1929 Merry-Go-Down: A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards Through the Ages

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First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Limited to six hundred copies, of which this is number five hundred and forty. Illustrated throughout. An anthology in praise of drinking, with collections of writings on drinking and drunkenness from across the ages. With contributions from Aristotle, Plato, Langland, Skelton, Shakespeare, Pepys, Boswell, Nimrod, Dickens, and even the book of Genesis. Written by Philip Arnold Heseltine, typically known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock but writing under the name Rab Noolas in this work ("Saloon Bar" backwards), a British composer and music critic. Illustrated by Harold Collins, a British artist and musician.