Merry-Go-Down: A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards Through the Ages

Published by The Mandrake Press, London, 1929

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A limited edition of this satirical work on drunkards and drunkenness, with illustrations throughout. Limited to six hundred copies, of which this is number five hundred and forty. Illustrated throughout. An anthology in praise of drinking, with collections of writings on drinking and drunkenness from across the ages. With contributions from Aristotle, Plato, Langland, Skelton, Shakespeare, Pepys, Boswell, Nimrod, Dickens, and even the book of Genesis. Written by Philip Arnold Heseltine, typically known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock but writing under the name Rab Noolas in this work ("Saloon Bar" backwards), a British composer and music critic. Illustrated by Harold Collins, a British artist and musician. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good.

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Bibliographic details

Title
Merry-Go-Down: A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards Through the Ages
Author
Rab Noolas [Philip Heseltine]
Publisher
The Mandrake Press, London
Publication year
1929
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Hal Collins
Edition
First edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
11.5" by 8"

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