Norman Thelwell

Play It As It Lies brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's golfingcartoons.The perfect gift for any golfer who has experienced the horrors of sporting thewrong attire on course, losing his ball, or been wronged by unforgivablegamesmanship. Thelwell guides the reader out of the bunker and onto thefairway.

Three Sheets in the Wind brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell'ssailing cartoons.Arriving on a summer weekend at any stretch of water without one's own craftbehind the car or swaying proudly at its moorings is like attending a dance witha broken leg - not to mention the damage to one's social status. This is ahumorous manual of instruction for sailors...

Up the Garden Path brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's gardening cartoons. This humourous cartoon guide covers all aspects of gardening, from how to make a hole in the frozen fishpond to how to get your mower out of the shed, and includes a calendar of essential work throughout the year.

The artist Norman Thelwell (1923–2004) was famous for his horse and pony cartoons, but his work was far more wide-ranging. He focused his exceptional talent and humour on many diverse subjects, with his witty and wry observations providing amusement and sharp social comment. In this book, the artist turns his attention to a different form of horsepower—the internal combustion engine....

This omnibus edition—now in hardback—contains much of Norman Thelwell's invaluable advice to aspiring equestrians on how to get into the saddle and stay there; each item illustrated with inimitable and deadly clarity. From the first publication of Angels on Horseback in 1957, the Thelwell pony entered the language—and the libraries of horse-lovers everywhere. The angels in Angels on Horseback are...

Over the centuries, human beings have had such a passion for cats that not only have they invaded our homes—occupying the sunniest corners and sitting on the softest mats they can find—they have also invaded our language. Norman Thelwell's collection of drawings is a celebration of this. From The Cat's Whiskers and Scaredy cat to Cat's Paw and Cat Nap,...

The Compleat Tangler brings together a glorious collection of Thelwell's fishing cartoons. What do fishermen really get up to when they abandon a warm bed before the crack of dawn, stuff a haversack with tins of assorted maggots, half a hundredweight of pulped bread and a folding campstool, and disappear into the drizzle? Thelwell presents his report.