Peake Sebastian Eldred Alison (9 results)
Language: English
Published by PETER OWEN, London, UK, 2009
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: New. Reprint. Original softcovers. Illustrated throughout. A brand new copy.
Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art
Sebastian Peake (Compiler), Alison Eldred (Compiler), G. Peter Winnington (Editor)
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Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United KingdomJoseph Burridge Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 216 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 29 cm. ntents: A Chinese childhood The evolving artist Husband and father War artist The Titus books The craft of the lead pencil Illustrator Mr Pye The art of Mervyn Peake Plays and adaptations The last years.
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Seller: Thomas Heneage Art Books, London, United KingdomThomas Heneage Art Books
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216pp with colour and monochrome illustrations. Cloth 30x25cms. ISBN: 0720612845. Painter, novelist, author of children's books and nonsense verse, war artist, poet and dramatist, this book provides a unique memoir of Mervyn Peake's life and work with illustrations, paintings, photographs, notebook pages and other material. Text… in English.
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Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United KingdomCamilla's Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOUND IN PERFECT BLACK CLOTH HARDCOVERS, WITH BRIGHT SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 2006 FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED BY PETER OWEN IN LONDON, IS VG IN VG JACKET (UNCLIPPED). 216pp WITH PREFACE BY SEBASTIAN PEAKE. INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK, 11…CHAPTERS, SOURCES, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS. SUPERB COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS, PHOTOS AND SKETCHES : ILLUSTRATIONS OF ALL PEAKE'S IMPORTANT WORK. CLEAN ENDPAPERS, CRISP PRESENTATION VG/VG. Signed by Both Authors.
Published by Peter Owen Publishers, London, 2009
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Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United KingdomBookcase
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Add to basketSoft. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, sticker remainder on rear soft cover, small spot stain on front endpaper, otherwise a neat and tidy copy. Size: 8vo.
Published by Peter Owen. Second English edition, London, 2009
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Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, AustraliaBadger Books
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Add to basketSoftcover/Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Illustrated biographical monograph, constructed from the artist's archive and, with what looks like, more reproductions than text; first published in 2006. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. book.
More imagesMervyn Peake The Man and His Art
Sebastian Peake and Alison Eldred (comp.) G. Peter Winnington (Ed.) and others
Published by Peter Owen, 2006
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Seller: Morning Mist Books and Maps, Cirencester, United KingdomMorning Mist Books and Maps
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Sebastian Peake to the title page. Jacket slightly scuffed to edges and faces. Black boards with tiny bump to foot of spine. Binding tight. A faint hint of sunning to page edges. Numerous colour and B&W plates. Printed on heavy gloss paper. A very decen…t copy. 216pp. Further details available on request. (Ud1). Signed by Author(s).
More imagesMervyn Peake: The Man and His Art
Sebastian Peake; Alison Eldred (compiled); G. Peter Winnington (ed)
Published by Peter Owen, London, 2006
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. An extraordinary dive into the life and work of writer, artist and poet, Mervyn Peake, compiled and signed by his eldest child Sebastian Peake. A scarcely signed copy by all authors, including Sebastian Peake, Mervyn Peake's eldest child.Monochrome and colour illustrations…throughout.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper and original cloth binding.This lovingly crafted work features an abundance of Peake's illustrations, poems, essays, photographs, notebook pages other material never published before.The sea of content is split into sections of Peake's life and specialisms, such as his childhood spent in China, his wartime experiences, marriage and fatherhood, his development as a writer, the 'Titus Groan' trilogy and his ultimate tragic decline in health. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding. Externally, in lovely condition with only minimal signs of shelf wear to the boards. Dust wrapper also in excellent condition. Minimal edge wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Signed to the front title page by authors. Fine. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). signed by author. book.
Published by London and Chester Springs: Peter Own Publishers, 2006
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Add to basketFirst edition. 4to. 216 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, from the library of the illustrator John Vernon Lord, loosely inserted are two copies of the invitation to the book's launch at Chris Beetles Gallery - one with an Alison Eldred Artists' Agency compliments slip signed "Peter", two cop…ies of the order form and a double sided folded poster for a 2009 Anglo-French Peake exhibition ("Lignes de Fuite / Lines of Flight"). Illustrated throughout, often in colour. Small tear to the lower edge of the jacket, else very good. Lord was taught by Peake during his time as a student at London's Central School of Art in the 1950s. He is quoted in the book reminiscing about his tutor and has bookmarked that page with a post-it note.
