John Mervyn Peake (81 results)

First edition, first printing #S345 of this collection of sci-fi short stories. A paperback original. Featured are Danse Macabre by Mervyn Peake, Blood Offering by John Kippax, Same Time, Same Place by Mervyn Peake, Master of Chaos by Michael Moorcock, Wednesday's Child by William Tenn, Dial "O" for Operator by Robert Presslie, The Flowers of the Forest by Brian W Aldiss, Fresh Guy by E.C. Tubb, The Garden of Paris by Eric Williams and The Graveyard Reader by Theodore Sturgeon. Light rubbing and scratches to the black cover. Light reading crease near the spine. Age toning to the pages. Light edgewear. In Very Good Condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The pages are tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. No markings. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 3rd (and Canadian) printing, in Fine, unread condition, with new Powers cover art for this printing.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gervasio Gallardo (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Gervasio Gallardo (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gervasio Gallardo (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gervasio Gallardo (illustrator). Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a mass market paperback book. Ballantine book number 215 with a price of .35 cents. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. There is a tiny chip to the top spine end of the book cover, and a noticeable crease to the front spine joint. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is some light generalized toning throughout. The edges of the text block have toning and foxing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pbk, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. A clean unmarked copy in very good condiiton. - Exhibition initiated through the Mervyn Peake Society. Essay by John Watney. [Peake, Mervyn 1911-1968 ; Exhibitions]. t143 / m15787.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Gervasio Gallardo Painted Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 185 pages. Contains three short stories. Goodread notes = "Science fiction anthology containing three stories by outstanding Nobel Prize winner William Golding (Envoy Extraordinary, adapted later as a play and published as The Brass Butterfly (1958)), John Wyndham (Consider Her Ways) and Mervyn Peake (Boy in Darkness; the Boy in Peake's story is Gormenghast's Titus). According to Berger (Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 196-8), Wyndham's "haunting" novella in which "the preventable is not prevented," is "the quintessence of dystopian fiction." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-78. Reginald 13447. Gekoski and Grogan B1a. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies; Wyndham wrote Day of the Triffids and Peake wrote Titus Groan.">> Minor creasing to covers; cover scuffing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. General reader wear to the corners, edges, and cover. The covers/corners have some creasing. A few chips to the cover. The back cover is beginning to 'crack off' from the rest of the book. Tape covering the spine. Numbers written on the top edge of the pages in pencil. The pages show some general reader wear as well. The book is in good condition with some normal reader wear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. This copy has some light rubbing wear, minor edgewear, several short light creases, one 1/4' tear, small chip at the base of spine. Overall a pretty nice copy. PBO #215. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Gervasio Gallardo Painted Cover. (illustrator). Third Edition by Publisher. 185 pages. Contains three short stories.; Goodread notes = "Science fiction anthology containing three stories by outstanding Nobel Prize winner William Golding (Envoy Extraordinary, adapted later as a play and published as The Brass Butterfly (1958)), John Wyndham (Consider Her Ways) and Mervyn Peake (Boy in Darkness; the Boy in Peake's story is Gormenghast's Titus). According to Berger (Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 196-8), Wyndham's "haunting" novella in which "the preventable is not prevented," is "the quintessence of dystopian fiction." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-78. Reginald 13447. Gekoski and Grogan B1a. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies; Wyndham wrote Day of the Triffids and Peake wrote Titus Groan." Cover creasing; small black felt marker to front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 63 pages. 8.25x5.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. Gervasio Gallardo Painted Cover. (illustrator). 4th Edition By Publisher. 185 pages. Contains three short stories.Goodread notes = "Science fiction anthology containing three stories by outstanding Nobel Prize winner William Golding (Envoy Extraordinary, adapted later as a play and published as The Brass Butterfly (1958)), John Wyndham (Consider Her Ways) and Mervyn Peake (Boy in Darkness; the Boy in Peake's story is Gormenghast's Titus). According to Berger (Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 196-8), Wyndham's "haunting" novella in which "the preventable is not prevented," is "the quintessence of dystopian fiction." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-78. Reginald 13447. Gekoski and Grogan B1a. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies; Wyndham wrote Day of the Triffids and Peake wrote Titus Groan." >>Cover creasing & indents; spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Josh Kirby (illustrator). 1st Edition. First U.S. edition/printing 1969 Avon S345. A nice looking copy in Very Fine, unread and collectible condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Light spine crease, otherwise without flaw. 6 X 9" 576 pages, Weight Over 1 kg. Brilliant, disturbing, fantastical and addictive, Mervyn Peake at one time or another during his brief life touched on almost every literary form. For the aficionado and for the first-time reader, this selection of his less well-known works offers a treasure trove of short stories, poems, nonsense verse and drawings - all of them adding new perspectives on this prolific and astonishingly original writer.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Third printing. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, else very good. Paperback original containing "Envoy Extraordinary" by William Golding, "Consider Her Ways" by John Wyndham, and "Boy in Darkness" by Mervyn Peake. Ballantine Books, F657.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First Edition. The boards have bumping to the top corners but are otherwise unmarked. The page edges are slightly browned with a little spotting to the top edges. Slight browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has been price-clipped by the publisher with a new publisher's price label stuck to the front flap. There is heavy fading to the spine and some fading along the outer edges of the front and rear panels next to the spine. There is a small chip at the top of the spine but the jacket is otherwise unmarked. First printing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Ballantine book number F657. A fine unread copy. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-176, boards. First edition. The first book-length study of Peake's work. Using personal reminiscences and unpublished as well as published sources Batchelor presents a new view of Peake's childhood, education and adult life, and traces the multiple influences that enabled him to produce his best work. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 12-204. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 8-73. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#160066).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8v0, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket. 158 Pages. Some edge ware and marking to jacket, Light foxing to inside flaps of jacket and end papers. Overall a very good copy in likewise jacket. Extra postage may apply for overseas orders. All books are posted in a sturdy book box.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Lilliput, Volume 26, No. 1, January 1950. Staple bound paperback in good condition. Page block and rear cover are blemished. Staples have rusted and bled somewhat into the covers and pages. Page edges are lightly tanned. Centerfold page has separated from the staples, however is present. Pages are clear and binding is otherwise sound. LW. Used.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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