Jack Willett must have been a friend or business associate of Buitoni executive Aldo Osti, as he was on the Ostis' Christmas card list. Osti also presented him with a copy of Vaguement Compétitif [Vaguely Competitive] personalized by cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé in 1985, the year of publication. Sempé included a drawing of a very competitive—that is, confident—businessman on a chessboard, which mirrors the dust cover drawing of a vaguely competitive—that is, anxious—office worker occupying the same pawn square. The book is offered for sale by a UK bookseller for the price of 275 GBP which may or may not prove competitive.
Bookseller Adrian Harrington Ltd. did not include an image of the dust jacket with the listing. Instead we can rehash a photograph from the blog archives of a copy that once belonged to pianist John Philips:
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
Jean-Jacques Sempé
Signed Books with Drawings Too
Attempted Bloggery's Objectively Competent Index
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Bookseller Adrian Harrington Ltd. did not include an image of the dust jacket with the listing. Instead we can rehash a photograph from the blog archives of a copy that once belonged to pianist John Philips:
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| Jean-Jacques Sempé Vaguement Compétitif, Denoël, 1985 |
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| Jean-Jacques Sempé AbeBooks Listing Retrieved August 28, 2019 |
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
Jean-Jacques Sempé
Signed Books with Drawings Too
Attempted Bloggery's Objectively Competent Index
03020
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