Babylon's Burning : From Punk to Grunge by Clinton Heylin - 2007

Canongate Us, 2007. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Canongate Books, 2007. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

UsedGood. 2007 1st U.S. hardcover ed. NO DJ. Some board wear. Text is mostly clean & readable.

NY: Canongate , 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dustjacket, 694 pages. Destined to become a classic on the subject alongside Legs McNeil’s Please Kill Me , Babylon’s Burning is a groundbreaking, definitive account of punk rock, one of the most influential and lasting music movements in history—a movement that ironically was built on self-annihilation. Acclaimed critic Clinton Heylin seamlessly weaves together the lives of disparate artists who had in common not the music (there was no distribution) but the pictures, words, and fashions depicted in magazines like Creem and NME . It was a sound that eschewed conventional lyrics, promoted a gutteral musicality but yet contained a keen pop sensibility. Whether exploring the work of early progenitors like Suicide, The New York Dolls, and Patti Smith or charting the progress of the bands who legitimately took up the mantle in the eighties and nineties, Clinton Heylin brings to life the strands of a global artform.… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Canongate U. S.. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1841958794 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 2.0 inches; 672 pages .

Canongate U.S, 2007-02-21. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!