First edition. Deluxe limited edition. Publisher's original navy vegan leather with titles in blue foil and gilt to the spine, A black and white portrait of Joplin onlaid on the upper board, surrounded by decorations and titles in red, gilt and blue foil. All edges gilt. Also included are a special 7'' single containing two blues tracks from The Typewriter Tape recorded in 1964 by Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen, exclusively presented here as a vinyl single, and a 10'' x 8'' signed art print by Grace Slick (exclusive to the deluxe issue). Housed in navy buckram solander box with titles and decorations to the upper board in blue foil and gilt, and drawstring bag. A fine copy.
Numbered 23 of 350 deluxe copies, signed to the limitation page page by Peter Albin, Dave Getz, Jorma Kaukonen, Laura Joplin and Michael Joplin and estate-stamped with Janis's signature. The first 350 were bound in vegan leather as the 'Deluxe Edition', the remaining 1,650 were bound in cloth and issued without the signed art print, as the 'Collector's Edition'. Joplin's personal scrapbook documenting 60s counterculture and her rise to stardom alongside her own annotations is published here for the first time, beautifully bound and presented.
Stock code: 22838
£575