Lot 146
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, fourth edition, 1911.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, fourth edition, half-title, pictorial title and 12 plates by F.D. Bedford, foxing, ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, covers mottled and faded, original gold-printed grey dust-jacket slightly creased and with repaired tears and chips to verso, preserved in modern suede-lined cloth drop-back box (erroneously titled "first edition"), 8vo, 1911.
⁂ The first four editions were published in October 1911, as stated on the title verso. Rare survival of the original dust-jacket which seemingly does not differ from that on the first edition.
Description
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, fourth edition, half-title, pictorial title and 12 plates by F.D. Bedford, foxing, ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, covers mottled and faded, original gold-printed grey dust-jacket slightly creased and with repaired tears and chips to verso, preserved in modern suede-lined cloth drop-back box (erroneously titled "first edition"), 8vo, 1911.
⁂ The first four editions were published in October 1911, as stated on the title verso. Rare survival of the original dust-jacket which seemingly does not differ from that on the first edition.