Books: English
Author: Alexander Smirnov
| Queen - An Official Biography Plus Their Recent U.S. Royal Tour by Larry Pryce (Star Books, 1976) ISBN: 0 352397 46 2 124 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos [Queen's Trident era, recording songs and more] |
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| Queen by George Tremlett (Futura, 1976) ISBN: 0 8600 7412 9 142 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos [Queen's early years, rare interviews & facts, chronology, discography etc.] |
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| Queen - The First Ten Years by Mike West (Babylon Books, 1981) ISBN: 0 907188 07 9 112 pages, lot of b&w and colour pictures [see below for contents] |
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| Queen - An Illustrated Biography by Judith Davis (Proteus Publishing Limited, 1981) ISBN: 0 906071 91 7 96 pages, lot of b&w and some colour photos [Queen history & discography] |
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| Queen's Greatest Pix Photos by Jacques Lowe (Quartet, 1981) ISBN: 0 7043 3389 9 96 pages, b&w and colour pictures only [Rare and usual Queen pictures] |
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| Gluttons For Punishment - The South America Tours 1981 by Peter Lubin, 1982 80 pages, lots of pictures [South American tour chronicle & other tours] |
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| Queen - The First Twelve Years by Mike West (Babylon Books, 1984) ISBN: 0 907188 22 2 88 pages, lots of b&w and colour picturs [Queen biography, discography, bootlegs and more] |
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| Queen - A Visual Documentary by Ken Dean (Omnibus, 1986) ISBN: 0 7119 0857 5 5 96 pages, lots of great photos [Queen story, tour dates etc.] |
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| Queen - A Magic Tour (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987) ISBN: 0 283 99488 6 96 pages, lots of b&w and colour pictures |
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| Queen's Greatest Pix II Designed by Richard Gray (IMP, 1991) ISBN: 0 86359 807 2 96 pages, lots of b&w and colour pictures, most of them are not rare |
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| Freddie Mercury: A Kind Of Magic by Ross Clarke (Kingsfleet, first edition - 1991, second edition - 1992, revisited edition - 1992) both editions: ISBN: 1-874130-01-9 110 pages [Freddie's biography with lots great and rare pictures, high print quality] |
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| Queen Unseen by Peter K. Hogan (UFO Books, 1992) ISBN: 1 873 884 11 7 48 pages, lots of rare photos [This a picture book was published as part of "Queen Unseen" limited edition box set. There are many unpublished photos including their first photograph session at Freddie's flat.] |
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| Queen - As It Began by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins (Sidgwick & Jackson and IMP, 1992) ISBN: 0-330-33259-7 (paperback) ISBN: 0-283-06052-2 (hardback) 281 pages, 24 pages of colour and b&w photos [First real Queen story with rare pictures, but with some small errors] |
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| Queen - The New Visual Documentary by Ken Dean by Ken Dean (Omnibus, 1st edition - 1991, 2nd edition - 1992) ISBN: 0 7119 2828 2 1st edition - 118 pages 2nd edition - 128 pages [It's updated version of book issued in 1986. Both editions does not contain four pages with photos from previous book, but contains more pages from 1986 till 1991 (1992 - second edition)] |
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| Queen - In Their Own Words by Mick St Michael (Omnibus, 1992) ISBN: 0 7119 3014 7 112 pages, lots of b&w pictures [no comments - see the tittle] |
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| Freddie Mercury - This Is The Real Life... by David Evans and David Minns (Brittania 1992) ISBN: 0 9519937 0 4 (hardback) ISBN: 0 9519937 1 2 (paperback) - without photos 158 pages with 8 pages of b&w and colour photos [Freddie's friends' memories] |
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| These Are The Days Of Our Lives by Stephen Ryder (first edition - Kingsfleet, 1992; second edition - Castle Communication, 1993) 1st edition: ISBN 1874130124 2nd edition: ISBN 1-898-141-20-7 1st edition: 238 pages, 16 pages with colour photos [Usual Queen "story"] 2nd edition: 243 pages, 12 pages of photos |
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| The Show Must Go On by Rick Sky (Fontana, 1992) ISBN: 0 00637843 9 181 pages, 16 pages with b&w photos [awful book - no comments] |
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| The Freddie Mercury Tribute - Concert For AIDS Awareness (IMP, 1993) ISBN: 0 86359 979 6 96 pages, photos from concert and rehearsal |
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| Queen and I - The Brian May Story by Laura Jackson (Smith Gryphon, 1994) ISBN: 1 85685 062 5 (hardback) ISBN: 1 85685 099 4 (paperback) 216 pages and 16 pages of b&w photos [Issued without Brian's permission and based on "As It Began" book] |
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| The Complete Guide To The Music Of Queen by Peter K Hogan (Omnibus, 1994) ISBN 0 7119 3526 2 136 pages, lots of pictures [Another one Queen biography] |
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| Queen by Mick St.Michael (Carlton Books, 1994) ISBN: 1 85868 136 7 120 pages include lots of b&w and colour pictues [CD sized Queen biography] |
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| Mercury and Me by Jim Hutton with Tim Wapshott (Bloomsbury, 1994) ISBN: 0 7475 1922 6 (hardback) 211 pages and 24 pages of colour pictures [Freddie's friend memories on their private life] |
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| They Died Too Young - Freddie Mercury by Simon Boyce (Parragon, 1995) ISBN: 0-7525-1105-X 74 pages with some colour pictures, very small format, but hardback |
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| Rock Lives: The Ultimate Story: Freddie Mercury & Queen by Neville Marten and Jeffrey Hudson (Castle Communications, 1995) ISBN: 1-8607-40-405 aprox. 130 pages with lots of colour photos by Denis O'Regan [Nothing interesting in text] |
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| Queen by Mick St. Michael (Bison Books Ltd., 1995) [A4 sized format, diff. to previous Mr. Michael's book, lots of photos. Also issued in France in 1995] |
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| Queen - The Early Years by Mark Hodkinson ( Omnibus, 1995)ISBN: 0 7119 4820 8207 pages and 12 pages of b&w photos [Excellent story of pre-Queen groups - much better that "As It Began"] |
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| Queen Live - A Concert Documentary by Greg Brooks (Omnibus, 1995) ISBN: 0 7119 4814 4 176 pages, lots of b&w and colour photos, but most of them were issued in "A Visual Documentary"[Great book for collectors, include comments and tracks listings for most of Queen concerts] |
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| Queen - The Full Picture by Denis O'Regan (Bloomsbury, 1995) ISBN: 0 7475 2475 0 160 pages of photos only |
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| Freddie Mercury - More Of The Real Life by David Evans and David Minns (Brittania, 1995) ISBN: 1 899784-20-9 192 pages ["Updated" issue of "This is the real life.." book. Two persons only added] |
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| Mercury - The King of Queen by Laura Jackson (Smith Gryphon Limited, 1996) ISBN: 1 85685 111 7 212 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos, include Elizabeth Taylor, Liverpool builder (?!?) etc. [Another one Mrs. Jackson's own version of "As It Began"] |
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| Living On The Edge - The Freddie Mercury Story by David Bret (Robson Books, 1996) ISBN: 1 86105 054 2 208 pages, 4 pages of b&w photos. [Another one Freddie Mercury story, but much better that Laura Jackson's book! Full of well-known facts, but contains more memories of Freddie's friends] |
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| I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake : And Other Autobiographical Confessions by Malcolm Hardee (Trafalgar Square, 1997) ISBN: 1857023854 (paperback) [Contains just a chapter about Freddie's 40th Anniversary party] |
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| Freddie Mercury - The Definitive Biography by Lesley-Ann Jones (Hodder & Stoughton, 1997) ISBN: 0 340 67208 0 466 pages, 16 pages of b&w photos [Another great book! Featuring a lot of information about Freddie's early years, but it's hard to read for non-Freddie fanatics.] |
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