Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by Barrie J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Decorative Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. Arthur Rackham. Undated Edition, circa 1910-1920s. Beautifully Illustrated with Arthur Rackham's Full-Colour Plates. 16 Colour Plates, each protected by a Captioned Tissue Guard. Red cloth cover with bright Gilt Embossed picture of Peter Pan seated on a Toadstool playing Pan Pipes on the front. Impressed Gilt lettering to spine. Endpapers illustrated with maps of Kensington Gardens. 126 p.Pages, 8" tall, Fading to cloth at top & fore edge at front and st top on the back. Some discolouring to endpapers to correspond. Spine colour faded and tanned but Gilt still clear. Gift inscription at bottom of ffep. No other inscriptions. Hinges sound. Binding a little fragile in cenmtre and 2 plates are loose. Pages and illustrations in nice, clean condition.Please ask if you would like any more information or pictures.
Synopsis
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a novel by James M. Barrie, published in 1906; it is one of four major literary works by Barrie featuring the widely known literary character he originated, Peter Pan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019833
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- Author
- Barrie J. M
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S FICTION/CHILDREN'S CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/FAIRIES/PETER PAN/RACKHAM
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
Biblio member since 2019
Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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