"To All Who Love and Believe in Fairies" - Dedication
An incomplete copy of an early illustrated adaptation of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, edited and arranged by Frederick Orville Perkins and published by Silver, Burdett and Company in 1916. This edition contains illustrations by Alice B. Woodward, a British artist known for her work in children's books and fairy tales. Adapted from Barrie's original stage play, first performed in 1904, the text was prepared for younger readers.
A pencil presentation inscription on the front pastedown, "To Virginia Leland" from "Mr Harris," is dated 1939.
Bibliographical information:
- author: J. M. Barrie
- editor and arranger: Frederick Orville Perkins
- illustrator: Alice B. Woodward
- publisher: Silver, Burdett and Company, New York
- year: 1916; first edition thus
- illustrations: 16 b/w by Alice B. Woodward
- format: hardcover
- cover: khaki cloth over boards, with black and yellow art and text
Condition: Fair. Original pictorial cloth boards rubbed, worn, and soiled, with a reddish stain on the front cover. Illustrated endpapers show localized surface damage, possibly from a removed adhesive. Of the original 16 illustrations, the frontispiece (with facing title page) is missing. Some marks and soiling to the remaining pages. No dust jacket.
Subject matter: Children's literature, fantasy, illustrated books