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Jacket has splits and tears around margins, though overall sound. Copy which has a map of Kensington Gardens as endpapers, has clean contents with b/w illustrations and colour plates.

Book solid and tight ligyt blue boards Gravure ills thru out spotting on front boards black drawing on front of child Ills by Atwell.

An illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy. This edition of Peter Pan & Wendy has been retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author and with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Â The well known children's tale of the mischievous little boy who can fly. Â With twelve colour plates and other in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Front hinge is starting and remains firm. Previous owner inscription to the front pastedown. Half title page and illustrations pages are loose. Otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some scattered spots and previous owner colouring in to some of the in-text illustrations. Good.

144 pages. Undated. Appears to have been printed prior to 1950. Circa 1945? Lovely illustrated plates. Above-average wear. Decorated red boards secured by red tape along spine. Front hinge open. Back hinge starting. Give greetings upon front free endpaper. A worthy copy of this charming work.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Barris, J.M.; Retold By May Byron J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy.

Reprint. the jacket and book are edge worn. a bit marked. front end pages has been removed. text remains clear and legible. [SK]

An illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy. This edition of Peter Pan & Wendy has been retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author and with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Â The well known children's tale of the mischievous little boy who can fly. Â With twelve colour plates and other in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Front hinge is starting and remains firm. Previous owner inscription to the front pastedown. Half title page and illustrations pages are loose. Otherwise generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some scattered spots and previous owner colouring in to some of the in-text illustrations. Good.

All 16 plates are present, 1 is loose. Has previous owner's name information on inside of cover. Corners are bumped and the spine is lightly frayed on edges.100% Money Back Guarantee on all Items. We believe in providing accurate grading on used books and excellent customer service.

Hbk, 8vo, 123pp, illustr in color (color frontis + 5 color plates), and b+w plates and text illustrs, very good green cloth boards with a faint ring-stain to the front and light spotting to the rear, now in custom acetate jacket, slight cant to spine, otherwise a very good+ clean tight unmarked copy, becoming harder to find.

Good Hardcover with color illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell adapted by May Byron some wear and spotting.

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144 pages. Undated. Appears to have been printed prior to 1950. Circa 1945? Lovely illustrated plates. Above-average wear. Decorated red boards secured by red tape along spine. Front hinge open. Back hinge starting. Give greetings upon front free endpaper. A worthy copy of this charming work.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Barris, J.M.; Retold By May Byron J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy.

Beautifully illustrated abridged editions of two beloved works of classic children's literature, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Peter Pan'. Charmingly illustrated and abridged volumes of classic children's novels 'Peter Pan and Wendy' by J. M. Barrie, and 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll, both billed as 'beautifully illustrated in colour' by the publisher. With a colour title page to each volume, fourteen pages of colour illustrations to 'Alice', and fifteen pages of colour illustrations to 'Peter Pan'. Undated; dated 1945 via Jisc. Contemporary inscription to verso of front wrap of 'Alice'. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Losses to back strips, with closed tear to head of 'Alice' back strip. Wraps exceptionally bright. Inscription to verso of 'Alice' front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot to page perimeters. Very Good.

Beautifully illustrated abridged editions of two beloved works of classic children's literature, 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Peter Pan'. Charmingly illustrated and abridged volumes of classic children's novels 'Peter Pan and Wendy' by J. M. Barrie, and 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll, both billed as 'beautifully illustrated in colour' by the publisher. With a colour title page to each volume, fourteen pages of colour illustrations to 'Alice', and fifteen pages of colour illustrations to 'Peter Pan'. Undated; dated 1945 via Jisc. Contemporary inscription to verso of front wrap of 'Alice'. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Losses to back strips, with closed tear to head of 'Alice' back strip. Wraps exceptionally bright. Inscription to verso of 'Alice' front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot to page perimeters. Very Good.

Blue boards, yellow titles. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is price-intact, upper corner clipped. Dust jacket has few small edgechips, now protected within mylar cover.; 162 pages.

Incomplete set, 9 of 18 volumes. #554/1030. Signed by publisher, limitation page. 1/4 cream cloth, brown boards, gold Peter Pan embossed seal front cover. Deckled pages. Frontis photo, birthplace of J. M. Barrie. Bindings tight, inner pages age-toned but unmarked. Beige spine label. All volumes in slipcases, however most are poor/good condition, bottom cardboard panels separated on several volumes. Slipcase covers stained.; Volumes include: Vol. 1, Auld Licht Idylls/A Window in Thrums, Vol. 3: When A Man's Single, Vol. 5: Sentimental Tommy, Vol. 6: Tommy and Grizel, Vol. 11: The Admirable Crichton and Other Plays, Vol. 12: What Every Woman Knows and Other Plays, Vol. 13: Dear Brutus and Other Plays, Vol. 14: Mary Rose and Other Plays, Vol. 15: M'Connachie and J. M. B, The Entrancing Life, The Little Minister. Missing volumes: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Landscape octavo pamphlet, 9.25 in. x 12.1 in. Unpaginated (eight leaves). Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of Peter Pan characters and scenes. Light tan paper covers with pasted on photo-image of Peter Pan in green and sepia to front. Title in green and dark brown to front. Edgewear to pamphlet, with small chips to corners of cover photo. Laid in: 8.25 in. x 5.75 in. insert printed in red and black entitled: "For the Benefit of Late Comers, The Following Outline of the Story of Peter Pan Is Given." Insert has horizontal crease across center. Laid in: Postcard of Maude Adams in full Peter Pan dress by Detroit Publishing Co. (Photo by Sarony). From Utah Women's History: Known as the most famous and highest-paid actress of her time, Maude Adams (1872-1953 was an incredibly beautiful and intensely private person who donned so many personalities; she alluded to her own as being 'the one I knew least." In addition to her acting success, she helped invent technology to improve stage lighting and develop color film photography....In 1889, Maude met producer Charles Frohman, who propelled her career forward by casting her in a variety of successful roles, including a series of plays with leading man John Drew, Jr. Audiences came to see Drew, but were impressed with Maude. During the opening of The Masked Ball in October 1892, the audience gave her a two-minute standing ovation and 12 curtain calls. Harpers Weekly wrote: "It is difficult to see just who is going to prevent Miss Adams from becoming the leading exponent of light comedy in America." Maude's greatest successes came by acting in several of J. M. Barrie's plays. Her most famous role was debuting the character Peter Pan on Broadway in 1905. She acted in more than 1, 500 stage performances of Peter Pan and made $20, 000 a month. Children would attend the performance night after night, memorizing all of the lines. At her peak, Maude was earning a yearly income of more than one million dollars. Maude wrote of her feelings about Peter Pan: It was not only that Peter was the most delightful of all the plays, but it opened a new world to me, the beautiful world of children. My childhood and girlhood had been spent with older people, and children had always been rather terrifying to me...Children remained an enigma to me until, when I was a woman grown, Peter gave me open sesame; for whether I understood children or not, they understood Peter.

Landscape octavo pamphlet, 9.25 in. x 12.1 in. Unpaginated (eight leaves). Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of Peter Pan characters and scenes. Light tan paper covers with pasted on photo-image of Peter Pan in green and sepia to front. Title in green and dark brown to front. Edgewear to pamphlet, Laid in are two photos of Maude Adams as Peter Pan. One is an actual photo postcard dated March of 1906, with a canceled one-cent stamp of Franklin; the second is one of the photos which appears in the subject booklet. From Utah Women's History: Known as the most famous and highest-paid actress of her time, Maude Adams (1872-1953 was an incredibly beautiful and intensely private person who donned so many personalities; she alluded to her own as being 'the one I knew least." In addition to her acting success, she helped invent technology to improve stage lighting and develop color film photography....In 1889, Maude met producer Charles Frohman, who propelled her career forward by casting her in a variety of successful roles, including a series of plays with leading man John Drew, Jr. Audiences came to see Drew, but were impressed with Maude. During the opening of The Masked Ball in October 1892, the audience gave her a two-minute standing ovation and 12 curtain calls. Harpers Weekly wrote: "It is difficult to see just who is going to prevent Miss Adams from becoming the leading exponent of light comedy in America." Maude's greatest successes came by acting in several of J. M. Barrie's plays. Her most famous role was debuting the character Peter Pan on Broadway in 1905. She acted in more than 1, 500 stage performances of Peter Pan and made $20, 000 a month. Children would attend the performance night after night, memorizing all of the lines. At her peak, Maude was earning a yearly income of more than one million dollars. Maude wrote of her feelings about Peter Pan: It was not only that Peter was the most delightful of all the plays, but it opened a new world to me, the beautiful world of children. My childhood and girlhood had been spent with older people, and children had always been rather terrifying to me...Children remained an enigma to me until, when I was a woman grown, Peter gave me open sesame; for whether I understood children or not, they understood Peter.

Royal octavo (8vo 6+1? 4 × 10 159 × 254) pp. 126. Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine-Slipcase Very good, Book in fine unread condition Please see photos as part of condition report 1983 1st Edition (Thus), Leather Bound, Slipcase, Gilt edged pages PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London Royal octavo (8vo 6+1? 4 × 10 159 × 254), Pages 126 ISBN: 9780340264324 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0002284 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg.

This is the Peter Pan who plays in Kensington Gardens retold by May Byron with the permission of the author and illustrated by the inimitable Arthur Rackham. No date; circa 1929. Bright green buckram (full-cloth) boards, crisp black cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear. Stylish vignette at cover of babe Peter playing his pan flute sitting upon a mushroom patch. Deckled pages near fine; small vintage inscription at blank endp. Bind good; hinges intact. Includes six color plates and fifteen more in b&w; all by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers with Map of Kensington Gardens. Beautifully charming and subdued imagery by Arthur Rackham. Rare dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Lovely pictorial dust jacket with the full colour illustration of Peter Pan playing flute in mushroom patch, lettering in red and black on front panel and spine, black and white illustrated rear panel listing the three May Byron re-tellings of Peter Pan, this title being the last listed; price of 2/6 on the spine. A near fine example in very good jacket. In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as an infant, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys. The Peter Pan stories were Barrie's only works for children but, as their persistent popularity shows, their themes of imaginative escape continue to charm even those who long ago left Neverland. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was an author in her own right, but was best known for her abridgements of J.M. Barrie's works for children. 123 pages. Insured post.

Blue boards, yellow titles. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is price-intact, upper corner clipped. Dust jacket has few small edgechips, now protected within mylar cover.; 162 pages.

Incomplete set, 9 of 18 volumes. #554/1030. Signed by publisher, limitation page. 1/4 cream cloth, brown boards, gold Peter Pan embossed seal front cover. Deckled pages. Frontis photo, birthplace of J. M. Barrie. Bindings tight, inner pages age-toned but unmarked. Beige spine label. All volumes in slipcases, however most are poor/good condition, bottom cardboard panels separated on several volumes. Slipcase covers stained.; Volumes include: Vol. 1, Auld Licht Idylls/A Window in Thrums, Vol. 3: When A Man's Single, Vol. 5: Sentimental Tommy, Vol. 6: Tommy and Grizel, Vol. 11: The Admirable Crichton and Other Plays, Vol. 12: What Every Woman Knows and Other Plays, Vol. 13: Dear Brutus and Other Plays, Vol. 14: Mary Rose and Other Plays, Vol. 15: M'Connachie and J. M. B, The Entrancing Life, The Little Minister. Missing volumes: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Royal octavo (8vo 6+1? 4 × 10 159 × 254) pp. 126. Please email for Photographs or further information. Fine-Slipcase Very good, Book in fine unread condition Please see photos as part of condition report 1983 1st Edition (Thus), Leather Bound, Slipcase, Gilt edged pages PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London Royal octavo (8vo 6+1? 4 × 10 159 × 254), Pages 126 ISBN: 9780340264324 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0002284 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 3Kg.

Landscape octavo pamphlet, 9.25 in. x 12.1 in. Unpaginated (eight leaves). Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of Peter Pan characters and scenes. Light tan paper covers with pasted on photo-image of Peter Pan in green and sepia to front. Title in green and dark brown to front. Edgewear to pamphlet, with small chips to corners of cover photo. Laid in: 8.25 in. x 5.75 in. insert printed in red and black entitled: "For the Benefit of Late Comers, The Following Outline of the Story of Peter Pan Is Given." Insert has horizontal crease across center. Laid in: Postcard of Maude Adams in full Peter Pan dress by Detroit Publishing Co. (Photo by Sarony). From Utah Women's History: Known as the most famous and highest-paid actress of her time, Maude Adams (1872-1953 was an incredibly beautiful and intensely private person who donned so many personalities; she alluded to her own as being 'the one I knew least." In addition to her acting success, she helped invent technology to improve stage lighting and develop color film photography....In 1889, Maude met producer Charles Frohman, who propelled her career forward by casting her in a variety of successful roles, including a series of plays with leading man John Drew, Jr. Audiences came to see Drew, but were impressed with Maude. During the opening of The Masked Ball in October 1892, the audience gave her a two-minute standing ovation and 12 curtain calls. Harpers Weekly wrote: "It is difficult to see just who is going to prevent Miss Adams from becoming the leading exponent of light comedy in America." Maude's greatest successes came by acting in several of J. M. Barrie's plays. Her most famous role was debuting the character Peter Pan on Broadway in 1905. She acted in more than 1, 500 stage performances of Peter Pan and made $20, 000 a month. Children would attend the performance night after night, memorizing all of the lines. At her peak, Maude was earning a yearly income of more than one million dollars. Maude wrote of her feelings about Peter Pan: It was not only that Peter was the most delightful of all the plays, but it opened a new world to me, the beautiful world of children. My childhood and girlhood had been spent with older people, and children had always been rather terrifying to me...Children remained an enigma to me until, when I was a woman grown, Peter gave me open sesame; for whether I understood children or not, they understood Peter.

No date; circa 1935. Early printing with Mabel Lucie Atwell's illustrations. Dark blue cloth boards, black embossed cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear. Vignette silhouette of what appears to be littlest Darling boy, Michael Nicholas at cover and spine. Thick heavy stock leaves, near fine, clean. Rare original wrap-around pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Charming pictorial wrapper. Near fine in original near very good wrapper. Features uniquely charming color gravure plates and partial-page designs by Mabel Lucie Attwell. J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a thrilling adventure for all ages! Barrie's story of the boy who refuses to grow up is a tale that never gets old. It follows the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, who befriend the magical Peter and are whisked away to Neverland, where the villainous Captain Hook and the brave Lost Boys await. Mabel Lucie Attwell's gentle illustrations and distinctive style have been a gift to young and old for generations. This illustrated edition of Peter Pan and Wendy was first published in 1921. Mabel Lucie Attwell's interpretation is presented here as a beautiful hardback gift edition, featuring original full-color plates and line artwork. Contents include: "Chapter I. Peter Breaks Through; II. The Shadow; III. Come Away, Come Away! ; IV. The Flight; V. The Island Come True; VI. The Little House; VII. The Home Under the Ground; VIII. The Mermaid's Lagoon; IX. The Never Bird; X. The Happy Home; XI. Wendy's Story; XII. The Children are Carried Off; XIII. Do You Believe in Fairies; XIV. The Pirate Ship; XV. 'Hook or Me This Time'; XVI. The Return Home; XVII. When Wendy Grew Up." 144 pages. Insured post.

1907 Scribner (December 1906 verso title page) Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 color plates, mounted on heavy stock and each with a lettered tissue guard. xiv, 126 pp of text. Cloth hardcover is worn binding is tender, tissue guards show foxing. Ownership ink to flyleaf. Please email for photos.

Landscape octavo pamphlet, 9.25 in. x 12.1 in. Unpaginated (eight leaves). Illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of Peter Pan characters and scenes. Light tan paper covers with pasted on photo-image of Peter Pan in green and sepia to front. Title in green and dark brown to front. Edgewear to pamphlet, Laid in are two photos of Maude Adams as Peter Pan. One is an actual photo postcard dated March of 1906, with a canceled one-cent stamp of Franklin; the second is one of the photos which appears in the subject booklet. From Utah Women's History: Known as the most famous and highest-paid actress of her time, Maude Adams (1872-1953 was an incredibly beautiful and intensely private person who donned so many personalities; she alluded to her own as being 'the one I knew least." In addition to her acting success, she helped invent technology to improve stage lighting and develop color film photography....In 1889, Maude met producer Charles Frohman, who propelled her career forward by casting her in a variety of successful roles, including a series of plays with leading man John Drew, Jr. Audiences came to see Drew, but were impressed with Maude. During the opening of The Masked Ball in October 1892, the audience gave her a two-minute standing ovation and 12 curtain calls. Harpers Weekly wrote: "It is difficult to see just who is going to prevent Miss Adams from becoming the leading exponent of light comedy in America." Maude's greatest successes came by acting in several of J. M. Barrie's plays. Her most famous role was debuting the character Peter Pan on Broadway in 1905. She acted in more than 1, 500 stage performances of Peter Pan and made $20, 000 a month. Children would attend the performance night after night, memorizing all of the lines. At her peak, Maude was earning a yearly income of more than one million dollars. Maude wrote of her feelings about Peter Pan: It was not only that Peter was the most delightful of all the plays, but it opened a new world to me, the beautiful world of children. My childhood and girlhood had been spent with older people, and children had always been rather terrifying to me...Children remained an enigma to me until, when I was a woman grown, Peter gave me open sesame; for whether I understood children or not, they understood Peter.

This is the Peter Pan who plays in Kensington Gardens retold by May Byron with the permission of the author and illustrated by the inimitable Arthur Rackham. No date; circa 1929. Bright green buckram (full-cloth) boards, crisp black cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear. Stylish vignette at cover of babe Peter playing his pan flute sitting upon a mushroom patch. Deckled pages near fine; small vintage inscription at blank endp. Bind good; hinges intact. Includes six color plates and fifteen more in b&w; all by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers with Map of Kensington Gardens. Beautifully charming and subdued imagery by Arthur Rackham. Rare dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Lovely pictorial dust jacket with the full colour illustration of Peter Pan playing flute in mushroom patch, lettering in red and black on front panel and spine, black and white illustrated rear panel listing the three May Byron re-tellings of Peter Pan, this title being the last listed; price of 2/6 on the spine. A near fine example in very good jacket. In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as an infant, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys. The Peter Pan stories were Barrie's only works for children but, as their persistent popularity shows, their themes of imaginative escape continue to charm even those who long ago left Neverland. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was an author in her own right, but was best known for her abridgements of J.M. Barrie's works for children. 123 pages. Insured post.

No date; circa 1935. Early printing with Mabel Lucie Atwell's illustrations. Dark blue cloth boards, black embossed cover and spine titles, design, light shelf wear. Vignette silhouette of what appears to be littlest Darling boy, Michael Nicholas at cover and spine. Thick heavy stock leaves, near fine, clean. Rare original wrap-around pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Charming pictorial wrapper. Near fine in original near very good wrapper. Features uniquely charming color gravure plates and partial-page designs by Mabel Lucie Attwell. J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a thrilling adventure for all ages! Barrie's story of the boy who refuses to grow up is a tale that never gets old. It follows the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, who befriend the magical Peter and are whisked away to Neverland, where the villainous Captain Hook and the brave Lost Boys await. Mabel Lucie Attwell's gentle illustrations and distinctive style have been a gift to young and old for generations. This illustrated edition of Peter Pan and Wendy was first published in 1921. Mabel Lucie Attwell's interpretation is presented here as a beautiful hardback gift edition, featuring original full-color plates and line artwork. Contents include: "Chapter I. Peter Breaks Through; II. The Shadow; III. Come Away, Come Away! ; IV. The Flight; V. The Island Come True; VI. The Little House; VII. The Home Under the Ground; VIII. The Mermaid's Lagoon; IX. The Never Bird; X. The Happy Home; XI. Wendy's Story; XII. The Children are Carried Off; XIII. Do You Believe in Fairies; XIV. The Pirate Ship; XV. 'Hook or Me This Time'; XVI. The Return Home; XVII. When Wendy Grew Up." 144 pages. Insured post.

1907 Scribner (December 1906 verso title page) Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 color plates, mounted on heavy stock and each with a lettered tissue guard. xiv, 126 pp of text. Cloth hardcover is worn binding is tender, tissue guards show foxing. Ownership ink to flyleaf. Please email for photos.

Later Printing. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279) pp. 251. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good-This publication is for sale in Great Britain, its Colonies and Dependencies, but its sale and exhibition in France is prohibited Please see photos as part of condition report 1909 5th Edition or Later Reprint Later Printing, 6th Edition PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279), Pages 251 ISBN: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0001603 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

Later Printing. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279) pp. 251. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good-This publication is for sale in Great Britain, its Colonies and Dependencies, but its sale and exhibition in France is prohibited Please see photos as part of condition report 1909 5th Edition or Later Reprint Later Printing, 6th Edition PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279), Pages 251 ISBN: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0001603 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

Quarto (4to 9+1? 2 × 12 241 × 305) pp. 126. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good-Rebound by Bumpus, Oxford Street. Mild foxing on some prelims Please see photos as part of condition report 1912 1st Edition (Thus), Rebound PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London quarto (4to 9+1? 2 × 12 241 × 305), Pages 126 ISBN: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0002205 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.

Quarto (4to 9+1? 2 × 12 241 × 305) pp. 126. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good-Rebound by Bumpus, Oxford Street. Mild foxing on some prelims Please see photos as part of condition report 1912 1st Edition (Thus), Rebound PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS By J.M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (first included in Barrie's 1902 adult novel The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Hodder & Stoughton, London quarto (4to 9+1? 2 × 12 241 × 305), Pages 126 ISBN: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by J. M. Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Hodder & Stoughton in late November or early December 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he created, Peter Pan. Most of the text originally appeared as chapters 13–18 of Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird. Rackham was commissioned to illustrate the book following the success of his work on the 1905 edition of Rip Van Winkle. The owners of the Leicester Galleries, Brown and Phillips, instigated a preliminary meeting between Barrie and Rackham in June 1905, and he was given almost 18 months to complete the illustrations. The first edition was released in both a trade edition and a larger signed limited edition of 500 copies. Both versions contain 50 colour plates and 3 black and white line drawings, which were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries from November 1906. SKU: BTETM0002205 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg.