£688
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 644
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Edinburgh: Canongate Publishing, 1981. First edition, presentation copy to Susie [Susan Boyd] "To Susie from Alasdair Easter, 1981, congratulating her on the start of her painting again in that age when the mighty are toppled from their places and the dormice begin to inherit", and with authorial note on following page "ERRATA. The five illustrations should be the same height as the type area - but are considerably smaller. The main illustrated title page has not been reproduced from the original negative, but from a print taken from it, and is therefor (sic) blurred", 17 other marginal notes and corrections by Alasdair in red ink, original cloth, dustjacket
Provenance: From the estate of Susan Boyd, a successful writer and one of the A-list writers for East Enders from its inception until she died in 2004. She was the daughter of the writer Edward Boyd. Susan went to Glasgow School of Art but dropped out in her second year.