Sams Gideon (5 results)

Condition: Near fine. Corgi edition of what is often described as the first punk novel. This short novel was legendarily written by the 14-year-old "closet punk" Sams as a school essay, discarded until his mother (allegedly) rescued it from the trash. Rising to glory via doing one's homework isn't very punk, some might say, but he was only young. The Punk's doomed antiheroes, struggle valiantly against the twin evils of Teddy Boys and the Employment Exchange only to end in a pool of blood. Full of sage observations to educate the non-initiate. 7'' x 4.25''. Original yellow pictorial wrappers. 64 pages. Some toning internall. Else sound and sharp.…

Condition: Good. Softcover in good condition. Paper yellowed. 62 pp.

paperback. Condition: Good. Clean text. VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, thus. London: Corgi Books, 1977. First Corgi edition. 62pp. §Originally issued in 1977 in a small print-run by Jay Landesman's Polytantric Press, this is the smaller format Corgi Press reissue of the same year - a joint publication with Polytantric according to the back cover. Original glossy yellow paperback, spine slightly cocked, with a new cover design. A very good copy, with contemporary (birthday?) gift inscription to half-title, employing period punk soubriquets.…

Wraps. Condition: Very good. First Edition. The original edition of this juvenile punk novel, published by Jay Landesman's Polytantric Press and issued in an unstated print-run of 500 copies. A coming of age story set in the heyday of the British punk movement. Octavo: 62 p. Original glossy orange paperback, front cover illustrated with a photograph of Johnny Rotten with an actual safety-pin through his nose, as issued. Slight creasing to the wrappers; else very good or better.…