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www.bibliophilebooks.com 75154 1000 RECORD


COVERS by Michael Ochs While us oldies bemoan the shift from vinyl to CD and the fact that it deprived us of one of the greatest pleasures of music ownership - that great 12 inch artwork that was the album sleeve, replaced by a tiddly five inch booklet that you need a magnifying glass to read - spare a thought for this generation with their


i-Pods and downloaded mp3s - they get nothing at all to go with the music! Here is both an unashamed wallow in nostalgia for us, and a taste of what they are missing for them, 1000 album sleeves, split into three sections; the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s & ’90s, beautifully presented by Taschen. Many are works of art, for example Andy Warhol’s covers including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground. Printed in eye-popping colour, each has a caption of artist, title, year of release, record label, sleeve designer and extra notes. 5.5 x 7.7". 576 pages. Text in English, French and German. ONLY £12


76113 WAGING HEAVY PEACE: A Hippie Dream by Neil Young


Southern Man has a fantastic music and song writing career spanning 40 years and 34 studio albums of rock and roll, folk and country. From his early days with Buffalo Springfield and his solo career and collaborations with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crazy Horse and dozens of other notable musicians and groups, Neil Young has been acclaimed for both his musical talents and his artistic integrity. A well known political activist, environmentalist and philanthropist, he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He is unpredictable and bafflingly digressive, wryly funny and painfully honest. 500pp, photos. £9.99 NOW £4


74680 MORE ROOM IN A BROKEN HEART: The True Adventures of Carly Simon by Stephen Davis


Carly Simon was arguably the first feminist pop star, a very difficult thing to be in an era that blatantly marketed female artistes on their sex appeal - her erect nipples, gracing the cover of No Secrets, her third album, are even today discussed. Her relationships with Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger and Kris Kristofferson and Cat Stevens, her stormy marriage to US folk hero James Taylor, her battle with breast cancer and more recent artistic and financial struggles, the stories behind the songs. Photos, 438pp paperback. $18 NOW £3.50


MYTHOLOGY


I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.


- Dr. Seuss


77154 JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: Myths and


Legends by Neil Smith The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a crew of


legendary heroes including Heracles, Orpheus, Atlanta and the twins Castor and Polydeuces. With his band of warriors and demi-gods, Jason sets sail in the Argo on a journey across the known world. During their quest, they faced numerous challenges including the Harpies, the Clashing Rocks, the Sirens, Talos the bronze giant, the Sleepless Dragon that guarded the fleece and of course, the fickle will of the Gods of Olympus. Filled with magic, monsters, sword fights and sacrifice, for ages ten to adult. With background history, 80 page glossy paperback, colour. £10.99 NOW £4.50


23956 AESOP’S FABLES


illustrated by Arthur Rackham with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton


The fox and the grapes, the dog in the manger, the wolf in sheep’s clothing and many others have entered the languages and idioms of most European tongues. Aesop’s celebrated simple tales embody truth powerful for both adults and children. 199pp in paperback. ONLY £2


46623 PERRAULT’S FAIRY TALES translated by A. E. Johnson


Eight of the 12 tales in this book are from the master hand of Charles Perrault (1628-1703). It is true to say that as long as there are children to listen spellbound to the adventures of ‘Cinderella’, ‘Red Riding Hood’, and that arch rogue ‘Puss in Boots’, his memory will endure. Three of the tales, ‘The Ridiculous Wishes’, ‘Donkey-Skin’ and ‘Patient Griselda’, are seldom included in Perrault collections as they were written in a very florid verse form. Not only Perrault, but Boccaccio, Chaucer and others have used the story of ‘Patient Griselda’. The last story’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’. 144 page paperback. ONLY £2


75781 EXPLORING J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S THE HOBBIT by Corey Olsen


An expert on the works of Tolkien moves step by step, explaining references, pointing out themes, and clearly and carefully showing how The Hobbit is not just for kids. Here are the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves, the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice and, most of all, the transformation of the life of Bilbo Baggins. Tolkien uses poems as characterisation, wooing readers to think about the motives and aspirations of the many vivid personalities who throng the pages. 318 pages with index of names and places. $25 NOW £5


75451 MY SONG: A Memoir


by Harry Belafonte with Michael Shnayerson Harold George “Harry” Belafonte Jnr has lived one of the great lives of the last century. His poverty-stricken upbringing in Harlem and Jamaica with a caring but forever angry mother and a distant and physically abusive father was far from perfect. In the US Navy during WWII he encountered racism the like he had never before, but also met his first wife Marguerite. Returning to Harlem after the war he drifted from job to job until in 1948 he saw his first theatre production and found the life he wanted to lead. He developed a lifelong passionate involvement at the heart of the civil rights movement, becoming close with Martin Luther King, the Kennedys, Fidel Castro and others. His singing career never faltered: his 1956 breakthrough album Calypso was the first solo LP to sell over a million copies and its Banana Boat Song (“Day-O!”) made Belafonte and calypso music famous the world over. 469 roughcut pages, 88 colour and b/w photos. Tiny remainder mark. $30.50 NOW £5.50


74710 JOHN LENNON: The Life by Philip Norman


The author talks frankly about the mother who gave her toddler away and how this haunted John Lennon’s mind and music for the rest of his days. Here is his upbringing by his strict Aunt Mimi, the evolution of his partnership with Paul McCartney, his Beatle-busting love affair with a Japanese performance artist, his forays into painting and literature, his experiments with Transcendental Meditation, primal scream therapy and drugs. The book’s numerous informants and interviewees include Sir Paul McCartney, Sir George Martin and Yoko Ono. 851 paperback pages. $19.99 NOW £3


76304 JOHANNES BRAHMS: The Complete


Sonatas for Violin and Piano by Johannes Brahms


Brahms composed just three sonatas for violin and piano, all of them staples of the repertoires studied, practiced and performed by chamber music players worldwide. Musicians will be delighted to own all three works in this single volume compilation, reprinted from authoritative editions. Both Sonata No.1 in G Major, Op78 and Sonata No.2 in A Major, Op100 are intensely lyrical in nature containing some of Brahms’ most beautiful and expressive melodies. Sonata No.3 in D Minor, Op108 is a tempestuous work full of fire and passion. The violin part has been edited by Leopold Auer and appears within the book as a separate, removable score. Softback, 88pp plus separate violin part. £14.95 NOW £6


76182 FALL OF CAMELOT by the Editors of Time-Life Books


When Arthur marries Guinevere as his queen, Merlin warns that she will bring him sorrow and when she betrays him with his trusted knight Sir Lancelot that prophecy is fulfilled. The truth is revealed to Arthur by Mordred, the son he failed to kill, who with the help of Arthur’s


shapeshifting sister Morgan le Fay conjures up the scenes of Lancelot’s and Guinevere’s treachery, magically painted on the walls of a cottage deep in the forest. Guinevere is condemned to be burnt at the stake but Lancelot rescues her and provokes the war in which Arthur’s nephew Gawain swears to wreak vengeance. 142pp, illus incl. colour. £9.99 NOW £2.50


75300 FIESTA: Days of the Dead and Other


Mexican Festivals by Chloë Sayer The author draws on her extensive travels in Mexico and on the wide-ranging collections in the British Museum, to give a contemporary context to these delightful, uniquely Mexican festivities. With extensive preparations, they commemorate local saints’ days and religious holidays such as Christmas, Carnival and Holy Week. Many festivals are dominated by masked dances. Families welcome the returning souls with flowers, incense, candles and feasting. On 12th December, Mexicans everywhere honour Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico and an important symbol of national identity. 128 pages 22cm x 22cm, over 125 colour illus. £14.99 NOW £4


75311 STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS by Howard Pyle


In ancient days there lived a very noble king, named Uther-Pendragon, and he became Overlord of all of Britain. Howard Pyle not only wrote but illustrated in pen and ink, and here with colour wash, regal purple and gold the full text of The Book of King Arthur, Winning of Kinghood, Winning of the Sword, Winning of a Queen, the Book of Three Worthys with the Story of Merlin, Queen Morgana le Fay, King Arthur, King Arthur Going Hunting, The Story of Sir Pellias, How Queen Guinevere went A’Maying and finally The Story of Sir Gawaine and how a white hart appeared before King Arthur. With marginalia and page decorations, red bonded leather, satin bookmark, 437pp. $18 NOW £6


75780 DEATH OF KING ARTHUR: A New Verse Translation


translated by Simon Armitage


“With a shudder the shaft pierced the shining knight”. King Arthur achieved popularity as a hero of romance in the 12th century, and in the 15th century The Death of Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory was a bestseller. It is not so well-known that an earlier epic poem of around 1400 in alliterative verse paved the way. Simon Armitage, one of the U.K.’s leading poets, has created a superb version of this earlier story in expressive verse. The original poem is printed on the page facing the translation. The story begins as Arthur is feasting with his knights in Carlisle on New Year’s Day. As often happens in tales of chivalry, a Stranger enters and throws out a challenge. This Stranger is a Roman senator who claims that Arthur has occupied lands belonging to Rome. 310pp, US first edition. £19.99 NOW £5


74714 MAKING RECORDS:


The Scenes Behind the Music by Phil Ramone with Charles L. Granata


For almost 50 years, Phil Ramone has been a force in the music industry. There is a craft to making records, and he has spent his life mastering it. Here is a thrilling peep behind the glass of a recording studio he allows readers to sit in on the sessions during Frank Sinatra’s Duets album, Bob Dylan’s Blood on


the Tracks, Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company and Paul Simon’s Still Crazy After All These Years. An unprecedented tutorial on the magic behind what music producers and engineers actually do. 320 pages, illus. $24.95 NOW £3.50


74621 GOD OF HELLFIRE: The Crazy Life and


Times of Arthur Brown by Polly Marshall A chance encounter with agent Philip Woods sent him to Paris with a newly formed band which tangled with the mafia and had to make a hasty exit. Back in the U.K., Brown adopted an increasingly psychedelic persona and when his band, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, penned the song ‘Fire’, influenced by Bosch and Blake, they tapped into the volatile zeitgeist of 1968. Black now adopted the full Gothic persona. Brown sang falsetto, performed archaic wobble dances and peeled off layer after layer to reveal ever more bizarre costumes. Brown made world headlines by stripping off onstage in Palermo. Crazy World was soon to be broken up by rivalry between band members Vincent and Drachen. 255pp, photos. £20 NOW £5


74699 MAMMOTH BOOK OF BOB DYLAN edited by Sean Egan


From the Zeitgeist-encapsulating protest of ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ to the streetwise venom of ‘Like A Rollin’ Stone’ and from the mid 60s trilogy of albums ‘Bringing It All Back Home’, ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ and ‘Blonde on Blonde’, to ‘Time Out of Mind’, his astonishing if world-weary comeback at the age of 56, Bob Dylan’s genius has endured. Egan presents a selection of the best writing on Dylan, both praise and criticism, from interviews, essays, features and reviews of every single album to create a comprehensive picture of the artist whose chimes of freedom still resound. 518pp in paperback.


$13.95 NOW £3.50


74666 ANIMAL STORY BOOK by Andrew Lang


Here are 66 charming stories adapted and translated from tales by Dumas, Gautier, Pliny and many are by Mrs Lang. They range from delightful narratives about the tiniest creatures (Stories of Ants) to large four legged mammals (The Ship of the Desert). Here too are Snake Stories, What Elephants Can Do, How A Beaver Builds his House, The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins, Dolphins at Play and Eccentric Bird Builders among them. Charming woodcut facsimile illus, reprint of the 1896 edition, unabridged. 400 page paperback. £11.49 NOW £2.25


75753 STORY CLOTHS OF BALI by Joseph Fischer


The first major study of an unusual group of Balinese embroideries and their intricate connection between ancient folklore and expressive art form. Balinese textile artists have long adorned simple cloths with elaborate embroidered depictions of classic folk ethics and stories such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. They remind us that ancient, universal themes of morality, humour and triumph over adversity can be just as significant today. Here an Indonesian art expert shares his collection of more than 200 of these textile pieces together with a full explanation of the mythology and tales behind them. 2004 first edition. 144 large pages, 26 x 26cm, colour. $40 NOW £5


NATURE


One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.


- William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 76881 SHARK THAT WALKS


ON LAND by Michael Bright The sea exercises a potent influence on the human imagination and is an endless source of myths and horror stories, from the Kraken to Jaws. Sharks exert a special fascination and have achieved some remarkable exploits. The great white shark nicknamed “Nicole”, after Nicole Kidman, travelled over 12,000 miles in nine months. Sharks have even been known to swim up


the Amazon and Zambezi, attacking hippos and crocodiles. An area in the Pacific where they congregate has been named the “White Shark Cafe” but no-one is sure whether they are feeding or breeding. Sharks can detect electrical activity in their prey’s muscles, but there are few instances of taking human prey whole. The story of Jonah, however, might have originated with the Megalodon, known only from fossil remains. Some sea creatures such as the whale or dolphin can take on a supernatural air when they poke their heads above water, and this may have given rise to the myth of the Mermen. Deep-dwelling creatures include the Vampire Squid, with eyes an inch across, making them the world’s largest eyes for the size of the body, while on the bed of California’s Monterey Bay are two newly- recorded species of marine worms, familiarly known as ‘zombie worms’, with no eyes, mouth or stomach. 285pp, line drawings. £12.99 NOW £5


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74709 JIMI HENDRIX: A BROTHER’S STORY by Leon Hendrix


Jimi ‘Buster’ Hendrix was an honest lad, but even he was driven to steal from the supermarket. Younger brother Leon was finally fostered by the Wheelers, a couple with degrees and good standing at the community, and meanwhile Buster found a beat-up ukulele in the garbage dump. He was soon trying out different sounds, and when the ukulele had exhausted all the possibilities, he experimented with strings, wires and rubber bands. Finally the lucky break came: a friend of a neighbour was Little Richard’s aunt, and they met him in the neighbourhood and started jamming with other players. 276pp, photos. £25.99 NOW £4


74719 OPERA: The Great Composers and


Their Masterworks by Joyce Bourne A compelling tour de force of 400 years of the world’s greatest operas from Monteverdi and Purcell through to Philip Glass and John Adams. Concise biographies and synopses of the key works of all the major composers are featured, accompanied by stunning stage photography and listings of the key pieces of music to listen out for. There are works from Armenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Russia and the United States, with revelations about the conductors and entrepreneurs, the great opera houses such as Sadler’s Wells Opera, and the great singers of the stature of Maria Callas, Sir Peter Pears, Jessye (sic) Norman, and a host of others who have won the public’s heart. 224 pages, colour and b/w illus with list of opera houses and festivals, and glossary. £30 NOW £7.50


75052 ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF: From


Flower Maiden to Marschallin by Kirsten Liese


One of the great soprano lieder singers of the 20th century, and an acclaimed interpreter of operatic roles including Mozart’s Fiordiligi and Countess, Lehar’s Merry Widow and Strauss’s Marschallin Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf had a silvery voice that was completely unmistakable. Her greatest role was as the Marschallin. This collection of photos illustrates the diva’s whole career, and the book also includes an interview with her at the age of 90. Elisabeth Furtwangler remembers that her husband conducted Schwarzkopf many times and always praised her voice, saying no-one could better it. Photos include Schwarzkopf leading a master-class at the Britten-Pears school in Aldeburgh and discussing a score with the pianist Alfred Brendel. 28 x 21cm, 168pp, b/w photos.


£22.50 NOW £4.50 76861 BIRDING WITH BILL


ODDIE by Bill Oddie This practical guide from the birdman himself, published by the RSPB, has an impressive centrepiece of notes from a year’s birding on Oddie’s local patch, Hampstead Heath. The total number of species recorded in 1995 was 116, which for an inland location with no large stretches of water Oddie says is pretty good.


Lapwings, a woodlark, a Montagu’s Harrier, whitethroats, blackcaps, flycatchers, chiffchaffs - the list is pure poetry, quite apart from the satisfaction of spotting such a range in the London area. Oddie starts with the basics, advising on binoculars, telescopes and bird clubs, followed by a field guide explaining the essentials of identifying a bird. Fieldcraft means “learning to hold your bins so that your arms are comfortable”, and goes on to watching, listening, and stalking. Seawatching is a different technique, and good places to watch migration are Dungeness in Kent or Flamborough Head in Yorkshire. Questions like why birds migrate and how they navigate are addressed, as well as conservation issues such as what makes bird populations rise and fall. There is helpful advice on photographing and painting birds, and a section on becoming a twitcher, someone who travels long distances to see a rare or vagrant bird. Big days out or even birding abroad conclude this comprehensive and user-friendly guide. 224pp, softback, numerous colour photos and line drawings, useful addresses. £12.99 NOW £4


76947 WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY


by Jared Diamond


A superb revelation of how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years in evolutionary terms. Author of ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’, Diamond writes about his personal experiences over nearly five decades living and working in New Guinea, an island that is home to


1000 of the world’s 7000 languages and one of the most culturally diverse places on earth. Drawing on his own field work as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians and other cultures, he explores how tribal peoples approach essential human problems from child rearing to old age, conflict resolution to health, and discovers that we have much to learn from traditional ways of life. He unearths remarkable findings - from the reasons why modern afflictions like diabetes, obesity and hypertension are largely non-existent in tribal societies - to the surprising cognitive benefits of multilingualism. Brilliantly original and panoramic in scope. 498 pages in large paperback, many photos, some colour. £13.99 NOW £6


75233 SHETLAND BREEDS: Ancient


Endangered and Adaptable by Nancy Kohlberg and Philip Kopper Rare breeds survive: Shetland Pony, Shetland Sheep, Shetland ‘Coo’, Shetland Goose, Shetland Duck and more. All are hardy, frugal and small for their ilk. A Shetland pony’s hair pattern sheds rainwater from its flanks. Shetland sheep know the tides, and browse the shores for seaweed at the ebb. Shetland geese drive their young to cover, long before weather-wise


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