Buy this book on-line

STEADMAN**, RALPH: : Between the Eyes

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE LTD.,1984.

ISBN 0224029886.

UK,slim,square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Ralph Steadman,illustrated dw/dj panels with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Rear panel has some light indents which have minimally affected the boards beneath,leaving a residue of the imprints,and all corners minimally bumped. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with near immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,slim,square Qrto HB +dw/dj,1st edn,7-239pp [paginated] includes profuse full+part-page and double-page colour and b/w illus/caricatures/cartoons all by Ralph Steadman,interspersed throughout the text and the book,and a 6-Part biblio (Books by R S,books illus by R S,Periodical+book contribs,interviews with and articles on R S,R S Portfolios,and R S Exhibitions).Plus [unpaginated] b/w cartoon illustrated half-title page,b/w cartoon illustrated double-page title page,and a b/w cartoon illustrated dedication page.A bright, clean example of the author's particularly scarce and hard to find work,in as good a grade as this. Ralph Steadman's 'Between the Eyes' is a view of the world by a sheep in wolf's clothing.In deciding to squeeze the results of twenty-seven years of work into a single book at least one of Steadman's aims was to stop people asking him how such angst-filled drawings could emerge from such a kind and gentle soul as himself.Steadman doesn't go out of his way to shock.He is genuinely wounded each time a world event rears its ugly head.Just as man first used simple lines on cave walls to exorcise his fears before the hunt,Steadman uses lines and blots to condemn injustices,expose hypocrisy and exorcise his own fears about what humanity would do to itself unchecked.He is also touched by the simplicity of life,which is what makes this a book of such startling,eloquent contrasts - from the savagery of his Save the Children drawings and Falklands commentaries to the sublime images of Alice,Freud and Leonardo. 'Between the Eyes' is neither chronological nor strictly autobiographical.It is a kaleidoscope of what struck this artist's eye.You will travel with Alice and Richard Nixon down their own rabbit holes.You will find cartoons by 'Stead' from the Daily Sketch,scandals of the 1960's from Private Eye and a head-on collision with the screaming lifestyle of America.Here is Steadman's own version of fear and loathing with Hunter S. Thompson (as Thompson and Tom Wolfe have had theirs); here are violence,religion and police; Thatcher,Reagan and Zeno the sheep; flying visits to four corners of the earth, philosophical gardening notes and riding dolphins in mid-ocean. 'Between the Eyes' will make you laugh.It may make you gasp,lose sleep,change your politics or turn over a page or two in horror.But the genius of Ralph Steadman - the warmth,cynicism,vision of three decades - will not fail to hit you (like the man says) right between the eyes. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item (1.3Kg unpackaged),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,slim,square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.