BETWEEN THE EYES

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Between the Eyes is neither chronological nor strictly autobiographical. It is a kaleidoscope of what struck this artist's eye. You will travel with Alice and Richard Nixon down their own rabbit holes. You will find cartoons by 'Stead' from the Daily Sketch, scandals of the 1960s from Private Eye and a head-on collision with the screaming lifestyle of America. Here is Steadman's own version of fear and loathing with Hunter S. Thompson (as Thompson and Tom Wolfe have had theirs); here are violence, religion and police; Thatcher, Reagan and Zeno the sheep; flying visits to four corners of the earth, philosophical gardening notes and riding dolphins in mid-ocean." Oblong quarto: 240 pp. with illustrations throughout, many in color. Original blue cloth binding, with silver-stamped titles. Light bumping to the corners and tips. Some mild toning along the extremities of the dust jacket; else very good or better. (Inventory #: 78323)