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Drawings by Mervyn Peake
by Peake, Mervyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Bridgewater , Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
"Drawings by Mervyn Peake." [London]: The Grey Walls Press, [1949]. (Introduction by Mervyn Peake). First published in 1949. pp. 11 + 62 b. & w. plates (some with colour). Hardcover, green/grey cloth with black title on spine (corners square, covers pretty clean but for a smudge to front lower corner, spine bumped & bottom a bit frayed, covers bowed outwards, top edge foxed, interior is clean & unmarked, though the paper throughout has darkened). d.w., unclipped (spine darkened, spine chipped some to both top & bottom, some wear and a few tiny tears, a large mark of foxing on upper corner, but several large portions of foxing are visible only on the inside of the dust jacket, also are a few marks on the covers).
Very good condition (Dust jacket in good condition).
Size: 9 7/8" x 7 1/2" (25cm x 19cm).
The title page says "Drawings by Mervyn Peake." On the dust jacket and the book spine the title is "The Drawings of Mervyn Peake." The first issue had a gilt title on the spine. Other printings have black or dark blue titles for example.
Very good condition (Dust jacket in good condition).
Size: 9 7/8" x 7 1/2" (25cm x 19cm).
The title page says "Drawings by Mervyn Peake." On the dust jacket and the book spine the title is "The Drawings of Mervyn Peake." The first issue had a gilt title on the spine. Other printings have black or dark blue titles for example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bazaar of Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A314
- Title
- Drawings by Mervyn Peake
- Author
- Peake, Mervyn
- Illustrator
- Mervyn Peake
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, green/grey cloth with black title on spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Grey Walls Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Mervyn Peake, drawings, British, 20th century, artist, writer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Bazaar of Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or inaccurately described.
About the Seller
Bazaar of Books
Biblio member since 2020
Bridgewater , Nova Scotia
About Bazaar of Books
General used books, all subjects. Some limited and rare editions. Books of Canadiana and about Nova Scotia.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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