Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, First Edition (29 results)

First Edition. "(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Quarto, early half vellum gilt over light grey boards, brown morocco spine label, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $26,000.Signed limited first separate edition, number 128 of only 500 copies signed by Rackham, with 50 mounted color illustrations. A superb association copy, inscribed on the illustrated original endpaper by J.M. Barrie to Pauline Chase, who played Peter Pan in the original London production of the play, "To Pauline Pan, a great Peter, from a grateful JMB."Peter Pan wasn't always the boy from Never Land who lost his shadow and fought Captain Hook. The character's first name "came from Peter Llewelyn Davies, who when still a baby became the subject of stories told by Barrie to [Peter's older brothers]. According to these stories Peter, like all babies, had once been a bird and could still fly out of his nursery window and back to Kensington Gardens, because his mother had forgotten to weigh him at birth. From these stories came the 'Peter Pan' chapters in The Little White Bird [published 1902], afterwards re-issued with Arthur Rackham illustrations as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" (Carpenter, 177). "The 50 color plates were unanimously praised by all who saw them. One critic wrote: 'Mr. Rackham seems to have dropped out of some cloud in Mr. Barrie's fairyland, sent by special providence to make pictures in tune with his whimsical genius" (Dalby, 76-77). The book-with which the "gift book" genre originated (Eyre, 41)-established Rackham's worldwide reputation and remains "his acknowledged masterpiece [Barrie praised] Rackham's rendering of the fairy world but the book has much more to offer. The glimpses he provides of stylized London reality effectively set off the fairy life that exists in unsuspected conjunction with it, and he captures the loveliness of the Gardens themselves with masterly skill" (Ray, 204, 206 [catalogue number 329]). "A much-sought-after volume" (Quayle, Early Children's Books, 87). Mounted plates bound together at the end of the text rather than throughout as suggested by plate list, as often. Latimore & Haskell, 27. Riall, 74. This copy is inscribed by Barrie to actress Pauline Chase. When the play premiered in London in 1904, Chase played one of the Lost Boys; she graduated to the role of Peter Pan in 1906, having been chosen for the part by Barrie himself, along with producer Charles Frohman. After Peter Pan, Chase retired from the stage in 1913, making only one appearance after that, in the silent film The Real Thing at Last, which was also written by Barrie.Plates fine, text with just a bit of occasional faint foxing; binding lovely.". Signed.

First edition. First impression. A Near Fine presentation copy inscribed in ink on the half-title "To Joan Burnett / from her friend / J.M. Barrie / Christmas 1906". Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 251 x 187 mm.). xii, 125, [126] pp. Tipped-in color frontispiece and forty-nine tipped-in color plates all mounted on heavy stock dark gray paper, each with a lettered tissue-guard.On the verso of the half-title is another ink inscription "To dear Renée Deschamps / In loving memory of her Cousin / "Joan" / a gift from her / mother / Auntie Amy Donds / With much love to dear René / September 27 1922 / 7 New Steine Brighton / England". Bound in publisher's russet cloth, front cover pictorially decorated in gilt, spine decoratively lettered in gilt. Heavy stock dark gray paper end-papers with map of Kensington Gardens. Small (7/8 inch) split at head of spine, very minor rubbing to extremities. Laid in is an original photo postcard (3 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 87 x 140 mm.) showing the 1904 cast of the play (including Joan Burnett as Tootles and Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959) - the original 'Wendy'). The back of the postcard is inscribed (upside down) [by Auntie Amy Dolds] and reads "To Renée / From where / the spot is / The children in bed Wendy / telling them the / story". Also a very old bookseller's description and printed card - and a photographic playbill listing the original cast members. Chemised in a ca. 1930s quarter red morocco over red cloth slipcase, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments, spine of slipcase a little faded. This is an astonishing presentation copy of the first edition of "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens," inscribed by author J.M. Barrie to one of the 'lost Boys' in the original 1904 stage production at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. The play debuted on 27 December 1904 with Nina Boucicault in the title role and Miss Joan Burnett as Tootles--one of the "Lost Boys" who is perhaps the most unfortunate of Peter Pan's crew. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was born from chapters in Peter Pan, which were published as "The Little White Bird," and which tell the story of how "Peter Pan, who âescaped from being a human when he was seven days old.and flew back to the Kensington Gardens'." (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). This was reissued in 1906 as "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, with colour plates by Arthur Rackham; this was the book which first made Rackham's work famous. It should not be confused with Peter and Wendy (1911), Barrie's novelization of the play Peter Pan" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). "Rackham's illustrations to Grimm, Hans Andersen or Poe show him at his most imaginative and observant of human nature, while his gnomes, fairies and gnarled anthropomorphic trees in Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens or A Midsummer Night's Dream represent his more fantastic side. He was - and remains - a soloist in front of an orchestra, a player with the responsibility to interpret and add a personal lustre to great works with variations of infinite subtlety and grace" (Arthur Rackham: A Life). With its strong association and inscription dated at the time of publication, this copy is undoubtedly a significant and desirable example. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is perhaps the most acclaimed and influential illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration. A prolific artist even from his youth, Rackham got his start as an illustrator working for the Westminster Budget Newspaper (1892). Over the next few years, he took on more and more commissions for children's books, hitting his career high in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rackham turned his imaginative pen to every classicâ"from Shakespeare to Dickens to Poe. Provenance: James M. Barrie, who scarcely signed books, presented this copy to Joan Burnett (ca. 1890-1922), who played Tootles in the original stage production in December 1904 at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. Joan Burnett died in her early twenties and the book was presented on September 27th, 1922 by Joan's mother "Auntie Amy Donds" to her niece Renée Deschamps (ca. 1890-1978). It would appear that sometime later the book was either handled or purchased by a bookseller and that it was purchased for $150 by Sheila Rose Bolger Becker (ca. 1930-2000) who was a great friend of Auntie Amy Donds. Sheila Rose Bolger Becker (stage name Sheila Jackson) was a TV personality who hosted the US Steel Hour with Steve Allen in the 1960s. The book then passed to her daughter Lisa Becker Edmundson (b. 1959) from whom David Brass Rare Books, Inc. purchased it in March 2021.

First Edition. "(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Quarto, original full pictorial vellum gilt, cartographic front endpaper, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom slipcase. $15,000.Signed limited first separate edition, number 476 of only 500 copies signed by Rackham, with 50 mounted color illustrations.Peter Pan wasn't always the boy from Never Land who lost his shadow and fought Captain Hook. The character's first name "came from Peter Llewelyn Davies, who when still a baby became the subject of stories told by Barrie to [Peter's older brothers]. According to these stories Peter, like all babies, had once been a bird and could still fly out of his nursery window and back to Kensington Gardens, because his mother had forgotten to weigh him at birth. From these stories came the 'Peter Pan' chapters in The Little White Bird [published 1902], afterwards re-issued with Arthur Rackham illustrations as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" (Carpenter, 177). "The 50 color plates were unanimously praised by all who saw them. One critic wrote: 'Mr. Rackham seems to have dropped out of some cloud in Mr. Barrie's fairyland, sent by special providence to make pictures in tune with his whimsical genius'" (Dalby, 76-77). The bookwith which the "gift book" genre originated (Eyre, 41)established Rackham's worldwide reputation and remains "his acknowledged masterpiece [Barrie praised] Rackham's rendering of the fairy world but the book has much more to offer. The glimpses he provides of stylized London reality effectively set off the fairy life that exists in unsuspected conjunction with it, and he captures the loveliness of the Gardens themselves with masterly skill" (Ray, 204, 206 [catalogue number 329]). "A much-sought-after volume" (Quayle, Early Children's Books, 87). Frontispiece plate bound before title page, as called for; other mounted plates bound together at the end of the text rather than throughout as suggested by plate list, as often. Latimore & Haskell, 27. Riall, 74. Plates fine; scattered light foxing to text. Expected usual soiling to vellum, gilt bright. Without ties. A most attractive, near-fine copy of a scarce, most desirable classic.". Signed.

First Edition; trade issue; publisher's reddish-brown cloth; foxed, shaken and worn; only a good copy; in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. However, this copy has been inscribed by the author on the half-title, 'To Godfrey Tearle, Because the 7-10 is not running this month (and for better reasons) from his friend J.M. Barrie, Sep 6, 1913.' Any version of Peter Pan is rarely found inscribed. Peter Pan first appeared in 1902's The Little White Bird (from which the text of this edition is taken), then in Barrie's 1904 play, followed by 1911's Peter and Wendy, and the 1928 first separate trade edition of the play. Tearle, who went on to act in films, appeared in at least two Barrie plays, portraying Captain Hook in the 1913-1914 production of Peter Pan at the Duke of York's Theatre. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

First edition. 4to. Russet cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. This book was a gift from Arthur Rackham to his brother in law Robert Starkie. Signed on the half title "From Arthur Rackham" A very good copy indeed. Brown endpapers with map of Kensington Gardens on front free endpaper. Fifty colour plates mounted onto art paper and protected by captioned tissue guards. With the exception of the frontispiece all the plates are mounted together at the end of the text. Arthur Rackham married Edyth Starkie in July 1903. Edyth's family were less than enthusiastic about the marriage and on the day of the wedding their suspicions were almost confirmed. Edyth's father having died some years previously, it was to be her brother Robert giving her away. As they arrived at the church they spotted the bride groom disappearing in a hansom cab. "There you are Edyth. He's left you already," exclaimed Robert. In fact Arthur was dashing home to collect the forgotten wedding ring. Presumably the men overcame their differences and this copy is the first of a series of books presented by Rackham to his brother in law. Generally considered to be Rackham's most desirable work, not least as it combines with J.M. Barrie's greatest work. It is most uncommon to find signed copies of this most important of Rackham's work. In 1902 J.M. Barrie wrote the novel "the Little White Bird", the central chapters of which tell of a child named Peter Pan, ".who escaped from being a human when he was seven days old. and flew back to Kensington Gardens." This part of the story was then developed by Barrie and the first book to appear with the title of Peter Pan was this 1906 version to which Arthur Rackham provided 50 magnificent colour illustrations. A contemporary review of this book published in "The World" reads "Mr Barrie has done what no one else has done since the inventor of "Alice", he has invented a new legend, a modern folk story which comprehends all the innermost secrets of the modern child, be he four or forty. Mr Rackham, for his part, has been bewitched in his cradle: he does not dream of fairies or hobgoblins, he knows them.".

First edition. Quarto. pp xii, 126 + fifty tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Full pictorial vellum gilt. Top edge gilt.One of 500 copies numbered and signed by the artist.Contemporary (1906) gift inscription on half-title page. Lacks silk ties, as is usually the case. Near fine.

Full Vellum. Condition: Minor Soiling. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). Limited, Sign Edition. Brown endpapers with map of Kensington Gardens on front free endpaper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This edition was limited to 500 copies, number, and SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM on the limitation page. This is copy #203. There are a total of fiftty color illustrations including the frontispiece, each tipped-onto heavy brown stock, with a protective captioned tissue-guard. Collated complete. They are to be found together following the text. All are in fine condition. The typography of the book includes wide margins, clean and crisp throughout. THE SILK TIES ARE PRESENT. 126pp. followed by illustrations. Housed in a custom box with leather spine label, lined in white felt. Please see photos. Latimore and Haskell p.27 and Riall p.74. Size: Quarto. Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Issue bound in the ORIGINAL red colored cloth stamped featuring 50 mounted color plates with tissue guards in rear of book. The book is in wonderful shape with slight wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy!.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xii, 125, [1]. 50 colour plates by Rackham tipped onto thick brown paper mounts. tissue guards, with legends. map on front free-endpaper. original gilt-stamped russet-coloured cloth (very slightly rubbed, a few marginal spots on title). First Trade Edition with Rackham Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). 1st Edition. (Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by J. M. Barrie; with drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. FIRST EDITION. 4to - 7-5/8" x 10-1/8". All edges tinted brown. Original russet cloth covered boards with decoration and lettering to upper cover stamped in gilt and lettering to spine stamped in gilt with just a hint of wear to the extremities for a wonderful copy of the book. Dark brown endpapers with map on FFE; small bookplate on front paste-down. 125, [1] pp. plus [50] leaves with tissue guarded color plates mounted on thick brown paper; guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. A bright clean copy of a magnificent Rackham production. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE.

First edition. Quarto. pp xii, 126 + fifty tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Decorated cloth gilt. Small gift inscription on half-title page. Prelims slightly spotted. Near fine. Very bright.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First edition. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates from Arthur Rackham, this is a wonderful first trade edition of J. M. Barrie's iconic children's tale. The first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie's classic children's tale. In the publisher's original cloth binding, and with bright tipped in full colour plates from Rackham.Featuring a colour frontispiece, and forty-nine further tipped in colour plates from Rackham to the rear of the work, each retaining their original captioned tissue guard. Collated, complete.This work was the first to feature the name of the central character, Peter Pan, in the title. The majority of the text of this work originally appeared Barrie's 1902 novel 'The Little White Bird', in chapters 13 to 18. The novel 'Peter and Wendy' was not published until 1911, with the play - first performed in 1904 - not published until 1928.A beautifully illustrated first edition of J. M Barrie's beloved tale about the boy who never grew up. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light rubbing to joints. Small area of fading to fore edge of front board. Internally, firmly bound. Areas of significant spotting to first and last few leaves of text. Plates clean and bright, retaining their original captioned tissue guards. Very Good. book.

Tela editoriale con titoli impressi in oro al ds. e al piatto anteriore (piccole mancanze alle cuffie e minime tracce d usura marginali). Lievi sporadiche fioriture, ma nel complesso esemplare in più che buono stato di conservazione. Prima edizione. Hudson, p. 167 4to (cm. 25), XII-125(1) pp. Con 50 tavv. a colori applicate e protette da velina f.t. (di cui un in antiporta). Mappa dei Kensingotn Gardens al contropiatto anteriore.

First trade edition, first printing. Original russet cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, along with a gilt illustration. With beautiful colour illustration plates by Arthur Rackham. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some rubbing to the extremities and a mark to the lower board and spine. The contents, with a short closed tear and a small contemporary inscription to the half title and some light foxing to the prelims and infrequently throughout, along with the odd finger mark to the margins, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. All 50 plates, one at the front as the frontispiece and the other 49 grouped together at the back, are present with their captioned tissue guards and in fine condition without corner creases or marks. Peter Pan first appeared in the chapters 13 to 18 of Barrie's 1902 novel "The Little White Bird". Barrie extracted the story and following the success of his Rip Van Winkle illustrations, through The Leicester Galleries, asked Arthur Rackham to provide the illustrations. The resulting first edition of Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens became not only a highlight of golden age book illustration, but for many, their first introduction to "the boy who wouldn't grow up". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. 1906 at title page. Stated verso title page: "Copyright in the Unites States of America by Charles Scribner's Sons." Voluminous 8" x 10" x 2" design. Russet colored full cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design with flourishing titles, moderate shelf wear. Cover depicts crisp stylized titles with bright gilt design of babe Peter hands-free on bucking goat. Deckled leaves generally very good, clean; some sporadic fox, especially at first few. Frontispiece mounted plate with captioned tissue guard: "There now arose a mighty sotrm and he was tossed this way and that". Dark matte green pictorial endpapers featuring Rackham's map of Peter's village. Intriguing statement verso front endpaper over green matte: "This publication is for sale in Great Britain, its Colonies and Dependencies, but its sale and exhibition in France is prohibited." Antiquarian fountain pen inscription at half-title page: "To G. M. L. Marshall, from KluLtu. Xmas 1906," or similar. Dark tinted green text block at all sides. Features fifty color plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on heavy stock dark green matte leaves with fine captioned tissue guards throughout illlustrated latter half of volume. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Dedication: "To Sylvia and Arthur Llewelyn Davies and their boys (my boys)." Scarce sharp, near very good British first edition profusely embellished by Arthur Rackham. 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. Barrie's novel The Little White Bird of 1902 contains the first sketches for Peter Pan. The narrator is 'a gentle, whimsical, lonely old bachelor', an author by profession, whose ambition is to have a son. He meets a penniless young couple whose own son David fulfills his desire. The narrator explains that all children in our part of London were once birds in the Kensington Gardens. And, that the reason there are bars on nursery windows and a tall fender by the fire is because very little people sometimes forget that they no longer have wings, and try to fly away through the window or up the chimney. One such child, Peter Pan, escaped from being a human when he was seven days old and flew back to the Kensington Gardens. 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. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. 126 pages of text with few vignettes prior to large plate section. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1. Auflage. First Edition, trade issue. Hodder and Stoughton, London 1906. 126 pages with additional 50 full-page tipped in illustrations in colour mounted on thick paper(with tissue gards) by Arthur Rackham. This is a wonderful copy of the first trade edition of 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' which was the first featuring of Peter Pan in the book title. It has the original russet cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, along with a decorative gilt illustration of Peter Pan riding a goat on the front board and a map of Kensington Gardens on the front free endpaper. Critics were overwhelmed by the symbiosis of the writer J. M. Barrie with the at this time relatively unknown illustrator Arthur Rackham. For example, the Pall Mall Gazette wrote: "Not the least part of that good fortune that follows Mr. Barrie´s steps is his choice of an illustrator. Mr. Rackham seems to have dropped out of some cloud in Mr. Barrie´s fairyland, sent by a special providence to make pictures in tune to his whimsical genius." Book is very good regarding the age and has slight rubbing and wear to corners and edges. The binding is firm and intact and has some minor professional spine cracking repairs (almost unvisible). Half title and title leafs with miniscule spotting,one closed tear on page 69 (ca. 4 cm) all other pages are clean, bright and intact.

First trade edition, first printing. Original russet cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, along with a gilt illustration. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 49 further colour plates by Arthur Rackham tipped in on heavy grey cardstock with captioned tissue guards. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping and minor fraying at the spine tips and rubbing to the spine edges. The cloth and gilt remain bright. The contents, with heavy spotting to the half title, much less so to the remaining prelims and occasionally to the text page margins, are otherwise clean and bright throughout. All 50 plates, together with their captioned tissue guards, are present as called for and in fine condition without corner creases or marks. Peter Pan first appeared in the chapters 13 to 18 of J. M. Barrie's 1902 novel "The Little White Bird". Barrie extracted the story and following the success of his Rip Van Winkle illustrations (1905), asked Arthur Rackham to provide the illustrations. The resulting first edition of Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens became not only a highlight of golden age book illustration, but for many, their first introduction to "the boy who wouldn't grow up". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. Rackham's second major commission and generally considered his most important book. With guarded frontis and 49 other guarded plates, mounted on brown card and bound in at rear. The book has been sympathetically and expertly rebacked with the original spine laid on. Corners are bumped, foxing to first few pages. All of the plates are in fine condition. 126.

Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, x, 126 pages. In Good plus condition. Full binding of green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Mild shelf wear. Chipping of cloth at head and tail of spine. Some staining to front and rear covers. Interior pages clean. Features 50 colored illustrations by Rackham, including frontispiece and 49 illustrations tipped in at rear. Shelved in Case 14. Riall page 74. 1371036. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1906. 1st. Dec. cloth, xii, 125 pp. + plates sectioon. First Trade Edition. Latimore & Haskell, p. 27. Corners of boards bumped. Head and heel of spine frayed, with some loss. Irregular spotting and fading to covers. Foxing to first few leaves of text section, most noticeable on the half-title page and diminishing rapidly over the next several leaves. The plates section, which follows th etext, is on diffreent paper stock and has no condition problems. A presentable copy, allowing for the faults as noted above.

xii,126 p. First trade edition. Publisher's russet cloth with decorative gilt block of Peter riding a goat on the front board. Frontis. and 49 tipped in plates by Arthur Rackham with their captioned tissues. Map of Kensington Gardens on the front endpapers. Minor wear at the spine ends and light bumps to the lower corners. Faint spotting to first and final text leaves, otherwise a clean, tight and well cared for copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Trade Edition. Publishers Russet Cloth Gilt. Complete With Fifty Colour Plates With Captioned Tissue Guards (Frontispiece and Forty Nine Plates Bound at Rear). A Very Good Book. A Few Marks to Boards. Slight Rubbing and Wear to Edges. Binding Firm and Intact. Plates Fine and Uncreased. Text Generally Clean and Fresh With Just Slight Spotting. Previous Owner Blindstamp to Front Endpaper. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. reddish rust boards with gilt titles to spine and front board and gilt illustration front board, disclouration spots to spine, slight wear to spine ends and corners, clean condition, Peter Pan's Map of Kensington Gardens printed front end-paper, tipped in frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title page, 126pp + 49 colour tipped in illustrations on thick card+ tissue guards which are at the back of the book, pages are clean and in near fine condition.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Rust colored boards with gilt decoration of a baby riding a goat.Head and tail of spine are bumped, spine is slightly faded, exterior is overall a bit worn looking, but gilt is bright. Interior has some foxing on the title page. Rackham illustrations are tipped in, 50 color plates and 3 black and white line drawings. Illustrations are at the back of the book excepting the frontis. Overall a very nice copy of a classic tale. Extra shipping will apply.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J.M. Barrie and ill. by Arthur Rackham. London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1906, 1st trade ed., XII,125,(1)p., 50 tipped-in col. plates (incl. frontisp.), ills., bookdec. and orig. gilt cl. by A. RACKHAM. - Sl. foxed (worse at the beginning and end); one text leaf w. large tear. Covers waterst. in upper corners; spine-ends worn. = Latimore/ Haskell p.27.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus/Good Plus. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Rackham was one of the UK's greatest ever illustrators, and herein is some of his finest work, with 50 exquisite full colour plates in excellent condition tipped in on thick brown papers with individually captioned protective tissue papers; all of the plates are present, including the frontispiece, but two of the plates have come loose, though these can be easily pasted back on; also map on thick brown paper of Peter Pan's Kensington Gardens, and title page illustration of the infant Peter riding a goat. Although the plates are listed as facing various pages, they are all grouped together at the rear of the book following the text, as in other copies of this book we have seen. The book is quarter bound with dark blue cloth boards and light blue cloth corners and spine, gilt titles on spine, light wear only to boards, very mild rubbing to corners, rich blue/grey end papers are clean, toning to edges, water stain on thick page with map, heavy foxing to half-title page, which has Xmas 1906 inscription crossed out, less heavy foxing to title page an following few pages, sporadic foxing thereafter, though nothing that interferes with the text, binding is firm Grading commensurate with age of book. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur additional customs charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 1906. All plates present and in very good + condition. Small mark to front board as show in the images. Binding in excellent condition. Minor fading to front and back board. Internally, no inscriptions. Minor spotting to some pages showing the age of the book. Overall, A Very Good + copy.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First edition. The first trade edition of J. M. Barrie's popular Peter Pan tale, a charming fantasy story with colourful and whimsical illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The first trade edition of this work.'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' is one of Barrie's four major works containing the beloved and popular character Peter Pan.This edition is illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with a colour frontispiece, and forty-eight plates.Most of the text in this work originally appeared Barrie's 1902 novel 'The Little White Bird' in chapters 13 to 18.Collated, bound without one plate.Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light rubbing to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small closed tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine is a little faded. A few small marks, a little heavier to the tail of the rear board. Front hinge is a little strained. Gift inscription to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound, the half-title, frontispiece, and pages vii to xii are detached but present, frontispiece is working loose. Pages are bright with some spots. Bound without one plate. Good Only. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A decent hardback first edition which has been professionally re-backed, with all the illustrations present, but with some flaws at the beginning of the volume. There is some quite noticeable rubbing to the right-hand edge of the frontispiece (pictured), and the half title page is loose (almost detached). The binding of the book itself is sound and secure. The tissue guard for the frontis is not guarding the plate (it is on the wrong side of the half title page). As well as being loose, the half title page is a bit creased and quite heavily foxed, and the title page is also foxed (pictured). All the illustrations apart from the frontispiece have been bound in at the rear of the volume, and are in nice fresh condition. There is some light rubbing to the joints, and some minor rubbing and creasing to the 4 outer corners, but overall the external condition of the book is good (please see images of the upper and lower covers and the spine). Overall, a decent hardback first edition, but with some untidiness at the beginning of the volume, and the plates bound in at rear.