LIGNES DE FUITE: MERVYN PEAKE, L'OEUVRE ILLUSTREÉ LINE OF FLIGHT: MERVYN PEAKE, THE ILLUSTRATED WORK. [Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland: Maison d'Ailleurs, 2009.]. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-157 [158-160], illustrations, some in color, cloth-backed boards. First edition. A selection from Peake's original works shown at Maison d'Ailleurs for the exhibition "Lines of Flight -- Mervyn Peake, the Illustrated Work, 4 October 2009 through 14 February 2010, with introduction by editor Patrick J. Gyger, afterword by Michael Moorcock, and biobibliography by G. Peter Winnington. The first exhibition of Peakes art work outside the British Isles, over 200 works chosen to illustrate a wide variety of styles and techniques, produced between 1939 and 1953, the most prolific period of his output. Text in French and in English. Mild bump to upper fore-edge corner tip, a fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Exhibit brochures and promotional material laid in. (#177090).
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