1964: Eyes of the Storm: Special Limited Edition by Paul McCartney

 

Lift Bridge Book Shop is excited to announce that we have a single signed exclusive copy of Sir Paul McCartney's new book, 1964: Eyes of the Storm.

 

We are an independent, family run book shop. Being able to acquire a copy of Sir Paul's new limited and signed book for sale is a boon for our small business. We are lucky to be able to get one and figuring out how to quickly provide our copy for sale is a challenge. Please be patient as we figure out the best way to sell this once in a lifetime opportunity, not only for us but potentially you!

 

We will update this page and post on social media when we have finalized our details.

 

**PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE STORE WITH INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS. If you do have questions, you can email 1964eots@liftbridgebooks.com**

 

 As with Paul McCartney's 2021 book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, a special, extremely limited edition (175 copies worldwide) has been made available as part of an effort to support independent booksellers. We are once again going to use this as an opportunity to support not only our shop, but others in need by donating part of the proceeds to BINC.

Binc's core program provides assistance to bookstore and comic shop employees and owners who have a demonstrated financial need arising from severe hardship and/or emergency circumstances. Since its inception, Binc has provided over $11 million in financial assistance and scholarships to more than 10,000+ families, including ours. More information about Binc can be found at bincfoundation.org.
 

Copies of the signed, deluxe edition of his previous book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, went for upwards of $10,000 (and is currently listed on eBay as of 4/21/23 between $15,000 to $27,999).

 

DELUXE LIMITED EDITION SIGNED by Paul McCartney


This signed limited deluxe edition of 1964: Eyes of the Storm is contained in a specially designed box.  The book itself is housed in a custom black silkscreen slipcase with inset images printed separately, pressed, and attached to the case. The book sports a striking new jacket.

 Paul McCartney's signature and the limited-edition number will appear on the first page of the book.

 Additional features include: a cloth bound folio imprinted with black screen type on the cover; inside the folio is a printed interior sheet and an 8" x 10" fine art print


“Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget.” —Paul McCartney

Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history.

Featuring 275 images from the six cities—Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami—of these legendary months, 1964: Eyes of the Storm also includes:

• A personal foreword in which McCartney recalls the pandemonium of British concert halls, followed by the hysteria that greeted the band on its first American visit

• Candid recollections preceding each city portfolio that form an autobiographical account of the period McCartney remembers as the “Eyes of the Storm,” plus a coda with subsequent events in 1964

• “Beatleland,” an essay by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore, describing how The Beatles became the first truly global mass culture phenomenon

Handsomely designed, 1964: Eyes of the Storm creates an intensely dramatic record of The Beatles’ first transatlantic trip, documenting the radical shift in youth culture that crystallized in 1964.

“You could hold your camera up to the world, in 1964. But what madness would you capture, what beauty, what joy, what fury?” —Jill Lepore

Born in Liverpool in 1942, PAUL McCARTNEY was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at fourteen, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He lives in England.

Jill Lepore is the David Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She's also the host of the podcasts The Last Archive and Elon Musk. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, her many books include the international bestseller These Truths; If Then, longlisted for the National Book Award; and the audiobook Who Killed Truth? in England.

 

1964: Eyes of the Storm By Paul McCartney, Jill Lepore (Introduction by) Cover Image

The traditional unsigned version will be available in June. You can preorder a copy here.