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Published by Chatto and Windus; Victor Gollancz Ltd., London; Peter Owen, London, 1942
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1) The Hunting of the Snark, an agony in eight fits, published in 1942, a Zodiac book published by Chatto and Windus, 46 pages, decorative yellow covers with the front spine hinge split, still in good condition. 2) Prayers and Graces published in 1944 by Gollancz, a little book of extraordinary piety collected by Allan M Laing with illustrations by Mervyn Peake, slim blue cloth hard cover with no wear, 64 pages, very good. 3) The Snark by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Mervyn Peake, published 1953, slim plain yellow cloth hard cover with some discolouration/darkening of edges, (x) 46 pages, no dust jacket, good condition. 4) A Book of Nonsense by Mervyn Peake with an introduction by Maeve Gilmore, published by Peter Owen in 1972, grey cloth hard cover with no wear, 88 pages, fine condition with very good dust jacket. Four interesting Mervyn Peake books.
Published by The Continental Book Company AB, Stockholm, 1946
Seller: Cameron House Books, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near very good copy. With [65] illustrations by Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First edition thus. 'Zephyr Books' series [Vol.67]. 183 x 119mm, stiff greyish cream pictorial wrappers printed in blue & brown with design by Peake of the Fish-Footman on upper wrapper, pp.350. Faint marginal waterstain to first few leaves, backstrip rubbed at edges, tail corner of upper wrapper creased. 'This edition not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A.' Scarce. One of the very few truly original interpretations of 'Alice' since Tenniel. The UK edition was not published until 1954, omitting the final drawing of Dinah the kitten and reducing in scale some of the other illustrations. I specialise in Mervyn Peake. Enquiries welcome.