Lot 114
Bolan (Marc) The Warlock of Love, first edition, signed and inscribed, 1969.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Bolan (Marc) The Warlock of Love, first edition, signed and inscribed "deepest love & blessing on your head x Marc Bolan" on front free endpaper, with A.L.s. from the recipient's sister detailing provenance loosely inserted, very light foxing to title and endpapers, original photographic pictorial boards, minor rubbing to edges, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and creased at edges but a good copy, 8vo, Lupus Music, 1969.
⁂ The only published work of poetry by the pioneer of glam rock. Despite being published prior to success with his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later T.Rex) it sold 40,000 copies and was a poetry best-seller that year. The band's first hit Ride a White Swan was not released until 1970, reaching No.2 in the charts in early 1971. The final poem in the volume (p.63) ends with the prescient words:
"And now where once stood solid water
stood the reptile king,
Tyrannosaurus Rex, reborn and bopping."
Description
Bolan (Marc) The Warlock of Love, first edition, signed and inscribed "deepest love & blessing on your head x Marc Bolan" on front free endpaper, with A.L.s. from the recipient's sister detailing provenance loosely inserted, very light foxing to title and endpapers, original photographic pictorial boards, minor rubbing to edges, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and creased at edges but a good copy, 8vo, Lupus Music, 1969.
⁂ The only published work of poetry by the pioneer of glam rock. Despite being published prior to success with his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later T.Rex) it sold 40,000 copies and was a poetry best-seller that year. The band's first hit Ride a White Swan was not released until 1970, reaching No.2 in the charts in early 1971. The final poem in the volume (p.63) ends with the prescient words:
"And now where once stood solid water
stood the reptile king,
Tyrannosaurus Rex, reborn and bopping."
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