Slightly Foxed - but still desirable Ronald Searle's wicked world of Book Collecting by SEARLE, Ronald - 1989

Souvenir Press, 1989-09-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Souvenir Press. hardcover. Very Good. 9x0x12.

Souvenir Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 028562945X . Copyright page does not state edition or printing. Likely 1st edition judging from date. Foxing present to cover and exterior edge of pages. No slipcover included. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or noteworthy blemishes. ; 9 X 0.69 X 12 inches; 128 pages .

Souvenir Press, 2010. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 9x0x12. Like New in a Very Good dust jacket. DJ has 2 very small edge tears. . . . As any, even vaguely addicted book collector will have swiftly learned, most booksellers' catalogues are written in a parallel language that can fool anyone but the 'cognoscenti' and which makes the mysteries of the Rosetta stone, or Linear B, look like something out of Enid Blython. Without a smattering of inside information, the baffled but hopelessly-bitten book buyer is drifting unarmed and unprepared into a minefield whose perilous complexities will usually only be made plain when an eagerly awaited parcel of dream volumes arrives and mangled contents are revealed in all their deceptive glory.... But all is not lost. Help is at hand! After a lifetime of avidly scanning the frequently poisonously-tinted pages of innumerable book catalogues, Ronald Searle has become expert in the art of decoding those esoteric, poetic and usually approximate,… Read More

The Folio Society, January 2015. Hardcover. Good.

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st trade edition. 124pp. Corners bumped, some spotting on first page, else very good in price clipped dust jacket with a little wear

Souvenir Press Ltd , 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Heavy Book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and edge worn. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear and bright. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Folio Society. Used - Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf wear. Very Good. (Subject: Books on Books).

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 124. A collection of cartoons that 'decode' the mysterious language of book catalogues with humourus illustrations by Searle. A near fine copy of the first edition in dust jacket.

London: Souvenir Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. 028562945X . 128 pages .