Search Results: Music, Stage and Film from Lawrence Jones

London: Bantam, 2009. 313pp, col ills. Or card covers. Light crease to front cover, light even toning to page edges. At fourteen they made a pact to rock together forever-they meant it. After releasing one of the heaviest records in music history, Metal on Metal, which influenced a whole muusical generation, Anvil faded into obscurity. Almost thirty years later they are still rocking, and chasing their dream.. First Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London. Printed in the United States of America: Frederick Muller Limited. No date [c 1937). xviii, 350pp, cold frontis: colored charts, section of 56 pp of b/w plates at the end of the book. Or cl boards in rubbed, chipped, edge-worn dust-jacket. The book covers The theoretical principles of make-up; Physiognomics and mimicry; Practice of make-up; Make-up photography, make-up for the screen, make-up in every-day life. The book deals with both the theoretical and practical aspects of its subjects, for every conceivable angle, backed by sound scholarship and 25 years of the author's pracical experience as stage director of some of the leading theatres and dramatic schools in Europe. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1967. xiv, 50pp. Or card covers. Ex-municiplal library with stamps (including withdrawn stamp), traces of card pocket and tape stains to inside covers and first/last few pages. Scarce title by noted modern Australian composer Colin Brumby. Sections include The Musical Tone, Prolonging a Tone by Digression, The Concept of Extended Tonal Relationships, Prolonging a Tone by Increasing its Duration, and The Polyphonic Concept. The text is enhanced with musical examples including plainsong hymn, Chorale, Chorale fantasia, Waltz, Song, Toccata.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Murdoch Books Australia, 2005. 192pp, notes, bibliography, index, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. A collection of fashion stills taken from Cinesound and Movietone newsreels which played in Australian cinemas from 1931-1975. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Square 4to.

North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, 1975. 138pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, scores. Or brown cloth in jacket. Some foxing to endpapers. Jacket rubbed with some fading to spine and edges. Sections cover pre-colonial (Aboriginal), colonial and 20th century music in relation to the country's history.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: W H Allen, 1975. 284pp, frontispiece and b/w photos, pictorial end-papers. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The narrative of Fonteyn the dancer, with accounts of her three great partnerships, with Robert Helpmann, Michael Somes and Rudolf Nureyev, is interwoven with the story of Fonteyn the woman, whose emotional life centred on Tito Arias. The book gives a unique angle on 20th century ballet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: British Film Institute., 1997. 192pp, index, credits, bibliography, bw ills. Or card covers. Light crease to front cover. A comprehensive and egaging study of the 1960s cutural phenomenon that was The Avengers, probing the key themes of pop, fashion, sex and the postmodern.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Pap. 8.

London: Quartet Books, 1974. 512pp, illustrated with b/w photos, three appendices: a Bix Beiderbecke diary; a comprehensive discography; ... and a word about that elusive third valve, index. There are a few marks on the lightly foxed page edges. Pictorial card covers. This is a very rich life of a jazz player, a mammoth biography and definitive discography.. Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. Trade Paperback.

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 2002. 380pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or black papered boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, small black stain on fore-edge. Stories of the tumultuous events and celebrated characters of Hollywood in the 1950s. Includes anecdotes of such icons as Lana Turner, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak and Tab Hunter as well as behind the scenes looks at the making of classic films and private moments exploited by the tabloids.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1995. 216pp, index, bw ills. Or card covers. Very light edge wear. The author tells of events behind the scenes on Bandstand from his position as an insider.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 384pp, index, filmography, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Small indentation to front cover, moderate foxing to page edges and few pages. Biography of Brigitte Bardot-known as the Sex kitten and BB- one of the great film actresses.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 1979. xviii, 515pp, index. Or blue papered boards with light gray cloth spine in jacket. Small smudge on bottom edge. Slight edgewear, spine faded, a few minor creases to jacket. Scarce title giving the complete story of Woodstock from its conception.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 1979. xviii, 515pp, index. Or card cover. Some edge wear to covers, spine foled, page edges foxed and a couple of light stains to edges. The complete story of Woodstock from its conception.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. 8vo.

New York: Atria Books, 2005. x, 339pp, 8pp b/w photos, index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The book chronicles Michael Jackson's battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Beat Publications, 1978. viii, 32pp (copy of the 24th issue of the Beatles Fan Club magazine), b/w ills throughout. Stapled pictorial wrappers. In addition to the collectable magazine, the appreciation society has an article: Will the Beatles Re-form?. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000. xii, 300pp, color and b/w ills. INSCRIBED by Ken Mansfield on the front flyleaf. White boards in dust-jacket. The Beatles, the Bands, the Biz: an insider's look at the 1960s and '70s by former US manager of Apple Records and Grammy Award winning producer. The book cover mimics the 'White Album'. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: W W Norton, 1996. lxxxiii,419pp, illustrated with b/w photos, facsimiles, four appendices, index. The classic behind-the-scenes look at the most famous musical gorup in history. First published in 1968, this revised edition has added information incuding a new introduction and three updated appendices.. First Norton Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Trade Paperback.

Secaucus: The Citadel Press, 1975. 256pp, hundreds bw ills. Or card covers. Original price sticker to front, otherwise near new. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 4to.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. x, 372pp, index, bibliography, discography, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. The first biography of Pete Townshend of the Who, one of the most influential composers and musicians of the 60s & 70s. From childhood, through his time with Daltrey in the Detours, later the Who including his battles with cocaine and heroine addiction. Also examines Townshends fascination with the teachings of Meher Baba, his work for Rock Against Racism and Amnesty International, and his enduring 30 year marriage. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Tamworth, NSW: Shot by Jake Photograpic Studio, 1997. Unpaginated, captioned photographs throughout. Pictorial card cover. A record of hats and people at the Foster's Siver Jubilee Tamworth Country Music Festival.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.