Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, JM Barrie, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, ca 1912, Hodder & Stoughton

Large, beautiful edition of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, bound in green cloth with gilt cover and spine. Illustrated with gorgeous, tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham.

All plates, protective tissue guards and pages present.

"You must see for yourselves that it will be difficult to follow Peter Pan's adventures unless you are familiar with the Kensington Gardens. They are in London, where the King lives, and I used to take David there nearly every day unless he was looking decidedly flushed. No child has ever been in the whole of the Gardens, because it is so soon time to turn back. The reason it is soon time to turn back is that, if you are as small as David, you sleep from twelve to one."

Wear to edges of covers and spine with some fraying and separations at front hinge cloth and spine ends. Some discolorations around edges of covers. Beautiful, fairly bright, gilt decorations on cover and spine. Inscription and library plate on inside of front cover. Tanning and smudges to title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked except for occasional light spot. Some tissue guards wrinkled, one loose. Binding a bit shaken but otherwise intact.

One of the most beautiful of Arthur Rackham's works in a very desirable edition.

11 x 9 inches