Signed book: Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall. First US edition. NY: Harper's Magazine Press, 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5 x 8.25, 146 pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in black ballpoint, "For Harry, I told you so! Love, John, 74'," adding a smiley face with glasses. The recipient, musician Harry Nilsson, has also signed below in black ballpoint. In fine condition, with the first free end page torn out and missing. Lennon and Nilsson were close friends who earned a reputation for mischief and excess during Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' period in 1974. In March of the same year, Lennon began production duties for Nilsson's tenth studio album, Pussy Cats, a record inspired by the negative press the pair were receiving at the time.
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