1989 ScarfeLand ~ Gerald Scarfe First Edition SIGNED Illustrated
$175.00
Scarfe s journey into the lost world of British politics, ruled by the Royal Lion (Reign Hanoverus) and governed by the terrifying Sabre-Toothed Ptorydactyl (Thatcherlottus). Other figures parodied include Nigel Lawson, Ted Heath, Prince Charles, the Pope, George Bush Sr. and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The idea of casting public figures as members of the animal kingdom may have inspired Peter Brookes Nature Notes cartoons in The Times. Later editions of this book added new beasts and removed old ones; this book, the first edition, features 43 beasts.
Scarfe s journey into the lost world of British politics, ruled by the Royal Lion (Reign Hanoverus) and governed by the terrifying Sabre-Toothed Ptorydactyl (Thatcherlottus). Other figures parodied include Nigel Lawson, Ted Heath, Prince Charles, the Pope, George Bush Sr. and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The idea of casting public figures as members of the animal kingdom may have inspired Peter Brookes Nature Notes cartoons in The Times. Later editions of this book added new beasts and removed old ones; this book, the first edition, features 43 beasts.
Scarfe s journey into the lost world of British politics, ruled by the Royal Lion (Reign Hanoverus) and governed by the terrifying Sabre-Toothed Ptorydactyl (Thatcherlottus). Other figures parodied include Nigel Lawson, Ted Heath, Prince Charles, the Pope, George Bush Sr. and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The idea of casting public figures as members of the animal kingdom may have inspired Peter Brookes Nature Notes cartoons in The Times. Later editions of this book added new beasts and removed old ones; this book, the first edition, features 43 beasts.