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CONTEMPORARY BOOKPLATE. SUNFADE TO SPINE (BLACK LETTERING CLEAR). STRONG TIGHT COPY. Size: 12MO

First Edition: Hardback, blue bds., black titles and illustration on front bd., 140 x 200 mm., 350 g., 144 pp., illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell with line drawings in the text and 7 illustrations in Gravure, original pictorial dw., light shelf wear and chip with some loss to top rear edge and spine of dw., G/VG copy.

736 pp., blue cloth case faded around spine, but internally excellent with clean text. Biography of Scot Sir James Barrie, novelist and playwright best known for Peter Pan, but a man of many other literary interests and activities. Peter Pan was based on the Llewellen family children in Kensington, and the rights were given to Great Ormond St. Hospital which still benefits from them. Clean unmarked text, bindng sound fitst edition. 2 hardbacks & pamphlet for £45. Size: 8vo

Retold by May Byron for Little People. 123 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white by Arthur Rackham. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First American edition. Better than very good, in a very attractive illustrated jacket with a slight tiny scrape to the top of the front panel.

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. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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.