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"Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" by J.M. Barrie and ill. by Arthur Rackham. Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1912 new and expanded Rackham edition with numerous illustrations and 50 tipped-in colour plates by Rackham. This is the extremely rare deluxe vellum edition of which very few copies have been issued and rarely come on the market. Book in very good condition: captioned tissue-guards, occasional light spotting, some tissue-guards with corners creased, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial vellum, gilt, lacking ties, very lightly soiled, spine a little darkened,

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is one of J.M. Barrie's works that features the character Peter Pan, offering a backstory to the beloved 'boy who wouldn't grow up.' Originally part of Barrie's book 'The Little White Bird' (1902), these chapters were later republished as a stand-alone story detailing Peter's adventures in London's famous Kensington Gardens. It's a tale of fantasy that explores themes of childhood innocence and escapism.