Undated; circa 1930.  Larger 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" design in rare wrapper.  Features list of J. M. Barrie works at final leaf w/1930 date for a final title.  Green buckram (full cloth) boards, gilt cover design w/blind-stamped dentelle borders with flourishing, bright gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear.  Stylish gilt cover image of babe Peter playing his pan flute sitting upon a mushroom patch.  Deckled pages very good w/moderate toning, fox.  Includes sixteen color plates, most w/tissue guards and decoration throughout.  Also beautifully charming and subdued b&w partial-page imagery by Arthur Rackham.  Map of Kensington Gardens at front endpapers.  Bind good; hinges intact. 

Includes rare original dust wrapper featuring stylized cover and spine titles, moderate edge wear, rub; protected in new clear sleeve.  Front panel features mounted plate of Rackham scene of blue fairies by shoreline.  Entitled the Fairies of the Serpentine, this image is from chapter entitled The Grand Tour of the Gardens.  "The Serpentine is a lovely lake, and there is a drowned forest at the bottom of it. If you peer over the edge you can see the trees all growing upside down, and they say that at night there are also drowned stars in it."  Back panel features available works from Hodder & Stoughton of J. M Barrie.  Unclipped 10/6 net with summary and adverts at front, back flaps; protected in new clear sleeve.  Near very good complete example in rare original jacket.  

In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as an infant, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London.  Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys.  The Peter Pan stories were Barrie's only works for children but, as their persistent popularity shows, their themes of imaginative escape continue to charm even those who long ago left Neverland.   Made and Printed in Great Britain for Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd. T. and A. Constable, Ltd, Printers, Edinburgh.  Illustrations Printed by Henry Stone and Son LTD., Banbury.   126 pages.  Insured post.