Barrie, James Matthew

8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 222 x 140 mm). Half-title, frontispiece with pictorial title and 11 plates by F. D. Bedford; some spotting at edges. Publishers green, gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, spine gilt; slight wear at extremities, front flyleaf with offset from insert no longer present. Publisher's dark-gray gilt-stamped pictorial dust jacket; a few minor tears at corners and head/foot of spine.

"E.H. L. from J.L, Xmas 1911" written on front flyleaf

Garland, pp. 72-73; Block, p. 18; Cutler 61

some spotting at edges. Publishers green, gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, spine gilt; slight wear at extremities. Publisher's dark-gray gilt-stamped pictorial dust jacket; a few minor tears at corners and head/foot of spine.
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First edition. The character pf Peter Pan first appeared in The White Bird in 1902. This  stage play was first performed in 1904 and Barrie published the novel, based on the play, in 1911. A rare survival with a largely intact dust jacket.