23 x 14cm, 183pp. Cloth covered boars with a dustjacket sporting a reproduction of Hockney's portrait of Melly. The first edition of this memoir which covers Melly's days as a sailor, sodomite, surrealophile and songster. As usual with this title the dj is somewhat tatty at the top and browned with age (poor quality paper) but internally this is near fine. This copy of this robust and good humoured literal self-portrait (which is mostly without conceit) has a three line dedication in ink signed by Melly. The actual portrait of Melly on the dustjacket is by David Hockney.

Laid in: A cut-out advert for a book signing session held by Melly.

21 x 13.5, 2pp (folded to 4pp). A self published tract written by the Belgium surrealist group member Van Bruaene which complains bitterly but with some humour about the mis-editing of a textual piece by himself in an edition of the art periodical Phantomas.

Van Bruaene often wrote under the pseudonym of 'Le Petit Gerard' or, as here, "Zerar le bricoleur" and this is a wonderful instance of his wit where he tells an apocryphal anecdote about the stupidity of an art critic which (cryptically) is really aimed at the Phantomas editor. On the front (blank) cover of the text, Van Bruaene has written a note to his friend Melly, the British surrealist, close friend of Magritte and later famous jazz singer/musician: "Offert de tout coeur l'ambassadeur d'(?????), George Melly, Gerard 14, VIII, 57".  One word is particularly hard to read/translate (thus the ????) and it may be a personal joke / nickname shared by the two men. Slightly browned otherwise very good.

24 x 18.5cm, 32pp plus pictorial wrappers. Exhibition catalogue with 27 paintings and collages reprodiuced in colour and a short essay by the Jazz singer and artist-collector George Melly. 36 works are listed. Henri is an overlooked British pop artist who may have elements of early Hockneys still present in his work but overall is interesting. VG+.