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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
by RACKHAM, ARTHUR: BARRIE, J. M.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909 6th edition. STUNNING BINDING Bound by Andrew Sims Hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. Fine binding in full burgundy Harmatan morocco leather, Beautiful gilt work re-creating the original cover & spine designs, all worked in 24 carat gold leaf, Inner turn-ins and board edges tooled in gilt, Edges of text block gilt, Marbled endpapers, Signed by the binder in gilt on lower rear turn-in, Hand-sewn silk endbands. A very fine example. Exterior - the fine binding is in immaculate condition. Interior - excellent, the pages are very clean with just the odd mark or two which I have emphasised in the photos (pp 76-77) All the colour illustrations are beautifully preserved including the captioned tissue guards. One tissue guard has a slight crease and browning. With specially made slipcase. 126pp text Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, with 50 colour plates, mounted on grey paper with captioned tissue guards. All plates in this edition bound at the rear, except the frontispiece. All tipped in colour illustrations and tissue guards are present and correct.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94533
- Title
- Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
- Author
- RACKHAM, ARTHUR: BARRIE, J. M.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1909 6th edition
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books illustrated, J. M. Barrie, Arthur Rackham, Peter Pan, kensington gardens, White Bird, colour plates, fine binding, leather, prussia
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Gilt
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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