J.M. Barrie — Peter Pan & Wendy

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931. Cloth. A lovely decorative edition of J.M. Barrie's children's classic, with Golden Age colour illustrations from Gwynedd M. Hudson. A delightful illustrated edition of Peter Pan & Wendy, the fantastical children's classic written by Scottish literary figure J.M. Barrie. Published in 1931, first published as a novel in 1911.  Rebacked with the publisher's decorative original boards in-laid. Contains beautiful in-text colour illustrations throughout and all twenty-one full-page illustrations by British painter and illustrator Gwynedd M. Hudson. Collated Complete.  Among the most celebrated works of children's literature, Hudson's illustrations bring out the childlike wonder associated with Wendy and her brothers' thrilling adventure to Neverland. This lovely edition was illustrated during the twilight years of the 'Golden Age of Illustration', a period when book illustrations were elebrated as individuals works of art in themselves. Rebacked with the publisher's decorative publisher's original boards in-laid. Externally, fading to publisher's board extremities, heavier to spine, with the odd mottling patch. Faint damp marks to publisher's head and tail of spine. Minor dirt trapped to rebound joints. Slight bumping to the extremities. Rebound end papers are bright and clean with a small tape mark to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean with slight spotting to first couple and final leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Gwynedd M. Hudson. Very Good .