Peake, Mervyn

The Titus Books

Peake, Mervyn · 1983 · San Francisco Book Company

€17.00 ($19.09 | £14.19 | ¥3,016)

New York Penguin Books Paperback Octavo wraps, 1023 pp, yellowed edges covers worn on the edges. Good

Titus Alone

Peake, Mervyn · 1973 · Valley Books

$6.00 (€5.34 | £4.46 | ¥948)

Penguin Books 263pp. Slight wear, top edge a bit soiled. Owner's signature onendpaper. Photos on request. 4th Printing UK Very Good Mass Market

Gormenghast

Peake, Mervyn · 1968 · Valley Books

$5.00 (€4.45 | £3.72 | ¥790)

Ballantine Books 568pp. Illustrated by the author. Light general wear. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market #73008 Oct. First Printing. NY Good=

Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.82 | $107.61 | ¥17,002)

London, Eyre & Spotiswoode, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the opening novel to the celebrated Gormenghast series, considered among the greatest works in modern fantasy literature. The first edition of Titus Groan, the first novel within the groundbreaking da...

Drawings by Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake · 1949 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.38 | $131.82 | ¥20,827)

London, Mervyn Peake, 1949 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work devoted to Peake's art, combining sixty-two plates with his own manifesto on the art and language of drawing, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's pale g...

The Craft of the Lead Pencil

Mervyn Peake · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

London, Allan Wingate Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this guide to lead pencil drawing by Mervyn Peake, illustrated throughout with Mervyn's own pencil illustrations. The first edition. An uncommon work.In the publisher's original cloth. Illu...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.84 | $94.15 | ¥14,876)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1967. Hardback. A smart edition of Mervyn Peake's first published work, a colourfully illustrated yet darkly humorous children's tale. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A 1960s edition of this incredibly popular dark children&...

Mervyn Peake: Twelve Poems 1939-1960

Mervyn Peake · 1975 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.69 | $181.58 | ¥28,690)

Hayes, Middlesex, Bran’s Head Books Ltd, 1975 . First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this posthumous poetry collection by Mervyn Peake, combining twelve previously unpublished poems with nine drawings in an edition of just 350 copies, complete with the original glassine ...

Shapes & Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1941 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.49 | $302.64 | ¥47,817)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. A superb first edition of Mervyn Peake's first collected volume of poetry, one of 1,000 copies issued, preserved in the striking original unclipped dust wrapper. In the  publisher's original quarter cloth binding...

Rhymes without Reason

Mervyn Peake · 1944 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.34 | $390.07 | ¥61,631)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. A desirable first edition of Peake's eccentric of nonsense verse, illustrated with sixteen colour illustrations by Peake, and complete with the scarce original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's origin...

(1974) Titus D&Apos;Enfer; (1977) Gormenghast; (1979) Titus Errant.

Mervyn Peake; Patrick Reumaux; Gilberte Lambrichs; Andre Dhotel · 1974 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

Paris, Editions Stock, 1974-1979. Paperback. The scarce first French edition of Peake's fantastical Gormenghast trilogy. The scarce first French edition of the Gormenghast trilogy. Collection comprised of: (1974) Titus d'Enfer;  (1977) Gormenghast; (1979) Titus err...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 2001 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2001. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing first Candlewick Press edition of this children's pirate romance story from British writer and illustrator Mervyn Peake. First Candlewick Press edition, first impression. The author's first bo...

Shapes and Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1974 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.38 | $131.82 | ¥20,827)

London, Village Press, 1974 . Paperback. A very scarce publisher's presentation copy of the Village Press edition of Peake's early poetry collection. First Village Press edition. Very scarce publisher's presentation copy. In the publisher's original pictori...

Peake&Apos;S Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake; Maeve Gilmore; John Watney · 1978 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

London, Allen Lane, 1978 . Cloth. The first edition of this charming selection of the works and illustrations of Mervyn Peake, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Extensively illustra...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1967 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967. Hardback. An excellent, new edition of Mervyn Peake's first published book. A comical children's tale with whimsical illustrations by the author. An new edition of Mervyn Peake's first published book, Captain Slaughterboard ...

Mr. Pye

Mervyn Peake · 1969 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, Allison & Busby, 1969. Cloth. A lovely edition of Mervyn Peake's satirical tale on an evangelical whose deeds shape his appearance. A charming edition of Mr. Pye, a curious novel following the titular preacher upon the Channel island of Sark, written by influentia...

Mervyn Peake: Twelve Poems 1939-1960

Mervyn Peake · 1975 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.71 | $174.86 | ¥27,627)

Hayes, Middlesex, Bran’s Head Books Ltd, 1975 . First edition. Paperback. A very smart limited first edition of Peake"s posthumously published "Twelve Poems," one of just 350 copies, illustrated by the author and preserved in the original glassine wrapper. In the publisher"s ...

Shapes & Sounds

Mervyn Peake · 1941 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.38 | $131.82 | ¥20,827)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Mervyn Peake"s first collected volume of poetry, one of 1,000 copies issued. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper boards. Lacking the original dust wrapper. First edition. I...

The Inner Landscape

Mervyn Peake; J. G. Ballard; Brian W. Aldiss · 1969 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, Allison & Busby , 1969. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition uniting Peake, Ballard and Aldiss, three distinctive voices in 20th-century British fantastic literature, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth bi...

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

Mervyn Peake · 1945 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.60 | $235.39 | ¥37,191)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. Cloth. The first colour edition of this eccentric early Peake production, combining an anarchic pirate story with Peake's vibrant illustrations, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth bi...