ISBN: 9780871130037 - ronald searle in perspective/the best of his work 1938-1985 (27 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Hardback. Condición: Fair.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. Very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket. No jacket chips or tears. No markings, no bookplate, no remainder mark. Ronald Searle (ilustrador).

Condición: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condición: Very Good/Good+. First American Edition. Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good/Good+. 1981. First American Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 224pp., dust jacket very light shelf wear to edges and corners, very light fading of spine panel, front fold-over price clipped, otherwise quite good; cover very light shelf wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good; small price sticker to front free-endpaper, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White/Color Illus. (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First American Edition. Folio hardcover in price- clipped dust jacket protected by archival mylar. Back of dust jacket is slightly faded at spine. Text block is clean and binding is tight.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First American Edition. 224pp Illus "The Best of His Work: 1938-1985" Size: Oversized. Searle, Ronald (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edition. Quarto in dust jacket. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: DJ price-clipped; else fine in near fine DJ. 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Book.

First edition, first printing. Large format. Fine in fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. first american edition. 9 x 13 in. Black cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, no wear. Binding tight, text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped, clean but a little rubbed, small closed tear to spine tail. Art. RGR. …

Hardback. Condición: Good. There are illustrators whose work you admire, and then there are illustrators whose line you can recognise from across the room before you?ve even put your glasses on. Ronald Searle belongs firmly to the latter category. His wonderfully anarchic drawings have delighted, scandalised and skewered generations of readers, proving beyond any reasonable doubt that a pen, a bottle of ink and a mischievous imagination can be considerably more dangerous than most power tools. Published in 1985 by The Atlantic Monthly Press, Ronald Searle In Perspective is a richly illustrated retrospective celebrating the remarkable career of one of Britain?s greatest cartoonists and illustrators. Spanning decades of creative work, the book explores the extraordinary breadth of Searle?s output, from the gloriously unruly halls of St Trinian?s and his unforgettable satirical cartoons to theatre, travel illustration, book design, reportage and the many other artistic adventures that refused to fit comfortably into a single category. One of the greatest pleasures of the volume is discovering just how astonishingly versatile Searle really was. Popular culture often remembers him for the delightfully destructive schoolgirls of St Trinian?s, yet they represent only one small corner of an astonishingly varied career. He illustrated literature, chronicled cities, captured theatre productions, documented war, caricatured politicians and celebrities, and somehow found time to transform the ordinary into something simultaneously hilarious and slightly alarming. There is a delicious irony running throughout his career. Searle?s drawings often appear wonderfully spontaneous, as though they erupted onto the page during an especially inspired coffee break. In reality, they reveal extraordinary technical mastery. Every apparently casual line is precisely judged, every exaggerated figure underpinned by impeccable draughtsmanship. It takes an immense amount of discipline to make genius look so gloriously effortless. The book also acknowledges the remarkable experiences that shaped Searle?s outlook. Before becoming one of the world?s most celebrated illustrators, he survived imprisonment by the Japanese during the Second World War, secretly producing drawings that remain among the most important artistic records of life on the Burma Railway. Knowing this deeper history gives an added dimension to his later humour. His wit was never superficial; it was the work of someone who had witnessed humanity at its darkest and still chose to respond with intelligence, satire and laughter. The reproductions throughout are superb, allowing readers to appreciate the astonishing confidence of Searle?s line and the sheer inventiveness of his compositions. Whether depicting pompous officials, bewildered tourists, impossibly elegant cats or wildly exaggerated schoolgirls, every page demonstrates an artist who never lost his curiosity or his wonderfully irreverent eye for human folly. This copy is in Good condition, remaining clean, solid and thoroughly enjoyable to browse. It is an ideal acquisition for collectors of illustration, cartoon art, twentieth-century graphic design or anyone who appreciates artists capable of making profound observations while appearing to do little more than doodle. Whether you have admired Ronald Searle for decades or are only just discovering the astonishing range of his work, Ronald Searle In Perspective offers the perfect introduction to an artist whose influence stretches far beyond the cartoon page. His drawings continue to feel as fresh, energetic and wickedly observant today as when they first appeared. Sold, as always, by Crappy Old Books?because truly great illustrators never merely draw the world as it is; they quietly reveal the version that was hiding in plain sight all along. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine and front. Folio. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. Good in Good jacket. Page edges tanned. Jacket also tanned; spine rather faded.

American first edition (as stated upon copyright page). 224 pages. Hardcover; H 31cm x L 22.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed with a few spots of light soiling, faint slender moisture stain at top edge of rear panel. Black cloth with bright silver stamping, mild white discoloration at bottom edges of boards, light bump to top corner of front board. Minor soiling upon fore-edge with two small abrasions near top. B/w and color illustrations throughout. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0871130033.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition. 224pp with b/w and colour illustrations.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Book size about 9 by 12 1/2 inches with some 224 pages. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $39.95. The wrapper is enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Stated 'First American Edition'. Illustrated on nearly every page with Searle's work in mono color, black/white and full color. Book and wrapper with very slight sign of wear. FINE/FINE.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. Dustcover has very light wear but a bit of darkening of spine ; Hardboards with very little wear, sharp tips, no markings, tight, solid, very clean -- too large to send priority flat mail; 12.4 X 9.0 X 1.1 inches; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. A very good copy with a chip on the bottom edge of the jacket.; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, oversized hardback with jacket. DJ in archival mylar protector.

Hardcover. First American edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover with light rubbing along the bottom edges of the boards in a Near Fine clipped dust jacket with light touches of shelf wear. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A retrospective monograph on the work of the satirical artist and cartoonist Ronald Searle (1920-2011) tracing his development from his 1930s figurative sketches his 1980s ornamental tableaus of bizarre beasts, birds, insects, and humans. 224 pages; full-page color and b&w plates throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches. List of books by Searle, index. Facsimile signature to the title page.…

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. QUARTO A VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY IN A VERY GOOD GLASSINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP.

hardcover. Condición: new.

Condición: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. A great and enlightening look at the work of a great graphic artist. This brilliant survey of a prolific workaholic was largely made by the artist himself. This is a superior copy of the hardback first printing, in a superb jacket that is not worn, price clipped, or damaged in any way. Book is tight and may be unread. A discrete former owner's blind stamp to the front end paper is barely discernible because Searle has decorated the space with his customary blots and squiggles. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.