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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1911. A very good (or better) book with some wear and fraying to the edges. Some very light spotting to the page edges. Some off-setting to the endpapers. Hinges NOT cracking and some wear to the corners. Faint inscription to the front pastedown. A pleasing copy.
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Peter and Wendy - first issue
by Barrie, J M
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Peter and Wendy in rare American first issue jacket
by J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie]
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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First American Edition, first issue (simultaneous with the Hodder and Stoughton London edition). The true first is distinguished by three points: 1. Scribner's seal, 2."Published October, 1911" to copyright page and 3. A "$1.50 net" price to the jacket's front cover (later issues priced at $2.50 on the front flap). As such copies without jackets (though still published October, 1911 & with seal) are of uncertain issuance, while those without the conspicuous oddly-placed price are second states. A fine copy with Peter, Mermaids & the Click-Tock Crocodile to the front and Captain Hook to the spine. First issue jacket repeats the binding images and adds the price. Jacket frayed along top with not entirely successful archival repairs from long ago. Book itself is as new: tight hinges and gutters; no owners' names, no bookplates, no sunning nor wear; gilt is bright & clean. "Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, the child of a family of small-town weavers, and best…
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