one of 600 copies
[HESELTINE, Philip] NOOLAS, Rab (pseud.); COLLINS, Hal (illustrator).
Merry-Go-Down. A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards through the Ages. Collected for the Use Interest Illumination and Delectation of Serious Topers.
London, The Mandrake Press, [1929].
With contributions from Genesis through Pliny, Plato, Seneca and Petronius before Dickens, Norman Douglas and James Joyce. Notably, the work contains 'All Off for a Buster' by James Joyce, the closing pages of Episode XIV of Ulysses.
Limited edition, number 133 of 600 copies; 4to (29 x 20.5 cm); illustrated throughout by Hal Collins, occasional light offsetting from illustrations, some offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's tan buckram, blue lettering to spine, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, with the original pictorial dust-jacket printed in blue, some creasing and short closed tears to edges, else very good.
Stock code 109868
DELIVERY & RETURNS
We accept returns within 30 days of purchase. Please note that all items must be returned in their original condition, including all tags and packaging. Shipping costs are non-refundable.
Merry-Go-Down. A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards through the Ages.
SHAKESPEARE, William; ROBINSON, W. Heath (illustrator).
A Midsummer's Night Dream.
1914.
A delightfully illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, in his inimitable, amusing style, first thus, 1914
£674.00
