Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens From The Little White Bird By Jm Barrie A New Edition Illustrated By Arthur Rackham Barrie, Jm (1860-1937) | Rackham, Arthur

The "New Edition", a reprint of the first edition, later impression, probably 1919, though no date is given on the titlepage. Quarto (11 x 9 ins); pp [iii]-xii, [ii], 125, [1]. 50 coloured plates tipped in on art paper, by Rackham, with captioned tissue-guards, distributed at intervals through the book. The plan of Kensington Gardens on fly-leaf (printed vertically on the page) with the illustrations of children playing in Kensington Gardens to verso. Decorative titlepage and head- and tail pieces at each chapter. Original pea green cloth with gilt design and lettering to the front, spine slightly faded and rolled at ends, cloth very slightly marked in places. Titlepage and prelims foxed, also last few leaves, mainly marginal and not effecting the plates, all of which are extremely clean. A near fine copy, with no old inscriptions or other internal markings.