English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations
English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations
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December 8, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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SEARLE, RONALD
Extensive collection of 81 volumes illustrated by Ronald Searle, including many signed or inscribed, comprising:
The Female Approach. Macdonald, 1949, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Back to the Slaughterhouse. Macdonald, 1951, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
The Terror of St Trinian’s. Parrish, 1952, second impression, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
The Diverting History of John Gilpin. For Sir Allen Lane and Richard Lane, 1952, FIRST EDITION THUS, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
It Must Be True. Macdonald, 1952, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Souls in Torment. Perpetua, 1953, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket, extremities of dust-jacket frayed
Down with Skoool! Parrish, 1953, FIRST EDITION
Médisances. Paris: Revue Neuf, 1953, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket, repairs to reverse of dust-jacket
Mr Brown the Elder takes Mr Brown the Younger to a Club. Privately Printed, 1953, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, some soiling to upper wrapper
How to be Topp. Max Parrish, 1954, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Modern Types. Cresset Press, 1955, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
The Rake’s Progress. Perpetua, 1955, FIRST EDITION, dust-jacket
Merry England, etc. Perpetua, 1956, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket, extremities of dust-jacket worn
Whizz for Atomms. Max Parrish, 1956, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket, head of dust-jacket frayed
The St Trinian’s Story. Perpetua Books, 1959, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
The Penguin Ronald Searle. Penguin, 1960, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
The St Trinian’s Story. Penguin, 1961, FIRST EDITION THUS, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
The Big City. Penguin, 1962, reprint, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
From Frozen North to Filthy Lucre. Heinemann, 1964, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket, some soiling to dust-jacket
Searle in the Sixties. Penguin, 1964, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
Take One Toad. Denis Dobson, 1968, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Hello – Where did all the people go? Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
The Great Fur Opera. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket, some browning to dust-jacket
Dick Deadeye. Cape, 1975, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
Zoodiac. New York: Pantheon Books, [1978], first American edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket, tears to dust-jacket
The Savoy of London. [Privately Printed, 1979], FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Big Fat Cat Book. Macmillan, 1982, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
The Illustrated Winespeak… Souvenir Press, 1984, reprint, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
Golden Oldies 1941-1961. Pavilion, 1985, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Harrap, 1985, FIRST EDITION THUS, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST TOGETHER WITH TYPEWRITTEN NOTE
Something in the Cellar… Souvenir Press, 1986, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
To the Kwai – and Back. Collins, 1986, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Searle’s Cats. Souvenir Press, 1988, FIRST EDITION THUS, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Non-Sexist Dictionary. Souvenir Press, 1988, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
Slightly Foxed… Souvenir Press, 1989, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 80 OF 150 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Slightly Foxed… Souvenir Press, 1989, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST, dust-jacket
Ronald Searle – a biography… Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST
Down with Skool! Pavilion, 1992, reprint, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
How to be Topp. Pavilion, 1992, reprint, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Whizz for Atomms. Pavilion, 1992, reprint, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
Back in the Jug Agane. Pavilion, 1992, reprint, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
together with 40 others; all various sizes, original bindings, occasional spotting and browning, occasional ownership signatures or inscriptions, many dust-jackets worn and price-clipped