Slightly Foxed but Still Desirable: Ronald Searle's Wicked World Book of Collecting. by SEARLE, Ronald - 1989

Hardback. Very Good.

(1989): Souvenir Press, 1989. 4to, pp. 124. Pencil numbers and checks on upper right-hand corners of cartoon pages, o/w a VG tight copy in soiled dj. Very funny cartoon puns on book-collector's terms.

This Slightly Foxed reprint of the 1989 Souvenir Press edition is in as new condition, and appears not to have been read. The book is illustrated with colour cartoons as a guide to book collecting and the terms used by book collectors.

Searle's hilarious cartoons in Colour with witty Captions. White cover illustrated with library scene on front.128 p.pages, 9" tall.No inscriptions. Nice clean copy.

London: The Folio Society, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Searle's hilarious cartoons in Colour with witty captions. White cover illustrated with library scene on front. 128 p,pages, 9" Tall. No inscriptions. Nice, clean copy.

Souvenir Press 1989 London. (first edition) imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering, 124pp, illus, Near Fine in VG+ d/w (minor markings)

London, England: Souvenir Press, 1989. First edition. . Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 128 p. Audience: General/trade.

London: Souvenir Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 12" x 8 3/4". 124 pages, illustrated throughout in colour with Searle's inimitable drawings, a pioneer guide to the language of booksellers and their catalogues, 3-page glossary.

UK,slim 8vo HB,1st thus.FINE.No owner inscrptn and minus(?) slipcase or dw/dj - if one was issued? Bright,crisp, clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork to a white background by Ronald Searle, illustrated cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettering to front and spine and immaculate plain rusty-brown coloured endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though bottom two corners and head+foot of spine are minisculely bumped.A small dent too to front board's bottom edge - about 1" along from spine's gutter edge.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - really pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, slim 8vo HB,1st thus,5-128pp [paginated] includes an introduction by R.S.,58 full-page,full colour cartoon illustrations by Ronald Searle with explanatory text of a book-selling term opposite it and a 4pp glossary; plus… Read More

London: Souvenir Press, 1989 1st ed. 124pp. hardback 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [bookplate on pastedown; bit of edge foxing; else nrF] A send-up of antiquarian book terminology illustrated by the masterful English cartoonist Ronald Searle (1920-2011).