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Published by Dent, London, 1962
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, a clean unmarked copy in the dust wrapper, with lust minor handling to the extremities. Review slip loosely inserted.
Published by Dent, 1962., 1962
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
1st Edition. Very Good in very slightly rubbed dust wrapper. PiP A13a.
Published by Dent, 1962
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The boards are minimally rubbed. Internally clean (one signature and minor foxing) and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by J M Dent & Sons, 1962
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Verse illustrated by the author. A fresh fine copy in like dust wrapper with price corner clipped, likely by the US distributor who has penciled a $3.25 price at upper flap corner. Photos on request.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated narrative poem set in wartime London by Mervyn Peake. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb' is set during an air-raid during wartime London, following a sailor as he wanders around the city, only to discover a newborn baby in the debris.A long narrative poem written and illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Mervyn Peake. Peake was an English author and illustrator who is best known today for his 'Gormenghast' books. He also illustrated editions of 'Hunting of the Snark', 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Brothers Grimm', 'Treasure Island', and 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, heavier to the head of the spine. Wraps are a little discoloured with a few light handling marks, with a few spots to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book.
Published by Dent, UK, 1962
Book First Edition
Soft Cover in Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First Edition. A UK uncorrected proof copy in wrapper. The Wrapper : A Very Good ++ wrapper, unclipped, unfaded and bright. Light wear to the upper edges. Looks sharp. The Book : The book is square, bright and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. Clean, unfaded plain covers. Unmarked text block is gently toned. Light creasing to the spine. No foxing. No dog-eared pages. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Published by Dent, London, 1962
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition, first printing, with the unclipped, unfaded and bright dust-wrapper. Original black cloth lettered in gilt at the spine. No old owner names of inscriptions. Booksellers ticket laid in at foot of front pastedown. A fine copy in the like dust-wrapper. Tucked in at the front is the catalogue for Maeve Gilmore's exhibition at Woodstock Gallery, Mayfair, London, April-May 1964. Book.
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some foxing to interior. Text is unmarked, twenty-two illustrations by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Dent, 1962., 1962
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
1st Edition. Very Good/Fine in very slightly rubbed dust wrapper. PiP A13a.
Published by J.M. Dent: London., 1962
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
22 illustr by author, 8.5 x 5.5, boards, 43 pp, corners gently bumped else ok in very slightly used dw. FIRST ED WITH AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Maeve," sending some books.
Published by Dent, 1962., 1962
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
1st Edition. Almost Fine in dust wrapper. PiP A13a.
Published by J.M. Dent, London., 1962
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 43. 22 drawings by the author.Presentation copy from the author in a close to wholly illegible hand: his name is clear enough, the date looks like 1957 and the rest is illegible although "Lesley" is one possibility. The author was already suffering from dementia and the drawings that he produced for this poem, which was written 15 years earlier, are among his very last works. Spine slightly bruised at head. Very good indeed in very good indeed dustwrapper a little rubbed at the edges.