Ronald Searle — Hello - Where Did All the People Go?

Vermont, Stephen Greene Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A collection of humorous drawings by Ronald Searle. The flyleaf notes 'The Snail, hiding in that vulnerable gray, sensitive self in a fantasy of color and form. How could satirist Ronald Searle resist?' These drawings are all of snails, and their shells in many different situations. First U.S Edition issued the year after the English edition. Ronald Searle was a British artist and satirical cartoon artist. He created the famous St Trinian's School and collaborated with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series. Searle received many critical recognition for his work especially in America. He won the National Cartoonists Society's Advertising and Illustration Award in 1959 and 1965, The Reuben Award in 1960 and many more. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper has the occasional chips to the extremities. Externals of wraps are slightly age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Ronald Searle. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.