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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition First Printing. First edition. First printing number series 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Firmly bound and clean inside some tanning and foxing to closed page edges. Illustrated wit black and white photographic plates (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U.K. Edition. xv, 283pp. One unpaginated section bw photographs. Red cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Photo illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Octavo: 22.5 x 14.5cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and clean with a little tanning to top closed page edge. Jacket not price clipped. First edition. First printing. Printing number series 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Illustrated with b/w photographs. (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 400pp, illustrated. His elder brother Peter may have been more aptly named for the part, but it was Michael, the fourth son of Sylvia and Arthur Llewellyn Davies, who was the original 'little half and half, the half human, half supernatural Peter Pan, who hopes never to be compelled to grow up and face life's harsh realities. The playwright struck up a friendship with Michael's three older brothers after he encountered them playing in London's Kensington Gardens, an area that would become the first location for the Neverland of his most enduring work. But soon it was Michael who was 'The One'. Touched by his grandfather George du Maurier's 'sixth sense', Michael lived the fantasy life more intensely than any of them, even participating in a hauntingly accurate prediction of events to come as Peter Pan daring himself to drown in the mermaids' lagoon, fascinated by the prospect of an afterlife. Nightmares and an unnatural terror of water ensued, but no one intervened or thought to stop the obvious root to his subconscious fears. Indeed, when Michael's parents, themselves the inspiration for Mr and Mrs Darling in the play, died one after the other, leaving the brothers orphans and real 'Lost Boys', Barrie's involvement was so entrenched that the enigmatic, and by now very rich, playwright offered himself up as guardian. As the years went by, Michael and Barrie became ever closer, their Neverland transferring to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, where, still driven by the need to write from life, Barrie's otherworldly preoccupations steered their fantasy life afresh. Until one day it seemed to Michael time to break free. A true story of friendship, love and childhood innocence, shot through with joy, but terminated by tragedy 'The Real Peter Pan' is the moving story of a boy who would never grow up. Jacket photo by Geir Pettersen (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First British Edition. In his diverse career as a journalist and wordsmith, Herbert Kretzmer has interviewed and profiled some of the twentieth century's greatest figures in theatre, literature, show business and sport. His meetings with these legends are touching, funny and devastatingly honest, providing brief but lasting snapshots of their lives. Brought together for the first time, these portraits offer unique insights into some of the extraordinary talents and personalities who have shaped our culture. Kretzmer's intimate interviews allow us to meet such charismatic individuals as Truman Capote, Petula Clark, Billy Wilder, Cassius Clay, Anita Loos, John Osborne, Joan Plowright, Nicol Williamson, Peter Shaffer, J. P. Donleavy and many others. They are people who achieved greatness by virtue of their innovations, personalities and flair, and in these glimpses into their lives they share their hopes and opinions, anecdotes and memories. New, pristine, unread, first British edition, first printing, in flawless, new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M116.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2015 Biteback Publishing 1st edition hardback, xvi+368pp. Signed by the author to title page ' Hugh Purcell, August 2015, With Best Wishes' Dust jacket clean with gentle signs of use. pages clean with no folds or creases looking little read. Clean, solidly bound, lightly used copy. Inscribed by Author(s). …