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Letters From a Lost Uncle: Available Copies

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

In the frozen Polar wastes, an explorer types with freezing fingers, the story of his extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to a nephew he has never seen. With his only companion the tortoise-like mutant Jackson, Uncle has gone in search of the awesome and mysterious White Lion. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Dustwrapper, pp.126. Illustrations by the author. Originally published in 1948. Dustwrapper outwardly clean and sound save light rippling to rear cover - no outward signs but there is some damp staining to the inside of the wrapper here, cloth and contents being clean, bright and tight. Fine in VG dustwrapper

Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. (juvenile, kid's book, children's book, adventure)

Hardcover. Lost in the frozen polar wastes, an explorer huddles in his shelter, typing, with frozen fingers, the story of his lonely, extraordinary exploits, preparing to send the story to the nephew he has never seen. With his only companion, the tortoise-like mutant Jackson, the Uncle has gone in search of his ambition and his destiny: the awesome and mysterious White Lion. Illustrated on every page with stunning, beautiful, eerie original drawings, "Letters from a Lost Uncle" is the product of a unique imagination and a distillation of all that is most powerful in the strange genius of Mervyn Peake. Painstakingly re-originated from Peake's original artwork and typescript, this edition celebrates the centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth in 2011 and is re-issued alongside Peake's illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" (Methuen ISBN 978 0413 777140). Full colour, re-originated edition of a forgotten classic by the author of "Gormenghast". "I am now many miles further to the North-East and am writing from a cave in a gaunt hillside. When Jackson and I sat down to rest we could see our footprints stretching back to the edge of the world." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective ccover, not price clipped). Unpaginated, illus throughout with b&w plates (previous owner's neat pencl inscription on front endpaper).

128 pages. 8.74x5.71x0.59 inches. In Stock.

2012. Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386. . . . . .

New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days. 430

Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. This edition is a 1976 reprint of the edition first published in 1948. Jacket edges are creased, and upper board corners are a little bumped. Page block is lightly tanned. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

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2012. Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First Edition thus, printed for the first time in full colour. Methuen, 2001. Very good indeed in d/w.

Unread book in perfect condition.

Reprint 1976. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, minor marks, small tears and edge worn. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The text within the book is clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

LETTERS FROM A LOST UNCLE. Mervyn Peake. Methuen Childrens Books 1976 First Thus. ISBN 0416565409 Illustrated Hardback. This copy has a neat gift inscription from an aunt to a niece on the obverse of the title page but is otherwise FINE. The price clipped dustwrapper has been protected in removable clear mylar film. Letters from a Lost Uncle from Polar Regions, a collection of letters written by an adventurer to his nephew in England. Originally written in 1945 the book was well-received but produced on poor quality paper. Mervyn Peake made several points to the publisher about the way it had been presented and eventually it was withdrawn. It was subsequently published in this edition after the artist's death on better paper and nicely bound which would, I feel, meet with the artist's approval. Laid in is the inaugural newsletter from the Mervyn Peake Society Number 1 dated Autumn 1975. Ref T7

8vo, unpaginated; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt, illus. to front board in blind; illus. eps, illus. tp, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to eps (esp feps), prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout; sporadic adhesion to pgs; front gutters sl loose); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; sticker to front flap).

Methuen Edition. First published in 1948 Eyre and Spottiswoode. First Edition, First Printing of 1976 by Methuen. A near fine HARDBACK in unclipped DW. Original cover design (of Eyre & Spottiswoode ) embossed on front board. Ref 5.

2nd printing. An unread book in an as new condition DJ.

minor wear to cover, text pages in very good condition

Darkening to spine and top edge of back cover. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages

Neuware - A full colour, re-originated edition of a forgotten classic by the author of }Gormenghast{, to mark the centenary of his birth. It is illustrated on every page with Peake's eerie and original drawings

Ex-Library copy. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.