First Edition Identification : Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy)

PETER PAN or Peter and Wendy by James Matthew Barrie  

 

Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook.

  

Peter Pan First edition identification and notes

Peter and Wendy was first published in 1911 both by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. US edition has the mention "Published October, 1911" and the Scribner seal present on the copyright page. The first printing of the first UK edition of Peter and Wendy have no subsequent printings noted and contain 13 plates, including frontispiece and title page, illustrated by artist F. D. Bedford.