Unforgettable Fire. The Story Of U2. London: Viking, 1987. First Edition. Pp, 320. Blue cloth boards, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Housed in collectors’ solander box.

Signed, verso front free endpaper, by all four band members & dated 1988.

Chronicles the early days of U2 in Dublin, their struggles to be heard against the anarchic sound of punk, their first recording contract with Island Records, their flirtation with fundamentalist Christianity, and their triumph at “Live Aid” where they stole the show from the legends of rock music and established themselves as the driving musical force for a new generation.

Signed copy, with contemporary signatures and rare thus.