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  • THE WICKED WAYS OF MALCOLM MCLAREN. by Bromberg, Craig.
    Bromberg, Craig.
    THE WICKED WAYS OF MALCOLM MCLAREN.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1989). First edition - Biography of the man "who introduced the likes of the New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, and other ilk, to the world, and whose story, so far, has been untold." List of sources, index. xxii, 330 pp. ISBN: 0-060962046.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 75038
    View cart More details Price: $16.50
  • Jones, Gerald.
    MEN OF TOMORROW: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Basic Books, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating book: "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three pivotal figures. The story begins early in the last century, on the Lower East Side, where Harry Donenfeld rises from the streets to become the king of the 'smooshes'-soft-core magazines with titles like French Humor and Hot Tales. Later, two high school friends in Cleveland, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, become avid fans of 'scientifiction,' the new kind of literature promoted by their favorite pulp magazines. The disparate worlds of the wise guy and the geeks collide in 1938, and the result is Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman. For Donenfeld, the comics were…

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    New York: Basic Books, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fascinating book: "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three pivotal figures. The story begins early in the last century, on the Lower East Side, where Harry Donenfeld rises from the streets to become the king of the 'smooshes'-soft-core magazines with titles like French Humor and Hot Tales. Later, two high school friends in Cleveland, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, become avid fans of 'scientifiction,' the new kind of literature promoted by their favorite pulp magazines. The disparate worlds of the wise guy and the geeks collide in 1938, and the result is Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman. For Donenfeld, the comics were a way to sidestep the censors. For Shuster and Siegel, they were both a calling and an eventual source of misery: the pair waged a lifelong campaign for credit and appropriate compensation." (The New Yorker) SIGNED by the authro on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Photographs. Notes on sources, index. xv, 384 pp. ISBN: 0-465036562.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 66847
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  • MJ: THE GENIUS OF MICHAEL JACKSON. by Knopper, Steve.
    Knopper, Steve.
    MJ: THE GENIUS OF MICHAEL JACKSON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The ultimate critical biography of the King of Pop: a panoramic, vivid, and incisive portrait of Michael Jackson that explores and celebrates his influence in music, dance, and popular culture" Drawing on more than 400 interviews, this puts his long career into perspective. Photographs, notes, index. 438 pp. ISBN: 978-1476730370.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 66133
    View cart More details Price: $25.00