J M Barrie rare books for sale
J.M. Barrie rare books and manuscripts. JM Barrie is best known for writing Peter Pan and Wendy which is a timeless story about ageing which has almost been trivialised by the "Disneyfication" (sic) of it. This page is dedicated to rare books and first edition books by JM Barrie. It brings together the rarest JM Barrie books, manuscripts and first editions for sale here along with JM Barrie historical documents.
J.M. Barrie was persuaded by his family — who wished him to have a profession such as the ministry — to enroll at the University of Edinburgh, where he wrote drama reviews for a local newspaper. He worked for a year and a half as a staff journalist in Nottingham following a job advertisement found by his sister in a newspaper, then returned to Kirriemuir, using his mother's stories about the town (which he called 'Thrums') for a piece submitted to a paper in London. The editor 'liked that Scotch thing', so Barrie wrote a series of them, which served as the basis for his first novels: Auld Licht Idylls (1888), A Window in Thrums (1890),[7] and The Little Minister (1891). Literary criticism of these early works has been unfavourable, tending to disparage them as sentimental and nostalgic depictions of a parochial Scotland far from the realities of the industrialised nineteenth century.
Meanwhile, Barrie's attention turned increasingly to works for the theatre, beginning with a biography about Richard Savage (performed only once, and critically panned). He immediately followed this with Ibsen's Ghost (1891), a parody of Henrik Ibsen's dramas Hedda Gabler and Ghosts (unlicensed in the UK until 1914, it had created a sensation at the time from a single 'club' performance). In 1901 and 1902 he had back-to-back successes: Quality Street, about a responsible 'old maid' who poses as her own flirtatious niece to win the attention of a former suitor returned from the war; and The Admirable Crichton, a critically-acclaimed social commentary with elaborate staging, about an aristocratic household shipwrecked on a desert island, in which the butler naturally rises to leadership over his lord and ladies for the duration of their time away from civilization.
The first appearance of Peter Pan came in The Little White Bird, which was serialised in the United States, then published in a single volume in the UK in 1901. Barrie's most famous and enduring work, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, had its first stage performance on 27 December 1904. This play introduced audiences to the name Wendy, which was inspired by a young girl, Margaret Henley, who called Barrie 'Friendy', but could not pronounce her Rs very well and so it came out as 'Fwendy'. It has been performed innumerable times since then, was developed by Barrie into the 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, and has been adapted by others into feature films, musicals, and more. In 1929 Barrie specified that the copyright of the Peter Pan works should go to the nation's leading children's hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The current status of the copyright is somewhat unclear.
Barrie had a long string of successes on the stage after Peter Pan, many of which discuss social concerns.
Offered for sale here are J.M. Barrie rare books for sale including first editions and signed JM Barrie works.
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 Peter and wendy by JM Barrie 1911 5th Pr Nov RARE $8,925.00 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 23m Buy It Now for only: $8,925.00 Buy It Now |
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 JM Barrie Autograph Letter Signed re Peter Pan $2,500.00 Time Remaining: 15d 19h 31m Buy It Now for only: $2,500.00 Buy It Now |
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 Peter Pan by JM Barrie Illustrated by Diane Goode 1983 HBDJ Abridged Free Ship $1,299.00 Time Remaining: 13d 16h 54m Buy It Now for only: $1,299.00 Buy It Now |
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 J M BARRIE Peter Pan Neverland Signed AFTAL UACC RD A $711.88 Time Remaining: 15d 15h 37m Buy It Now for only: $711.88 Buy It Now |
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 Peter and Wendy J M BARRIE 1st 1st US Edition Scribners October 1911 Pan $649.00 Time Remaining: 19d 21h 9m Buy It Now for only: $649.00 Buy It Now |
 J M Barrie The Works of J M Barrie 1913 ed HB $474.58 Time Remaining: 21d 10h 14m Buy It Now for only: $474.58 Buy It Now |
 First Edition Peter and Wendy J M Barrie Classic Book Illustrated $600.00 Time Remaining: 8d 17h 19m Buy It Now for only: $600.00 Buy It Now |
 ANTIQUE BOOK PETER PAN KENSINGTON GARDENS 1906 JM BARRIE RACKHAM 106YRS OLD $599.99 Time Remaining: 13d 22h 20m Buy It Now for only: $599.99 Buy It Now |
 1910 PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS J M BARRIE ARTHUR RACKHAM COLOR ILLUS RARE $599.00 Time Remaining: 15d 10h 29m Buy It Now for only: $599.00 Buy It Now |
 JM BARRIE Works of JM Barrie Vol 1 LIMITED EDITION $560.00 Time Remaining: 26d 5h 1m Buy It Now for only: $560.00 Buy It Now |
 Folio Society PETER PAN AND WENDY IN KENSINGTON GARDENS J M Barrie 2 vols $495.50 Time Remaining: 18d 14h 26m Buy It Now for only: $495.50 Buy It Now |
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