An Ideal for Living: An History of Joy Division

First UK edition, 1984; paperback. 4to. 125pp. Black pictorial limp card wrappers. Small patch of laminate rubbed off to head of spine. A few shallow scratches to covers. Light foxing and soiling to edges of text block. A very good copy. *** A detailed history of Joy Division – “From Their Mythical Origins as The Stiff Kittens To Their Programmed Future as New Order”. With descriptions of all their concerts, albums etc. Richly illustrated throughout. True first paperback edition, published in 1984 by Proteus. (It was re-issued by Bobcat Books two years later.)