Milligan (Spike) and Carol Barker. The Bald Twit Lion
£350
London, Dennis Dobson, 1968.
First edition. 4to. Original pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Developed from a story by Milligan for a BBC short film (one of the Beeb’s first television colour films).
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription to title-page; book VG+; jacket price-clipped and slightly rubbed, but overall VG-.
Illustrations by Carol Barker.
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