Oh, so have I. There are several in circulation, signed and inscribed "see page 25" which is where the poem appears in the volume of that title. That's where John knows it from... (doubful grammar, that, but what the hey!)
Not cost-effective but good fun.
One of the most exciting instances was in Borders on Charing Cross Road. The poetry shelf was high up and I was searching for one of those rolling stepper-uppers so I could reach to do the deed. A beautiful young assistant came over and asked, not what I was up to but whether he could help. So I handed him the book and said I was trying to put it "up there, between..." and he parked it perfectly.
Borders, alas, is there no more. I am trying to write an elegy for it.
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