oscar wilde maeve gilmore (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Maeve Gilmore Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1980. A fine in fine unclipped DW, FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing, Hardback. Ref 5.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Mervyn Peake Ilustrador. A first edition copy of this delightful collection of extracts from Oscar Wilde's poetry, accompanied by illustrations from Mervyn Peake. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Extracts from eleven of Oscar Wilde's poems, illustrated with sixteen illustrations by the writer and artist Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), with a foreword by Peake's wife, Maeve Gilmore. To the rear are four extracts from poems by Mervyn Peake. In 1945, Peake received a commission to illustrate this collection of extracts from the poems of Oscar Wilde. Unfortunately, due to paper and printing restrictions at this time, Peake's illustrations were not reproduced to an adequate standard. This book is the first publication of all Peake's illustrations for the poems in book form. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains smart and bright except for sunning to the spine. Fine. book.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Mervyn Peake Ilustrador. First edition. A smart limited edition of this interesting collection of extracts of the poems of Oscar Wilde, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake. A limited edition of 200 copies, of which this is number 104.Signed by Maeve Gilmore to the limitation page.In the original slipcase, in a very good condition.A collection of extracts from the poems of Oscar Wilde.Illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake.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'.With a foreword by Maeve Gilmore, the wife of Peake from 1937 until his death in 1968. In the original publisher's Tussah silk binding, in the original paper covered slipcase. Externally, smart. Light mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little rubbed, in a very good condition. Fine. signed by author. book.