RIDE A COCK- HORSE and Other Nursery Rhymes
by PEAKE, Mervyn (illustrator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London : Chatto and Windus , 1940 . First Edition . Good . 4TO . First Edition, Second Impression with "For Sebastian" dedication page. The first book that Peake was commissioned to illustrate. Frontis and 14 other full-page illustrations by Peake, 10 of which are hand-coloured. Extraordinary pictures, showing full promise of the career to come. According to Gilmore and Johnson Walter de la Mare was fascinated by this book and wrote to Peake to among other things "...that most other illustrated books look silly by comparison". Boards are iighlty worn with some mild soiling and dents on the Fore-edge. Two-thirds of the spine is missing, exposing the mull. Contents in excellent condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28693
- Title
- RIDE A COCK- HORSE and Other Nursery Rhymes
- Author
- PEAKE, Mervyn (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 29 pp.
- Keywords
- Children's and Illustrated
- Size
- 4TO
Terms of Sale
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Safe delivery guaranteed. All books returnable for any or no reason within 30 days of receipt. If misdescribed we will pay return postage.
About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
We have been buying and selling on the Internet since 1992, full- time since 1998. We started as collectors of children's and illustrated books and this is still our largest specialty. We pride ourselves on the quality of our stock and our commitment to the contentment of our customers.
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