First edition. Large quarto. Binding of black morocco and yellow buckram, in a matching solander box on the cover of which is a sliding shutter window concealing a photograph different in each copy. Here it is of a shadowy Keith Richards holding a guitar. 368 pages packed with Cooper's photographs, mostly in black and white and mostly of Sixties luminaries: the Stones, the Beatles, Warhol, Hockney, Peter Blake, Bacon, Burroughs, Ginsberg et al. Many of his subjects contribute reminiscences. Cooper was ubiquitous on the scene and his images helped to create Swinging London. He is now probably best remembered for shooting the album covers for Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Their Satanic Majesties Request. He committed suicide in 1973, aged 31.Number 3009 of 5000 copies each of which is signed by a seemingly random selection of contributors. In this case they are Peter Blake, David Hockney, Kenneth Anger, Adam Cooper, Terry Doran, Graham Nash, Colin Self, Derek Taylor and Bill Wyman. It is Wyman who oversaw the publication and his is the only signature that appears in every copy. Adam Cooper and Colin Self also seem to sign more often than most.Fine in fine box. An extraordinary project and an extraordinary production. Seller Inventory # PHOTOGRA000820

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Title: Blinds & Shutters.

Publisher: Genesis Publications, Guildford.

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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