The Diverting History Of John Gilpin
£35.00
Publisher
Penguin Books.
Place
London
Date
1953
Synopsis
Showing how he went further than he intended and came safe home again. by william cowper. with many illustrations by ronald searle. (king penguin. 70).
Item Description
8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. [ii] + 44 + [2] pp. In pictorial stiff card boards, in matching unclipped dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated by 44 drawings and one vignette by Searle. King Penguin edition of the comic ballad of John Gilpin (1782)) by William Cowper (1731-1800), here illustrated by the cartoonist, Ronald Searle (1920-2011). These were originally made for a film in the 'Poet and Painter' series of the Festival of Britain.
[Stock No. 29164]
