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James Matthew Barrie
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, though…
Long ago, in the days when our caged blackbirds never saw a king’s soldier without whistling impudently, Come ower the water to Charlie, a minister of Thrums was to be…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1921. Sir James Matthew, Baronet Barrie a Scottish journalist, playwright, and children’s book writer who became world famous with his play and story about Peter Pan, the…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
I had my delicious dream that night. I dreamt that I too was twenty-six- which was a long time ago; and that I took train to a place called my…
The Courting Of T'Nowhead's Bell is a novel by J.M. Barrie. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named T'Nowhead's Bell, who lives in a small Scottish…
A Kiss for Cinderella; A Lady’s Shoe; Alice Sit by the Fire: A Play; Courage: A Rectorial Address 1922; and Der Tag or The Tragic Man.
On the day I was born we bought six hair-bottomed chairs, and in our little house it was an event, the first great victory in a woman’s long campaign; how…
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Reproduction of the original: Peter Pan at Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie
Reprint of the 1930 ed. published by Scribner, New York.
Dear Brutus from James Matthew Barrie. Scottish author and dramatist (1860 - 1937).
Alice Sit-By-The-Fire from James Matthew Barrie. Scottish author and dramatist (1860 - 1937).
Early this morning I opened a window in my school-house in the glen of Quharity, awakened by the shivering of a starving sparrow against the frosted glass. As the snowy…
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive…
The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair, and he was in sexless garments, which were all he had, and he was five, and so though…
In the century since its debut in London, Peter Pan has come to be regarded as the most classic piece of children’s literature of all time. It is the story…
Barrie’s incredible and incredibly challenging novel about the boyhood of the barely fictional Tommy Sandy’s. Sir George Douglas, wrote In it he has found, or rather made, an artistic form…
One of the best known of Barrie’s fantastic modern plays. Concerned with an aristocratic English family who revert to the state of Nature when shipwrecked on a desert island. While…
THIS 70 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Half Hours, by J. M. Barrie. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417918632.
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, was born in Kirriemuir, Angus the ninth of ten children on May 9th, 1860. From early formative experiences, Barrie knew that he wished…
THIS 36 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Stories by English Authors Scotland, by J. M. Barrie. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417900334.
Before there were any movies, there was the original Peter Pan book, published in 1911, titled Peter and Wendy. See for yourself if what you know about Peter Pan comes…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
J. M. Barrie
Barrie’s classic tale of the boy who wouldn’t grow up. It started life as a series of stories made up for the five Llewelyn Davies boys, who were virtually adopted…
When Peter Pan flies through the nursery window and invites Wendy, John and Michael to come to Never-Never-Land, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime.
Prepare to be…
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Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up or Peter and Wendy, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by J. M. Barrie, in the form of…
J.M. Barrie’s fantasy adventure with pirates, mermaids, and fairies, brought to life in a new book-and-CD edition.
