The Little White Bird (with 1st appearance of Peter Pan)
by J.M. Barrie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (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
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- Children's Classics;
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Spine Label
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.