Dimitri Sidjanski (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Color and b/w Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. In color pictorial jacket, 4to, Unpag. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. (Shelfwear and rubbing to extremities; bumping to lower tip; tearing with some loss to jacket at top edge (3in x 1 in). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). First. Large (9x12 inch) hardcover with DJ. VG.

Illustrated Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dustjacket. Ralph Steadman Color Illustrations (illustrator). First American Edition. A Clean, Unworn Near Fine/Near Fine Copy, With Endpapers Very Slightly Aged At Edges. Dustwrapper Unworn But, Again, Yellowed At Edges And Flaps. Previous Owner's Inscription On Ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "An anti-war allegory about a people so obsessed with hatred that they destroy themselves by the very weapon they create." It is an allegory that continues to be very relevant today. A very good plus copy in a near fine, price-clipped dustjacket. White boards with a black illustration on the front board, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, Steadman's magnificent illustrations to accompany a magnificently told story. "'This is the simplest, most philosophic idea I've ever tried to put over,' says Steadman. 'The drawings are blatantly aggressive, with a bit of humor, yes, but nevertheless with some strange, subconscious bits and pieces.' It is these 'bits and pieces' that account for the profound, if startling, beauty of Cherrywood Cannon. For strangely, beneath the sense of wretchedness, despair and unrelenting paranoia that pervades the drawings, dominating both landscape and figures, there is something undeniably hopeful struggling to rise to the surface. A glimpse of a better life on the lower slopes of the dark mountain, a fleeting glimpse of peace rarely to be found in his previous work." (1722RO091).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Paddington Press, London, UK. 1978. Unpaginated. 48 pgs. An illustrated Montenegrin folktale with 24 original illustrations in pen and ink. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "An anti-war allegory about a people so obsessed with hatred that they destroy themselves by the very weapon they create." 'This is the simplest, most philosophic idea I've ever tried to put over,' says Steadman. 'The drawings are blatantly aggressive, with a bit of humor, yes, but nevertheless with some strange, subconscious bits and pieces.' It is these 'bits and pieces' that account for the profound, if startling, beauty of Cherrywood Cannon. For strangely, beneath the sense of wretchedness, despair and unrelenting paranoia that pervades the drawings, dominating both landscape and figures, there is something undeniably hopeful struggling to rise to the surface. A glimpse of a better life on the lower slopes of the dark mountain, a fleeting glimpse of peace rarely to be found in his previous work." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is the first US edition (price of $7.95 intact on dustcover front flap). An exceptional copy, book and dustcover fine (slight browning of dustcover and boards near top edge, as is typical for this title). "An anti-war allegory about a people so obsessed with hatred that they destroy themselves by the very weapon they create." It is an allegory that continues to be very relevant today. White boards with a black illustration on the front board, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, Steadman's magnificent illustrations to accompany a magnificently told story. "'This is the simplest, most philosophic idea I've ever tried to put over,' says Steadman. 'The drawings are blatantly aggressive, with a bit of humor, yes, but nevertheless with some strange, subconscious bits and pieces.' It is these 'bits and pieces' that account for the profound, if startling, beauty of Cherrywood Cannon. For strangely, beneath the sense of wretchedness, despair and unrelenting paranoia that pervades the drawings, dominating both landscape and figures, there is something undeniably hopeful struggling to rise to the surface. A glimpse of a better life on the lower slopes of the dark mountain, a fleeting glimpse of peace rarely to be found in his previous work." (1722RO084x2).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very nice copy of the first UK edition, book fine, dustcover very good (modest edgewear and a few short closed tears, up to 5/8 inch; price blacked out). Rust-colored cloth-covered boards, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, unpaginated, beautiful color illustrations. Steadman's second children's book with Damjan. A stork is unhappy with her lot and is determined to become a flamingo. (1722RO084).

Hardcover. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). Edition not noted. 4to picture book, full white cloth with black illustration, illustrated in ink and color by Steadman, based on a story told him by Dimitri Sidjanski. A striking antiwar tale. Near fine in very good, unclipped dj with closed tear to jacket front.

Condition: Fair. Ex library hardback with DJ; usual stamps/markings. Some light shelf wear otherwise clean copy throughout. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 41A.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Ralph Steadman (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to. Not paginated [35 pages] Bound in white cloth with a black Steadman design. With a near Fine Dust-Jacket, not price clipped. Nice bright clean & tight copy with some wonderful Ralph Steadman illustrations in colour, This is the first US edition (price of $7.95 intact on dustcover front flap). Near Fine condition. "An anti-war allegory about a people so obsessed with hatred that they destroy themselves by the very weapon they create." Size 31 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.5 inches).

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is the first UK edition (price of 3.95 pounds intact on dustcover front flap), boldly SIGNED by Steadman below a full-page drawing using a black marking pen on a front free endpaper. Book and dustcover very good (modest browning, at/near top edge of boards and dustcover; 2 1/4 inch closed tear, front panel of dustcover near spine; pages clean and binding tight). "An anti-war allegory about a people so obsessed with hatred that they destroy themselves by the very weapon they create." It is an allegory that continues to be very relevant today. White boards with a black illustration on the front board, 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, Steadman's magnificent illustrations to accompany a magnificently told story. "'This is the simplest, most philosophic idea I've ever tried to put over,' says Steadman. 'The drawings are blatantly aggressive, with a bit of humor, yes, but nevertheless with some strange, subconscious bits and pieces.' It is these 'bits and pieces' that account for the profound, if startling, beauty of Cherrywood Cannon. For strangely, beneath the sense of wretchedness, despair and unrelenting paranoia that pervades the drawings, dominating both landscape and figures, there is something undeniably hopeful struggling to rise to the surface. A glimpse of a better life on the lower slopes of the dark mountain, a fleeting glimpse of peace rarely to be found in his previous work." (1722RO084). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. STEADMAN, RALPH (illustrator). First Edition. 315x230x10mm+529g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Paddington Press Ltd. New York. 1978. First Edition. . . Unpaginated London:. Matt white boards with black decoration; in original dust jacket. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$17.40.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. ISBN 0448229781. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket. Tight sound unmarked copy. $ 7.95 original price is still present and unclipped on the front dustjacket flap. We have placed the dustjacket in a Brodart clear plastic protective cover and it looks much better than described.

New York/ Londo, Paddington Press Ltd., 1978, 1st ed., (46) pag., illustrated in colours and b/w and orignal hardcover with dustjacket by Ralph Steadman, folio (as new).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A fable of war and peace, the story of a people so transformed and disfigured by hate that at one point Steadman actually considered drawing masks on the to hide their ugliness. The idea was disgarded when he came to draw the enemy and found that he could not - the enemy didn't exist. Based on a story told to Steadman by Dimitri Sidjanski. Large format. White boards with black silhouette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. Tiny bumps to lower corner of boards. Light browning to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Steadman, Ralph (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1978. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. A fable of war and peace, the story of a people so transformed and disfigured by hate that at one point Steadman actually considered drawing masks on the to hide their ugliness. The idea was disgarded when he came to draw the enemy and found that he could not - the enemy didn't exist. Based on a story told to Steadman by Dimitri Sidjanski. Large format. White boards with black silhouette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. SIGNED by the artist to title-page with a small doodle to the cannon illustration. Small nibble patch to base of spine of book. Ink (biro) 2.00 written to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some loss to lower spine corner of front panel of wrapper (where it was nibbled). Dustwrapper is lightly browned, some lifting of laminate at lower edge of front panel. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched! SIGNED - please see description for details.