Barrie, JM // Rackham, Arthur
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

Hodder and Stoughton. 1906. First signed limited edition. Number 39 of 500 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Folio, 27.5cm, xii, 126pp. 50 tipped in plates by Arthur Rackham. One of the great illustrated books of the twentieth century. Barrie wrote that Rackham had 'shed glory' on his work. Fasimile publisher's vellum gilt by the Chelsea Bindery, slight browning at prelims but still a near fine copy.

£5000

Engraved by George H Every. Original  mezzotint print, `Alice in Wonderland', after a painting by Samuel Sidley (1829-1896). Sidley was an important portrait and genre painter who would occasionally cover literary subjects. He painted many society figures and his work is found in major British institutions.

 A golden haired girl sits contentedly in an armchair in a Victorian drawing room. On her lap she holds a copy of  red cloth Macmillan 'Alice', here titled 'Alice in Wonderland' The book is open and one can clearly see the Mock Turtle, Alice and the Gryphon. Perhaps the earliest example of  Alice merchandising.A very good copy of a very scarce item. Framed and glazed.

£1200

Barrie, J M
Peter and Wendy

1st Edition. Hodder & Stoughton. 1911. The Peter Pan story in book form. With a tipped-in letter dated Aug 1902 signed "Yours Sincerely J M Barrie". Small 4to, 19.5cm. viii,266pp. 12 black & white plates by F D Bedford. Publisher's cloth gilt slightly dulled: a very good copy.

£850

Tarrant, Margaret [illus]:
The Twilight Fairies

Modern Art Society, [1926], 2nd Edition.
Verses by Marion St John Webb. 15.7cm. 42pp. 6 tipped in plates by Margaret Tarrant. Very good in extremely scarce dust wrapper.

£150

A Journey to the Moon And Interesting Conversations with the Inhabitants Respecting the Condition of Man

London, Howard and Evans, West-smithfield
An imaginary journey to the moon in which the narrator meets its occupants and discusses, by the use of question and answer, the nature and importance of God. 4to, 19cm. 8pp. 1 wood-engraving on front cover. Good - page 3 torn in half otherwise some folding to the other pages but without much loss to text. [c1800]

£100