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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
by RACKHAM, ARTHUR: BARRIE, J. M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1907 4th edition.. Hardback approx 10 x 8 inches. In orange/brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and front, with gilt vignette to front of Peter Pan riding a goat. Grey endpapers with map to front. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges of cloth with a couple of tiny nicks to front corners of spine. Neat inscription to front endpaper "C.E.B.W. from E.A.G.W, Christmas 1907." "B.H. Blackwell, Oxford," bookseller label below. Some light foxing to half title page and edges of last text page. A couple of tiny spots to main title page and inside pages, else a very clean and tight copy. Colour plates clean and bright. 126pp text . With 50 colour plates tipped in with titled tissue guards inc frontis. (Plates all bound after text.) This edition has 50 colour plates by Arthur Rackham and illustrated map of Kensington gardens on front endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80275
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
- Author
- RACKHAM, ARTHUR: BARRIE, J. M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1907 4th edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books illustrated, J. M. Barrie, Arthur Rackham, Peter Pan, kensington gardens, White Bird, colour plates, fourth edition, 1907, decorative, illustrated, 4th,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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