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8vo. 7.25 x 5 inches. 127 pp. Bound in original yellow cloth, with black titles, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, which has a little edge wear. Minor wear to extremities, including corners, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated throughout by cartoon drawings, including frontispiece. A work of political satire, reflecting the British parliamentary establishment of the late 1950s. By Gerald Sparrow (1903-88), judge who had served as a judge on the International Court in Thailand. Illustrated by newspaper cartoonist, Michael Cummings (1919-97), who moved from working on Tribune to the Daily Express, adjusting his politics accordingly to become a right winger, attacked for expressing racist views.