Lennon, John

(i) mock-up of upper cover including a line drawing from Robert Freeman's cover photograph of Lennon, 6 x 3 5/8 in.; 150 x 93 mm, ink drawing in black presumed to be by an in-house designer at Jonathan Cape on single sheet of artist's board (7 x 5 1/2 in.; 178 x 140 mm), unsigned, some soiling and browning from adhesive; (ii) line drawing from Freeman's cover photograph of Lennon, 3 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.; 90 x 77 mm, ink drawing in black presumed to be by an in-house designer at Jonathan Cape on single sheet (4 by 3 1/2 in.; 100 by 88 mm, unwatermarked), unsigned, previously mounted on item (i); (iii) typescript list of contents, not matching the order of the printed text and concluding with "one untitled poem", 2 pages, large post quarto (10 x 8 in.; 255 x 203 mm, "Croxley Extra Strong" watermark); (iv) "I Sat Belonely", 6 3/5 x 8 4/5 in.; 168 x 220 mm, photocopy of ink drawing with added title in ink by Lennon on single sheet (8 x 10 in.; 203 x 255 mm, unwatermarked), some creasing; (v) "Frank" from 'Unhappy Frank", photograph ( 8 9/10 x 7 3/10 in.; 225 x 187 mm), some creasing

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The original design in the first item shows Lennon upside down. To correct this, the second item was originally laid-down on top with Lennon the correct way up. The fourth item is a photocopy, with original title in ink by Lennon, of an alternative version of the illustration comprising lot 33.