Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: with Twenty Four Drawings by Arthur Rackham
by Barrie, J. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First published in 1906. This Edition has 24 Beautiful Full-Page Colour Plates, each protected by a Captioned Tissue Guard. Green cloth cover with Gilt Embossed illus. of Peter Pan playing Pan Pipes while seated on a mushroom. Decorative Gilt lettering on spine. Frontis illus has same design of Peter playing the pipes but is a full-page Colour Plate and shows Fairies etc dancing around the mushrooms. Title page has Black Vignette of Peter Pan riding a Goat. Grey endpapers illustrated with Maps of Peter Pan's Kensington Gardens. Fading to cloth on front & back (see photos). Hinges sound & text block firm. ld bookplate on ffep. No inscriptions. Plates in very nice, clean condition.
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
- White Swan Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100120
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
- Author
- Barrie, J. M
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books/Children's Classics/Rackham illustrations/Rackham's Peter Pan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; Vintage Children's Books; Children's Classics;
Terms of Sale
White Swan Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Swan Books
Biblio member since 2024
Redruth, Cornwall
About White Swan Books
Old fashioned Book loving Book Dealer selling from Bricks and Mortar Bookshop in Cornwall and also now selling Books online. Specialising in Antiquarian, Vintage Children's, Out of Print and Collectable books but also selling a wide range of Second Hand books in many subjects.
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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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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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