First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents, with a little light spotting to the top of the text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions. Complete with the spine-faded original dustwrapper which has a small mark to the front panel. Not price clipped (�8.95 to the bottom of the front flap). Peake was commissioned to illustrate Dickens's Bleak House in 1945, but the project was ultimately abandoned. Here his sketches and illustrations for the work are paired with extracts from the text for the first time. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Seller Inventory # 21762

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Title: SKETCHES FROM BLEAK HOUSE

Publisher: London: Methuen.

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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