ALL DRESSED UP: THE SIXTIES AND THE COUNTER-CULTURE [Uncorrected Book Proof with mis-spelling 'All Dresed Up' on spine]

Jonathon Green

ISBN 10: 0224043226 / ISBN 13: 9780224043229

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1998

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Rare pre-publication uncorrected book proof of the true first edition, with 'Dresed' mis-typed on the spine. The first edition of this book was withdrawn and pulped. ***Very good in pink, black printed thin card wrappers, very slightly rubbed and creased at the edges. Top edge of front wrapper very slightly faded. No inscriptions. Pages bright. Spine tight. ***472 pages. 206 mm x 135 mm. ***Jonathon Green's oral history of the sixties 'underground', Days in the Life, has been until now the most complete account of that celebrated (and much maligned decade). In All Dressed Up he expands on that book to provide a fascinating and controversial overview of the cultural and political events of the decade. ***Green's Sixties begins with the invention of the 'teenager', with the Teds, the Beats and CND; it ends with the Oz trial and with two of the decades' most lasting legacies: the women's movement and gay politics. In between, his focus is on the whole panoply of that extraordinary decade, from sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll to student protest, the anti-Vietnam movement and the radical social legislation - on abortion, obscenity, homosexuality and capital punishment - pioneered by Roy Jenkins. The underground press, the Arts Lab, 'Swinging London', anti-psychiatry, the hippy trail, the festivals, the drugs busts---' ***(Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***The first edition was the source of litigation, from The Beatles' George Harrison and the artist Caroline Coon, and the first edition was withdrawn and pulped. ***Rare pre-publication uncorrected book proof copy of the first impression of the true first edition. ***Of interest to collectors of counter-culture and the sixties rare first editions. ***Scarce. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ALL DRESSED UP: THE SIXTIES AND THE COUNTER-CULTURE [Uncorrected Book Proof with mis-spelling 'All Dresed Up' on spine]
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224043226
• ISBN 13: 9780224043229
• Binding: Original Wraps
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Impression
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Collectable Paperbacks
  • Beat Writers & Counter Culture

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Synopsis

Jonathon Green's oral history of the sixties `underground', Days in the Life, has been until now the most complete account of that celebrated - and much maligned - decade. In ALL DRESSED UP he expands on that book to provide a fascinating and controversial overview of the cultural and political events of the decade. Comprehensive, detailed, often hilarious, this will be the definitive account of the sixties in Britain, challenging the myths fostered by those who were there and enlightening those who were not. Green's sixties begin with the invention of the `teenager', with the Teds, the Beats and CND; they end with the OZ trial and with two of the decade's most lasting legacies: the women's movement and gay politics. In between his focus is on the whole panoply of that extraordinary decade, from sex, drugs and rock'n'roll to student protest, the anti-Vietnam movement and the radical social legislation - on abortion, obscenity, homosexuality and corporal punishment - pioneered by Roy Jenkins. The underground press, the Arts Lab `Swinging London', Anti-psychiatry, the hippie trail, the festivals, the drug busts - Green surveys them all with affectionate but critical eye, celebrating the prevailing optimism of the sixties while remaining far from blind from its absurdities.