The Little Minister
J.M. Barrie Scarce First Edition
Barrie, J. M LITTLE MINISTER London Cassell and Co 1891
3 volumes. First edition, with 16 pages of ads dated 5 G.9.91. 8vo, original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spines. 232, ads; 239; 232. Internally clean and tight with hinges unrepaired, original cloth in good order and now housed in a fine half morocco slipcase.
SCARCE, especially so in original cloth.
THE LITTLE MINISTER was Barrie's first work to achieve a high level of success and largely established his reputation. It is a sentimental novel that Barrie would also later produce on stage, again successfully. The work was written over 15 years prior to the introduction of his most famous character, Peter Pan.
$US750
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