JONES OF COLORADO

LONDON.EBURY PRESS,1995.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,but publisher price has been inked over.Bright,clean,colour pictorial artwork dw/dj, illustrated by Ralph Steadman; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present and miniscule grubbing/marking to rear wrap - appears to be a common,ubiquitous,fault? Small,ink serial number sequence to top edge,which is also minimally aged,fore-edge bright and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp, clean, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds (boards) with bright stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,56pp [unpaginated] +b/w line illustrated half- title,b/w line illus double-page title page,Steadman b/w illus to every page, majority double-paged throughtout the text and the book. During a two-week visit to Hunter Thompson's cabin in Woody Creek, Colorado (Owl Farm,where Mr. Thompson lives - obstensibly to work on "The Curse of Lono"),Steadman was fascinated by Jones,Thompson's cat.In the two weeks he was there,he developed a relationship with the cat that he described as a 'close detachment' - a relationship that drove him to immediately purchase a sketchbook,to "try to catch something of his arch presence." A renowned illustrator,best known for his work with Hunter on 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and many of his other books,this delightful book,filled with Steadman's drawings,is the result - a perfect gift for cat-lovers and Steadman fans alike. 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.). Since April,2013,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! .