Barrie first created Peter Pan as an infant, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Near very good example of this profusely illustration edition. Features fifty color plates by Arthur Rackham mounted on heavy stock dark green matte leaves w/captioned tissue guards throughout illlustrated latter half of volume. Dark green tinted text block at all sides. Dark olive matte pictorial endpapers featuring Rackham's map Peter's village. Frontispiece mounted plate w/captioned tissue guard: "There now arose a mighty sotrm and he was tossed this way and that". Deckled pages very good, no writing first couple w/moderate fox. Cover depicts stylized titles w/image of infant hands-free on bucking goat. Brick red full cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover design and flourishing spine titles, moderate shelf wear.
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