Lot 126
Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, first play edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my dear Jane Pan", 1928.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, first play edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my dear Jane Pan from her loving admirer and uncle and servant J. M. Barrie. Aug 31, 1930, Stanway" to endpaper, some light scattered foxing, some slight smoke odour, original deluxe limp morocco, lettered in gilt, 8vo, 1928.
⁂ An excellent association copy of this classic children's fantasy play with a superb inscription. "Jane" was the lifelong nickname given to Sylvia Jocelyn Llewellyn Davies, the daughter of Jack Lewellyn Davies, one of the principal inspirations for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Jane was named after her grandmother, a close companion of Barrie's whose death would lead to the author becoming the guardian of her four sons. We can trace only two other examples of inscribed copies of this work, neither with such a close personal association. See also lots 125, 127 and 171.
Provenance: By descent through the family of Jack Llewellyn Davies and thence to the present owner.
Description
Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, first play edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To my dear Jane Pan from her loving admirer and uncle and servant J. M. Barrie. Aug 31, 1930, Stanway" to endpaper, some light scattered foxing, some slight smoke odour, original deluxe limp morocco, lettered in gilt, 8vo, 1928.
⁂ An excellent association copy of this classic children's fantasy play with a superb inscription. "Jane" was the lifelong nickname given to Sylvia Jocelyn Llewellyn Davies, the daughter of Jack Lewellyn Davies, one of the principal inspirations for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Jane was named after her grandmother, a close companion of Barrie's whose death would lead to the author becoming the guardian of her four sons. We can trace only two other examples of inscribed copies of this work, neither with such a close personal association. See also lots 125, 127 and 171.
Provenance: By descent through the family of Jack Llewellyn Davies and thence to the present owner.
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