THE GAVIN EWART SHOW

London: Trigram Press, 1971. Signed special limited first printing of this collection of witty and saucy poems from the winner of the 1971 Cholmondeley Award, with dust jacket and frontispiece illustrated by Michael Foreman. THE GUARDIAN identifies Michael Foreman as "one of the best-known British writer-illustrators," in part thanks to his remarkable output: since he began his career in 1961, he has published over 300 books for children and adults. He has earned two Kate Greenaway Medals, and has twice been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. 8.5'' x 6.5''. Original brown and black cloth boards. Original unclipped (no price) brown pictorial dust jacket. 64 pages. Signed by Ewart to colophon, numbered 50 of 100.