CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
Published by Paddington Press
in 1978
ISBN: 0448229781
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CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1316279
1st.
1978.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a 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. ISBN: 0448229781. 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.
CHERRYWOOD CANNON
Written by Dimitri Sidjanski.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 573582
1st.
1978.
Hardback.
Large format.
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. ISBN: 0448229781. Tiny bumps to lower corner of boards. Light browning to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.