Adrian Mitchell Ralph Steadman (19 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). Tell Me Lies is a rampaging last collection by the late and much lamented Shadow Poet Laureate. The title-poem is a 21st-century remix of his celebrated anti-war poem, To Whom It May Concern (Tell me lies about Vietnam), first performed at the anti-Vietnam War protest in Trafalgar Square in 1964. Much and nothing has changed since then, and Mitchells new (now sadly final) poems are just as powerfully relevant 40 years on. Completed just before his death, the book is quintessential Adrian Mitchell with visions of war and peace, celebrations, elegies, daft adventures, and exuberant outbursts like his version of Beowulf told from the point of view of Grendel the Swamp Monster. His poetrys simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show Adrian Mitchells allegiance to a vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems about war, Vietnam, prisons and racism became part of the folklore of the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards that poetry is first and foremost an assertion of the human spirit. A pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs, Mitchell reported back for half a century from a world blighted by war, compromise, double-talk and pragmatism without losing his innocence, integrity and impish sense of humour. Angela Carter described him as a joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe. Now out of print, the whole collection is included in Come On Everybody: Poems 1953-2008. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. For Beauty Douglas (ISBN: 0850314003 / 0-85031-400-3) Mitchell, Adrian and Steadman, Ralph, Allison & Busby, 1982, 263p, ex-library hc w/dj, w/library marks/stamps, usual xlib abuse, clean text---17.00.

Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 157p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: War poetry, English. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An exceptional copy of the first edition, published by Bloodaxe Books in 1991, in new condition. Glossy wraps, front cover art by Ralph Steadman, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 96 pp. (1722RO006).

Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 157p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: War poetry, English. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). 1852248432. 2009, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). First Edition. Firmly bound and clean with creasing to the rear board and a cuple of pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). Minimal wear to laminated card covers. Internally signed by author on half title. Signed by Author(s).

Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). A very good+ copy of a first edition, first impression paperback original (light surface wear) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Superb Steadman illustrations. VG+ with toning to page block and previous owner name to botom of ffep. The jacket is VG, unclipped with a touch of fade to red lettering to left of front panel.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Ty Lien, 1998. Large Folio. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have very light shelf wear. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. 50 pages. ISBN: 0953386503. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. [xvi], 263 pp., illustrated, 8vo, card wrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by the author, a poet and novelist of the British Left, to follow leftist writer Edward Upward (1903-2009). Near fine copy.

Condition: As New. First edition (softcover). Folio (42cm by 30cm), [56pp]. Illustrated throughout by Ralph Steadman (in b&w). Original printed card covers with colour illustration to the front cover. This book is in as-new condition. ISBN 0953386503.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). 1st Edition. Not dated but , 1982. 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt text on spine. 262 pages. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Dust wrapper not clipped. Text paper has discoloured due to age else a very good clean copy. Size 20.5 x 13 cm (8 x 5.25 inches).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. Slim folio. Measuring approximately 11½" x 16½". Stapled wrappers. Two brief penciled gift inscriptions on the title page, light wear, near fine.

First edition, signed by the illustrator in pen to title page; containing around 100 in-text and full page illustrations and small flourishes by Ralph Steadman; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, a very good copy with original typographic dust-jacket in very good condition with price scribbled out in pen; 263pp. If the scrawled title on the dust jacket doesn't give it away, this edition throwing together Adrian Mitchell's poetry and Ralph Steadman's imagery is arresting, fast, irreverent, and, at times, messy. It comes at you from every angle. Available in first edition in very good condition with the illustrator's signature. Adrian Mitchell was well known for his anti-establishment poetry and as a noted figure in the British left. Ralph Steadman's images and scribbles are equally satirical, incorporating Christian, capitalist, and nationalist imagery in ways equally humorous as harrowing. The eponymous Beauty Douglas is the name of a Black South African girl who died before she turned one month old, buried in the children's graveyard in Dimbaza, South Africa, 'where women & children who are not needed by the white economy are sent'. The foreword describes her grave, littered with rubbish among hundreds of other young children's graves, featured in the film Last Grave at Dimbaza (1974).