I always just thought of Mervyn Peake as a fine writer, but he was a great illlustrator as well. He illustrated his own brilliant Gormenghast Trilogy, but I'm particularly fond of his illustrations of Treasure Island, and the Lewis Carroll Alice Books. Here's my copies of his work: - first the Alice books of Lewis Carroll
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| The Mad Hatter and the March Hare |
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| Tweedledum and Tweedledee |
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| Alice with the red queen and the white queen |
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| The Cheshire Cat |
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| The Walrus and the Carpenter |
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| Gryphon and Mock Turtle |
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| Wool and Water |
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| Frog Footman |
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| March Hare |
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| Mock Turtle |
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| white Rabbit |
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| Dodo |
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| Mouse from The Pool of Tears |
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| The White Knight |
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| Alice |
Now my copies of Peake's work on "Treasure Island". Even more than his work on Alice, I think that these showcase Peake's brilliance. They are the darkest set of illustrations of the novel that I have found, and my absolute favourite.
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| Treasure Island - Israel Hands plummets to his death |
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| Long Joh Silver - Treasure Island |
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