Bidspirit auction | 1964 and 1967 Two Vintage

1964 and 1967 Two Vintage Paperback Books The Beatles and The Monkees - A lot of two vintage mass-market paperback books focusing on iconic 1960s pop groups. The first item is a Lancer Special titled The Beatle Book, published in 1964. The front cover features photographs of the band and text reading Triple-sized AUTOGRAPHED picture—plus almost 100 NEW photographs and LANCER SPECIAL 72-732 50c. The internal title page is printed with A LANCER BOOK 1964, THE BEATLE BOOK, Photocopyright by Dezo Hoffmann, Ltd., and Text copyright by Lancer Books, Inc. The publisher is listed as LANCER BOOKS, INC. 26 WEST 47TH STREET NEW YORK 36, N.Y. The book contains black-and-white photography by Dezo Hoffmann documenting the group's early career, including their 1964 arrival at Kennedy Airport and appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. It includes a large printed fold-out poster at the rear depicting the band members in striped bathing suits. The second item is a 1967 humor and photo book from Popular Library titled The Monkees Go Mod. The front cover is printed with the title, the price 60c 60-8046, and the subtitle A mad trip into the mod, mod world of Micky, Mike, Davy and Peter. The title page identifies the editor as Patrick O’Connor, designer Barney Etengoff, and cartoons by Richard Hodgens, with the publisher listed as POPULAR LIBRARY NEW YORK. The content includes biographical sections such as Davy Jones was a jockey in England!, black-and-white promotional photographs, and satirical comic illustrations. The interior front cover bears handwritten numbers 10095 and 011 in pencil. Both volumes show significant signs of wear and age. The Beatle Book exhibits heavy toning to the interior pages (photo 4). The front cover has black ink scribbles across the faces of John Lennon and George Harrison (photo 1). The spine is creased with peeling at the top and bottom edges (photo 3). The Monkees Go Mod has a large X and O marked in black ink on the front cover (photo 1). The covers of both books show corner blunting, edge wear, and surface creasing (photo 3). The interior pages of the Monkees book also show significant yellowing consistent with high-acid paper stock (photo 13).