The Young Blackbird

London, England: Allan Wingate. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. . The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and fading, especially the bottom edges. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, with some beginning fingermarks and foxing throughout. The dust jacket is noticeably faded and has toning / foxing. The spine ends and corners have small chips missing. "Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The three works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology." (from Wikipedia) "Palmer was Parliamentary Correspondent for the News Chronicle and with the support of his friend Arthur Conan Doyle was involved in solving the Oscar Slater case by securing Slater's release twenty years after his conviction. [1][3] He served in France and Flanders in the First World War. He married Claudine Pattie Sapey, they had two sons. His son Peter Clephan Palmer was awarded the C. B. E. Palmer was interested in animal welfare. His book The Solitary Blackbird published in 1954 described his and his wife's experiences in caring for a young blackbird." (from Wikipedia) .