Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes - Hardcover

Walter De La Mare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571139892 ISBN 13: 9780571139897

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1989

Synopsis

"Peacock Pie" first appeared in 1913 and this new edition contains the complete and revised text. The book is illustrated with subtle colour illustrations and mysterious black and white vignettes by the young artist Louise Brierley. It brings the world of Walter de la Mere to a new generation.

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About the Author:

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic.Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was born in Charlton, Kent. In 1890, aged sixteen, he began work in the statistics department of the London office of Anglo-American Oil. In 1907 he published his first collection of poems under the pseudonym Walter Ramal, but he soon established a wide popular reputation in his own name as a leading poet of the Georgian period with volumes like The Listeners (1912), Motley (1918) and The Veil (1921). He also wrote poetry and short stories for younger readers; Peacock Pie (1913), a collection of poems for children, is now considered a twentieth-century classic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0571139892
• ISBN 13: 9780571139897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Louise Brierley