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STEADMAN**, RALPH: : THAT'S MY DAD

LONDON.BEAVER BOOKS.ARROW BOOKS LIMITED,1987.

ISBN 0099463008.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published by Andersen Press,London, 1986,with a later reprint/reissue in 2001.This edn is the first Beaver edition,1987.] NFINE/No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - wraps as issued. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Ralph Steadman,illustrated covers with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Lower,right-hand corner of upper cover minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,other corners unaffected.Top +fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread example? UK,slim 8vo wraps,32pp [unpaginated] includes 14 double-page colour artwork illustrations by Ralph Steadman, Steadman's b/w artwork text to half-title+title pages,and publisher's advert,for other Beaver Book titles - which includes Steadman's 'Mouse'(Emergency Mouse, Inspector Mouse, and Quasimodo Mouse) trilogy - to recto of last page.This book was the Critici in Erba Prize WINNER,1987. The Critic in Erba prize is awarded annually at the Bologna Trade Fair.'That's My Dad' was judged the best out of 507 entries. Ralph Steadman,born 1936,in Wallasey,near Liverpool.Educated at Abergele Grammar School, North Wales.Apprentice engineer with the De Havilland Aircraft Company. Served in the RAF (1954-56).Caricaturist, sculptor, painter, printmaker: also writer of music and songs. Contributor to Punch, Private Eye (UK satirical magazines), The Times and The Daily Telegraph (UK newspapers) [1961-69],to Rolling Stone [1970-79],and the New Statesman [since 1979].A winner of the Francis Williams Illustrations Award (1972) with Alice in Wonderland (1967).Has travelled extensively in America, Canada, Europe and the Orient. 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 '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.His more recent illustrations to 'Sigmund Freud' have been described as 'the mature work of an artist in sympathy with a genius and through that sympathy finding new reaches in his own capabilities' (Michael McNay:The Guardian, 6th July,1982.). Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct 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 8vo wraps,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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