The Prisoner: Shattered Visage

Published by Titan Books, London, 1990

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Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United KingdomNeil Pearson Rare Books

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8vo, unpaginated. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers. Very light bumping to a couple of corners, otherwise a fine copy. Illustrated throughout by Dean Motter. First UK edition, INSCRIBED BY MARK ASKWITH TO THE ACTOR LEO McKERN: 'for leo, my favourite number two, "stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage", with admiration. Mark Askwith Toronto 1991'. Leo McKern was the first of a rolling roster of actors to play Number 2 in the cult TV series The Prisoner, and it was his interpretation of the role to which Motter and Askwith turned when, more than twenty years after the last television episode, they collaborated to produce this four-issue graphic miniseries. Set in and around the now derelict and decaying Village, setting for the original show, the artwork of the book's front wrapper features McKern alongside Patrick McGoohan. The title is taken from Shelley's obituary of hubris, Ozymandias. The inscription quotes Richard Lovelace's 1642 poem, To Althea, From Prison. A wonderful association copy. …

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Title
The Prisoner: Shattered Visage
Author
MOTTER, Dean and ASKWITH, Mark
Publisher
Titan Books, London
Publication year
1990
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Visual Arts Signed and Inscribed Items Dean MOTTER Mark ASQUITH

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