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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.