Descrizione

Together four items. All original printings from 1964, the Dell novel is first edition, third printing, the others no edition specified. All four items are illustrated from photographs of the Fab Four. 8vo and 4to, all four items in original photographically illustrated paper wrappers, THE BEATLES IN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT and THE BEATLES ARE BACK perfect bound, the others are staple bound. Three items in excellent state of preservation, the wrappers all intact with only a bit of general mellowing, some toning to the paper as expected in mass-market publications and periodicals, THE BEATLES ARE BACK with somewhat more wear and a sizeable chip to the front wrapper's top outside corner, some degradation to the spine and rubbing to the edges.

Edizione: a very enjoyable fab-four archive of materials from 1964 and relevant to the motion picture and album a hard day's night. the first item is john burke's novelization of a hard day's night, based on the screenplay by alun owen. this has photo-illustrated paperback wrappers, including the upper cover photo in colour. inside are eight pages of black and white exclusive photos from the motion picture. next up is a 1964 fan magazine allowing the reader to "visit their home!" it reputes to give a glimpse into their private lives and families. it is illustrated throughout with "new fab photos". the remaining to items are both songbooks, the first being songs from a hard day's night. these are; a hard day's night", i'll cry instead, i should have known better, tell me why, i'm happy just to dance with you, and i love her, ringo's theme, if i fell, can't buy me love, some in multiple arrangments. this is a vocal edition with chord names and is illustrated with photographs. the second songbook contains 20 beatles songs and has a fun "official fan club" membership application form which is fully intact. the wrappers are photo illustrated inside and outside, the pull-out photo section is lacking, as is nearly always the case.