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The Spencer Davis Collection
Lot 56

3 Unopened Copies of Blinds & Shutters

13 – 22 January 2025, 12:00 PST
Online, Los Angeles

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3 Unopened Copies of Blinds & Shutters

COOPER, MICHAEL and BRYAN ROYLANCE, compiler. Blinds & Shutters.Guildford, Surry: Genesis Publications, Ltd, 1990. 3 copies, unopened in original publisher's mailing boxes numbered 4296, 4935 and 4710. WITH: publisher's correspondence and ephemera relating to the publishing process.

The file of correspondence and printed ephemera accompanying these three unopened boxes of Michael Cooper's photo essay on the rock scene of the 1960s tells us that Spencer was involved not only in the gathering of the signatures that grace each volume (which are different in each volume, as planned by the publishers) but that he also took copies on consignment to sell.

Blinds & Shutters collected the 1960s images of rock and roll photographer Michael Cooper in a deluxe, limited edition of 5000 copies. The book includes images of all the great British Invasion bands, and also includes a signature page in each volume signed by dozens of musicians and artists who participated in the project, with some variation across the print run. The rarest examples include the signature of Andy Warhol, who died during production.

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The Spencer Davis Collection.

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