The Poor Mouth (An Beal Bocht).

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A perfectly written comic novel (by a genius), perfectly illustrated (by a genius), wonderfully printed in very small numbers and complete with the correct, signed engraving, which is quite often missing. First edition, special issue, number 107 of 130 copies signed by the artist, with signed numbered etching loosely inserted as issued; 8vo; illustrations by Ralph Steadman, bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's tan hessian, titles to upper board in black, pictorial endpapers after Ralph Steadman, hessian abraded at upper joint slightly.

• Binding: Hardcover

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