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J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Story of the Play

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Author(s):J. M. Barrie
Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s):Edward Ardizzone
Publisher(s): Brockhampton Press
Hodder & Stoughton
Year Published: 1962
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Boys Growing Up
Dogs
Families
Fantasy – English
Girls Growing Up
Play
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 163
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0340037342
ISBN-13: 9780340037348
OCLC: 29468585

Description

The play of Peter Pan turned into a book. The color plates from the American edition were included in later British editions.

Read online at archive.org

Other Editions

The Peter Pan Picture Book (1907)

This is the first book of the play of Peter Pan.

Publisher: George Bell & Sons
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Peter and Wendy (1911)

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells 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. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Peter and Wendy and Margaret Ogilvy (1912)

An omnibus including Barrie’s biography of his mother and his most famous work. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Peter Pan and Wendy (1925)

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells 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. This version was simplified for younger readers.

Read online at archive.org

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Story of the Play (1963)

The play of Peter Pan turned into a book. This edition has six colored plates not in the original British edition.

Read online at archive.org.   This is the later British edition.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Peter Pan (1980)

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells 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.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Other Sequels

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)

First separate printing of Peter’s first appearance in The Little White Bird. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1912)

The first appearance of Peter from The Little White Bird. With additional illustrations not in the first Rackham edition of 1906. Read online at Internet Archive.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1920)

This is the first appearance of Peter from the book The Little White Bird. This is the trade edition that appeared throughout the 1920’s of the second Rackham-illustrated edition. The book was also available with twenty-four, sixteen or fewer illustrations.

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd.
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1930)

This is the first appearance of Peter from the book The Little White Bird. This is the fourth Rackham illustrated edition.

Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
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