Constable, Date: 2011-05-26. Hardcover. Good. 2.9977 in x 21.7834 in x 14.3891 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover. 2011. Constable ISBN 1849015112 9781849015110 [GB]

ISBN10: 1849015112, ISBN13: 9781849015110, [publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd, London, England] Hardcover First Edition This First Edition and first printing hardback was published by Constable & Robinson under their 'Constable' imprint in London, England in 2011. The ABE Stock Image photograph is accurate for this copy. The condition of the book is 'As New' and that of the price-clipped dust-jacket is 'Near Fine'. The book is bound with immaculate white-coloured binding paper on stiff boards. The spine titles are in metallic pink. The book has 243 numbered pages. There are 21 atmospheric black and white photographic plates of the author's parents and the family. The size of the book in inches is 8.7 x 5.6 and it weighs 0.57 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35.
[West Molesey, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]
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Constable, Date: 2011 About the book: Clare Peake, daughter of the celebrated writer and artist Mervyn Peake, tells the story of her parents' romance and her own happy and bohemian childhood. Mervyn Peake was born in China, the son of medical missionaries, and the juxtaposition of his exotic surroundings and the very English manners at home had a lasting effect on him. Reading Treasure Island until he could recite it by heart and waiting for comics to arrive from England had him living a childhood bursting with imagery. He returned to England to study at the Royal Academy School and was then offered a teaching post at Westminster School of Art. There his charismatic and un-worldly presence made a huge impact: none more so than on Maeve Gilmore, a seventeen-year-old sculpture student. The couple fell passionately in love but Maeve's parents were determined their daughter would not marry a penniless artist and sent her away to forget him. She didn't and, refusing to be parted ever again, they married when Maeve was nineteen and Mervyn twenty-six. Mervyn Peake developed Parkinson's disease aged forty-five. His decline was rapid and he spent time in and out of mental hospitals until his death at fifty-seven, the diagnosis never fully understood. Clare Peake writes movingly of the impact on the family and her mother's determination to continue giving her children the happiness she felt all children deserved.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. 2011. Constable ISBN ...

ISBN10: 1849015112, ISBN13: 9781849015110, [publisher: Constable, London] Hardcover First Edition HARDBACK IN JACKET 2011. 1st UK edition. 22x14.5cm. 243 pages plus a 16 page black & white photo section. Author inscription on the title-page. No other inscriptions. Clean & tight. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £14.99. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref dch
[Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]