Peter And Wendy. Illustrated by F.D. Bedford. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First Edition, Third Issue. Pp vii, 267. Publisher’s gilt-stamped green cloth. A nice bright copy.

Illustrated with twelve full page plates by F. D. Bedford.

The third printing of Barrie’s best-loved work, the novelisation of his famous play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. This edition, published in October 1911, contains the fullest version of the Peter Pan story and established the character in the popular imagination for generations of readers.

The book is bound in the publisher’s original green cloth, decorated in gilt with an illustration of Peter Pan, two mermaids and the crocodile on the front board, and a design featuring Captain Hook, Peter Pan, and fairies on the spine. It is complete with all twelve full-page plates by F.D. Bedford, including a monochrome illustrated title page.