EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ARTHUR RACKHAM SUEDE LEATHER

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE ARTHUR RACKHAM. AN UNRECORDED 1907 FIRST THUS EDITION OF PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS IN ITS ORIGINAL SUEDE LEATHER BINDING. 50 MOUNTED COLOUR PLATES WITH CAPTIONED TISSUE GUARDS. ALL EXCEPT THE FRONTISPIECE ARE MOUNTED AFTER THE TEXT, AS PER THE 1906 EDITION. THE ORIGINAL SUEDE LEATHER IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING HOW FRAGILE IT IS. THERE IS ONLY A LITTLE BUMPING AND ONLY A TINY BIT OF FRAYING TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE. THE GILT IS STILL VERY BRIGHT ON THE COVER AND SPINE, AS IS THE BLIND STAMPED DESIGN. THE REAR COVER HAS A LITTLE MARK WHICH I DO NOT THINK IS A STAIN, I THINK IT IS PART OF THE SUEDE. INSIDE THE FIRST AND LAST FEW TEXT PAGES ARE A BIT FOXED. 3 VERY TINY CORNER CREASES. THIS IS AN UNRECORDED COPY OF ARTHUR RACKHAM'S MOST FAMOUS BOOK IN AN ORIGINAL SUEDE LEATHER BINDING, SO IT IS IN THAT RESPECT A TRUE FIRST EDITION. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER COPIES ON ANY OTHER WEBSITES. PUBLISHED BY HODDER & STOUGHTON LONDON. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY AND VALUABLE BOOK SO WILL REQUIRE POSTAGE AND INSURANCE COSTS OF £10 INLAND. I DO NOT BELEIVE THAT ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK WILL BE SEEN FOR MANY YEARS, IF EVER.  PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS. EDMUND DULAC, KAY NIELSEN, W HEATH ROBINSON, CHARLES ROBINSON, ANNE ANDERSON, MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL, WILLY POGANY, GWYNEDD M HUDSON, G DENHOLM ARMOUR, JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH.