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The Little White Bird (with 1st appearance of Peter Pan)

The Little White Bird (with 1st appearance of Peter Pan)

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The Little White Bird (with 1st appearance of Peter Pan)

by J.M. Barrie

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  • Hardcover
Condition
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About This Item

This is an early copy of "The Little White Bird" by J.M. Barrie. 1913; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. This edition features a frontispiece and two other full-page illustrations by ARTHUR RACKHAM. Gilt top page edges. This book contains the first appearance of PETER PAN - the Peter Pan story began as one chapter (chapter XIV) and grew to an "elaborate book-within-a-book" of more than 100 pages during the four year Barrie worked on the "The Little White Bird."

Condition:
There are a couple small, light stains at the top-right corner of the front cover; the back cover has a small, light stain at the top edge, and a few tiny stain specks. Sharp cover corners. There are two *tiny* indents on the spine label (the indents don't penetrate the cloth). Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only a few random, light smudges found; pages 8 & 9 have a tanned outline over most of the surface, presumably from a slip of paper that had been left between the pages. There is an old name written in pen on the back of the frontispiece. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition.

Synopsis

The Little White Bird is a series of short episodes, narratives and day-to-day accounts of J M Barrie's life in London. The tone oscillates from whimsical to social comedy to darkly aggressive. Part of the book's continuing popularity was due to the couple of softer chapters telling the story of Peter Pan, later to become the hero of Barrie's most famous work.

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Bookseller
CraigsClassics US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
7818
Title
The Little White Bird (with 1st appearance of Peter Pan)
Author
J.M. Barrie
Illustrator
Arthur Rackham
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1913
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
jm barrie, peter pan, peter pan, kensington gardens, my lady nicotine, margaret ogilvy, mary rose, window in thrums, st ives, tommy and grizel, the little minister
Bookseller catalogs
Children's Classics;

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Hudson, New Hampshire

About CraigsClassics

My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.

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Edges
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New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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...
Spine Label
The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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