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PEAKE'S PROGRESS. Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake.
by Peake, Mervyn. Edited by Maeve Gilmore
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/good +
- ISBN 10
- 0879511214
- ISBN 13
- 9780879511210
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, (1981). first U.S. edition. hardcover. near fine/good +. Peake, Mervyn. With an introduction by John Watney. Large octavo, maroon cloth covers, 576 pages. Black and white illustrations, plates. Dust jacket is complete, unclipped, and not chipped, but is sunned at spine and top edge of of front panel. 092717D
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020097
- Title
- PEAKE'S PROGRESS. Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake.
- Author
- Peake, Mervyn. Edited by Maeve Gilmore
- Illustrator
- Peake, Mervyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first U.S. edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879511214
- ISBN 13
- 9780879511210
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock, NY
- Date Published
- (1981)
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Spine
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
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