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SEARLE**, RONALD: : Searle in the Sixties. [illus by Ronald Searle.**]

LONDON.PENGUIN BOOKS LTD.,1964

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UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back Original,illustrated 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.When originally published,1964,for copyright reasons the book was not for sale in the USA.This selection also first published 1964.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price removal from front card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy, separate,vibrant coloured pictorial artwork cartoon illustrations by Ronald Searle to each cover,front cover with black lettering and a b/w Penguin logo to top,left-hand corner and other white lettering; orange spine/backstrip with black lettered title,repeated b/w Penguin logo to foot of same along with black serial number 2238 - spine without any reading creases; negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasng to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present, though book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but clean without foxing/ spotting or any other blemishes/stains; contents bright,crisp,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - assumed an unread copy, other than my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back Original,illustrated 1st edn,128pp [unpaginated] includes author's potted biography to half-title page,a b/w cartoon illustrated title page,acknowledgements with blank verso, profuse b/w cartoons (approx 121) some without text or captions.Many of these drawings originally appeared in the pages of Punch,Life, Holiday,Look,Sports Illustrated,Réalités,and La Canard enchaîné. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature of production, i.e a paperback,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for its age,brightness and cleanliness. Ronald William Fordham Searle (b. March 3rd, 1920 - d. December 30th,2011.) He was an English artist and satirical cartoonist,comics artist, sculptor,medal designer and illustrator.He is best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the 'Molesworth' series. Works as Ronald Searle.Born in Cambridge. Studied at Cambridge School of Art (1936-39). Served in the Army during WW2 and was interned in Japanese PoW camps in Siam and Malaysia for three and a half years.On his release in 1945,he returned to England with over 300 drawings,many of which were published in 'To the Kwai and Back'.He settled in London and began working as a humorous illustrator and carciaturist for books and magazines,including 'Punch' and 'Lilliput'.In 1959,at the invitation of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, he visited camps in Austria,Italy and Greece,and published a book illustrating his impressions. The following year, 1961,he moved to Paris and later married Monica Koenig,settling in France, where he lived until his death.Since 1975 they both lived and worked in the mountains of Haute Provence.In 2007 he was decorated with France's highest award,the Legion d'Honneur,and in 2009 he received the German Order of Merit. Searle has illustrated over 60 books.'Hurrah for St. Trinian's!' (1948) was among the first of many giving a mock-horrific view of private schools and their denizens; in these and many of his other books,the predominant mood of effervescent humour is offset by sinister or macabre overtones. He early developed a fanciful and strikingly individual graphic manner, subjecting the human form to grotesque distortions (bristling brows, hunched shoulders,matchstick legs and stiletto feet) and by the mid 1950s had become virtually a household name in Britain.He succeeds both at character-invention (favouring a number of well-defined types) and at caricature.He is also a painter in watercolour and gouache, etcher and lithographer and has worked on several films including Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965). Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back Original,illustrated 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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