Papas (William "Bill", 1927-2000, cartoonist and illustrator) Greeks, artist's mock-up, 100pp. of mouldmade paper, 59 pages of original artwork in pen, pencil, inks and watercolours comprising illustrated title, 12 double-page spreads, numerous illustrations throughout and 2 leaves of notes, the remainder blank, some leaves with passages of unrelated printed text pasted in for guide, others with rough pencil lines drawn in, original cloth, dust-jacket featuring original pen and ink drawing across both panels with title in red paint to upper cover, varnished, a little worn with several abrasions to surface, 4to, [c.1980]; and 2 children's books illustrated by Papas, 4to (3)

⁂ Charming illustrated homage to Greece, full of energy and vibrant colours, apparently unpublished.

William "Bill" Papas was a political cartoonist and caricaturist who worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. He grew up in South Africa to where his Greek father had emigrated, and studied at Johannesburg Art School, Beckenham School of Art and St. Martin's in London. Having worked as a cartoonist in South Africa, covering Nelson Mandela's trial for treason in 1958, he returned to Britain as a cartoonist and illustrator. He spent the 1970s living in Greece with his second wife Tessa Pares and they collaborated on Papas' Greece published in 1997, but which appears to be a different work from that offered here.