Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens from 'The Little White Bird' with Drawings by Arthur Rackham Barrie, J. M. [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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1913 stated at title page. Copyright 1902, 1906, by Charles Scribner's Sons with Scribner colophon below this. Olive green full cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, color cover plate, light shelf wear. Stylish cover titles and plate depicting Peter in tree with large raven: ""Put his strange case before old Solomon Caw."" Pages near fine, clean; attractive toning at endpapers. Stylish antiquarian signature at front endpaper: ""Mabel I. Shafer, Berkeley, California."" Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes sixteen color plates with captioned tissue guards and decoration. Map of Kensington Gardens opens Chapter One. Beautifully charming and subdued imagery by Arthur Rackham. Rare original pictorial wrapper in tan, light shelf wear, moderate discoloration, fox. Navy cover and spine titles repeat cover motif with Rackham plate at center of Peter in tree with raven. 1.50 net at spine. Back panel features list and summary descriptions of available titles from Scribner's: ""Books Beautifully Illustrated in Colors."" Rare near fine 1913 printing complete in near very good wrapper of this enduring classic. Contents: ""Chapter I: The Grand Tour of the Gardens; Chapter II: Peter Pan; Chapter III: The Thrush's Nest; Chapter IV: Lock-out Time; Chapter V: The Little House; Chapter VI: Peter's Goat."" 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. 126 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾"" Tall