Punk!
New York: Urizen Books, Inc., 1978. 1st US Edition. Quarto, publisher's stiff illustrated wraps.
First US edition of Not Another Punk Book!, a scrapbook-style monograph on the London punk scene. An amalgam of historical text, quotations, statements, lyrics, cut-outs, and photos, this on-the-ground account was one of the first surveys on the subculture. The book emerged from a head-to-toe portrait series of punk fashion in London commissioned by soon to be i-D magazine director Terry Jones for British Vogue. The images, captured by Steven Johnston, were considered too provocative for the magazine, so Jones parlayed them into this volume. Texts by American artist Dike Blair and writer Isabelle Anscombe, photos of performers and bands including the Sex Pistils, the Slits, the Clash, Patti Smith, Billy Idol, Television, the Dead Boys, the Cramps, and many more, along with street style portraits of London punks. With a punk discography compiled by Chris Weidner for Bleecker Bob's Records. Illustrated throughout and riotously designed in black-and-white and red. Published simultaneously in the UK. Fine. Item #13646
$175.00