Peter Pan and Wendy by J M Barrie, Mabel Lucie Attwell

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Cover shows moderate wear, tear, edgewear, rubbing, and soiling. Minor writing on the front endpaper. Pages are tanned with some minor staining. Gift inscription in the prelims. Missing 5 of the full-page color plates, only 4 plates remain. Pages are shaken.

Pook Press, 2011-05-19. Paperback. Good.

New York Scribner's Sons, 391921, hardcover. Later printing 1932 with the nine color plates and in-text black-and-white illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell. -- Hardcover, 185 pages, 7.3x9.5 inches. Condition: near fine (spine has bright gold lettering, with touch of rub at crown; front cover illustration has couple of tiny rub spots at edges; no jacket). Pages are bright and clear as are the color plates, and binding is tight.

UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mabel Lucie Attwell. 1st Edition Thus Circa 1925. An early film tie-in edition of Barrie's classic tale for children, issued to coincide with the 1924 film starring Betty Bronson in the title-role. 1st printing of the book in the Hodder Yellow jacket series and un-common. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Mabel Lucie Attwell. The book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed, lightly creased and nicked. A little marking and light soiling to rear and front. Small chip to top edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17463

UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. First Edition Thus . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mabel Lucie Attwell. 1st Edition Thus Circa 1925. An early film tie-in edition of Barrie's classic tale for children, issued to coincide with the 1924 film starring Betty Bronson in the title-role. 1st printing of the book in the Hodder Yellow jacket series and uncommon. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Mabel Lucie Attwell. The book is very good++ and bright. Light repair to spine base. Contents good. Light foxing to pages. The wrapper is very good+ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17829

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Attwell, Mabel Lucie. First U.S. edition with Attwell illustrations, quarto size, 193 pp. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) wrote numerous novels and plays for both children and adults, but he is best known for "Peter Pan", a hugely successful play set in the magical world of Neverland; the play has been performed many times and has been adapted in films and literary works. This volume is the first edition published in the United States with illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964); it would be reprinted several times and the true first is now somewhat scarce in the marketplace. During Attwell's career she would illustrate well over thirty books, in addition to posters, postcard and greeting cards. "Her pictures of chubby, winsome children enjoyed a tremendoud vogue in magazines and books for the young; and her [work]...continued to be incredibly popular through the thirties and into the forties" (n.b., quote… Read More