SENTIMENTAL TOMMY: THE STORY OF HIS BOYHOOD (First edition)

J. M. Barrie

Published by Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1896

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First impression of the true first edition. ***Very good in purple buckram bevelled boards with gilt bordered titles to the spine. Front board faded and marked. Edges and corners of boards slightly rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Top edge of text-block gilt. Internally also very good with a contemporaneous owner's name in black fountain pen ink to the half-title: 'B. M. Jenkins'. Pale grey decorative endpapers. Top edge of prelim contents page uncut with a small closed tear at the top edge (could be carefully cut open). Very slight light sporadic foxing to prelims. Pages clean. Slightly pulled at the front hinge title page (as is common with this heavy volume). Spine tight. ***198mm x140mm. xiii prelim pages plus 452 pages plus a four-page Important Works of Fiction catalogue, and a sixteen-page Selected List of Cassell & Company's Publications dated 10.96 (October 1896) on the first page of the catalogue. ***'Better known for his character Peter Pan, this first edition is the first of his two Tommy novels, "Sentimental Tommy" (1896) and "Tommy and Grizel" (1902), both dealing with themes closely related to what would become his iconic character, Peter Pan. "Sentimental Tommy: The Story of His Boyhood" deals with the imaginative childhood of Tommy Sands. The novel begins with him living in the London slums. He is protective to his baby sister, Elspeth, has a vivid imagination and is written in a vernacular style to draw the reader into his world, and is an interesting precursor to his character Peter Pan.' (Wiki) ***A first impression of the true first edition, in very nice original condition for a book that is now more than 125 years old. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 4615x

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Title: SENTIMENTAL TOMMY: THE STORY OF HIS BOYHOOD ...

Publisher: Cassell & Company, Limited, London

Publication Date: 1896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued

Edition: First Edition

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