fashion portfolios, reportage, the cultural beat. Others originate in the photographer's private whims-snapshots from the road, a hobbyist's excursion, a personal obsession. They share a singular quality: each is identifiably an Albert Watson photograph." (James Truman). Illustrated with 246 quadratone plates, including five two-page gatefolds. Dustjacket and binding with light wear along edges. Dustjacket and binding in overall very good, interior in fine condition. Signed.…

Condition: Gebraucht - Sehr gut. leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband. Seiten sehr gut erhalten.