Ronald Searle was born in 1920 in Cambridge and went to the Cambridge School of Art. When he was fifteen his first humorous drawings were published in the Cambridge Daily News. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1939, fought in Malaya, and was captured by the Japanese. He spent a year on the Burma Railway and was discharged after three and a half years from Changi Gaol in Singapore. By the time he was released from the army in 1946 he was already contributing to national publications. Since then, he has worked widely in England, on the Continent, and in America as a special features artist for Holiday magazine and Life. He worked for a while in Hollywood, has designed two award-winning films, and five films have also been based on his characters, the girls of St. Trinian's:
He joined the staff of Punch in 1956 and directed a small publishing firm in London. (from the back cover of THE PENGUIN RONALD SEARLE, 1960).
These are the books I have; if you have any others to sell, please contact me. Particularly looking for SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE. My copies are not for sale and I have no idea where you might buy them. Try eBay. I'm not in touch with Ronald Searle and I don't know how to contact him. Try his publishers.
Click here for a 90th birthday interview with Searle in 2010.
Judy Harris
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| ADDICT, THE | 1971 Dobson Books |
| BACK TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE | 1951 McDonald & Co. |
| BACK IN THE JUG AGANE | 1959 Max Parrish |
| BEASTLY FEASTS! | 2007 Overlook Duckworth |
| BY ROCKING-CHAIR ACROSS AMERICA | 1959 Funk & Wagnalls |
| CAT O'NINE TALES | 2006 Macmillan |
| CURSE OF ST. TRINIAN'S, THE | 1993 Pavilion Books |
| DICK DEAD EYE | 1975 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
| DOG'S EAR BOOK, THE | 1958 Thomas Y. Crowell Company |
| DOWN WITH SKOOL! | 1954 Vanguard Press |
| FEMALE APPROACH, THE | 1954 Alfred A. Knopf |
| HATLESS MAN, THE | 1995 Viking |
| HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE SOMEWHERE? | 1966 Viking Press |
| HELLO - WHERE DID ALL THE PEOPLE GO? | 1968 Cox & Wyman |
| HOW TO BE TOPP | 1954 Max Parrish |
| HURRAH FOR ST. TRINIAN'S | 1948 Macdonald & Co. |
| ILLUSTRATED WINESPEAK, THE | 1983 Souvenir Press |
| IT MUST BE TRUE | 1952 Macdonald & Co. |
| KING OF THE BEASTS & OTHER CREATURES, THE | 1980 Allen Lane |
| LET'S HAVE A BITE! | 2010 Overlook Duckworth, Peter Mayer |
| LIFE IN THIN SLICES | 1951 The Falcon Press |
| LONDON - SO HELP ME! | 1952 Macdonald & Co. |
| MARQUIS DE SADE MEETS GOODY TWO SHOES | 1994 Pavilion Books |
| MERRY ENGLAND, ETC. | 1956 Perpetua |
| MOLESWORTH'S GUIDE TO THE ATOMMIC AGE | 1956 Vanguard Press |
| MONTE CARLO - OR BUST! | 1969 Dobson Books |
| MORE CATS | 1975 Dobson Books |
| MY UNCLE HARRY | 1957 Max Parrish |
| PARIS SKETCHBOOK | 1951 Saturn Press |
| PENGUIN RONALD SEARLE, THE | 1960 Penguin Books |
| RAKE'S PROGRESS, THE | 1959 Perpetua |
| RONALD SEARLE'S GOLDEN OLDIES 1941-1961 | 1985 Butler & Tanner |
| RONALD SEARLE IN PERSPECTIVE | 1983 New English Library |
| RONALD SEARLE | 1978 Andrew Deutch Ltd. |
| RONALD SEARLE'S NON-SEXIST DICTIONARY | 1988 Ten Speed Press |
| RONALD SEARLE'S BIG FAT CAT BOOK | 1982 Little, Brown |
| SEARLE IN THE SIXTIES | 1964 Penguin Books |
| SEARLE'S CATS | 1967 Dobson Books |
| SECOND COMING OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, THE | 1969 Weidenfeld and Nicholson |
| SECRET SKETCHBOOK | 1969 Lowe & Brydone |
| SITUATION IS HOPELESS, THE | 1980 Viking Press |
| SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR | 1986 Souvenir Press |
| SOULS IN TORMENT | 1953 Perpetua |
| SQUARE EGG, THE & VICIOUS CIRCLE, THE | 1968 Stephen Greene Press |
| SQUARE EGG, THE | 1968 Penguin Books |
| ST. TRINIAN'S, THE ENTIRE APPALLING BUSINESS | 2007 The Rookery Press |
| ST. TRINIAN'S STORY, THE | 1959 Penguin Books |
| TAKE ONE TOAD | 1968 Dobson Books |
| TALES OF GRANDPA CAT, THE | 1994 Dial Books |
| TERROR OF ST. TRINIAN'S, THE | 1954 Max Parrish |
| THIS ENGLAND 1946-1949 | 1949 Turnstile Press |
| TRES RICHES HEURES DE MRS MOLE, LES | 2010 HarperCollins |
| WHICH WAY DID HE GO? | 1961 World Publishing Company |
| WHIZZ FOR ATOMMS | 1956 Max Parrish |
| ZOODIAC | 1977 Pantheon Books |
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