haydn richard searle ronald (8 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 246p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English wit and humour. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Searle, Ronald (illustrator). 1st Edition. 246pp. Yellow cloth-covered boards, black design on front, black titles on spine. Bumped spine ends and bottom edge. Corners lightly bumped. Top text block edge dusty. Endpapers tanning and just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has 2cm closed tear at spine head, red stains to front, shelf wear, chipping to edges, minor loss, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. Poor Mr. Carp - put upon by everyone, from dear Mother, with her deaf-aid, and The Sorrows of Satan, to the formidable Maude (now in the ninth year of their betrothal) and little Harrison, the malevolent result of her previous and otherwise childless marriage. Illustrated with some of the funniest and most brilliantly observed drawings Searle has ever done.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 246p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English wit and humour. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Octavo. 246pp. Original yellow boards with black spine titles and illustration to front. Very good indeed in a slightly faded, edge torn, chipped and repaired, very good dust jacket.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO30355200: 1956. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 232 pages. Jaquette abîmée. Nombreuses rousseurs. Frontispice illustré en noir et blanc. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in a very good, slightly used and edge worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Gift inscription to endpaper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Searle, Ronald (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. 246 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout by Ronald Searle. Previous owner's inscription on the ffep. Bound in yellow hardcovers with black titles. Lightly darkened and stained on the edges. Yellow dustjacket in good condition with black titles. Darkened on the spine. Worn around the edges with chips and tears. Smudged and scuffed. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. VG/G. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Ronald Searle (illustrator). First edition. Two very smart first edition novels, following the lives and experiences of entertaining characters. Two volumes. First edition. This set includes: The Journal of Edwin Carp, 1954. The journal of a young man who ventured gingerly into the field of literature, while attempting to handle his dear mother, his fiancé, and her son from a previous marriage. Written by Richard Haydn, a British-American comedy actor the comedy actor who voiced the Caterpillar in Disney's Alice in Wonderland and played Max in the film adaptation of The Sound of Music. This was his only novel. Illustrated by Ronald Searle, CBE, an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. The Episode at Toledo, 1967. Set in Spain, this novel follows Hetta Paloczy as she uncovers a Communist plot to assassinate an American Admiral during his visit to inspect a NATO base. Written by Mary Ann Dolling, under the pseudonym Anne Bridge, an English writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. The dust wrapper of The Journal of Edwin Carp is price-clipped while The Episode at Toledo is not. Both wrappers are very smart with light shelf wear and light discolouration. A contemporary ink inscription to the front flap of The Episode at Toledo. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. book.