GILMORE, Maeve and Shelagh JOHNSON. Mervyn Peake: Writings and Drawings.

(London and New York, NY): Academy Editions / St. Martin’s Press, 1974.  First edition.  Hardcover.  29.8cm by 22.1cm.  123 pages.  An essential resource for admirers of Mervyn Peake, providing a comprehensive look at his artistic and literary achievements.  The volume includes drawings from his renowned Gormenghast series, personal sketches and previously unpublished works, together with excerpts from his poetry, prose, and plays.  A very good copy in dust jacket.  This copy inscribed by Maeve Gilmore, Peake’s wife, to french author and publisher Christian de Bartillat. Together with a letter by Gilmore to the same laid-in.