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78 LE CARRÉ, John. The Secret Pilgrim. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991 The dedication copy, inscribed to Smiley First UK edition, first impression, the dedication copy, inscribed before publication beneath the printed dedication: “[For Alec Guinness with affection and thanks] From David – to you both – & with love – John le Carré 1st Dec ‘90”. The Secret Pilgrim was the only one of le Carré’s novels dedicated to Guinness, who played the role of George Smiley in the BBC adaptations of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) and Smiley’s People (1982). In The Secret Pilgrim , le Carré brought Smiley back into his novels, giving this dedication copy a particularly thrilling association. Both UK and US editions were published in January 1991, with the US slightly earlier; this presentation inscription precedes both.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue endpapers. With dust jacket. Very minor rubbing to ends and corners, faint spotting to top edge and a minor ink mark to fore-edge, still excellent condition. £5,000 [158516] 79 LENNON, John – ONO, Yoko. Grapefruit. Introduction by John Lennon. London: Sphere Books, 1971 Inscribed with a drawing for John Peel First Sphere edition, first impression, inscribed on the front free endpaper “To John and Pig, Love and Peace, Yoko” additionally inscribed “& John” with a caricature self-portrait of the couple by Lennon. The recipients were the celebrated English disc jockey and radio presenter John Peel and his wife Shirley (Pig) Ravenscroft. The book is offered with a letter of authenticity from the Ravenscroft family. Copies of this title bearing the signatures of rock’s best-known couple are sometimes encountered, but are by no means common. Grapefruit was originally published in Japan in 1964 and in the UK in 1970. Ono’s book blurred the lines between literature and conceptual art. Lennon later acknowledged that his song “Imagine” was drawn from Ono’s poems in the book, and in recognition of this Ono was credited as the song’s co-writer by the National Music Publishers Association in June 2017. Octavo. Original printed wrappers, spine and front cover lettered in black and white. Spine slightly faded as usual, edges lightly rubbed otherwise a bright copy. £12,500 [157795] 80 LEWIS, Alun. Raiders’ Dawn, and other poems. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1942
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