Ode to a Highflying Bird by Charlie Watts

8vo. Printed boards, illustrated in color. First edition. Three tiny abrasions to spine, some minor rubbing, and rubbing to extremities, a some tiny spots of soil. Beat Publications., 1964.

8°. unpag. 16 Bl. : vorw. farb. Ill. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar der Erstauflage dieser Ausgabe. Fine copy of the first edition thus. Einband leicht angestaubt, ansonsten sehr gut erhalten. Mit Aufkleber "Seven Shillings" auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Von Charlie Watts, Drummer der Rolling Stones. Sehr selten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200. London : UFO Records Ltd. o.J., ( ca. 1964 )., 1964. OPBd.

Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. Possibly published 1964. Author's tribute to Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker. White boards are marked and tanned. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Minor nick and dent on rear lower edge. Page block and pages are lightly marked and foxed. Light creases on a few pages. Contents remain clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW. Beat Publications Ltd., London, 1900. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Used.

12mo. (18 x 12.5cm) hardback with glazed white boards, title to upper board and b/w photo, caption and facsimile signature to lower board. Pages unnumbered. Printed with handwritten lettering and colour and b/w illustrations by Watts. Small decorative rubber-stamped initials to top of Preface. A few small spots of foxing to endpapers. Top paper layer of spine beginning to lift in places and split at rear hinge. Minor loss to top of spine and small dent to outer edge of upper board (please see photos). Overall a GOOD+ COPY. (Shelf 2) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. London Beat Publications nd. c.1964, 1964.

First UK Edition (with the all-important tipped in price of Seven Shillings). Original boards. A VG+ copy with a few light stains, a few small nicks and some very light soiling. The story of Charles Christopher "Yardbird" "Bird" Parker, alto, tenor sax [born 1920, died 1955]. Ilustrated in colour. Takes the form of an illustrated poem. A nice copy of an extremely uncommon book (not to be confused with the facsmile edition published in 1991). Charlie Watts is, of course, better known as the Rolling Stones drummer. His hero was Charlie Parker and in the early 1990's Watts fronted the Charlie Watts Orchestra, a band that produced two 1990's recordings, 'Tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings' and 'From One Charlie' . One for the Pension Fund. Beat Publications, London, 1964. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition.

unpaginated, colour illustrations. Original white paper-covered boards, printed in black with photograph and facsimile signature of Charlie Watts to the rear board. Binding very good with a little general wear and a little rubbing to extremities and spine, slightly worn to the head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight, neat signature of previous owner to the front paste-down "Pauline Haynes March 1965), the tipped in price of Seven Shillings has been removed but the stub is still present, minimal foxing. A very good tight copy of the original, extremely scarce edition. Size: 12mo. Beat Publications, London, 1964. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust Jacket. First Edition.

First edition. Small octavo. Glazed and printed white boards. 16pp. Paper cracked and repaired at the bottom of the front gutter, else very good or better. Children's book about Charlie Parker, written and illustrated by the drummer for The Rolling Stones. From the library of music critic Ralph Gleason. Uncommon. Beat Publications, London, 1964. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

[Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Original white paper-covered boards, printed in black. Duodecimo, (19 x 13cm) pp.[32]. With colour illustrations. Shows some handling and bumping to corners. Some losses to head and tail of spine. Very good. A decent copy of a particularly elusive book (not to be confused with the 1991 facsimile which was issued in a CD boxset, identical to this first edition but for the imprint amended from 'Beat' to 'UFO'). Rolling Stones' drummer and Jazz aficionado Charlie Watts' charming tribute to his hero, saxophonist Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker, which takes the form of an illustrated poem. London: Beat Publications, 1964, 1964.

Small octavo. Original white boards printed in black. Housed in a custom grey cloth chemise with titles in gilt to spine. Slight wear to corners, boards a little rubbed; a near-fine copy. Illustrated in colour by the author. First edition, first impression, inscribed "To June, Love x" by Charlie Watts on the front free endpaper. With the price label of "Seven Shillings" tipped in on the front free endpaper. A lovely tribute to Charlie "Bird" Parker in the form of a children's book, "this story was compiled by one Charlie to a late and great Charlie" (preface). London: Beat Productions, [1964], 1964.