Blinds and Shutters by [THE BEATLES / ROLLING STONES] COOPER, Michael

Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications / Hedley 1990. LIMITED EDITION, No.1872 of 5000 copies, signed by various contributors including Beatle GEORGE HARRISON. Photographer Michael Cooper had a long-lasting friendship with both the Beatles and the Stones, and shot the covers for the classic 1967 albums 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band' and 'Their Satanic Majesties Request'. Introduced by Terry Southern, with Forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Conceived by Bill Wyman, who has signed every copy (the only contributor to do so, among an otherwise random selection of autographs gathered within every book). Folio (38 x 27 x 6cm), pp.368. Original black morocco and yellow buckram, all edges tinted red. Housed in the publisher's silk-screened printed solander box with a sliding blind beneath which conceals a photograph of John Lennon (each book contained a different photo). A fine, unused copy, also signed by Peter Blake, Spencer Davis, Klaus Voorman and others, and featuring George Harrison's autograph, being one of the most desirable signatures obtainable within this edition. Fine/ as new. The story of the 'sixties, told through the photographs of Michael Cooper and the words of 93 well-known contributors. Photographer Michael Cooper (1941-1973) had a lasting friendship with both the Beatles and the Stones, and shot the covers for the classic 1967 albums 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band' and 'Their Satanic Majesties Request'.