BARRIE, J[ames] M[atthew]. The Little White Bird. Or Adventures in Kensington Gardens. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 12mo, vi 349pp. Green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt. 

First US edition. Issued two years before his hit play, Peter Pan, this collection of stories includes the introduction of Peter Pan as a baby who is stolen by fairies when his nanny is not paying attention. Includes a half-tone plate by H.J. Ford of "The Child's Map of Kensington Gardens."