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MORAGHAN, SEAN: : MIKE OLDFIELD: A Man and His Music

LONDON.BRITANNIA PRESS PUBLISHING/an imprint of BRITANNIA CREST INTERNATIONAL LTD.,1993.

ISBN 0951993755.

UK,8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn. [Softback/paperback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back Originals are published prior to any other format,sometimes the only issue worldwide.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy,wrap-around black background with subject's colour portrait photograph illustrated front card cover,with subject's capitalised white-lettered forename and capitalised,gold-lettered surname and other white-lettered title,all to front's cover.A glossy,black spine with no reading creases and subject's capitalised,gold-lettered name with white-lettered title,author's name and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with similalrly coloured+lettered repeated name+title as the spine's,red+white lettered 2 paragraphs synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with no ageing /toning and no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation.UK, slim 8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn,9-183pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 8, 7 and 3 chapters respectively,an Afterword; Recordings,Film,and Videos lists and a Bibliograpy with other sources acknowledgements, and the verso of last page with publisher's list of other music-related publications for Freddy Mercury and U2.                                 Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 30+ year old-age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral wraps,paperback Original.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a paperback.                     Mike Oldfield shot to fame in 1973 with his debut LP. Tubular Bells.Nothing quite like it had ever been heard before: a continuous,highly melodic,multi-instrumental,multi-overdubbed piece of music.The album received enthusiastic critical acclaim,won Oldfield many appreciative fans,and went on to sell millions of copies worldwide. . .                                   Often drawing on previously published,but not readily available information, 'MIKE OLDFIELD - A Man and his Music' traces the career and asesses the music of the gifted musician, composer and studio technician: from his troubled,musical childhood,through his early insrumental album successes,his fine guitar work for other artists,his subsequently varying musical quality and critical and commercial standing,his later songwriting (which produced Moonlight Shadow,the biggest selling single in Europe in its year of release) and 1992's 'Tubular Bells II' (which went straight to No.1 in the chart in the first week of release).      Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.                               N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                 ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US 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,slim 8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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