room full of mirrors: a biography of jimi hendrix.
by CROSS, CHARLES R:
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- ISBN 13
- 9781444713909
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UK,small 8vo p/back,1st edn thus.FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered, matt,subject's portrait monochrome photographic illustrated front cover with orange,white and gold coloured lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,small 8vo wraps, p/back 1st edn, viii-xvipp+2- 384pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's note,a prologue,27 chapter and an epilogue,source notes,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication.
Jimi Hendrix,legendary guitarist and the original rock and roll rebel, lived an outrageous life,from his troubled childhood in Seattle's projects to meteoric success in Swinging London and a tragically early death.This landmark book is full of the infamous tales of sex,drugs and excess but it also reveals a man who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Charles R. Cross has unlocked the mystery of one of rock's most enduring legends and created a supremely moving and revealing portrait of the man behind the myth. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and smaller size of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.
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Published on the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix’s tragic death in 1970, ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS is the definitive biography of rock n’ roll’s greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched and based on more than 200 interviews with those who knew Hendrix best—this landmark book paints the entire arc of Hendrix’s life, from his childhood in Seattle, through his apex headlining the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and later, his tragic death. It also tells the inside story of Hendrix’s emotional life: his troubled youth in Seattle’s projects; the early loss of his mother, from which he never recovered; his struggles against racial prejudice during his early career in the American South; his years spent pre-fame in Harlem, unaccepted by either black or white culture. And then Hendrix’s life takes off. Jimi is launched amid the swinging London scene of 1966, where he is the talk of the town and soon, the world. This is a book as colorful and large as the decade of the sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life—with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess—while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Using never-before-seen documents and private letters, ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS unlocks the vast mystery of one of music’s most enduring legends.
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- Title
- room full of mirrors: a biography of jimi hendrix.
- Author
- CROSS, CHARLES R:
- Format/Binding
- UK,small 8vo p/back,no dw/dj - as issued.1st edn
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE+.
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- No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
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- UK,small 8vo p/back,1st edn thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1444713906
- ISBN 13
- 9781444713909
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- LONDON.SCEPTRE PAPERBACK,2006.
- This edition first published
- 2005-09
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