Prayers Graces by Laing, First Edition (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. No dustjacket. Blue-mauveish hardback binding with colour-faded spine and spine-margin areas. Ink writing to flyleaf, and light browning to page-edges o/w pages clean and tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good tight condition, blue boards, some fading, wear & tears/loss to wrapper edges.

first edition 64pp ills.[b/w by mervyn peake] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.cocked).

first edition 64pp ills.[b/w by mervyn peake] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.,paper separation at title gutter,shaky spine).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, Pocket size Hardback, Pink d/j now in clear protective cover, has bumping to the top of the spine and top front corner, small nicks front and back, inscription o/w internally good. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. A little book of extraordinary piety.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 63, [1] p. illus. 16.5 x 13 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Humorous poetry. 3 Kg.

1st edition. With illustrations by Mervyn Peake. A tidy copy in tight, square binding Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

1st ed. Binding tight; dust jacket faded & water-stained, with some loss. Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Slight foxing. Internally, bright. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 63, [1] p. illus. 16.5 x 13 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Humorous poetry. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Sunning and minor wear to exterior. Some foxing. No markings to text, illustrated throughout. ; Signed and inscribed by the editor, Allan Laing, on the front end page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Editor.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 63 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Notes; Includes previous owner's inscription. Subjects; Allan macdonald Laing. Prayer books. Collected religious texts. Genre; Illustrated. 3 Kg.

First edition. Small square 8vo, 63pp, b/w illus. by Mervyn Peake. A very good hardback copy in sun discoloured dust jacket with some small chips to edges. Presbyterian Bookroom Melbourne sticker on front paste-down endpaper and back of dust jacket.

First edition. Small square 8vo, 63pp, b/w illus. by Mervyn Peake. A very good hardback copy in discoloured dust jacket with small closed tears to edges.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some light foxing to prelims. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 63, [1] p. illus. 16.5 x 13 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Humorous poetry. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. With thirty black and white line-illustrations by Mervyn Peake throughout. ***Near fine in navy blue woven cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine and gilt line illustration by Mervyn Peake embossed to the front board. Edges of boards slightly rubbed. Tail of spine lightly creased. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean. ***In a very good line-illustrated printed dustwrapper, with the original publisher's printed price of 2/6 net on the spine. The fragile dustwrapper is complete, with the edges just slightly rubbed and creased. Short closed tear and associated crease to the bottom edge of the back panel. Tiny closed tears to the top and bottom edges of the back panel. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed and marked, but no fading even to the spine. Dustwrapper bright. ***64 pages. 166mm x 128mm. ***'Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 Jul 1911 - 17 Nov 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but Peake's surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology. Peake also wrote poetry and literary nonsense in verse form, short stories for adults and children, stage and radio plays. Peake first made his reputation as a painter and illustrator during the 1930s and 1940s, when he lived in London, and he was commissioned to produce portraits of well-known people. For a short time at the end of World War II he was commissioned by various newspapers to depict war scenes. A collection of his drawings is still in the possession of his family. Although he gained little popular success in his lifetime, his work was highly respected by his peers, and his friends included Dylan Thomas and Graham Greene. His works are now included in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the Imperial War Museum and The National Archives.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition - a fragile wartime production printed on thin economy-standard paper, now very hard to find in the original dustwrapper in such well-preserved, collectable condition. Of interest to collectors of the illustrations of Mervyn Peake. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Slight foxing. Internally, bright. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 63, [1] p. illus. 16.5 x 13 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Humorous poetry. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 1st Edition. Black & white illustrations. Small patches of discolouration to endpapers otherwise very clean inside. Firm blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, some tiny marks and a faded spine. The dustjacket has small losses to top, base and middle of spine area and some fading.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good, edge-nicked and dust-dulled r mylar-sleeved dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 63p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Religion. Spiritual. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A collection of humorous prayers, delightfully illustrated. A small square book, 64 pages 5" + 6.5" (13.0 + 17.0 cm) A fine unread copy. Blue cloth with gilded line drawing to the front board, unmarked 'as new' without inscriptions etc. The jacket with sharp edges. Only lightly nicked at spine tips. Priced at 4/6. Illustrator: Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.

Blue hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition with rubbed dust jacket. 170mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 64pp. 30 illustrations by Meryn Peake.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Good With An Owners Inscription To The Fep In A Like Jacket Pp 63.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 63 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Notes; Includes previous owner's inscription. Subjects; Allan macdonald Laing. Prayer books. Collected religious texts. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First Edition. Blue cloth gilt illustration on upper cover. Gilt lettering on faded spine. Size: 16mo.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Thus. Blue cloth with gold illustration to front cover. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 64 pages with 30 illustrations by Melvyn Peake. My apologies for the quality of the paper , a War Economy measure !

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1944. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. A little book of extraordinary piety. 30 full page b/w illustrations. 63pp. Blue cloth covers, gilt vignette to front. Some browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-tears and chips; minimal loss. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good, edge-nicked and dust-dulled r mylar-sleeved dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 63p. : ill. ; 17 cm. Subjects; Prayers. Piety. Grace at meals. Poetry anthologies. Religion. Spiritual. 1 Kg.

Mervyn Peake (illustrator). Allan M Paing, Prayers and Graces a little book of extraordinary piety,1944,first edition ,pp63, original blue cloth cover with gilt illustration, contains black & white illustrations. Condition: pages(printed on artisan paper), little sunning on the edges with occasional spotting and marking, heavier spotting on end papers, inked name from previous owner on front end paper. Cover, has sunning to edges, the gilt illustration remain clean and vibrant, the gilt on spine is a little faded and cover has slight self-were. other-wise a good, tight, clean copy.

First edition, first printing. Small format. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Good with a paint splash to the front board and weear to corners. Lacks dustjacket.

First Edition: Hardback, navy bds., gold illustration on front bd. gold titles, 130 x 165 mm., 200 g., 64 pp., illustrated throughout wih full-page, line drawn illustrations by Mervyn Peake, original pictorial dw., fading to spine and edges, closed tear to top edge, G+/VG copy.