Various Authors, John Lennon

Six Modern One-Act Plays, signed by future Beatles member John Lennon, while he was a student.

• Various Authors.
• London: University of London Press, 1950.
• Octavo.
• 160 pages.
• Publisher's softcovers.
• Signed by John Lennon as a student.

An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston] Lennon, IVC', and dated this '1955'. The details have been crossed through by the subsequent reader in 1961-2. This signed library book represents an especially early autograph from the future Beatle, at this time aged just 14; 'The Quarrymen' band was formed by John aged 15 and was named after the high school noted within this volume. Music aside, the subject of the book has a clear link to his later career as a dramatist; Lennon co-wrote the play A Spaniard In the Works with Victor Spinetti and starred in the film How I Won the War.

An important item, accompanied by a statement of provenance from Paul Wane, one of the world's most respected Beatles specialists.