The Gormenghast Trilogy [comprising Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone] by Mervyn Peake - 1946

[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty,, 1833]. 12pp., sm. folio, with fine woodcut arms of William IV on front page; disbound, an exceptionally crisp, virtually spotless copy ideal for display or presentation. 3 Gulielmi IV. Cap. 9; granted royal assent, 6 May 1833. This is the Act of Parliament formally incorporating the Seaman's Hospital Society, establishing and naming its first governors and prescribing its powers and scope of operations. By way of context its military equivalent, the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, was founded in 1692. The world's first charitable society for the relief of distressed seamen was established in London in March 1821. Initially it aimed to cater for those in the Port of London ('who at that time were very numerous in the Metropolis') and, fittingly for the world's leading maritime nation, did not differentiate on nationality or any other grounds other than disability and hardship. The… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. Burgess 99. First Impression. Octavo; hunter green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 256pp. Faint foxing to text edges, with upper right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp); Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edge-rubbed, with a few short tears and some faint foxing to verso; Near Fine. With the original publishers wraparound band, lightly sunned at spine and flap folds, with a single closed tear.

[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty,, 1833]. 12pp., sm. folio, with fine woodcut arms of William IV on front page; disbound, an exceptionally crisp, virtually spotless copy ideal for display or presentation. 3 Gulielmi IV. Cap. 9; granted royal assent, 6 May 1833. This is the Act of Parliament formally incorporating the Seaman's Hospital Society, establishing and naming its first governors and prescribing its powers and scope of operations. By way of context its military equivalent, the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, was founded in 1692. The world's first charitable society for the relief of distressed seamen was established in London in March 1821. Initially it aimed to cater for those in the Port of London ('who at that time were very numerous in the Metropolis') and, fittingly for the world's leading maritime nation, did not differentiate on nationality or any other grounds other than disability and hardship. The… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. Burgess 99. First Impression. Octavo; hunter green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 256pp. Faint foxing to text edges, with upper right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp); Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edge-rubbed, with a few short tears and some faint foxing to verso; Near Fine. With the original publishers wraparound band, lightly sunned at spine and flap folds, with a single closed tear.