PETER AND WENDY BY J.M. BARRIE 1911 FIRST EDITION

[BARRIE, J. M.]. Peter and Wendy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911.

FIRST U.K. EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (21 x 15 x 4 cm); pp. vii, 267. English text with illustrations by F.D. Bedford. Bound in publisher's original cloth; spine and front cover elaborately gilt decorated; half-title; 13 b&w plates. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight, secure and square. Covers well-preserved with slight rubbing to spine ends. Interior largely clean with a few intermittent fox spots. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper. A handsome copy.

Notes: The first printing of this children's classic in its best known form, adapted from Barrie's play and following on from the success of Peter Pan's first introduction in The Little White Bird, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.