The Penguin Ronald Searle
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1960
Nobody hasn't heard of Ronald Searle, mid-century Britain is a Searle-haunted land. From the small girl who has stepped straight out of St Trinian's to the man at the end of the platform who is the fat man in the run poster, you can't escape him. Undergraduate cartoonists go through Searle phases ... large, gloomy Searle dogs stare at you from the pages of large glossy American magazines ... he is on the front of Penguins. He is witty. He is wickedly funny. 'The Penguin Ronald Searle' is a selection of his best cartoons.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Some marks to both covers. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1960
Nobody hasn't heard of Ronald Searle, mid-century Britain is a Searle-haunted land. From the small girl who has stepped straight out of St Trinian's to the man at the end of the platform who is the fat man in the run poster, you can't escape him. Undergraduate cartoonists go through Searle phases ... large, gloomy Searle dogs stare at you from the pages of large glossy American magazines ... he is on the front of Penguins. He is witty. He is wickedly funny. 'The Penguin Ronald Searle' is a selection of his best cartoons.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Some marks to both covers. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1960
Nobody hasn't heard of Ronald Searle, mid-century Britain is a Searle-haunted land. From the small girl who has stepped straight out of St Trinian's to the man at the end of the platform who is the fat man in the run poster, you can't escape him. Undergraduate cartoonists go through Searle phases ... large, gloomy Searle dogs stare at you from the pages of large glossy American magazines ... he is on the front of Penguins. He is witty. He is wickedly funny. 'The Penguin Ronald Searle' is a selection of his best cartoons.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Very minor wear to spine ends. Some marks to both covers. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
