Burnside Rare Books

Fifty Years Adrift [Copy #666]

Harrison, George [Editor]; Derek Taylor

Guildford: Genesis Publications, Ltd., 1984.

Limited first edition, number 666 of 2,000 copies signed by Beatle George Harrison and Derek Taylor. x, 544 pp. Publisher's brown half calf binding over cloth boards, all edges gilt, housed in brown paper cover slipcase with paper title label. Near Fine with light wear to leather and rubbing to letting, faint musty odor to contents. Slipcase lightly worn and with several faint spots of foxing to title label.

Written by Taylor and edited and annotated by Harrison, who also wrote the forward. Taylor served as The Beatles' publicist, and was one of several people who earned the moniker "The Fifth Beatle." A lovely piece of music memorabilia, most notably signed by "the Quiet Beatle," whose work solo and with the group was consistently ambitious and often experimental. Item #140946579

Price: $4,500