TAKE ONE TOAD

TAKE ONE TOAD is a large format book of 'ancient remedies'. It is notable for its full colour,double page, painted images. Searle is generally known for his masterful, monotone pen & ink drawings so it's always a delight to find colour illustrations by him. The book is embellished with 10 pages of colour illustrations & more than 20 in black & white.
This volume was first published in 1968.

'- a cure for the hiccoughs'

Photographed from the original in the collection of the Wilhelm-Busch Museum, Hanover

Collection J M Bertin

From the German edition

The Ronald Searle Tribute Blog

This blog will be a collection of choice scans from my collection of books illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Most of these books are out of print so I'd like to share some of the best drawings with you. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

(The copyright is retained by the authors, publishers & Mr Searle himself. This blog is merely a fans appreciation & is not made for financial gain or profit.)