Mervyn Peake — Drawings by Mervyn Peake

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 grey cloth. This is the variant issue binding with blue spine lettering.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  First edition.  Illustrated with sixty-two plates, a few of which are in colour. Collated, complete.  A lovely volume containing a vast selection of the drawings of Mervyn Peake.  The subjects range from sharply characterised and grotesque figures to portraits, studies of children and more intimate observational drawings.  Peake was an English author and illustrator who is best known today for his 'Gormenghast' books. He also illustrated editions of 'Hunting of the Snark', 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Brothers Grimm', 'Treasure Island', and 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde&apos.    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, more so to spine ends. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, excellent. Light soiling and age toning to wraps, more so to spine. Slight rubbing to spine. Minor edge wear to extremities, resulting in one or two very small chips, closed tears, and creases, more so to spine ends. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two light spots. Near Fine . Ill.: Mervyn Peake. Near Fine/Near Fine.