CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR
by Mervyn Peake
Illustrated by Mervyn Peake
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st thus. 1945
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. A pirate story designed for boys and girls who like their pirates bold, bad and realistic! Wonderful grotesque drawings which are likely to frighten timid parents and delight normal children - and the story is fun too. The original edition of this book was published early in the war but destroyed by enemy action. The artist has coloured the plates for this edition. Cream cloth, green titles. Each page printed in a different colour. Quite irresistable! Cr 4to. Unpaginated.
Bumping and browning to top and tail of spine and corners. Some grubby margin marks and foxspots. Wrapper is edge-torn, creased and grubby, with loss to top and tail of spine and along edges.
Stock no. 2125555
