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VAST ALCHEMIES: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake -by G Peter Winnington -a Signed Copy (aka The Illustrated Biography ) by Winnington, G Peter (signed); Foreword By Michael Moorcock ( Mervyn Peake related) - 2000
by Winnington, G Peter (signed); Foreword By Michael Moorcock ( Mervyn Peake related)
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VAST ALCHEMIES: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake -by G Peter Winnington -a Signed Copy (aka The Illustrated Biography )
by Winnington, G Peter (signed); Foreword By Michael Moorcock ( Mervyn Peake related)
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London, England: London, UK: Peter Owen, 2000, 1st edition, First Printing , 2000. ----------hardcover, a Fine copy in a very lightly rubbed Fine dustjacket, signed without inscription by Winnington, 263 pages, b&w photos, ---"Mervyn Peakes Vast Alchemies is the result of many years of research into Peake¹s life and work. It follows Peake, the son of missionary parents, from China to art school in London and his time in an artists colony in the Channel Islands. It covers in detail his experiences in the army during the Second World War an unhappy period during which he wrote Titus Groan and the huge influence that his visit to the newly liberated concentration camp at Belsen had on his work. The next ten years of his life were without doubt his most productive but by the mid-1950s he was beginning to show signs of the degenerative illness that eventually killed him in 1968"---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo // SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine (see description)/Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 5.75w x 8.75h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.
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- ISBN 10 0720610796
- ISBN 13 9780720610796
- Publisher London, UK: Peter Owen, 2000, 1st edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication London, England
- Date Published 2000
- Keywords Winnington, G Peter (signed); Foreword By Michael Moorcock ( Mervyn Peake related), Terrnu
- Size 5.75w x 8.75h Inches
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Peter Owen, London, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Review copy w/ slip. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0720610796. ISBN/EAN: 9780720610796. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9052. . 9780720610796
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by Peake, Mervyn) Winnington, G. Peter
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London: Peter Owen Publishers, 2000. 1st priinting; dj w/unclipped price; 263 clean, unmarked pages...biography of the author of the Gormenghast Trilogy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by b/w Plates. 8 vo.
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LONDON: PETER OWEN PUBLISHERS. BOUND IN CLEAN NAVY BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT, SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 2000 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). 263pp WITH FOREWORD BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 20 CHAPTERS IN 5 PARTS, 10 PHOTOS OF THE AUTHOR, ABBREVIATIONS & EDITIONS EMPLOYED, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX. CONDITION VG/VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2000.
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