Peter and Wendy
by Barrie, James M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/poor
- Seller
-
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Scribners, 1911. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/poor. States "Published October 1911" on copyright page, same year as British edition. Scribners seal on copyright page. The original Peter Pan book with drawings by F.D. Bedford. Olive green boards with gilt stamped decorations on spine and front cover. In scarce fragile dust jacket with same gold decorations, and $1.50 price at bottom front. Dust jacket, in mylar cover, is separated at spine fold, and has three tears on the flap folds. A one-inch chip to top front of dust jacket and few other smaller chips at top of spine and rear panel, and two 1/2" tears at bottom edge. Boards have light rubs at bottom edge. Book is housed in a fine Robert Wang custom green slipcase with copy of green and gilt front illustration on the side of the box. Not available for international shipping.
Synopsis
Peter Pan: or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) is the title of Scottish playwright and novelist J. M. Barrie's most famous play, and Peter and Wendy (1911) is the title of Barrie's novelisation of it. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Algonquin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15506
- Title
- Peter and Wendy
- Author
- Barrie, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- children's fiction. classic literature.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children & Young Adult;
Terms of Sale
Old Algonquin Books
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About the Seller
Old Algonquin Books
Biblio member since 2006
Arvada, Colorado
About Old Algonquin Books
Old Algonquin Books. owned by John and Helen Dunning, was an open store in Denver from 1984-1994. and has been an online business since then. Member: Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA).All books with dust jackets have removable mylar covers on the jackets unless otherwise noted. First edition also means first printing unless otherwise noted.
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