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Portrait of Barrie: Available Copies

Greenwood Press, c.1971, (reprint of 1954 edition), 8vo, cloth, 230pp., ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, glued at title-page, G $

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Light molding to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 230 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Contents; First impressions -- Mary Rose -- A secretarial sideline -- Barrie's household -- Further impressions -- Courage -- Speeches -- Barrie producing a play -- Friendships -- Barrie at Stanway -- Ten Augusts -- Back to Scotland -- Last holidays -- The boy David -- Most individual and bewildering ghost. Subjects; Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860-1937 Biography. English Scottish Biography Novelist Dramatist. 3 Kg.

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Light molding to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 230 pp., illustrations, 22 cm. Contents; First impressions -- Mary Rose -- A secretarial sideline -- Barrie's household -- Further impressions -- Courage -- Speeches -- Barrie producing a play -- Friendships -- Barrie at Stanway -- Ten Augusts -- Back to Scotland -- Last holidays -- The boy David -- Most individual and bewildering ghost. Subjects; Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860-1937 Biography. English Scottish Biography Novelist Dramatist. 1 Kg.

Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Discolouration on the spine. Tears and dust spotting on jacket.

Dust wrapper with edge & corner wear. Tears to top of back cover and top/bottom of spine. Small tear to inside front cover. Blue boards of spine mottled/bleached with small gapping to hinge. Inside covers and endpapers with discolouration and a few foxing type marks. Some pages with foxing type marks. Top and Fore Edge with marks /age related discolouration. A touch of age-tanning to edge of pages. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 505g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

. published by James Barrie, with chipped dustjacket, clean copy, gift inscriptin on end paper, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981

Signed by previous owner. The dust jacket a little shelf rubbed, small tears, chipped, marked, edge worn and scuffed in places. There is sporadic foxing on the early pages but very little in the body of the book. The pages are slightly 'browned' on the first and last pages. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. The binding has been repaired. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

230 pages. Illustrated. Spine cover extensively flecked. Foxing back end paper. Plastic wrapper.

1st edition. 8vo. vii + 230pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and 7 illustrations. Original light blue cloth, gilt lettered spine faded. Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley. US$10

First edition. 230pp. Blue cloth covered boards. Dustjacket with sizeable portions of loss. B + w photographs. A blank bookplate to the inner board, a small ink mark to the foredge, otherwise internally clean. A biography of James Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, by his secretary of 20 years - includes meetings with his famous contemporarries such as Thomas Hardy, Chesterton, H G Wells etc.

First edition in fine condition, no dustjacket, blue cloth boards. (Book ref 4316)

Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Theatre & Plays; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 5360. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

The dust jacket has a little wear, with a few creases and scuffs. The page edges are lightly tanned. The front endpaper has a name insciption from a previous owner. 230 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

8vo. 230 pages. First edition. Foxing. Dust wrapper, small chips to edges. Good condition.

A clean straight book, in a bright complete dust jacket.

Blank book plate on first page. Wear, tears and pieces missing from dust wrapper. Age discolouration to boards at spine. 230 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 58341.

first with DW some foxing tannin, owner name dated 1955 otherwise good shealfear on the edges /repair, top edge tearotherwise vgc

Copertina in tela rigida, sbiadita e sporca. Mancante di sovraccoperta. Tagli e pagine ingialliti. Frontespizio staccato.  230 Mediocre (Poor) .

Ex-library book, usual markings. Brown Hardback without dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

blue cloth, dust jacket, 230 pp, foxing and tearing on dust jacket, Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

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FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, incl. b/w frontis and plates. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Lean to spine, backstrip heavily mottled, some mottling to boards, bruising to extremities, slight warp to rear board. Spotting to top edge. Signed by Asquith in brown ink and a faltering hand to ffep, offsetting to half-title, musty. Else, pleasingly clean. In the sober original dust jacket, featuring a striking photograph of Barrie: spine sunned, spine ends frayed, rubbed and gently soiled, some nicks and creasing. Good/ good An unusual signed copy of the anthologist and celebrated diarist's biography of her friend and former employer, the Scottish author and creator of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie. Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960) worked as Barrie's secretary from 1918 to his death in 1937; he bequeathed her the majority of his estate (excepting the Pan-rights). With printed dedication: "To Viola Meynell".