Though it is not really a biography, this book edited by David Dalton is the great-grandaddy of Stones books (see post on page one for Dalton's other must-have Stones book).  

In original printing, it features an appendix of guitar tabs up to Sticky Fingers!  Plus excellent photos and a plethora of intensive critical pieces and interviews by the best names in 1960s-1970s rock journalism.  

Worth selling something to afford - do not miss a chance to buy a good early edition.  It was heaven in the days of few Stones books, and is still unsurpassed in many serious ways, including in its choice of collected criticism.

I used to own Roy Carr Illustrated record of The R. Stones, he only did 3, The Beatles/Stones & Bowie, that was from the 70's, it was really well done.
For checking out all the books on The Stones, this site is not bad, although it's just someone else's collection of Books.
http://www.pitt.edu/~bon/books.html

corgi37 wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2010 at 9:50am:



Those are all great books...got most of mine on eBay, except for the 365 Days one...

There is only the one: Rolling With The Stones by Bill Wyman.

It is, IMO, utterly essential. I still, to this day, pick it up and have a flick through. The pages focusing on their early tours are fascinating to the extreme. It's an absolute tomb of a book.

The first David Dalton book is classic. Its surprisingly easy to find if you rummage through used book stores. I managed to replace my first copy, stolen by me from my cousin the day after the Stones played Houston in 81. I didn't mean to steal it, not really - he just never asked for it back and i hoped he had forgotten. This was before the internet and getting a hold of stuff like this was like finding gold.