Description: (GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON) ENGLISH MODEL PATTIE BOYD SIGNED BOOK NEW FIRST EDITION Boldly hand signed on title page in black marker. Hardcover First Edition New Condition Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966, experiencing the height of the Beatles' popularity and sharing in their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979; they divorced in 1989. Boyd inspired Harrison's song "Something", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues" and "Wonderful Tonight". In August 2007, Boyd published her autobiography Wonderful Today[1] (titled Wonderful Tonight in the United States). Her photographs of Harrison and Clapton, titled Through the Eye of a Muse, have been widely exhibited. Early lifeBoyd was born on 17 March 1944[2] in Taunton, Somerset,[3] the first child of Colin ("Jock") Ian Langdon Boyd and Diana Frances Boyd (née Drysdale).[4] The Boyds moved to West Lothian in Scotland, where her brother, Colin, was born in 1946.[5] They then moved to Guildford, Surrey, where her sister Jenny was born in 1947.[6] After Jock's discharge from the Royal Air Force, the Boyds lived in Nairobi from 1948 to 1953.[7] Boyd's youngest sister, Paula, was born at a hospital in Nakuru, Kenya, in 1951. From the age of eight, Boyd boarded at Nakuru School near Nairobi. During a half-term break, she returned home and was shocked to learn that her parents had divorced.[9] In December 1953, she and her siblings moved to England with Diana and her new husband, Bobbie Gaymer-Jones.[10] With her mother's second marriage, Boyd gained two half-brothers, David (b. 1954) and Robert ("Boo"; b. 1955).[11] Many years later, she learned that she had two half-sisters through Jock's second marriage:[12] Clare (1962–2018) and Julia (b. 1964).[citation needed] Boyd briefly attended Hazeldean School in Putney, and then the St Agnes and St Michael Convent Boarding School in East Grinstead, and St Martha's Convent in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire.[13] She achieved three GCE O level passes in 1961.[14] She moved to London the same year and through her mother found work as a trainee beautician, age seventeen, at Elizabeth Arden's Bond Street salon.[15] A client who worked for Honey magazine then inspired her to join an agency and begin work as a fashion model CELEBRATING 28 YEARS IN BUSINESS!! PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY WINNING AN ITEM AND NOT PAYING FOR IT!! YOU WILL BE REPORTED TO EBAY AND BLOCKED FROM OUR AUCTIONS!!! ALSO WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BIDS FROM 0 FEEDBACKS, THEY WILL BE CANCELLED! NO RESERVE Terms of Sale: PLEASE READ!!1. Payment is due within 4 days of the close of this auction. We are set automatically on Unpaid Bidder Assistant.2. If you have any questions, please ask prior to bidding. 3. All items are guaranteed authentic. COAs issued upon request. (Only for signed items) You can buy with complete confidence.4. Buyer pays for shipping. (combine shipping for multiple items)PLEASE NOTE IF BIDDING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. - WE ONLY SHIP THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS!!Thanks for looking and Good Luck bidding!The Inkwell Autograph Gallery
Price: 139.95 USD
Location: Eagleville, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2025-02-02T12:42:50.000Z
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Industry: Music
Signed by: Pattie Boyd
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Autograph Authentication: The Inkwell Gallery
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom