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Peake's Progress: Available Copies

This work is a celebration of the imagination of Mervyn Peake assembled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore. It includes many of his most well known poems, a cross selection of his drawings, fragments of an autobiography and two plays. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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

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.

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

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

A Heavy copy, may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 576 pages. The wraps are worn, creased, scarring. The first few pages are curling up. There is a small tear on the first page. Damp stained on page edges- not affecting the text. There is slight foxing on the first few pages and last pages of the book. There is tanning and a few mark around the block of the book. The pages are bright and attractive, and the text remains clear. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

**Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Light spine crease, otherwise without flaw. 6 X 9" 576 pages, Weight Over 1 kg. Brilliant, disturbing, fantastical and addictive, Mervyn Peake at one time or another during his brief life touched on almost every literary form. For the aficionado and for the first-time reader, this selection of his less well-known works offers a treasure trove of short stories, poems, nonsense verse and drawings - all of them adding new perspectives on this prolific and astonishingly original writer.

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The wraps are a bit shelf rubbed.Internally clean and tightly bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped foxed dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and covers and rubbed at the edges. 576 pages, photos on plates, illustrations in the text

Hardcover Book Condition Near Fine, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket: Very Good - complete but badly faded on the spine and spine edge of the front and rear panels. As usual the fugitive pink of the dust wrapper has faded to a pale blue where exposed to light (see picture). Not price clipped but no price shown. First UK Edition, First Printing.

From the Library of John Russell Taylor

From the Library of John Russell Taylor

8vo, 576pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in dust jacket with faded spine. Previous owner's signature.

Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear and creasing

Light scuffs & scratches to the jacket, faded with nicks & tears to the edges. Light wear & bumps to the board edges & corners. Tanned & foxed textblock edge. Very faint marks & tanning to the endpapers. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Fine copy in slightly faded dust-wrapper which has a small closed tear at the head of the upper panel

Sailing ship stamp on bottom edge of book.; First published stated.; 5 X 1 X 8 inches; 576 pages

PEAKE, MERVYN: Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake, edited by Maeve Gilmore Overlook Press PB 1981 reprint ISBN 0879510919 by the author of the Gormenghast Trilogy 576 pages, FINE, very clean, appears unread, spine is tight and not creased, corners are sharp and square. A tiny bit of indentation and scuffing to rear wraps, otherwise this book would have been classified as "new".

First Edition. First edition. Pages clean, no markings, light wear to edges. Includes removeable plastic cover. Complete with 16 plates and numerous line illustrations. We are closed 14th-23rd July items ordered after 9:00am on the 13th July will be shipped on 25th July, shipping times have been updated. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING

(London 1978). Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (576pp.). With 14 full-page plates and num. text-illusts. Fine.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Thick 8vo. 576pp. 16 plates, numerous line ills. Very good in d/w. US$74

Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-9 [10] 11-576, illustrations, boards. First edition. An important miscellany of previously unpublished or uncollected drawings, fiction, poetry and other nonfiction, including Peake's "Notes for a Projected Autobiography." Most of the fiction collected here is fantasy, including "Boy in Darkness," "Mr Slaughterboard" (which foreshadows the Titus books), and "The House of Darkstones" (the first drafts of TITUS GROAN). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. This copy has the printed price clipped and the publisher's £10 price sticker. (#161280)

nur geringe lagerspuren, sonst sehr gut, 576 pp - nur a-817

A decent copy of the 2011 edition 1st printing. The jacket has some creasing and a couple of small tears. The text block has some spotting/marks. Internally in lovely clean and unmarked condition. Please see pictures.