Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.

BOWIE, David. Photographs and Captions by Mick Rock.

$3,250.00

Item Number: 138421

Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2002.

First edition, signed limited issue of this profusely illustrated homage to one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, David Bowie. Folio, original quarter leathers over illustrated boards, photographic endpapers, all edges silver, illustrated with photographs by Mick Rock. One of 2,500 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock, this is number 683. Housed in the original publisher’s decorative lidded box. In fine condition.

Taking its name from Bowie's 1971 critically acclaimed song of the same name, Moonage Daydream follows the infamous musician's life and performing career between the years of 1972 and 73; his Glam Rock years. Dressed in a striking costume, his hair dyed reddish-brown, Bowie launched his Ziggy Stardust stage show with the Spiders from Mars at the Toby Jug pub in Tolworth in Kingston upon Thames on February 10th 1972. The show was hugely popular, catapulting him to stardom as he toured the UK over the next six months and creating, as described by Buckley, a "cult of Bowie" that was "unique—its influence lasted longer and has been more creative than perhaps almost any other force within pop fandom" (Buckley, 2005).