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Peter Pan and Wendy
by Barrie, J M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340246294
- ISBN 13
- 9780340246290
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1981 reprint of edition first published in 1921. 186pp, with colour plate frontispiece, 11 further colour plate illustrations and numerous line drawings in text, all by Mabel Lucie Attwell. In blue cloth-covered boards with stamped illustrations and decorations, gilt titles front and spine. Pale blue endpapers. Small 4to. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine tips, sunned over spine are around edges. Internally remarkably neat, clean, bright and tight. A handsome heirloom volume, with charming, whimsical illustrations.
Synopsis
Peter Pan: or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) is the title of Scottish playwright and novelist James M. Barrie's most famous play, and Peter and Wendy is the title of Barrie's 1911 novelization of it. Both tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023460
- Title
- Peter Pan and Wendy
- Author
- Barrie, J M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0340246294
- ISBN 13
- 9780340246290
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London,UK
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Children's Books, Illustrated Books
- X weight
- 0 kg
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
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nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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