Sketches from Bleak House: Drawings by Mervyn Peake

Leon Garfield; Edward Blishen; Charles Dickens

Verlag: Methuen Children's Books, London, 1983

Beschreibung

A scarce and delightful study of illustrations drawn by Mervyn Peake for 'Bleak House', published for the first time in this work. The first edition, first impression of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A wonderful collection of the sketches of Mervyn Peake, which comprises character portraits intended to illustrate Charles Dickens' Bleak House. These sketches sit alongside extracts from the novel. Also featured is an informative introduction by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen. Towards the end of 1945, the English writer and artist Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was commissioned to illustrate Bleak House. Due to the paper and printing difficulties immediately after the Second World War, the project was abandoned. This work publishes Peake's sketches for the first time. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains smart and bright except for sunning to the spine. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 903M6

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sketches from Bleak House: Drawings by ...

Verlag: Methuen Children's Books, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1983

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Mervyn Peake

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book