La grande ducasse drolatique: an apocrypha treating of the flesh, the world and the devil in twelve lithographs, with numerous commentatory and decorative notes, auxiliary illustrations and embellishments setting forth the sad story of the bitter apple, the tragic history of the worm, and the awful tale of the doomful gloom / devised and drawn by Haydn Mackey
[35] p. : ill. (some col.), (1 fold.), frontis. ; 40 x 29 cm.
Provenance
The front free endpaper carries an engraved bookplate, lettered: “G.H.R. Mackey Ex-libris 1923. AOS (i.e. Austin Osman Spare]”
Copy Note
The front pastedown carries an illustrated lithographed plate, lettered: "This edition is limited to fifty copies of which this is number 6." Signed and numbered by the artist.
Loosely inserted is a poster (31cm x 50 cm) on which is printed in black and white: “In the Art Gallery, Harrods Ltd., Knightsbridge, S.W. An Exhibition of Lino-Cuts by Haydn Mackey commencing June 23rd 1930.”
The `New Books’ section from The Daily Mail of 14th December 1922, which includes a review of `La Grande Ducasse’, is pasted to the back pastedown.