1906 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
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.
Condition
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.
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