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BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. The Little Minister. NY: R.H. Russell, 1898. 8vo, [viii] 375pp. White cloth decoratively stamped in gilt and brown with pictorial label affixed to the front. 16 b&w plates and 8 b&w photographs. Spine lightly sunned with spine ends lightly rubbed, covers lightly soiled especially rear cover, else an internally clean, tight copy with all plates in fine condition.
First Maude Adams Edition with photography from the play. J.M. Barries charming tale of a young, impoverished minister tending to his first congregation who falls in love with a beautiful and mysterious gypsy. This handsome edition features photographs of the 1897 dramatization of the 1891 novel with famed stage actress Maude Adams. This was Barries best-known work until his creation of Peter Pan which also starred Maude Adams!