The Little White Bird by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. FIRST EDITION Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. vi + 207. Beautiful red calf binding Red calf binding by Root & Son, with gold fill...

FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE An Edinburgh Eleven; Pencil Portraits from College — "British Weekly" Extras, No. III. London: British Weekly Office, 1889. 12mo, 7 x 4 1/2 inches (178...

Barrie, J.M. When A Man's Single. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1888 Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 289 + 2 of publisher's advertising. ...

Handsome Riviere Sangorsky & Stucliffe binding of the plays by the author of the beloved Peter Pan. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. 8vo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (215 x140 mm); pp. xii, 1272. Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamped in gold at the bottom of front turn-in) in blue crushed morocco with gilt fillets on covers and turn-ins, title in gilt, five raised bands with gilt outlined compartments, striped head and tail bands, a.e.g. —Cutler 93 A lush volume containing most of J. M. Barrie's (1860-1937) plays, 26 out of the 38 he wrote, of which 12 are one-act plays. This work was reprinted several times from its first issue in 1928, attesting to the popularity of his works for the theater, many of which discuss social concerns. The Twelve Pound Look (1910) concerns a wife leaving her 'typical' husband once she can gain an independent income. Other plays, such as Mary Rose (1920) and Dear Brutus (1917), revisit the idea of the ageless child and parallel worlds. However, Barrie's most lasting fame comes from creating PETER PAN, which is included in this volume, and had its first performance at the Duke of York Theatre in 1904. In 1911 Barrie would develop the play into a novel "Peter and Wendy...

A handsomely-bound collection of juvenile poetry by Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852), published under the pseudonym of Thomas Little due to the eroticism of their content, as Moore's celeb...

Cheloniidae Press - Kinney, Arthur F. (texts); Alan James Robinson (ill.). The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare. Easthampton, Massachusetts: Cheloniidae Press, 1990. Printed to ma...

Nice set of The Works of J.M Barrie Published C.1924 Blue leather with gilt tooling Gilt facsimile monogram of Barrie on the fronts of 3 of the volumes Good condition/ minor chip...

Description: Antique religion print titled 'Brama ou Bruma'. This print depicts Brahma, the Hindu creator god. He is also known as the Grandfather and as a later equivalent of Prajap...

Antique map titled 'Le Golfe de Pierre-Le-Grand.' This map shows the Peter The Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan adjoining the coast of Russia's Primorski...

Original unique painting used for the cover of Cinefantastique magazine volume 10, number 2 in 1980. Acrylic and airbrush on artboard. Included with this painting is a copy of the original magazine, which has been placed in a protective sleeve, and fixed to the reverse of the frame In 1980 when Kirk Henderson was commissioned to design the cover of Cinefantastique magazine. Hitchcock's The Birds was already a legendary horror film. Henderson not only included Tippi Hedren and the menacing birds in his artwork, he also included a tonal blue portrait of the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. This film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is loosely based on the 1952 novelette of the same name by Daphne du Maurier...

Antique bible print titled 'The Little Captive Maid'. This print most likely originates from an illustrated bible, published by J.M. Kronheim & Co, c...

Provence: The Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Regions of Provence Hardcover – September 24, 1993. by Richard Olney (Author), Michael Freeman (Author), Peter Johnson (P...