The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy
by Mervyn Peake
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
MERVYN PEAKE was born in 1911 in Kuling, Central Southern China, where his father was a medical missionary. His education began in China and then continued at Eltham College in South East London, followed by the Croydon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. Subsequently he became an artist, married the painter Maeve Gilmore in 1937 and had three children. During the Second World War he established a reputation as a gifted book illustrator for Ride a Cock Horse (1940), The Hunting of the Snark (1941), and The Rime of The Ancient Mariner (1943). Other books include Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland and Grimm's Household Tales (both 1946) and Treasure Island (1949). Titus Groan was published in 1946, followed in 1950 by Gormenghast . Among his other works are Shapes and Sounds (1941), Rhymes Without Reason (1944), Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948) and Mr Pye (1953). Titus Alone was published in 1959. Mervyn Peake died in 1968.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yare Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022267
- Title
- The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy
- Author
- Mervyn Peake
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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