UTOPIA AVENUE. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,thick 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1. Retains a Topping & Company's paper 'Signed First Edition' bellyband beneath the protective cellophane.] No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to a Special tipped page between the half-title+title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt, multi-colour psychedelic artwork design by Made Up,illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,black with a white outline lettered title and author name to front panel; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+ author name along with publisher's black illustrated colophon and capitalised,black lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with multiple critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without blemish,no foxing/spotting either; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain lemon cloth boards with black ink blocked lettering and a thumbnail LP's illustration to spine/ backstrip,a green silk headband and immaculate repeated dance floor scene's b/w photographic illustrated endpapers. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn, 4-561pp [paginated] includes 3 sections,each in Pts 1 & 2: 'Paradise Is the Road to Paradise', 'Stuff of Life', 'The Third Planet' with 5+4, 4+5 and 4+3 chapters in each section respectively,plus a Last Words section as an ending,a b/w facsimile postcard illustration; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED tipped in page,title page,a dedication page,and individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear 2pp Acknowledgements and 6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults. Utopia Avenue might be the most curious British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967, folksinger Elf Holloway, blues bassist Dean Moss, guitar virtuoso Jasper de Zoet and jazz drummer Griff Griffin together created a unique sound, with lyrics that captured their turbulent times. The band produced only two albums in two years, yet their musical legacy lives on. This is the story of Utopia Avenue's brief, blazing journey from Soho clubs and draughty ballrooms to the promised land of America, just when the Summer of Love was receding into something much darker - a multi-faceted tale of dreams, drugs, love, sexuality, madness and grief; of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact; and of the collision between youthful idealism and jaded reality as the Sixties drew to a close. Above all, this bewitching novel celebrates the power of music to connect across divides, define an era and thrill the soul. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **