A new hardback book containing over 200 photos, sketches and artworks โ€“ most of which have never before been seen โ€“ of Joe Strummer is to be published in the Autumn.

Print The Myth: Joe Strummer Portraits 1981-2001 by Josh Cheuse will be published by Rocket 88 Books.

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Fans can pre-order from today by visiting www.joestrummerbook.com.

Visitors to the site can choose between three different editions โ€“ The Classic, The Signature and The Ultimate โ€“ receive a discount and get their name printed in the book.

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Published with the blessing of The Clash and Strummerโ€™s family, Print The Myth combines rare and previously unseen photographs of Strummer taken between 1981 (playing live with The Clash at Bonds, mixing Combat Rock in the studio) and 2001 (Strummerโ€™s final New York gig) with notes, sketches and original artwork.

Credit: Josh Cheuse

The Classic edition runs to approximately 3,000 copies.

The Signature edition is a numbered edition of 500, which will be signed by Cheuse, comes in a clamshell box with a specially designed interior and includes an exclusive print of a previously unseen colour portrait of Strummer, taken in Los Angeles in 1989.

The Ultimate edition is a numbered edition of 100 copies. Along with a signed, numbered book bound in vintage leather in a bespoke clamshell box and the colour print photograph of the Signature edition, is a signed, numbered, b/w archival-quality photo print of Strummer taken outside Buckingham Palace in 1988. There is also a poster of Cheuseโ€™s original, unused artwork created for Earthquake Weather.

Credit: Josh Cheuse