Arthur Rackham and J.M. Barrie | Peter Pan Portfolio, [1912]

Arthur Rackham and J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan Portfolio, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]

Folio (54.4 x 50.0cm.), NUMBER 178 OUT OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, ENGRAVER AND PRINTER, 12 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham mounted in mats, original half vellum over green cloth, lettered in gilt, mounts detached in places, a few leaves loose, lacking silk ties, cloth binding slightly frayed, bumped at corners, vellum a bit soiled

This edition, the deluxe printing of 12 selected works from Rackham's earlier, much smaller, 1906 edition, is numbered from 101 to 600, and signed by the publisher, engraver, and printer. Approximately 100 were bound in full vellum, and 400 in half vellum.

LITERATURE:

Latimore & Haskell, p. 39; Riall, p. 113