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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir: Available Copies

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz (1985)


    Seller: Atlantic Books (Mars Hill, NC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $10.99
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $14.99

Lie New Oversize Hardcover in Like New Jacket protected in a clear, removable cover. Original price on Jacket.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD., United Kingdom (1985)


    Seller: Angus Books (SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $11.25
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $16.20

TIGHT CLEAN COPY.OLD ENGLISH PRICE INSIDE FRONT COVER.MANY B/W ILLUSTRATIONS.CRISP CLEAN COPY WITH COLOR ILLUSTRATION ON COVER.

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Mervyn Peake : A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited (1985)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.43
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $22.52

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Mervyn Peake : A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1984)


    Seller: J. and S. Daft (Lichfield, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.10
    Shipping: $14.89
    TOTAL Cost: $23.99

128 pages. Edges of DW and pages sl browned.Tiny stain to top edge of DW front.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz (1984)


    Seller: Chapter 1 (Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $11.00
    Shipping: $18.92
    TOTAL Cost: $29.92

the book and jacket are a little shelf rubbed. mild foxing. all pages are clear and intact. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Mervyn Peake : A Personal Memoir
    by Gordon Smith

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd (1984)


    Seller: Elder Books (Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $15.59
    Shipping: $15.08
    TOTAL Cost: $30.67

4to, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket. 128 Pages, Illustrations throughout. Few light marks to jacket. Overall a very good plus copy in likewise jacket. Extra postage may apply for overseas orders. All books are posted in a sturdy book box.

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MERVYN PEAKE. A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, 1984 (1984)


    Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop (Colchester, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $19.49
    Shipping: $12.30
    TOTAL Cost: $31.79

Victor Gollancz, 1984, 1st edition. Hardback, d/j, 4to, 128pp, illust. D/j price-clipped and slightly bumped. A good copy. 0575034319

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MERVYN PEAKE A Personal Memoir
    by SMITH Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, 1984. 0575034319 (1985)


    Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB) (Dulverton, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $19.49
    Shipping: $12.62
    TOTAL Cost: $32.11

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 128, with b&w illus (no inscriptions).

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MERVYN PEAKE. A Personal Memoir.
    by [PEAKE, Mervyn] SMITH, , Gordon.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz, 1984. (1984)


    Seller: Grant's Bookshop (Cheltenham, VIC, Australia)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $18.48
    Shipping: $14.95
    TOTAL Cost: $33.43

128pp. 4to. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous b/w illustrations. A fine copy of the first edition.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, London (1984)


    Seller: Raymond Tait (Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $13.00
    Shipping: $20.94
    TOTAL Cost: $33.94

The boards have quite heavy bumping to the top corners and some discolouration to the top area of the front panel. The previous owner has taped two cuttings to the front free endpaper leaving four brown tape marks. The front freen endpaper also has their blind stamped address to the top right corner. The pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has another ownership label stuck to the rear flap, a small pen mark to the top right edge of the front panel, a little fading to the spine and some light edge wear. First printing.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by SMITH, GORDON

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz 1984 (1984)


    Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd. (Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $11.42
    Shipping: $25.47
    TOTAL Cost: $36.89

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

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MERVYN PEAKE A PERSONAL MEMOIR
    by SMITH GORDON:

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: GOLLANCZ ()


    Seller: Book Cupboard (PLYMOUTH, DEVON, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $19.49
    Shipping: $17.47
    TOTAL Cost: $36.96

1984 1ST FINE /FINE

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Gordon Smith

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Gollancz (1984)


    Seller: Ivan's Book Stall (Reading, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $22.09
    Shipping: $15.14
    TOTAL Cost: $37.23

128 pages. 28 by 20 cm size.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1984)


    Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB (London -- Birr, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $34.12
    Shipping: $10.95
    TOTAL Cost: $45.07

Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy, nearly as new. Illustrated. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall

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Mervyn Peake. A Personal Memoir by Gordon Smith.
    by SMITH, GORDON.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Victor Gollanz., London (1984)


    Seller: Roe and Moore (London, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $36.39
    Shipping: $11.99
    TOTAL Cost: $48.38

4to. 277x202mm, pp.128, Original cloth, d/w. 49 b/w illustrations, b/w photographs.

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Mervyn Peake - A Personal Memoir
    by Gordon Smith

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1984)


    Seller: Berry Books (Berry, NSW, Australia)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.16
    Shipping: $30.00
    TOTAL Cost: $50.16

Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0575034319. ISBN/EAN: 9780575034310. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 38552.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Peake, Mervyn - Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., London (1984)


    Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA (Chicago, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $45.25
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $51.25

Peake's widow described Smith as "Mervyn's only and best friend." His account of their friendship is illuminated with 8 photographs. Also with 49 illustrations by Peake, including a full-color reproduction of a previously unpublished illustrated letter from Peake in 1935. Tiny chip to top corner of jacket spine, else a fine, unclipped and unmarked copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir by Gordon Smith
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1984)


    Seller: George Longden (Macclesfield, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $18.85
    Shipping: $39.24
    TOTAL Cost: $58.09

Some minor bubbling in the laminate on font panel of jacket. 280 x 200 mm. 128 pp. B&w illustrations

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Gollancz (1984)


    Seller: Cameron House Books (Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $45.48
    Shipping: $14.89
    TOTAL Cost: $60.37

277 x 202mm, dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pp.128, including 49 illustrations & 6 photographs. Pale grey endpapers. Dustwrapper features a Peake painting, 'The Beggars are Coming to Town' on upper panel & a page from an illustrated letter to the author on lower panel. 'Goaty' Smith's childhood, like Peake's, was spent in China, but their lifelong friendship began during their schooldays at Eltham College. The book contains a wealth of previously unpublished material. I specialise in Mervyn Peake. Enquiries welcome.

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Gordon Smith

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London, England (1984)


    Seller: Dartmouth Books (West Molesey, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
    Book Price: $42.10
    Shipping: $35.33
    TOTAL Cost: $77.43

This First Edition and first printing hardback was published by Victor Gollancz in London in 1984 and was printed in Hampshire in England. The condition of the book is 'As New' and that of the dust-jacket is a strong 'Fine'. The book is bound with brown binding paper on stiff boards. The spine titles are in gilt. The publisher has chosen to use a high quality cream-coloured paper and it is a very attractive book. The book has 128 numbered pages. There are 49 illustrations and 6 photographs. The size of the book in inches is 11.2 x 8.3 and it weighs 0.64 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz (1985)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    New Book
    Book Price: $78.84
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    TOTAL Cost: $78.84

Book is in NEW condition.

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Mervyn Peake - A Personal Memoir
    by PEAKE, Mervyn ] Gordon Smith

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London (1984)


    Seller: David Bunnett Books (London, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $58.48
    Shipping: $20.38
    TOTAL Cost: $78.86

1st printing. Large 4to. in brown faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 128pp on stiff art paper, numerous illustrations in text CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy in an AS NEW complete Dust Jacket. An excellent copy ] ._ __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

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MERVYN PEAKE: A PERSONAL MEMOIR
    by SMITH, GORDON

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD - LONDON (1985)


    Seller: CENTRAL LIBRERA REAL FERROL (Ferrol. A Coruña, Spain)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $14.81
    Shipping: $86.50
    TOTAL Cost: $101.31

LIBRO

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Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir
    by Smith, Gordon

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780575034310
    Publisher: Victor Gollancz (1985)


    Seller: dsmbooks (liverpool, United Kingdom)
    New Book
    Book Price: $149.06
    Shipping: $31.54
    TOTAL Cost: $180.60

New

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