first edition
1906 · New York
by Barrie, J.M.
New York: Charles Scribber's Sons, 1906. First American Edition. Quarto. Tipped in color frontispiece, 126 pp. illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 50 of his beautiful tipped in color plates situated at the rear with printed descriptive tissue guards present. Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up. A very nice copy bound in green pictorial gilt cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, brown endpapers, corners a bit rubbed through, spine ends only lightly rubbed, front tissue guard shows wear at gutter, previous owner's name (truncated)