Margaret Ogilvy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's grey boards, decoratively stamped in white and gilt, teg. Moderately toned spine, rubbing spine tips with scuff center spine, still near fine. Item #242403
THE MOTHER OF PETER PAN'S CREATOR
A devout Scotswoman, Margaret Ogilvy profoundly shaped her son J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. Losing her eldest (and favorite) son in an ice-skating accident, she spent the rest of Barrie's childhood yearning for someone to fill his gap, which her youngest spent his adolescence trying to fill. Barrie maintained a lifelong fondness for his mother, harkening back to his hometown throughout his novels, and recalls her with tenderness in this biography.
With a charming gift inscription reading, "I favor I see some- / thing of you in "Margaret Ogilvy"'s sweetness of / character and I trust / her joy in her talented / son may be your lot / in the future," from Mrs. Charles A. Waters laid in, this first American edition offers a glimpse into the woman who built Barrie.
Price: $75.00