The Journal of Edwin Carp by (Searle, Ronald) Haydn, Richard - 1954

LONDON: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1954 Yellow Boards with brown titles to spine and blocked image to front, 205 x 140 mm approx. 246 pp Frontis , illustrated title and 27 other full page line drawings by Searle in his inimitable style. First Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- Mild general shelf wear to boards, dust spotting to top edge of book block, gift book plate to staff of Au Fait Foundation to front paste down, slight browning/foxing to end papers, Dust Jacket - Rubbed, nicked and with some general soiling and light foxing to flap folds but substantially complete and presentable on the shelf in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. Clipped but cover price 12s.6d net remains, promo price removed? No other notable defects to book or jacket).

London : H. Hamilton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 246p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English wit and humour.

London : H. Hamilton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 246p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English wit and humour.

London: Hamish Hamilton,, 1954. First edition, first impression, of the only novel by Richard Haydn (1905-1985), the comedy actor who voiced the Caterpillar in Disney's Alice in Wonderland and played Max in the film adaptation of The Sound of Music. Haydn devised the character of Edwin Carp, a poet and expert on fish, as a sketch show character. As noted by the dust jacket blurb, "he is a creation in the grand tradition of English deadpan comedy". Octavo. Original yellow boards, spine lettered in black, front cover with vignette in black. With dust jacket. Illustrated by Ronald Searle. Foxing to top edge, light foxing to endpapers, a near-fine copy. Dust jacket slightly toned and spotted with slight wear to extremities and minor closed tears, a very good example.