J.M. Barrie's timeless classic of children's literature. The author first introduced the immortal character of Peter Pan via the London stage in 1904, the popularity of which encouraged him to reproduce the story in novel form in 1911; unlike the play, and many later adaptations, the work ends with Peter returning to visit a grown Wendy and flying away with her young daughter, Jane.

The wonderfully evocative images by Francis Donkin Bedford are in their monochromatic simplicity a perfect complement to the more elaborate colour plates made by Rackham for the Hodder & Stoughton illustrated edition and portfolio.

First American edition, first printing, with Scribner's seal and 'Published October, 1911' on copyright page; 8vo; frontispiece, pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D. Bedford, early gift and ownership inscriptions to the front free endpaper, margins of textblock a little toned; original gilt-pictorial sage cloth, spine slightly browned, a little fraying to spine tips, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, but overall very good.