Searle, Slightly Foxed - but still desirable, number 1 of 10 copies with an original illustration, 1989
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July 9, 05:42 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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SEARLE, RONALD
Slightly Foxed - but still desirable. Ronald Searle's wicked world of Book Collecting. Souvenir Press, 1989
small 4to, NUMBER 1 OF 150 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF TEN COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY THE ARTIST, 120 by 150mm., ink and coloured pencil drawing of a cat with three books, signed "Ronald Searle", coloured plates by Ronald Searle, original morocco, coloured frontispiece present
The first copy of the deluxe issue of Ronald Searle's unique guide to the "poetic licence, cynical salesmanship and downright bloody banditry" used within the book trade.
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