Ronald Searle's Cats

Anyone who has taken a cursory glance at my blog can tell that I like cats.  I have liked cats since I met the first one, and it has generally been a mutual admiration society.  I always like it when I run across other people who like cats, especially if they draw great cats.  Perhaps the greatest cat artist is Ronald Searle.  I don't really know his bio nor much else of his career (except those Saint Trinnian's cartoons), but I have been a fan of his cats since the mid-70s when I stumbled across "Searle's Cats" in the university library my Freshman year of college.  I didn't have too much luck finding a lot of the pictures from that book on-line and I'm not sure where my own copy is right at the moment (and then I'd also have to learn how to use the scanner).  But I think you get the idea from the pics below.  You can still pick up a reissue of the book on Amazon, though the 1967 first edition seems to be highly coveted.  I wonder if I have a first edition?  I bought it used in the 1980s.  Time to go and look for that book.

Back to square one.

He's very high strung!

Darling, this is bigger than the both of us.