AULD LICHT IDYLLS por BARRIE, J. M - 1895

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1895. 10th Edition. No. 437 OF 550 COPIES. 263 x 177 mm. (10 1/4 x 7"). xii, 232 pp.
Publisher's dark blue cloth, smooth spine with gilt titling. With title page vignette and 17 full-page engraved plates by William Hole with lettered tissue guards. Front pastedown with bookplate of Peter Kerr of Portland, Oregon. ◆Three corners somewhat bumped, extremities a little rubbed, small black stain to lower front board, endpapers with offsetting from binder's glue, but the binding sound and A FINE COPY INTERNALLY, clean, fresh, and bright with ample margins.

First published in book form in 1888, this work marked Barrie's first major success as an author. Like many of his early writings, the present work is deeply nostalgic and whimsical, capturing the magic of childhood and life in his native Kirriemuir, Scotland. It is embellished by wonderfully descriptive and entertaining plates by William Hole, an etcher especially adept with Scottish subjects, whose output included illustrations for Robert Lewis Stevenson and Robert Burns. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1880-1937) attended Edinburgh University before settling in London in 1885, where he became one of the most successful novelists and playwrights of his generation..