Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art. Compiled by. Edited by G. Peter Winnington
Published by London and Chester Springs: Peter Own Publishers, 2006
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since September 22, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 103.44
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First edition. 4to. 216 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, from the library of the illustrator John Vernon Lord, loosely inserted are two copies of the invitation to the book's launch at Chris Beetles Gallery - one with an Alison Eldred Artists' Agency compliments slip signed "Peter", two copies of the order form and a double sided folded poster for a 2009 Anglo-French Peake exhibition ("Lignes de Fuite / Lines of Flight"). Illustrated throughout, often in colour. Small tear to the lower edge of the jacket, else very good. Lord was taught by Peake during his time as a student at London's Central School of Art in the 1950s. He is quoted in the book reminiscing about his tutor and has bookmarked that page with a post-it note.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art. Compiled by. Edited by G. Peter Winnington
- Author
- PEAKE, Sebastian and ELDRED, Alison
- Publisher
- London and Chester Springs: Peter Own Publishers
- Publication year
- 2006
- Seller catalogs
- Art
Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
Lewes, United Kingdom
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association…
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