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TALES OF THE WEIRRD
Written by Ralph Steadman; et al. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1831541
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

An exploration into the strange and the weird. Full of freaks and weirdos, this subject matter gives Ralph Steadman the ideal canvas for his particular brand of madness. Genuine weirdness is a rare quality. To be truly weird demands character and wanton disregard for the social mores of the day. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0224030299. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents have a wave probably created by the sheer size of the volume when attempting to read it. Contents are clean.

THE GRAPES OF RALPH: WINE ACCORDING TO RALPH STEADMAN.
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2138631
Published by Ebury Press. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Given the opportunity to travel with experienced wine buyers, Ralph Steadman visited California, France, Australia, Portugal, Germany, Italy and other countries, interviewing winemakers, spending time in the vineyards and meetings some of the wine world's most fascinating characters. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0091752027. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and grubby marks.

TEDDY! WHERE ARE YOU?
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1317698
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Grace and Rebecca want to know what a teddy bear is - they've never seen one. Their grandfather searches for his old one-eyed teddy, but it is nowhere to be found. He takes his granddaughters to a toyshop to buy a teddy, but there are only colourful toys. The manager resolves the problem. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0862644844. Tiny price sticker to rear cover else fine.

THE BIG I AM
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1316253
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This work is a view of God, a "synopsis" which is designed to accompany God's comments on the creation of the universe, and in which the author tells us what God observes and thinks about mankind. Steadman's view of the Creation. A journey into uncharted territory... Large square format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Lavish colour illustrations. ISBN: 022402471X. Small indentation to lower edge of rear cover, corners ever so slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little scuffed.

NO ROOM TO SWING A CAT
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1312693
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

Tom's room is so cluttered with toys that there's not even room to swing a cat or moose or dinosaur... Riotous and exuberant colour illustrations. Glazed pictorial boards. Not paginated. ISBN: 0862642418. Spine is very slightly browned else a fine copy.

JONES OF COLORADO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1312669
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Steadman visits his friend hoping to avoid distractions and finish a new book. Instead, he met Jones and succumbed utterly to the cat's sly charm. He decided to buy a brand-new sketchbook - and this is the result... Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0091809452. SIGNED by Steadman to half-title with some slight transfer of ink to free-endpaper opposite. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge rubbed causing very slight grubbiness.