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Colour frontispiece and plates by Rackham Fine copy. Rackham has annotated the title-page, inserting "parts of" into the line "With twenty-four drawings by Arthur Rackham", crossing through the word publishers and writing "HANGMEN (Drawing & Quartering: a speciality)", with a sketch of a hanged man signed with his initials. With Rackham s bookplate for the renowned collector G.L. Lazarus loosely inserted.

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.