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LENNON, CYNTHIA: : John

US.NEW YORK.Crown Publishers/an imprint of CROWN PUBLISHING GROUP,2005.

ISBN 030733855X.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Originally and first published,(LONDON),Hodder & Stoughton, 2005.This is a stated First American Edition with complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's matt,b/w side profile portrait photograph to front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy,silver coloured lettered name and embossed,gilt-lettered title and other glossy,silver colour lettered 'Foreword by Julian Lennon' credit; a matt,white spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,glossy,black-lettered name,embossed gilt-lettered title and publisher's capitalised, glossy,black-lettered name and glossy,silver illustrated with capitalised white lettered initial of name,colophon to foot of same rear panel of dw/dj with couple's b/w portrait photograph and black-lettered extract from book's Introduction,to a matt,white background. Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no foxing - contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to corners - would appear unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,plain black paper-covered boards a black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering,a blue+black striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,viii-xpp+2- 306pp [paginated] includes verso of Acknowledgements,a Foreword by Julian Lennon, author's Introduction,20 chapters,32pp of contemporary b/w (the Majority) and colour autobiographical photographs in two blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp116/17 and pp180/81 respectively and an Index; plus  [unpaginated] half-title,subject b/w portrait photographic illustrated title page,a dedication,and recto of Acknowledgements,and a title separator page between last page of Foreword and first page of author Introduction.  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                When she was eighteen years old,a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love.Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon - from Liverpool's dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed.And Cynthia Lennon,John's first wife,was an integral part of the swirl of events that are now an indelible part of the history of rock and roll.  In 'John',Cynthia recals those times with the loving honesty of an insider,offering new and fascinating insights into the life of John Lennon and the earlydays of the Beatles.And with the perspective only years can provide she also tells the compelling story of her marriage to a man who was to become a music legend,a cultural hero and a defining figure of the twentieth century.                                          Cynthia has seldom talked in any detail about her marriage and the painful events that followed John's tragic assassination in 1980.Now she candidly reveals the good and the bad,the loving and the cruel sides of John.She tells of the breakdown of their marriage and the beginning of his relationship with Yoko Ono in more deatil than has ever been disclosed before and documents the difficulties estrangement from John - and his subsequent death - brought for herself and their son,Julian.                    In 'John',Cynthia lennon has created a vivid portrait of the 1960s,the Beatles and the man she never stopped loving.                       Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 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. **                                                                                                                                                    

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

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