{"product_id":"1925-rare-book-peter-pan-and-wendy-illustrated-by-mabel-lucie-attwell-2","title":"1925 Rare Book - Peter Pan and Wendy Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn attractive circa-1925 illustrated edition of J. M. Barrie’s enduring classic, complete with all twelve colour plates by Mabel Lucie Attwell, in its original gilt-decorated red cloth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan and Wendy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [circa 1925]. Early edition with the illustrations of Mabel Lucie Attwell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early illustrated edition, following the first Attwell edition of 1921.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.5 x 6.5 inches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original red cloth binding with gilt titles to the spine and a charming gilt vignette of Peter Pan to the upper board. Upper edge gilt. Binding firm and attractive, with light age-related rubbing and toning, chiefly to the spine and extremities, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content, firm and complete, with scattered foxing and age spotting, more noticeable to some preliminary and final leaves and occasionally throughout, as shown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e With the distinctive typographic bookplate of \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Malcolm Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e to the front pastedown. The front endpapers bear two remarkably accomplished early ink copies of Mabel Lucie Attwell’s illustrations appearing within the volume, including Peter Pan and the fairy vignette. Executed with exceptional fidelity to Attwell’s original line work, their authorship is unidentified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with all 12 full-page colour illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell, including the frontispiece \u003cem\u003ePeter Kept Watch\u003c\/em\u003e, together with numerous black-and-white illustrations and decorative drawings throughout the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate: USD 275–325.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan and Wendy\u003c\/em\u003e is J. M. Barrie’s beloved novel of the boy who refuses to grow up, following Peter, Wendy Darling, Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys through their adventures in Neverland. First published in novel form as \u003cem\u003ePeter and Wendy\u003c\/em\u003e in 1911, the story quickly became one of the defining works of twentieth-century children’s literature. This attractive early Hodder and Stoughton edition belongs to the sought-after series illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell, whose interpretation of the story first appeared in 1921. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eAttwell’s delicate watercolours give Barrie’s fantasy a gentler, dreamlike character. This 320-page issue, generally dated to the mid-1920s, retains the full complement of twelve colour plates together with the many line drawings that make these early editions particularly appealing to collectors of illustrated children’s books. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860–1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright whose creation of Peter Pan secured his place among the most influential writers of children’s fantasy. Peter first appeared in Barrie’s writings at the beginning of the twentieth century before becoming the central figure of the immensely successful stage play \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up\u003c\/em\u003e and subsequently the novel \u003cem\u003ePeter and Wendy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879–1964) was one of Britain’s most popular illustrators of the early twentieth century. Celebrated for her gently humorous and sentimental depictions of children, fairies and storybook characters, she illustrated numerous classics as well as postcards, books and nursery wares. Her \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e illustrations, first published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1921, remain among her most desirable book illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49072646488313,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260914peter_01.jpg?v=1789489892","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1925-rare-book-peter-pan-and-wendy-illustrated-by-mabel-lucie-attwell-2","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}