Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Publishing: 1911 Charles Scribner's Sons First American Edition
First American Edition, first Printing with all 13 plates present, Peter and Wendy (1911) is the title of James M. Barrie's novelization of his most famous play, Peter Pan: or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up . Inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family, both the play and the novel tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous young boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers. The novel follows the play closely, though its final chapter is an addition to the original work.Peter and Wendy was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. In 1929, Barrie gave the copyright to the works featuring Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Britain's leading children's hospital.
Condition: publishers decorative cloth, a humble contemporary inscription on prelim dated 1915 , corners slightly bumped, light fading to spine but gilt still very bright and even all around, light foxing throughout, some spotting to outer edge, page 109 with a half inch stain- text unaffected, binding firm, a nice copy, overall in Very Good+ condition