PETER PAN AND WENDY by J.M. BARRIE (Colour Illust) 1945 Start Price GBP 99.95 Current Price GBP 99.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Location New Romney See more about 'PETER PAN AND WENDY by J.M. BARRIE (Colour Illust) 1945' Description Item: PETER PAN AND WENDY by J.M. BARRIE.   1st Juvenile Productions Edition!!!   32 page large softback book (32cm x 25cm) published by Juvenile Productions- undated circa 1945.   Content: This is a rear 1945 edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy - Beautifully Illustrated in Colour.   This stunning work contains an abridged version of classic story and is beautifully illustrated with 16 full page full colour full page illustrations (including frontispiece) by an unattributed artist (reminiscent of Mabel Lucie Attwell). Each page of text has a decorative border and is faced by one of the illustrations.   Peter Pan is a book written by British novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie (1860–1937). Originally titled Peter Pan and Wendy, it was an adaptation of a stage play about the same characters. It is a story of a mischievous little boy who refuses to grow up. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as leader of his gang, the Lost Boys. In both the play and the novel, Peter often visits the "real world" of London to listen in on bedtime stories told by Mrs. Mary Darling to her children. One night, Peter is spotted and, while trying to escape, he loses his shadow. On returning to claim his shadow, Peter wakes Mary's daughter, Wendy Darling. When Wendy succeeds in re-attaching his shadow to him, Peter takes a fancy to her and invites her to Neverland to be a mother to his gang of Lost Boys, the children who are lost in Kensington Gardens. Wendy agrees, and her brothers John and Michael go along. The great dangerous and magical flight to Neverland is followed by many adventures. The children are blown out of the air by a cannon and Wendy is nearly killed by the Lost Boy Tootles. Peter and the Lost Boys build a little house for Wendy to live in while she recuperates (a structure that, to this day, is called a Wendy House.) Soon John and Michael adopt the ways of the Lost Boys, while Wendy plays the role of mothering them, all the while provoking the jealousy of Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, and the mermaids. Peter is often oblivious, concentrating on real and make-believe adventures and on taunting the pirate Captain Hook. Later follow adventures at Mermaids' Lagoon, the near deaths of Tinker Bell and Peter, a violent pirate/Indian massacre, and a climactic confrontation with Peter's nemesis, the pirate Captain Hook of the pirate ship the Jolly Roger. In the end, Wendy decides that her place is at home, much to the joy of her heartsick mother. Wendy then brings all the boys back to London. Peter remains in Neverland, and Wendy grows up. In the novel, Barrie includes an additional scene which was not in the play, but which he created for the stage under the title An Afterthought. In this scene, Peter returns to Wendy's house, not realising that more than twenty years have passed since he took Wendy, John and Michael to Neverland, and that Wendy is now a married woman with a daughter, Jane. Confronted with the news, he breaks down and cries. Wendy leaves the room to try to think, and Peter's sobs awaken Jane, who asks him to take her with him to Neverland and to let her be his new mother. Peter joyfully accepts, and the two fly off together with Wendy sorrowfully looking off after them. Peter will now come for Jane once a year so that she will help him with his spring cleaning. This is what the Disney movie Return to Neverland is based upon. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a British novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. Born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, the second youngest of ten children, Barrie was educated at the Glasgow Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He became a journalist in Nottingham, then London, and turned to writing novels and subsequently plays. He is also credited for the invention or popularisation of the name "Wendy", as only five records of girls named Wendy can be found before the 1910 United States Census. Made a baronet in 1913, Barrie lies buried at Kirriemuir next to his parents and one sister and brother. Condition: Excellent Condition. Softback good/excellent condition; neat 'price' written in pencil front top right-hand corner, very minor crease front bottom right-hand corner, minor wear to corners/edges, minor 'split' to front/rear middle of spine (split does not go all the way through the cover - not visible from blank inside/reverse side), scuff marks to front bottom (by Peter's foot), minor marks. Pages excellent condition; pages attached by top staple only, very minor handling marks.   Additional photographs available upon request.   Rare & Collectable!!!      SHIPPING INSURANCE All books are insured during shipping for their purchase value up to a maximum of UK £34.00 This insurance excludes postage & packaging costs. Additional cover available upon request.       Add me to your favourites list!   Check out my other items!   &    My eBay Shop         Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!