Magnificent large plates of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=arthur%20rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>'s famous work, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter%20Pan&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a> in Kensington Gardens.<ul><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>Peter Pan Portfolio from Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie.&nbsp;</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Brentano,&nbsp;1914.</li><li>12 large color plates mounted in mattes with lettered tissue guards.</li><li>Half tan cloth with yellow silk moire.</li></ul> Lavish limited US edition of the striking portfolio version of Rackham's selected color plates from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. The detail and colors are breathtaking, and the large size of the plates does justice to Rackham's mastery. The plates are the sizes of the original art executed by Rackham and, in some cases, larger. Issued in a format meant for owners to be able to frame the plates for display, it is rare to find it complete.

Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens Portfolio

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Special%20Feature=Signed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> collection of the works of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?locale=en&amp;Book%20Special%20Feature=Signed&amp;query=J.M.%20Barrie&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">J.M. Barrie</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 14 volumes.</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Charles Scribner's Sons,&nbsp;1929.&nbsp;</li><li>Octavos.</li><li>Signed by J.M. Barrie with official publisher's letter from 1932.</li><li>Limited Edition, numbered 34/1000.</li><li>Cream cloth spines with brown paper boards and gilded Peter Pan embossed seal on front covers.</li></ul>

The Works Of J.M. Barrie

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of The Little White Bird by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=J.M.+Barrie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">J.M. Barrie</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inscribed</a> to his friend and agent.<ul><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902.</li><li>With contemporary gift inscription from Barrie on the half title page, ‘To Addison Bright the best of friends from J. M. Barrie, Nov. 1902’,</li><li>Includes a frontispiece map of Kensington Gardens.</li><li>Boards bound in publisher’s original black morocco cloth with gilt titling to the spine, gilt top edge to the text block.</li></ul> The very first appearance of Peter Pan, inscribed by Barrie to his closest friend and literary agent. Arthur Addison Bright (1861-1906) was a theatrical agent, most famous for his close friendship with J.M.Barrie, but who also acted for a number of successful playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle, E.W. Hornung and Stephen Phillips. Bright was more than an agent to Barrie; he was a close friend and confidential adviser and played a key role in persuading Barrie to take up play writing. It was Bright who introduced Barrie to the Broadway producer Charles Frohman, who was ultimately responsible for the production of Peter Pan in Britain and America. In 1906 it was discovered that Bright had embezzled royalties from many of his clients, including Barrie and Arthur Conan Doyle. In spite of the financial loss, Barrie staunchly supported his agent. Bright however, found the prospect of legal proceedings too much to bear and on a trip to Lucerne, ostensibly to take the air, he committed suicide. Barrie wrote a short but loving obituary for Bright, which appeared in the Times on Friday, 1st June, 1906, "To the many to whom the keenly intellectual face and noble character of Arthur Addison Bright were incentives to well-doing, it will come as a painful shock that he died suddenly on Tuesday night... Mr Bright had represented a number of authors besides myself in their affairs of the theatre, and it was owing to his encouragement and zealous help more than any other cause that novelists and poets have of late years produced plays. He was a man of a mind the most catholic and cultured, and so beautiful and modest a nature that it may be said of him, he had never time to be much interested in himself, he was so interested in his friends. For many years he had been my most loved friend." The&nbsp;Little&nbsp;White&nbsp;Bird&nbsp;introduces Peter Pan as a magical baby who escapes from being human as an infant, and flies around Kensington Gardens with fairies. This episode, which began as a single chapter, grew into an "elaborate book within a book" as Barrie worked on the novel. Seeing the appeal of the character, Barrie developed Peter Pan into a play first performed in 1904, and following its outstanding success, published a slightly expanded version of the Peter Pan chapters as a single work, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, published in 1906, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

The Little White Bird | Inscribed First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first issue of J.M. Barrie's <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=peter%20pan&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter and Wendy</a>.<ul><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.</li><li>In the gold-printed green/grey dust-jacket, preserved in modern suede-lined cloth drop-back box.</li></ul> Published in 1911, Peter and Wendy is a timeless children’s novel that tells the story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. He whisks Wendy Darling and her brothers away to Neverland, a magical island filled with fairies, mermaids, Lost Boys, and the villainous Captain Hook. The tale explores themes of childhood innocence, imagination, freedom, and the bittersweet nature of growing up. Barrie’s whimsical prose and vivid characters have captivated readers for generations. Beneath its fantasy, the novel carries poignant reflections on time, memory, and the fleeting magic of youth, making it both enchanting and bittersweet.

Peter and Wendy

The <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter+Pan&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a> edition of The Works of J.M. Barrie, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the author.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 14 volumes.</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.</li><li>Frontispiece in each volume.</li><li>Limited to 1030 numbered and signed sets by Barrie, this being copy #95.</li><li>Bound in half red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, uncut as issued, by Atkinson.</li></ul>

The Works Of J. M. Barrie Signed Peter Pan Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first issue of Peter and Wendy by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=J.M.+Barrie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">J.M. Barrie</a>.<ul><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.</li></ul> A classic children’s novel that tells the story of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, and his adventures with Wendy Darling and her brothers in the magical world of Neverland. Peter leads the children on a journey filled with encounters with pirates, mermaids, and the Lost Boys. The novel explores themes of innocence, adventure, and the bittersweet nature of growing up. Wendy becomes a mother figure to Peter and the Lost Boys, while Peter faces his nemesis, the villainous Captain Hook, in a battle of youthful freedom versus adult responsibility.

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