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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

 

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and published first in 1906,

with a revised and enlarged edition published in 1912

 

 

On the left, we show a rare copy of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens -

as illustrated by Arthur Rackham and published by Hodder & Stoughton

(London) in 1906.

 

This example retains the original gilt-stamped red cloth cover.

 

 

 

 

 

To the right, we show Rackham's Title Page

to Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906).

 

Published by Hodder & Stoughton (London) in 1906, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - as illustrated by

Arthur Rackham - was an illustrative tour de force.

 

For this 1st Edition, Rackham turns his prodigious skill towards illustrating a portion of Barrie's play, The Little

White Bird. It tells the story of Peter Pan - the eternal child living in Neverland - who often visits London to

listen to bedtime stories told by Mrs Mary Darling to her children (one of whom is Wendy). After Wendy

helps Peter become re-attached to his shadow, he takes her to Neverland to be mother to his gang of Lost

Boys (the children lost in Kensington Gardens). Many adventures - including the dangerous flight to

Neverland and confrontations with Captain Hook - follow through chapters entitled: "The Grand Tour

of the Gardens"; "Peter Pan"; "The Thrush's Nest"; "Lock-Out Time"; "The Little House"; and "Peter's Goat".

 

In 1912, Rackham revised his illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and an expanded suite was published

that included a new colour illustration (presented as the frontispiece) and many more monotone illustrations.

 

Rackham's illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens epitomise the sublime nature of his style.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Images

 

We have prepared sets of 51 Greeting Cards displaying each of Rackham's major colour images for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (inclusive of the frontispiece to the 1912 Edition and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to Cart" feature below and following the prompts provided with our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal.  Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

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When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-in plates - in homage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

 

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-in plate and the images are presented on

Ivory card stock (in the case of colour illustrations) or White card stock (in the case of monotone illustrations)

with an accompanying envelope. We have left the cards blank so that you may write your own personal

message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some

options below. Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact

on any matter through ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Arthur Rackham.

 

 

The colour illustrations

 

Frontispiece

There now arose a mighty

storm, and he was tossed this

way and that

 

 

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The Kensington Garden are in

London, where the King lives

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The lady with the balloons,

who sits just outside

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

In the Broad Walk you meet all the people

who are worth knowing

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The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The Hump, which is the part of the

Broad Walk, where all the big races

are run

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

There is almost nothing that has such a

keen sense of fun as a fallen leaf

 

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The Serpentine is a lovely lake, and there is a

drowned forest at the bottom of it. If you peer

over the edge you can see the trees all growing

upside down, and they say that at night there

are also drowned stars in it

 

 

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The fairies of the Serpentine

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The Grand Tour of the Gardens

The island on which all the birds are born

that become baby boys and girls

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

Old Mr Salford was a crab-apple of an

old gentleman who wandered all day in

the Gardens

 

 

Peter Pan

Away he flew, right over the houses

to the Gardens

Peter Pan

The fairies have their tiffs with the birds

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Peter Pan

When he heard Peter's voice he popped in

alarm behind a tulip

Peter Pan

A band of workmen, who were sawing down

a toadstool, rushed away, leaving their

tools behind them

 

 

Peter Pan

Put his strange case before

old Solomon Caw

Peter Pan

Peter screamed out "Do it again!" and

with great good-nature they did it

several times

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Peter Pan

A hundred flew off with the string,

and Peter clung to the tail

Peter Pan

After this the birds said that they would

help him no more in his mad enterprise

 

 

The Thrush's Nest

"Preposterous!" cried Solomon in a rage

The Thrush's Nest

For years he had been quietly

filling his stocking

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The Thrush's Nest

When you meet grown-up people in the

Gardens who puff and blow as if they

thought themselves bigger than they are

 

 

The Thrush's Nest

He passed under the bridge and came

within full sight of the delectable Gardens

The Thrush's Nest

Fairies are all more or less in hiding

until dusk

Lock-Out Time

When they think you are not looking they

skip along pretty lively

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Lock-Out Time

But if you look, and they fear there is

no time to hide, they stand quite still

pretending to be flowers

 

 

Lock-Out Time

The fairies are exquisite dancers

Lock-Out Time

These tricky fairies sometimes slyly

change the board on a ball night

Lock-Out Time

Linkmen running in front carrying

winter cherries

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Lock-Out Time

When her Majesty wants to know

the time

 

 

Lock-Out Time

The fairies sit round on mushrooms, and

at first they are well behaved

Lock-Out Time

Butter is got from the roots of old trees

Lock-Out Time

Wallflower juice is good for reviving dancers

who fall to the ground in a fit

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Lock-Out Time

Peter Pan is the fairies' orchestra

Lock-Out Time

They all tickled him on the shoulder

The Little House

One day they were overheard

by a fairy

 

 

The Little House

The little people weave their summer

curtains with skeleton leaves

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The Little House

An afternoon when the gardens were white with snow

The Little House

She ran to St Gover's Well and hid

The Little House

An elderberry hobbled across the walk, and

stood chatting with some young quinces

 

 

The Little House

A chrysanthemum heard her, and said

pointedly, "Hoity-toity, what is this?"

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The Little House

They warned her

The Little House

Queen Mab, who rules

in the Gardens

 

 

The Little House

Shook his bald head and murmured,

"Cold, quite cold"

The Little House

Fairies never say, "We feel happy";

what they say is, "We feel dancey"

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The Little House

Looking very undancey indeed

The Little House

"My Lord Duke," said the physician

elatedly, "I have the honour to inform

your excellency that your grace

is in love"

 

 

The Little House

Building the house for Maimie

Peter's Goat

If the bad ones among the fairies

happen to be out

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Peter's Goat

They will certainly mischief you

 

Peter's Goat

I think quite the most touching sight

in the Gardens is the two tombstones

of Walter Stephen Matthews and

Phœbe Phelps

 

 

    

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The coloured frontispiece to the 1912 Edition

 

   

Frontispiece

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned Illustration

 

 

    

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The monotone illustrations

 

Front Free End-Paper

(1st Edition)

Peter Pan's Map of Kensington Gardens

 

 

Title Page

(1st Edition)

Peter's Goat

Title Page

(1st Edition)

Monotone Illustration

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

(1st Edition)

David

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The Grand Tour of the Gardens

(1st Edition)

Porthos

 

 

Introductory Page

(1912 Edition)

Kensington Gardens

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

(1912 Edition)

One of the Paths that have

made themselves

 

 

The Grand Tour of the Gardens

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

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Peter Pan

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

 

Peter Pan

(1912 Edition)

The Birds on the Island never got

used to him. His oddities tickled

them every day

 

 

Peter Pan

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

The Thrush's Nest

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

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The Thrush's Nest

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

 

 

Lock-Out Time

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

 

 

Lock-Out Time

(1912 Edition)

They are so cunning

Lock-Out Time

(1912 Edition)

A Fairy Ring

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Lock-Out Time

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

 

 

The Little House

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

The Little House

(1912 Edition)

There was a good deal going on

in the Baby Walk

The Little House

(1912 Edition)

She escorted them up the

Baby Walk and back again

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The Little House

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

 

 

Peter's Goat

(1912 Edition)

Uncaptioned marginal illustration

    

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