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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by J.M. Barrie
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. 8vo, xiv 176pp. Olive cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. Olive endpapers; 50 hand-tipped color plates with captioned tissue guards. An clean, tight copy with edges lightly rubbed, spine a little sunned, half-inch spot at bottom right of front cover, title and its tissue guard foxed, about half the other tissue guards lightly foxed. Nonetheless, an attractive copy with its beautiful pictorial stamping still bright.
First US edition. The second of Rackham's lavish illustrated editions, featuring 50 spectacular color plates. This story, from Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, tells of the infant Peter Pan. This is the first illustrated edition of this story.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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- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1038063
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- Author
- J.M. Barrie
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1906
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Books of Wonder is NYC's oldest and largest independent children's bookstore, specializing in both new and old books. Established in 1980, Books of Wonder has a store in the Flatiron/Chelsea area of Manhattan.
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Cloth
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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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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