(SOLD): PUNKPISTOL. Sex & Seditionaries: The Incomplete Sordid Works of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren

(London): First Edition Publishing, 2006. First edition. Hardcover.  34.7cm by 25cm.  Unpaginated. Introduction by Malcolm McLaren. Controversial work showcasing the clothing of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm Mclaren. It has subsequently been claimed that much of the clothing illustrated is possibly fake and McLaren prevented a US edition of the book appearing. The book’s author, Punkpistol (Simon Easton) become embroiled in a dispute with Damien Hirst whom having purchased a substantial amount of clothing from Easton, some of which is illustrated in the book, later discovered that a great majority, according to Malcom Mclaren, were possibly fake. Nevertheless the book is a great documentation of punk fashion and the work of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.  Profusely illustrated with full‑page photographs of clothing, accessories, posters, and related visual ephemera. This is a very good copy in illustrated boards, with the distressed paper wrapper, lacking as usual the CD, housed in publisher’s clamshell box.  Box with some wear along edges, small splits at corners.  Marked ‘Amuti Display Copy’ in black ink on front endpaper.