J. M. Barrie — Quality Street

London, Hodder & Stoughton , c1913. Cloth. An early edition of this play written by J. M. Barrie, lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thomson. This work is a comedy complete in four acts, and predates his most famous work 'Peter Pan', and it tells the tale of two sisters who open a school. The first Broadway production opened in 1901, and it was revived countless times before the outbreak of the Second World War.Most widely known for his play 'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', J. M Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright.Illustrated by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), an Irish illustrator known for illustrating authors such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens as well as Barrie. With a profuse number of tipped in colour plates by Thomson.With a decorative binding, with gilt detail to the spine and cover. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, some chipping and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean bar the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .