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Mr. Pye: Available Copies
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Seller: Cocksparrow Books (Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $4.60
Shipping: $15.28
TOTAL Cost: $19.88
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 1986 (1972)* Publisher: Penguin* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing Mr. Pye wearing wings, no bumps or rubs. Light shelf wear to edges & creases to lower corners, no creases to spine, slightly creased to hinge. Severe label damage to back cover. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp & tight. Gift inscription to half title. No annotations or marks to text. Some colouration to pages throughout. GD* Illustrations: B/w line drawings throughout by the author.* Pages: 254 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark - his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. But Mr Pye, however, is prone to excess and excess is very nearly his downfall. Mervyn Peake captures the essence of the closeknit community in the same masterly way that he created the Titus books, and leads us to an understanding of the paradox of good and evil.* This is a GOOD copy with considerable wear.* 1972-01-27
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Mr Pye (Paperback) by Mervyn Peake
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099283263
Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London (1999)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Fairfield, OH, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $20.20
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $20.20
Paperback. Brimming with good cheer, Mr Pye decides to bring peace and love to Sark's 289 eccentric inhabitants. This is a charming fable about the battle bewteen good and evil.Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Mr Pye, however, is prone to excess and in the increasingly personalised struggle between good and evil, excess is very nearly his downfall. Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Seller: medimops (Berlin, Germany)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.49
Shipping: $9.82
TOTAL Cost: $20.31
Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
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Mr. Pye by Peake, Mervyn
Hardcover
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Publisher: The Overlook Press, Woodstock New York (1984)
Seller: Chequamegon Books (Washburn, WI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $15.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $21.00
278 pages. "A novel of sin and salvation by the author of The Gomenghast Trilogy." some smudges on bottom edges of pages, somewhat shelf-cocked.; 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 " Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $16.46
Shipping: $10.50
TOTAL Cost: $26.96
1999. New Ed. Paperback. Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland) New Book
Book Price: $15.63
Shipping: $11.46
TOTAL Cost: $27.09
1999. New Ed. Paperback. Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190. . . . . .
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Mr. Pye / Mervyn Peake ; with drawings by the author by Peake, Mervyn (1911-1968)
Paperback
ISBN: 9780140014778
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin Books (1972)
Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $29.54
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $29.54
Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 254 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects; 1900-1999. Good and evil ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Roman anglais 20e siècle. English fiction. Fantasy fiction, English. Fiction in English, 1900- Texts. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.
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Mr. Pye / Mervyn Peake ; with drawings by the author by Peake, Mervyn (1911-1968)
Paperback
ISBN: 9780140014778
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin Books (1972)
Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $14.56
Shipping: $15.23
TOTAL Cost: $29.79
Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 254 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects; 1900-1999. Good and evil ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Roman anglais 20e siècle. English fiction. Fantasy fiction, English. Fiction in English, 1900- Texts. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.
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Mr. Pye by Mervyn Peake
Hardcover
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Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (1953)
Seller: World of Rare Books (Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $23.95
Shipping: $6.24
TOTAL Cost: $30.19
1953. First Published. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions, sticker and stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Water staining and tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining overall.
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