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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. Brown endpapers with map of Kensington Gardens on front free endpaper. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This edition was limited to 500 copies, number, and SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM on the limitation page. This is copy #203. There are a total of fiftty color illustrations including the frontispiece, each tipped-onto heavy brown stock, with a protective captioned tissue-guard. Collated complete. They are to be found together following the text. All are in fine condition. The typography of the book includes wide margins, clean and crisp throughout. THE SILK TIES ARE PRESENT. 126pp. followed by illustrations. Housed in a custom box with leather spine label, lined in white felt. Please see photos. Latimore and Haskell p.27 and Riall p.74.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited, Sign Edition. Full Vellum. Minor Soiling/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. Quarto.

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.