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Published by Futura Publications, 1985
ISBN 10: 0708830242ISBN 13: 9780708830246
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin, 1970
ISBN 10: 0140029362ISBN 13: 9780140029369
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Penguin UK, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141390018ISBN 13: 9780141390017
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin Books, 1970
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1970. First Edition Thus. 251 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Penguin, London, 2000
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. New introduction and afterword by author. 594pp.
Published by Penguin UK, 2006
ISBN 10: 0141025549ISBN 13: 9780141025544
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin, 1970
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Signed
Condition: Good. 1970. 1970 Reprint. 251 pages. Signed by the author. Orange pictorial paperback. Front endpaper has been signed by the Author and dedicated. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1970
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Book
Paper. Condition: Good-. Trog (cover) (illustrator). First Thus. In Great Britain in 1958, before jazz clubs became part of the professional TOUR; they were places to hang out. They were temples to New Orleans, that provided warm sex and cold coffee. This was the world of JAZZ singer, George Melly. 251 pages of club tours, fast women, easy drinks and conflicting personalities. Cond: Orange coloured paper wrapper with a b/w drawing (Trog) of ` Melly with a fag' on the cover. Lightly worn rubbed and bumped at all edges. Corners soft . Spine roll, light fray at spine tail, yet still tight. Pages sli. yellowed. No names, no marks, no creases nor tears. Quote (p. 200 ) : " . with my apprenticeship to Flook , and from then on I saw every production at the Court and the Arts. It was Ian Christie who first persuaded me to go. ` Its a play about the chaps', he told me enthusiastically. I began to buy pictures again, and less constructively was for a short but disastrous period involved in the private chemmy parties which . .".
Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1974
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Book
Paper. Condition: VG-. Trog (cover) (illustrator). Reprint. In Great Britain in 1958, before jazz clubs became part of the professional TOUR; they were places to hang out. They were temples to New Orleans, that provided warm sex and cold coffee. This was the world of JAZZ singer, George Melly. 251 pages of club tours, fast women, easy drinks and conflicting personalities. Cond: Orange coloured paper wrapper with a b/w drawing (Trog) of ` Melly with a fag' on the cover. Lightly worn rubbed and bumped at all edges. Corners soft . Starting at spine tail, yet still mostly tight. One light crease, spine tail is soft, pages sli. yellowed. P/O name,but no marks nor tears. Quote (p. 200 ) : " . with my apprenticeship to Flook , and from then on I saw every production at the Court and the Arts. It was Ian Christie who first persuaded me to go. ` Its a play about the chaps', he told me enthusiastically. I began to buy pictures again, and less constructively was for a short but disastrous period involved in the private chemmy parties which . .".
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: USED Fair. No Jacket. Inscribed by Author.
Published by Penguin, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141390018ISBN 13: 9780141390017
Seller: Champ & Mabel Collectibles, San Pedro, CA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Softcover. Condition: Good. [x], 594p. Signed by author on title page. Cover edges scraped and corners worn with creased spine. Autobiography of the English jazz singer encompassing three memoirs: Scouse Mouse weaves a story of his Liverpudlian childhood, Rum, Bum and Concertina describes his time in the National Service, and Owning Up details the beginnings of his career in the London jazz revival scene. (8-3/8"x5-1/4").
Published by Penguin Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141390018ISBN 13: 9780141390017
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
First Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing. With a new introduction by the author. Presentation inscription in green ink by author on first page. Very slight wear at edges of front cover Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy VG paperback.
Published by Penguin Classics, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141390018ISBN 13: 9780141390017
Seller: Chris Barmby MBE. C & A. J. Barmby, Kent, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 594pp. Inscribed to Jean on the Title page. Very good clean condition but creases to bottom corner illustrated card. Heavy volume and export post and packing would be more than quoted by abe. Inscribed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Weidenfeld and Nicolson; First Edition 1965 hardback no jacket red boards, 204 pages Illustrated by Trog, ex library book with usual label, markings and stamps. scuffs to faded spine edge and light soiling to boards but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.
Published by Penguin Books, 1981
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Signed
Reprint. Sm. 8vo. Paperback. 251pp. + [i] + [iv] adverts. Illus. by Trog. Marginal browning, edges of leaves sl. spotted, half title spotted, occasional ink underlining, original pictorial limp card wrapps., sl. rubbed, spine faded. Author s Presentation Copy, inscribed - For Liz, these relics of the 50 s yours ever George Melly. US$21.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson London, 1967
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. 1967. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 204 pages. Dust-wrapper a little worn mainly to extremities. "File Copy" to front free end-paper in black ballpoint and "Please return to" label of Robin Dalton, literary agent, to dedication page.
Published by Pengun Books, London, 2000
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Bound in colour printed limp wraps, ths 2000 softcover Reprnt is VG. Signed and inscribed on title page as follows:,"To Don. a very happy birthday from Lesley Martin and the absurdly old and mindless George Melly.(Have a Ball!). 594pp with Introduction, Souse Mouse, Rum Bum and Concertina, Ownng Up and Afterword. Condtion Vg. Signed & Inscribed By George M.
Published by Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1965
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. Owning-up Special Collection by George Melly. Published by Weidenfeld And Nicolson in 1965. Hardcover. To own-up in the jazz world means to tell the truth. This is what George Melly has tried to do. For twelve years he livd as a professional singer with a traditional jazz band. He learned how to cope with reality, met a huge number of people of extreme eccentricity and many adventures. His account of these years is violent, erotic, humorous and sad. He hopes this is a funny book, but also, as the period stretches from the age of austerity to the age of affluence, that it may provide within the micr. Collectible item in excellent condition.