4th Dec, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 32
 

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Peake, Mervyn A collection of books illustrated by Peake and of his drawings. Illustrated works...

Peake, Mervyn
A collection of books illustrated by Peake and of his drawings. Illustrated works include: Collins, Maurice, Quest for Sita (1946, limited of 500, in dj); Hole, Christina, Witchcraft in England (1945, in dj); Haynes, Dorothy, Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (1949, in dj); and Crisp, Quentin, All This and Bevin Too (1943, org. wraps).
Also Peake's own work inc.: The Drawings of Mervyn Peake (1949, in dj); Figures of Speech (1954, in dj); and the Craft of the Lead Pencil (1946, org. boards).
Along with others
such as Folio Society works (Jekyll & Hyde, 1948, in dj); book covers (Harlequin Phoenix, 1956, clipped dj); children's books (The Pot of Gold, 1959, price sticker on dj); and classics (Ancient Mariner, 1943, in dj). [29]

Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

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