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HEDGES, DAN: : YES - THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY

LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1981.

ISBN 0283987510.

UK,Qrto HB+clear plastic protected dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork with YES logo,by Roger Dean,illustrated dw/dj panels with author's capitalised,black-lettered name,a sunned spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered part-title+subtitle and author's name alomg with publisher's black-lettered initialled colophon to foot of same, rear panel with Roger Dean colour pictorial illustration.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners due to clear plastic covering - no nicks,tears or splits present - some very minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either panel.Top+fore-edges without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,text block virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered original RAF blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and b/w illustration from front to pastedowns and free endpapers - feps with minimal blemish,rear endpapers less affected.UK,Qrto HB+protected dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2-145pp [paginated] includes verso of title page,a Contents list/table with Author's Note and Acknowledgements to its reverse,an Introduction,YES cast names,7 chapters,profuse b/w contemporary biographical photographs and some biographical colour photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a 5pp Discography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] title page. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40+ year-old age It is only the minior minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults. Since the band's formation in 1968,Yes album sales have passed the 20 million unit mark,while individually and collectively they have been consistent top winners of music awards on both sides of the Atlantic,They are one of the most hioghly respected and success ful bands Britain has produced,ranking with The Who and Led Zeppelin. In 1979 the band's three month/fifty-two city American tour included four sell-out nights an New York's Madison Square Garden,while their European tour in the atumn of 1978 reached its climax in London with five sell-out performances at the Empire Pool Wembley.                     For theee years Dan Hedges was personal publicist for the band,serving as official liaison between them,Atlantic Records,and the American press while working from the Yes offices in london and on tour around the world.  In addition to providing extensive behind the scenes glimpses of Yes offstage,the book covers the band's entire history,utilising quotes and information from over one hundred hours of original interviews with the five current members of the band,as well as all the ex-Yes members,managers,roduction people,and everyone else central to the band's twelve-year story.   The book id heavily illustrated with b/w photographs and 8 pages of colour illustrations. 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. **

UK,Qrto HB+protected dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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