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Published by Academy Editions, 1967
ISBN 10: 0902620819ISBN 13: 9780902620810
Seller: Allyouneedisbooks Ltd, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
First Edition. Condition: fine. fine trade Academy Edition 1967 1st edition paperback, In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by Candlewick, 2001
ISBN 10: 0763616257ISBN 13: 9780763616250
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Published by Candlewick, Cambridge, 2001
ISBN 10: 0763616257ISBN 13: 9780763616250
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First Thus. Quarto. 9.5 x 12 in. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of drawings by Peake. Very good in original paper-covered boards with a small closed tear to the head of one page and very good pictorial dust jacket with a 1" closed tear to head of front dust jacket panel along spine. Still a bright and crisp copy. Originally published in 1939.
Published by Walker Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 1406319511ISBN 13: 9781406319514
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). New Edition. New 70th anniversary edition, first printing. Quarto hardback, 48 pages Colour illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (very small closed corners tears) No inscriptions.
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Published by Scheidegger & Spiess, 2017
ISBN 10: 3858815632ISBN 13: 9783858815637
Seller: Berliner Büchertisch eG, Berlin, Germany
Book
Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 1. 96 S. Gutes Exemplar, geringe Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, innen alles in Ordnung; Good copy, light signs of previous use, cover/dust jacket shows some rubbing/wear, interior in good condition. D240223axm55 ISBN: 9783858815637 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 675.
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Published by The Macmillan Company, 1967
Seller: Eyrie House Books, Tyngsboro, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First Thus. 1 inch chip on jacket front jacket in protective sleeve some foxing on endpapers. Price Clipped. First American Edition. Noted SF writer's pirate story for children. Black and white drawings throughout.
Published by Candlewick Press, 2001
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher's advanced copy with three loose signatures laid into a dust jacket. Quite uncommon thus. Book.
Published by Walker Books Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 0744581222ISBN 13: 9780744581225
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Published by Macmillan, [1967]., New York, 1967
Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Unpaged. Illustrationjs (drawings). Some damage to the very foot of the spine, else a clean, tight, VG+ copy in a good-only dust jacket (rubbed, light chipping, few short tears). Size: Large 8vo (10.25" tall). Book.
Published by Nelson, London. 1967., 1967
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
4to, unpaginated. A very good hardback copy in price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is worn and torn with pieces missing. Contents clean.
Published by Scheidegger & Spiess AG, Zürich., 2017
Seller: Buchgrafik, Freiburg, Germany
Book Condition: new. Buch verlagsfrisch, noch in der ungeöffneten Plastikfolie.An schweizer Kunden versenden wir zwecks Reduzierung der Portokosten einmal im Monat direkt aus der Schweiz. Bitte setzen Sie sich mit uns in Verbindung.
Published by London: Walker Books, 2009
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
4to. (44) pp. Publisher's black lettered and illustrated pale blue boards, dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. A few minor marks to the jacket, very good. First published in 1939, this being the 70th Anniversary Edition.
Published by Nelson
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.
Published by Academy Editions, 1967
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1967. This edition. Unpaginated. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by author. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Walker Books Ltd., London, 2009
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Pale blue hard cover with titles on spine and circular picture on front, and no cover wear. Unclipped dust jacket is in fine condition. Beautifully illustrated in colour on all pages which are not numbered. 70th anniversary edition published in 2009 and in fine condition.
Published by MacMillan, [1967], 1967
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
1st. U.S. Edition. Very Good in chipped dust wrapper. For this edition the hand lettering of the text was abandoned in favour of type and yellow was the only colour used. PiP A1c.
OLWd. mit OUmschlag, [48] unpaginierte Seiten mit Abb., 4° (19 x 25,5 cm), Hinterseite des Umschlags leicht angeschmutzt, unscheinbar abgegriffen, sonst perfekt, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: German.
Published by Macmillan, New York, 1967
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As new. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 1st edition US. 1st ptg. tall 8vo, full yellow pictorial cloth, illustrated by the author in line on bright goldenrod backgrounds. The story of a menacing pirate and a strange Yellow Creature he finds on a desert isle. A fine, bright copy in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswood, London, 1945
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. [48] pages : illustrations. Publisher's binding good, front and rear panels creased at lower fore-corners, minor bumping to extremities; binding cracked at head following title page, short inscription at head of front free endpaper, else contents very good. The unclipped dust jacket shows mild age-toning and light wear to extremities. 200 grams.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. Fine in a priceclipped, otherwise Nf. dj. (Faint dampstain at upper lefthand corner of rear panel of dj. A short edge nicks in dj. ) Scarce in dj. Author's FIRST book. Published originally in Britain.
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket.Yellow pictorial boards have no damage. Previous owners bookplate inside front board. Slight wear to DJ edges with a small tear to bottom edge. Very good condition.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1945
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Small 4to. unpaginated. Beige cloth boards with green titles. Some minor markings and discolouration to boards. Slight spotting to end papers. Multi-coloured pages with fantastic b&w illustrations by the author. Overall a Very Good copy. Scarce.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode., London., 1945
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Illustrations throughout on different coloured paper. (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Second edition 1945. Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake, all the pages are printed on different coloured papers. Short tear to the bottom of the title page. Contents slightly loose. Publishers beige cloth very slightly stained & marked and very slight rubbing to the edges, still generally a pretty good copy. Scarce. Book.
Published by MacMillan, 1967
Seller: Vintage & Modern Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Excellent, some very light wear to the dust jacket, the book itself is in excellent condition and appears unread. All our books are second hand and as so may have slight wear, creasing or scuffing. They have each been examined and are complete to the best of our knowledge. If you require more detail on condition, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional photos and description.


Published by Howden: Mr. Pye (Books), 1999., 1999
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
New in dust wrapper in slip case which reproduces the dust wrapper designs. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of Peake's first book originally published in 1939. Subsequent editions were inappropriately coloured. Of a total edition of 126 copies this is one of the 100 ordinary copies(90 for sale).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1945. 2nd edition. The book is in very good condition with no marks with a single name/date written on the top corner of the fep. The dustwrapper is in very good condition and is not price clipped. The top/base and edges of the spine are worn with some loss. There is some wear and light loss to the top edge of the front cover, which is also has a crease across to the bottom corner. The rear cover is a little dusty. The wrapper comes with a clear unattached protective cover. Humfordmillbooks welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Howden: Mr. Pye (Books), 1999., 1999
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Facsimile Reprint of the Country Life 1939 Edition. As new in dust wrapper enclosed in a slip case which reproduces the front panel of the dust wrapper. One of 100 copies of the ordinary edition of this reprint. This edition reverts to the black and white version of the original. PiP A1f.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945., 1945
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
2nd. Edition. Some light damp staining to the foot of the cloth otherwise Very Good in dust wrapper. For this edition colour was added to the illustrations.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945., 1945
Seller: Michael S. Kemp, Bookseller, Sheerness, KENT, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
2nd. Edition. Very Good in dust wrapper a little browned on the spine. The first edition of 1939 is uncommon as most copies were destroyed in a warehouse fire; for this edition colour was added to the illustrations.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The second edition of Peake's first book (the vast majority of the first edition, published by Country Life in 1939, was destroyed during the Blitz). 4to. Forty-seven unpaginated pages of text. Beige cloth lettered in green at the upper board. Printed on alternating pink, blue, yellow and white sheets and copiously illustrated in colour by the author (the first edition was only produced with black and white drawings). A little damp marking to the board edges and some resulting crinkling to head and base of the preliminary and final leaves. Short tears to the base of five leaves. A very bright copy in very good internally reinforced non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, chafed with just a little loss to the spine ends and with two or three minuscule edge tears.