The Predatory Bite of the Steel Nib. The Scrapbook Drawings of Ronald Searle - One of only 46 special hardback copies produced
Language: English
Published by The Predatory Parrot Press, Oxford, 2005
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Harlequin Gallery, London, United KingdomHarlequin Gallery
AbeBooks seller since November 10, 2025
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 425.00
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This is the Hardback Special Limited edition of this book as shown in the images attached of the actual copy being sold. There were 250 paperbound copies signed by Ronald Searle and Wendy Coates Smith that were numbered as you will see from the images of the prospectus that is also included. This is one of the 46 special copies that was hand coloured throughout by Sylvia Stokeld under Ronald Searle's supervision, bound quarter-leather in a slipcase and numbered. As you will see in the final image attached this copy is numbered XVII/XLVI.
Seller Inventory # AHG 1080
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Predatory Bite of the Steel Nib. The Scrapbook Drawings of Ronald Searle - One of only 46 special hardback copies produced
- Author
- Ronald Searle, Wendy Coates Smith
- Publisher
- The Predatory Parrot Press, Oxford
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Ronald Searle, Sylvia Stokeld (hand coloured under Ronald Searle's supervision)
- Edition
- Limited Edition
Harlequin Gallery
London, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since November 10, 2025
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