BARRIE, J. M. Sentimental Tommy. The Story of his Boyhood, illustrated by William Hatherall, New York: Scribner's, 1896, 8°, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front blank: "Yours with love J. M. Barrie Oct 19, 96", eleven plates, brown cloth gilt by Margaret Armstrong; Sentimental Tommy. The Story of his Boyhood, London: Cassells, 1896, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, signed by the author on the half-title (a little browned, ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper, bookplate on front pastedown), original cloth (worn) -- Horati Carminum Libri IV, London: Peter Davies, 1926, 8°, limited to 500 copies, SIGNED BY J. M. BARRIE, inscribed "J. M. Barrie, Adelphi" on the half-title (bookplate on front pastedown), original cloth gilt (spine slightly faded).

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BARRIE, J. M. Sentimental Tommy. The Story of his Boyhood, illustrated by William Hatherall, New York: Scribner's, 1896, 8°, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front blank: "Yours with love J. M. Barrie Oct 19, 96", eleven plates, brown cloth gilt by Margaret Armstrong; Sentimental Tommy. The Story of his Boyhood, London: Cassells, 1896, 8°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, signed by the author on the half-title (a little browned, ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper, bookplate on front pastedown), original cloth (worn) -- Horati Carminum Libri IV, London: Peter Davies, 1926, 8°, limited to 500 copies, SIGNED BY J. M. BARRIE, inscribed "J. M. Barrie, Adelphi" on the half-title (bookplate on front pastedown), original cloth gilt (spine slightly faded).

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Peter Davies was one of five sons of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, whom Barrie befriended and used as models for Peter Pan.

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