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DEMACQUE-CROKETT, PEPSI & KEMP, SHIRLIE: : Pepsi & Shirlie - It's All in Black and White: Wham! Life and Friendship

LONDON.WELBECK/an imprint of Welbeck Non-Fiction Limited,2021.

ISBN 9781787399013.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around wmatt,white background with subject's b/w portrait photograph to front panel of dw/dj, and capitalised red+black lettered WHAM! LIFE AND FRIENDSHIP strap line at top, capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered subject's forenames - with a couple of tiny rubbed spots - as part title and black lettered sub-title, spine/backstrip with similarly embossed, coloured+lettered part-title of their forenames and similar title as front's,rear panel with capitalised red+black lettered colophon to foot of same,with glossy black+red strap lines and black lettered prose extract text,and 3 glossy subject's colour portrait photographs.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally clean without foxing/spotting but some minimal and light thumbing/grubbing(?) to fore-edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain white cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain lemon-yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-330pp [paginated] includes subject's Introduction,20 chapters,plus Shirlie on Pepsi and Pepsi on Shirlie pages and each girls individual thanks as Acknowledgements last pages,32pp of contemporary +autobiographical sepia+colour (the majority) photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp58/9, pp122/23, pp202/03 and pp266/67 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and a dedication page. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes. Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube station. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi was the new girl in the band and over a car stereo, a cassette tape and that journey to Bushey we bonded. We had no idea that we were on the first of many journeys together and that soon we'd be travelling all over Europe, Australia, America, China and Japan. Or that no matter where we went, together, we'd find a way to make every exotic destination feel like home.                                   We'd both been teenagers during the seventies - a dreary and difficult decade,especially if you were young in London and you didn't have much money. So, in 1982, anything was possible for us - a pair of twentysomethings who hadn't been to university, who didn't have any money, who dreamt of singing and dancing, but ultimately lived for fun. Everything felt new and life was a question mark. We had no idea what was lying ahead, but we wanted to say yes.                  What we didn't know was that we were saying yes to a lifetime of connection that has endured whatever we've done, wherever we've been. From the side of the stage to its centre - we have many stories to tell.                           And it's all here,it's all in black and white. A tale of the 80s and pop stardom,from the two singers who found fame as backing singers in Wham! then going on to form their own band.      Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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