Peter and Wendy; illustrated by F.D. Bedford by BARRIE, J.M - 1911

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. First Edition. Very good. Octavo : pp. (first leaf blank) viii, 267 (268) : frontispiece, illustrated title and 11 plates : original green cloth : lettering and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board in gilt.

Boards flecked; top corner bumped; pencilled ownership inscription to ffep; spine cracked at p.65; crease and light mark to rear blank and endpaper. This is the first edition, first issue of Barrie's now famous story of Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, the Lost Boys, crocodile and Captain Hook.

"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 (1904). 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." (Biblio online).