Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens..
Bound in original green cloth, gilt, with pictorial gilt blocks on boards and spine, which is sunned. A little wear to extremities, including head and tail of spine and occasional foxing, largely confined to margins; otherwise a very good copy. Loosely inserted: 1913 letter from J. M. Barrie, 2 leaves on single folded sheet.
£1,250.00
Details
WITH LETTER FROM AUTHOR
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton Limited.,
Place
London
Date
[1912].
Synopsis
From the little white bird by j. m. barrie. a new edition illustrated by arthur rackham.
Item Description
4to. 8.75 x 11 inches. [vi] + 125 + [1] pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 50 tipped in colour plates with protective paper overlays having descriptive letterpress captions, including frontispiec; by map and 7 full page line drawings and by vignettes in text.
Notes
The first edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham was published in 1906. This 1912 edition has a handsome green gilt trade binding, a new coloured frontispiece dated that year and additional full page drawings. Very good copy of the last pre-war edition, with a letter from the author.
[Stock No. 24652]
Subjects
20th Century • Children's • Illustrated • Illustrated/Childrens • Rackham