Shapes and Sounds

London: Chatto and Windus 1941. 8vo. viii, 23 pp. Publisher's original quarter black cloth over boards with lettering in white to spine. In the original dust wrapper designed by Mervyn Peake. Dj worn to extremities and torn along spine with loss. Slight stain to lower fore-edge. Internally clean. No ownership names. The author's first collected volume of poetry. Only 1000… Read more about this item

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo (8.5"x6"). 23pp. 1/4 bound in black cloth & grey paper with white-stamped title to spine. Original bookseller's sticker (Charing Cross Rd.) to front pdep. Pages toned, lightly foxed, smudges to pages 2-3. Dust jacket illustrated by Peake, covered in protective mylar: 2" chip missing from head… Read more about this item

London: Village Press, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the 1974 Village Press edition (first published by Chatto & Windus in 1941). Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 40pp. Preface by Maeve Gilmore (Mervyn Peakes' wife). A collection of 24 poems by Mervyn Peake, including… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A wonderful first edition collection of poetry by Mervyn Peake, in the original unclipped dust wrapper that was designed by the author himself. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper, which was designed and illustrated by the author himself. This is a wonderful… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, London., 1941. First edition. Octavo. 23 pages. Twenty-five poems, several from World War Two. Cloth-backed boards. Presentation copy, mysteriously inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ''With my most sincere hope that 'The Film' will be as near as possible to what you desire - Mervyn Peake.''Covers just a little marked. Occasional faint foxing.… Read more about this item

Village Press, 1974. 1st thus.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 40pp, wrappers a little marked, otherwise a nice copy. Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1941, in an edition of 1000 copies. This new edition of Peake's first book of poetry has a new preface by his wife, Maeve Gilmore.

Village Press, 1974. 1st thus.. Paperback. Paperback, VG+. 40pp, wrappers slightly marked, otherwise a fine copy. Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1941, in an edition of 1000 copies. This new edition of Peake's first book of poetry has a new preface by his wife, Maeve Gilmore.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 9" by 6". Mervyn Peake. The first edition of Mervyn Peake's first collected volume of poetry, a smart volume in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper, designed by Peake.The first collected volume of poetry by Mervyn Peake, wide in… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, d/w. Presentation inscription on front end-paper, foyles sticker hidden by d/w on left of front end-paper, black cloth slightly mottled. D/w a lttle rubbed and frayed with slight loss at head and tail of spine.