to the Kwai - and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 by Ronald Searle, First Edition Hard Cover with Original Dust Jacket (1986)

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- Published by Collins in association with the Imperial War Museum (1986); this is a first edition - This is a hard cover book comes with the dust jacket - Searle (1920-2011), was 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 - He documented his harrowing experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war during WWII in this collection of clandestine sketches eventually published in this volume - For more information on this book - https://www.japansociety.org.uk/review?review=56 - Provenance - private collection downsizing - This book shows some wear to the dust jacket; otherwise overall very good condition