Ralph Steadman — Doodaaa: The Balletic Art of Gavin Twinge, a Triography

London, Bloomsbury, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of this amusing tale of art history from British illustrator Ralph Steadman. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with forty-eight plates. Collated complete. The life of Steadman's own artistic alter ego, the redoubtable Gavin Twinge, as told to Raphael Steed. Twinge is the last remnant of a nineteenth-century 'domestic engineering' dynasty, founder of the Doodaaa school, and pioneer of barcode art, shredded literature, and aerial abstracts. Written and illustrated by Ralph Idris Steadman, a British illustrator best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. He is renowned for his satirical political cartoons, social caricatures, and picture books. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Ralph Steadman. Fine/Fine.