Barrie (as referred to above, likely not his original hand), frontispiece is a coloured illustration by Rackham of "Peter Pan is the Fairies' Orchestra" (plate not included in the book), title page vignette of Peter Pan (the same image as on the front board), volume not dated, printed in 1929 per the bibliographies six illustrations in colour, fifteen other illustrations in black-and-white, all by Rackham, octavo size (8" by 5.75"), pagination:, v-, 9-123. _DESCRIPTION: Bound in green cloth with dark green lettering on the front and spine, dark green vignette of Peter Pan after the illustration on the dust jacket, front endpapers only have half-page map in black and white of "Peter Pan's Map of Kensington Gardens", the verso of the front free endpaper has the bookplate of J. (N.B., above quotes from Derek Hudson, "Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work".) However important Rip Van Winkle and The Wind in the Willows are, it is perhaps for his depictions of Peter Pan that Rackham remains most remembered, and this book, geared towards children, is a delight and a joy. His work remained popular and highly sought for decades, through his final illustrated book, “The Wind in the Willows”, completed just a year before his death in 1939. Success found him in 1905 with the publication of his “Rip Van Winkle”, which “decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period”. In the autumn of 1884 he enrolled in the Lambeth School for Art upon graduation, he began working on his illustrations part-time, submitting them to various periodicals and publishers, while working as a clerk. This work, with six full-colour plates and fifteen black and white illustrations, all by Arthur Rackham, was an excellent gift for young readers.Īrthur Rackham (1867-1939), born into a “typical middle-class Victorian family” showed an aptitude for drawing from an early age, especially with “fantastic” subjects. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was an author in her own right, but was best known for her abridgements of J.M. We can come up with several scenarios for the existence of these bookplates, but since the bibliographies are silent on it we cannot state anything with certitude.
The ink looks genuine but the signatures are the same interestingly, the library bookplates are tipped onto different pages. Barrie which apparently is not unique, there being one other copy online as of this writing with the same plate.
Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Retold by May Bryon for Little People with the Permission of the Author (Original Story) Byron, May ("Retold By") Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator) J.M.
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