Paul McCartney

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Paul McCartney
The paper cover of a school exercise book annotated by McCartney with a chord diagram, coloured sketches of a smiling guitar and an apple, signed and inscribed in blue ink Try me, I'm D6 (Fool [on] the [hill]), To Robert, All the best to you from Paul McCartney of the Beatles Band, the cover additionally inscribed in the schoolboy owner's hand and decorated with stickers of a cow and a milkmaid -- 7 5/8x6in. (19.3x15.2cm.) in common mount with a colour-machine print photograph of The Beatles from the Magical Mystery Tour, overall measurements -- 13½x17½in. (34.3x44.4cm.)

Lot Essay

The lyrics in lot 531 and the autograph inscription and sketches on the cover were obtained for the schoolboy who owned the exercise book by his sister. Part of McCartney's handwritten title Fool on the hill was deleted and re-written by the schoolboy.

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