English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

SEARLE | Extensive collection of 81 volumes illustrated by Ronald Searle, including many signed or inscribed copies

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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

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