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(PALEARI, FABIO) (DOHERTY, PETE). Paleari, Fabio & Robert Montgomery. Bologna, ITALY: Grafiche Damiani, 2007. First Edition 1/400 Deluxe. 4to. Boards in Wooden Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (272pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Juan Gallego. "Any follower of the international tabloids is well-acquainted with rocker Pete Doherty, the former Libertines front man who is now quite famous for his on-again, off-again love affairs with supermodel Kate Moss and crack cocaine. After getting kicked out of the influential aforementioned British post-punk band for his over-the-top-drug use, Doherty started the band Babyshambles in 2005. Though fringe elements of Doherty's incendiary story have been well documented by unauthorized paparazzi, the authorized, inside view has never been available until now. In "I Won't Give Up", Italian photographer and documentary filmmaker Fabio Paleari follows Doherty from 2004-2006; onstage, backstage, while partying, and throughout the vicissitudes of his relationship with Moss". Hedi Slimane's Doherty tome "London: Birth of a Cult" came and went in a flash, so you won't want to miss this gritty expose! A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to four hundred copies housed in the publisher's sliding wooden box accompanied by a 12 x 9 ½" black and white print on baritate paper of the book's cover image "Pete" SIGNED, NUMBERED AND TITLED by Fabio Paleari in black ink on the verso still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 88-6208-028-X Inventory Number: 014373