I think the items that Hammill sold were not in very good condition. The Silent Corner album I referred to above had a torn cover, for example. Many of the items seem to have been damaged by water. I went for the second Hammill book - Mirrors, Dreams and Miracles - as I have the first book - Killers, Angels, Refugees - but not his second. I looked on the Burning Shed site last night when I received the generic email advising of the sale and the site said the book was sold out. Just after I wrote the above message this morning I looked again and the book was available, so I bought it. But it does have this caveat: 'Please note these 3 copies have various damage, one has a torn cover, another has water damage. Sold as seen, no returns.' So the book will not be in pristine condition but I can live with that knowing it once belonged to Hammill, although there is no indication the item will be signed.
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