Peter and Wendy

Item Details

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, October, 1911

8vo. vii, [3], 267, [1] pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard, eleven plates by F. D. Bedford. Publisher's green cloth with bright gilt lettering and elaborate gilt decoration to spine and front cover; in uncommon publisher's unsophisticated cream illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy; the gilt on the binding is bright; lower corners lightly bumped; minor wear to spine ends; faint foxing on dust jacket, with minor wear to extremities. Overall, an exceptional copy.

'Peter and Wendy' is the title of Scottish playwright and novelist James M. Barrie's 1911 novelization of his most famous play 'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up' (1904). Both tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook. The play and novel were both inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. The novel follows the play closely, but includes a final chapter not part of the original play. - Neverpedia.