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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Searle, Ronald (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first edition; so stated. An Overlook/Rookery publication. 9.25 x 7.5 inches. Printed in the USA. 10.25 x 8.25 inches. Off-white paper hardboards, with crisp purple design to the front board and with crisp purple lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and with sharp corners. Very clean binding. Text block firmly bound in. With 176 numbered pages, on cream-colored matte stock. With numerous full-page monochrome illustrations throughout, in the artist's inimitable style. An immensely clean interior. Either unread or very gently read. With the fully illustrated color dust jacket, unclipped. DJ with a very small amount of rubbing at the bottom right front corner. DJ wrapped in protective Mylar. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. 1 lb. 6 oz. The complete St. Trinian's cartoons, collected for the first time. Ronald Searle [1920-2011] was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series.