PETER PAN in KENSINGTON GARDENS by BARRIE, J.M., illustrated by Arthur RACKHAM: - 1907.

London:: Hodder & Stoughton, , 1907.. Third Edition. . Very good and complete copy with clean plates but foxing to text. xii, 126pp, plus the frontis and the 49 tipped-in plates at the back ( 50 in all). The prelims are quite heavily foxed, as are a few pages of the story: most of the story pages have a few spots to the edges. One page has a large closed tear: this and a few small closed tears to margins have been repaired with archival tissue. The penultimate plate, “They will certainly mischief you”, has a tiny surface snag and a tiny corner crease. All the other plates are in excellent condition, and are complete with their captioned guards, some of which have a few foxing spots. Rebacked, with new cloth hinges, with the original russet cloth boards and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. The boards are bright and clean (the image of Peter on a leaping goat showing up beautifully), the spine is slightly rubbed and darkened. An attempt has been made to regild the rubbed spine title. A firm and complete copy. VG.