About MOONBOY – MoonBoy

MOONBOY Ltd is an independent publishing company with offices in London and Paris.
The company was formed by Fabrice Couillerot after a first creation in 2013 with First Third Books.
We specialise in high quality limited edition photo books on bands, performers and creative cultural movements, past and present. We work directly with photographers and, in most cases, the performers/bands themselves to create a unique insight with rare, previously unseen or unpublished photos.
We pay special attention to our signature graphic design.

Our first book, published in 2022 was ‘The Cure – Stills‘, based on the extensive archive of photographer Paul Cox, the band’s photographer of choice from 1979 to 1999. The book features a foreword and captions by Robert Smith with additional back-stories from Paul Cox and over 290 colour and black & white photos.

In 2023 we published ‘New Romantics – From Billy’s to the People’s Palace‘ with renown photographer Sheila Rock; the book featured 120 previously unseen images from London’s club scene in the late 70s and early 80s, with a foreword and commentary by fashion editor Dylan Jones.

In 2024 we published ‘Looking For Trouble – I want all you skinheads to get up on your feet’ – with previously unpublished images by John Ingledew from the London skinhead scene of the late 70s and early 80s.

Production is based in London (UK) and we use the same long-established family printing firm, Empress which ensures consistently high production standards.

We collaborate with Poisson Rouge, one of the best photo-engraving labs in Paris, for scanning, balancing and retouching the images.

Some of our past achievements include:

Bande à part: New York Underground 60’s 70’s 80s
authors: Fabrice Couillerot – Roberta Bayley
(2005 – Editions du Collectionneur)

Blondie: Inédits 1976-1980
Roberta Bayley photography / authors: Fabrice Couillerot – Roberta Bayley
(2006 – Vade Retro)

Serge Gainsbourg
Tony Frank photography / authors: Tony Frank – Fabrice Couillerot
(2009 – Seuil)

Felt
authors: Lawrence – Paul Kelly – Lora Findlay – Fabrice Couillerot
(2012 – First Third Books)

PUNK+
Sheila Rock photography / authors: Sheila Rock – Sarah Simonon – Fabrice Couillerot
consulting director: Ritchie Franklin
(2013 – First Third Books)

Genesis Breyer P.Orridge
authors: Genesis GBPO – Mark Paytress – Fabrice Couillerot
archive manager: Ritchie Franklin
(2013 – First Third Books)

Saint Etienne
authors: Lora Findlay – Fabrice Couillerot
archive manager: Ritchie Franklin
(2014 – First Third Books)

Marc Almond
authors: Marc Almond – Mark Paytress – Fabrice Couillerot
photo editor: Ritchie Franklin
(2015 – First Third Books)

My Ramones
authors: Danny Fields – Louis Jordan – Fabrice Couillerot
publishing manager: Ritchie Franklin
(2016 – First Third Books)

Big Star: Isolated in the Light
authors: Donna Ranieri – Fabrice Couillerot
publishing manager: Ritchie Franklin
(2016 – First Third Books)

Looking (HBO Gay series)
authors: John Collette – Fabrice Couillerot
publishing manager: Ritchie Franklin
(2016 – First Third Books)

Soft Cell: To show you I’ve been there
authors: Soft Cell – Ritchie Franklin – Mark Paytress – Fabrice Couillerot
(2019 – Renegade Music)

80s Sound and Vision
authors: Sheila Rock – Nilgin Yusuf- Mark Paytress – Fabrice Couillerot
(2022 – Quarto)

Tina Tuner: Simply Tina
authors: Paul Cox – Fabrice Couillerot
(2023 – Omnibus)