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Front cover of The Adventures of Robert, Bob, Rob, Ropp, Lobaato & Robby: Book 1, 1952–1986 by RP Monk

Book One · 1952 – 1986

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Faded prints, bright sunsets

The Book One cover, and photographs from the author's archive: bands, friends and the years in between. Select any image to see it larger.

Book cover: a silhouetted guitarist on a lantern-lit jetty at sunset, facing overwater villas, beneath a glowing world map.
Book One The front cover of Book One.
Detail of the cover artwork: a man with a Stratocaster on a wooden jetty as the sun sets over a lagoon.
Cover artwork (detail) Detail from the cover artwork.
A collage of twelve archive photographs with the book title and "By R P Monk" on a red band.
The manuscript collage The photo collage from the Book One manuscript.
Blue-tinted band photograph: five men and a woman posed around a motorcycle against a brick wall, with the word VIDEO beneath.
Video Video. From the author's archive.
Two men in white short-sleeved shirts and thin red ties, with the word DEUCE on a banner.
Deuce Deuce. From the author's archive.
Night-time photograph of two men supporting a woman balanced above them, all three with arms outstretched.
Hand to hand From the author's archive.
Black-and-white photograph of a group of young men in seventies clothes walking beneath an International Arrivals sign.
International Arrivals From the author's archive.
Sepia photograph of five long-haired young men standing in a line beside a bare tree.
Five in a row From the author's archive.
A group of young people beside a swimming pool, several with fists raised in the air.
Poolside From the author's archive.
Teenagers with acoustic guitars; a girl in front holds a tambourine.
Guitars and a tambourine From the author's archive.
A single-storey brick school building with a small clock tower above the entrance.
School From the author's archive.
Aerial view of a football stadium with gold and black stands in a town centre.
From above From the author's archive.

More photographs from the author's collection will be added over time.
Front cover of The Adventures of Robert, Bob, Rob, Ropp, Lobaato & Robby: Book 1, 1952–1986 by RP Monk

Book One · 1952 – 1986

Every journey begins somewhere.

This one begins in a small house in Wednesfield in March 1952, and it doesn't sit still for thirty-four years. Start it tonight.

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Front cover of The Adventures of Robert, Bob, Rob, Ropp, Lobaato & Robby: Book 1, 1952–1986 by RP Monk

Book One by RP Monk

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