Title: The Peter Pan Portfolio...from "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", by J.M. Barrie Author: Rackham, Arthur Place: London Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Date: [1912] Description: Limitation leaf + title-page + 11 (of 12) proof-size color plates, each window-mounted inside card-stock, with captioned guards. (Folio) 21¼x19¼, original half vellum and light green cloth, gilt-lettered. Housed in a custom clamshell box, the label from the front panel of the original box mounted to the lid. Limited Edition, No. 286 of 500 hand-numbered copies (which are numbered 101 to 600), signed by the publishers and by the engraver/printer on the limitation page. One of the most ambitious editions undertaken by Rackham. The series of 12 illustrations are considered to be Rackham's favorites from the 50 that appeared in the 1906 edition of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (where they were printed much smaller). Lacking the final plate of the series. These are the largest Rackham plates ever produced for a book publication. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 39-40. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear, ribbon ties lacking; lacking one plate and guard; very good. Item number: 246995
Title: The Peter Pan Portfolio...from "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens", by J.M. Barrie Author: Rackham, Arthur Place: London Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Date: [1912] Description: Limitation leaf + title-page + 11 (of 12) proof-size color plates, each window-mounted inside card-stock, with captioned guards. (Folio) 21¼x19¼, original half vellum and light green cloth, gilt-lettered. Housed in a custom clamshell box, the label from the front panel of the original box mounted to the lid. Limited Edition, No. 286 of 500 hand-numbered copies (which are numbered 101 to 600), signed by the publishers and by the engraver/printer on the limitation page. One of the most ambitious editions undertaken by Rackham. The series of 12 illustrations are considered to be Rackham's favorites from the 50 that appeared in the 1906 edition of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (where they were printed much smaller). Lacking the final plate of the series. These are the largest Rackham plates ever produced for a book publication. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 39-40. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear, ribbon ties lacking; lacking one plate and guard; very good. Item number: 246995
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