Book VG+; jacket a little toned at spine and with some minor marking, overall VG.
Illustrations by the author.
£50
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Second impression dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
An attractive first edition in the first volume of Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy, in the second impression jacket.
Out of stock
Book VG+; jacket a little toned at spine and with some minor marking, overall VG.
Illustrations by the author.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Golding (William), John Wyndham and Mervyn Peake. Sometime, Never
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12s6d.
An intriguing combination of authors: "Each of the three 'tales of imagination' in this book is by a master of the art, and there is enough incident and invention in each of them to surpass most full-length novels." (jacket blurb). The Peake tale Boy in Darkness features Titus, from the Gormenghast books.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
New York, Gnome Press, 1952.
First edition, first printing, first state. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in black. Dust-jacket, correctly listing 26 titles on lower panel and priced $2.75.
The first edition of the second volume in Asimov's epic Foundation trilogy, one of the original monumental works of science fiction. Here in the correct first issue dust-jacket, in pleasing condition.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
First edition.
London, Burke, 1962.
Uncommon in jacket.