Vintage Classic Peter Pan and Wendy, J.M. Barre Copyright 1911, Grosset and Dunlap Publishing Co

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 yet innocent little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, Native Americans and pirates.
The Peter Pan stories also involve the characters Wendy Darling and her two brothers, Peter's fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and the pirate Captain Hook. The play and novel were inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family.
Barrie continued to revise the play for years after its debut until publication of the play script in 1928.
The play debuted in London on 27 December 1904 with Nina Boucicault, daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault, in the title role. A Broadway production was mounted in 1905 starring Maude Adams. It was later revived with such actresses as Marilyn Miller and Eva Le Gallienne. The play has since been adapted as a pantomime, stage musical, a television special, and several films, including a 1924 silent film, Disney's 1953 animated full-length feature film, and a 2003 live action production. The play is now rarely performed in its original form on stage in the United Kingdom, whereas pantomime adaptations are frequently staged around Christmas. In the U.S., the original version has also been supplanted in popularity by the 1954 musical version, which became popular on television.
The novel was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom.


In 1911, Barrie published another book, this one entitled Peter and Wendy. Then some 17 years later in 1928, Barrie would finally publish the script for the play, which he had been editing and changing the entire time.
But shortly after publishing the play,in 1929 Barrie did something that few expected.
He gifted all the rights to the character to the Great Ormon Street Hospital (GOSH), a children’s hospital in London. Since then, the hospital has funded itself in part with royalties from the many uses of the character including merchandise, books, tv shows, plays and movies.
Though Barrie would pass away in 1937, his gift would go on to support the hospital long after he was gone. However, it would also create one of the most unusual pieces of copyright legislation


The author : Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired him in writing about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about this ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. This play quickly overshadowed his previous work and although he continued to write successfully, it became his best-known work, credited with popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon previously. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Barrie was made a baronet by George V in 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in 1922. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, which continues to benefit from them.

This classic collectors edition novel has green printed illustration on front. Very light rubbing to corner tips. Slight darkening to edges .Spine ends mildly rubbing but tight. Pages lightly toned. Looks unused inside No dust jacket. Inside front cover with original book owners tag- Belongs to Betty Crawford.

It measures 7" x 5 1/4" x 1 1/4"