J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Edge wear and marks to board, tanning and foxing throughout book.
Long before Neverland captured the world's imagination, a very different magic held sway in the heart of London — in the moonlit paths and hidden corners of Kensington Gardens, where a boy who could fly made his first, most wondrous home. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, retold by May Byron for little people with the permission of the author, chronicles the earliest chapter of Peter Pan's story: his escape from the human world as a week-old baby, his life among the fairies and birds, and his bittersweet longing for the mother he left behind. Illustrated with the breathtaking, otherworldly artwork of Arthur Rackham, this edition transforms Barrie's beloved fantasy into a luminous visual experience, where every page shimmers with enchantment and melancholy in equal measure. Rackham's illustrations are not mere decoration — they are a language unto themselves, conjuring a London park that exists simultaneously in the real world and far beyond it, populated by sprites, lost souls, and one very singular boy. Barrie's original prose, distilled here into an accessible retelling for younger readers, carries the weight of timeless themes: the irreversibility of growing up, the fragility of innocence, and the quiet tragedy of belonging nowhere. This rare and beautiful volume stands as a landmark of early twentieth-century children's publishing, a testament to what happens when one of literature's greatest storytellers meets one of its most visionary artists — and leaves the reader wondering whether the gardens outside are truly as ordinary as they seem.
Author: J.M. Barrie
Format: Hardback
Published: 1111, Hodder and Stoughton Limited
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Edge wear and marks to board, tanning and foxing throughout book.
Long before Neverland captured the world's imagination, a very different magic held sway in the heart of London — in the moonlit paths and hidden corners of Kensington Gardens, where a boy who could fly made his first, most wondrous home. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, retold by May Byron for little people with the permission of the author, chronicles the earliest chapter of Peter Pan's story: his escape from the human world as a week-old baby, his life among the fairies and birds, and his bittersweet longing for the mother he left behind. Illustrated with the breathtaking, otherworldly artwork of Arthur Rackham, this edition transforms Barrie's beloved fantasy into a luminous visual experience, where every page shimmers with enchantment and melancholy in equal measure. Rackham's illustrations are not mere decoration — they are a language unto themselves, conjuring a London park that exists simultaneously in the real world and far beyond it, populated by sprites, lost souls, and one very singular boy. Barrie's original prose, distilled here into an accessible retelling for younger readers, carries the weight of timeless themes: the irreversibility of growing up, the fragility of innocence, and the quiet tragedy of belonging nowhere. This rare and beautiful volume stands as a landmark of early twentieth-century children's publishing, a testament to what happens when one of literature's greatest storytellers meets one of its most visionary artists — and leaves the reader wondering whether the gardens outside are truly as ordinary as they seem.