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J.M Barrie

The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J M Barrie: Auld Licht Idylls; Better Dead.

Period:
19th Century
Description:

This is the author's own copy, probably a specimen copy sent for the author's approval. Printed on vellum paper. Paper label on the spine printed in red. The illustrated frontispiece shows a print of a woman in a garden. The whole of the text block consists of the first four pages of chapter 1 repeated throughout.

 

It was sold at an Elkin Mathews Sale, February 1938 (part of Catalogue No 3), a few months after the author's death. The entry catalogue indicates:

 

3. AULD LICHT IDYLLS ... (3) Thistle Edition. A specimen volume of the Limited Edition on Jap vellum submitted to the Author, but not approved by him. Never issued in this form.

Materials/Media:
paper
Dimensions:
width 143mm, height 215mm
Source:
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Accession number:
DUMFM:2004.15.1.3
Digital Number:
DMBK021n
Creation Date:
1896
Copyright:
Dumfries & Galloway Council