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Boy in Darkness: Available Copies
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Boy in Darkness by Peake, Mervyn
Hardcover
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Publisher: Hodder Children's Books London 1996 (1996)
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $35.20
Shipping: $20.00
TOTAL Cost: $55.20
1st thus hardback with dust jacket New book tall octavo 113pp., b/w plates,
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Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller (Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $38.51
Shipping: $53.41
TOTAL Cost: $91.92
2nd Edition. Fine in dust wrapper. Originally published in the anthology 'Sometime, Never' in 1956 an earlier separate edition in 1976 used an inferior typescript for the text. This edition restores the original complete text. PiP A21b
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Sometime, Never; Three Tales of Imagination. (Past) Envoy Extraordinary; (Future)Consider Her Ways; (Dream)Boy in Darkness by William Golding,John Wyndham,Mervyn Peake
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: New York: Ballantine Books # U28 (1967)
Seller: HPB-Diamond (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $97.75
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $101.50
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The Inner Landscape Boy in Darkness by Mervyn Peake; The Voices of Time by J.G. Ballard; Danger: Religion! by Brian Aldiss by PEAKE, Mervyn; BALLARD, J.G. & ALDISS, Brian W.
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780850310054
Publisher: London Allison & Busby 1969 (1969)
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB (Canterbury, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $79.77
Shipping: $33.38
TOTAL Cost: $113.15
FIRST EDITION 8vo. grey buckram hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 151pp. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Slight fading to dust jacket spine and mild creasing to edges. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 2) ISBN: 0850310059 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
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Seller: Zoom Books Company (Lynden, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $203.72
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Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.
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Boy In Darkness Mervyn Peake by Mervyn Peake
Paperback
ISBN: 9780720613063
Publisher: Peter Owen (2007)
Seller: BUCHSERVICE / ANTIQUARIAT Lars Lutzer (Wahlstedt, Germany)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $223.72
Shipping: $45.69
TOTAL Cost: $269.41
Boy In Darkness In englischer Sprache. pages.
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Boy In Darkness by Peake, Mervyn
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780340683231
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books, London (1996)
Seller: Anthony Clark (Wolfville, NS, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: As New
Book Price: $285.95
Shipping: $16.85
TOTAL Cost: $302.80
Hodder Children's Books, London, 1996, Hardcover First Thus with a complete number line. This is a first printing as an individual separate book; the original was part of The Gormenghast Trilogy, and published in 1956. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. Book condition: As New pristine copy - pages have a light wave seen from the text edge, otherwise very, very tight and unread.Dustjacket is Very Fine and unclipped - Jacket comes in a removable archival sleeve. Brilliant copy!
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