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Hardcover. 98p. Full page illustrations by the brilliant Ronald Searle. 8vo. Original full gray cloth binding. Second impression. "All but two of these Modern Types have appeared previously in PUNCH". HUMOR 1 0.0.
First edition. Hardcover. Edges and prelims foxed, with some foxing through the text, bookseller's lable on front fixed endpaper, ownership signature on front free endpaper, otherwise good in fair dustjacket with a few closed tears, some wear and spotting and small repairs. B/w illustrations by Ronald Searle.
Published by THE CRESSET PRESS, LONDON, 1955
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good +. RONALD SEARLE (illustrator). 2nd Impression. Good clean firm interior with stunning illustrations by Ronald Searle, no marks or inscriptions, just two nicks to title page edge, toned to e/papers, boards have slight fade to edges/spine but clean and firm; d/jacket has nicks/small tears to edge and a little dulled but fair to good appearance overall for the age, no large tears.
Published by Ldn: The Cresset Press, 1955., 1955
Seller: Bookstand, Poole, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. Numerous full page b/w illustrations in typical Searle style. Grey cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Complete with red and black pictorial dustjacket with picture of several Searle characters on upper cover, slight edge wear, 1" closed tear to top edge of lower cover, light foxing. Small bookplate. Overall VG/G+. Slim 8vo. 98pp.
Published by The Cresset Press, 1955
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, minor foxing. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
First edition. Hardcover. Some offset browning of the endpapers (as usual), top edge slightly foxed, otherwise very good in very good price-clipped dustjacket. B/w illustrations by Ronald Searle.
Published by Cresset Press, UK, 1955
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ronald searle (illustrator). 98 pages. inscription on fly -d/j price clipped.
Published by London: The Cresset Press, 1955
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gorer, Geoffrey and Ronald Searle. Modern types. Second impression. London: The Cresset Press, October 1955. Hardback, VG, in clipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear to edges and corners; beginnings of a small tear along the rear spine edge. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. Tanning strips to endpapers. 98pp., b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer (26 March 1905 24 May 1985) was an English anthropologist and writer. This book comprises his pen-portraits of contemporary characters, purportedly real, but in fact satirically fictional. Illustrated with cartoon caricatures by Ronald Searle. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Published by Cresset Press, London, 1955
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small crease on several pages, tiny soil marks at the edges of a couple pages, toning at the foot of the spine, very good in a very good dust jacket with a toned spine, and light soiling and rubbing.
Published by The Cresset Press, London, 1955
Seller: BOOKMARK, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Cover: green cloth on boards, gilt titles with faint small smudge to head of rear margin. Small indent to rear boards bottom edge. Thin faint old sunning to head & bottom boards edges. Edges: moderate foxing. Eps: Ffep & refp with narrow vertical dj shadowing; faint and few only foxing. Clean content. Illustrated. Binding is As New. 98p Dj: light foxing, soiling & rubbing. Spine: mild browning; head & foot with teeny chips. Small open piece missing to head.
Published by The Cresset Press, 1955
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped dustjacket edgeworn and discoloured in places, endpapers offset, unmarked, 98pp, VG/G.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1955, 8vo, grey boards, gilt lettered spine, 98 pages. Vignette on title page and 22 full page humorous portraits of types described in the 22 chapters. All but 2 of these pieces previously published in Punch. Book leaning slightly, spine slightly unevenly faded, tiny dent at head of spine, endpapers slightly browned, neat inscription on front endpaper dated November 1955, contents very nice. A very good plus copy in VG DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, spine slightly browned, head of spine and corners slightly worn with minute chips, narrow chip at tail of spine 10 mm (½") deep, 15 mm (¾") closed tear at top of lower fold, very faint foxing to white areas, reverse of dustwrapper browned). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges and dust cover due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1955, 8vo, grey boards, gilt lettered spine, 98 pages. Vignette on title page and 22 full page humorous portraits of types described in the 22 chapters. All but 2 of these pieces previously published in Punch. Book leaning slightly, endpapers slightly browned, large inscripton on front endpaper dated Christmas 1955, faint foxing to top edges, contents very nice. A very good plus copy in VG DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, spine lightly browned, head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn with minute chips, 3 small closed edge tears, lower panel slightly darkened at top edge, reverse of dustwrapper browned). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 98. Original publishers grey cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Pen-portraits by Geoffrey Gorer of contemporary characters, purportedly real, but in fact satirically fictional. Illustrated with cartoon caricatures by Ronald Searle. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.
Published by Cresset Press, 1955
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition first impression in VG condition. All pages clear, no markings. There's very light foxing to title page. Binding firm, dust jacket in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. Paypal accepted, any questions get in touch.
Published by Cresset Press, 1955
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1955 Cresset Press hardback 1st edition 2nd impression very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Full page illustrations by the brilliant Ronald Searle.
Published by 1955, 1955
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
London: The Cresset Press, 1955. Sm.8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (98pp.). With title-vign., and 22 text-illusts., by Ronald Searle. 1st ed.
Published by The Cresset Press, London, 1955
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. Illusdtrated by Ronald Searle with 22 full-page plates. 98 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray cloth. Near FIne, in Near Fine pictoril dust jacket Illusdtrated by Ronald Searle with 22 full-page plates. 98 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.