Mervyn peake illus (23 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that e…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:041667…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint . Reprint, 1973. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece in color. Publication of 239 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and co…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 63 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Notes; Includes previous owner's inscription. Subjects; Allan macdona…

Zustand: Near Fine. Very Good +. London: Bloomsbury, 2001. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); xvii,200,[4]pp; illus. throughout. Boards in white cloth with gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact illustrated jacket (£9.99). Silver silk ribbon. Jacket gently scuffed and rubbed at margins with minor soiling overall. Boar…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 5 preliminary leaves, 303 pages : illustrations, color plates ; 22 cm. Subjects; Fairy tales G…

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. 1984 reprint. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. In removable protective plastic jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRAC…

Boards in d.j. 2nd impression. 1st ed., second impression in year of publication. Original cloth boards, dustjacket, many b&w illus, pp 168. Dustjacket: small chip to head and foot of spine, very small chips corners, repaired and protected. Small previous owner's signature front free endpaper, otherwise clean. Very good conditio…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. ix, [1], 11-44, [2] p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Pink cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Some soiling and chips to jacket. Also some soiling to inside, especially to p. 17, the last page of text, and rear endpapers. Tiny tear in bottom of p. 37. First publish…

First edition, first impression, first issue (without the dedication page); an especially nice copy. This is Mervyn Peake's first commission as illustrator and his second illustrated book, following Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor (1939); its success led to Chatto & Windus commissioning Peake to illustrate their edition of L…

First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs Robinson, with love from Christina Hole". The award-winning writer Hole was considered the country's leading authority on English folk customs and culture for many years. The dark half-tone illustrations are by Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), best known as the…

First edition thus, first impression, inscribed by the illustrator on the front free endpaper, "with very best wishes, from Mervyn Peake, April 1952". The inscription is shaky; during Peake's later years, he became increasingly incapacitated by what was eventually diagnosed as a form of Parkinson's disease. Small quarto. Double-…

First edition, first impression, first issue (without the dedication page). This is Mervyn Peake's first commission as illustrator and his second illustrated book, following Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor (1939); its success led to Chatto & Windus commissioning Peake to illustrate their edition of Lewis Carroll's The Huntin…