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STEADMAN**, RALPH: : THE BIG I AM

LONDON.CAPE,1988.

ISBN 022402471X.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj by Ralph Steadman; title in gilt,author in red letters,white and gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and one small closed tear to head of spine/backstrip.Fore-edges clean,contents pristine.Plain royal blue paper-covered boards with blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain blue endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,128pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers] includes double-page full-colour,full-page colour illustrated title page,9 full-page,full-colour double-pages,of which 2 are with text,44 full-colour,three-quarter double-pages,3 full-page full-colour single page illus without text; profuse b/w line and colour illus throughout.Virtually every page illustrated in some shape or form. Ralph Steadman,born in Wallasey,near Liverpool in 1936 was educated at Abergele Grammar School, North Wales.Apprentice engineer with de Havilland Aircraft Company.Served in the RAF(1954-6).Studied at the London College of Printing [1958-62].Caricaturist, sculptor, painter, print-maker; also writer of music and songs.Contributor to Punch, Private Eye, The Times,and the Daily Telegraph [1961-9],to Rolling Stone [1970-9],and the New Statesman [since 1979].As a caricaturist,Steadman has been influenced by the German expressionist George Grosz and the American Saul Steinberg.He was one of the artists (another was Gerald Scarfe) who during the 1960's broke away from the tradition of gentlemanly realism established in the 19thC by John Tenniel to explore the realms of passion,fantasy and nightmare.Significantly, perhaps,he took up the challenge of illustrating Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass,(first illustrated by Tenniel) and proved to be the only 'Alice' illustrator since Arthur Rackham to succeed in creating convincing images that owed nothing to Tenniel's authoritative iconography. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes -particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.