"Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie Illustrated by Nora S. Unwin, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1950. First Edition with Udwin illustrations.

Dust jacket [clipped flap corners, edge creases and wear: see photos]; hard boards, cloth with blue lettering on spine and Peter Pan on the front board; 5.3/4" x 8.1/2"; pale blue endpapers, 243 pages, very good condition.

Nora Spicer Unwin (1907-1982) was a British and American wood engraver, book illustrator and writer. She was born near London, England, in a family already renowned for publishing and printing circles and for founding three different publishing houses, most notably Allen & Unwin.

Nora Unwin moved to the United States in 1946. She contributed illustrations to more than 100 books by other authors, and wrote and illustrated twelve books of her own. She wrote her first book, Lucy and the Little Red Horse, in 1943 with her friend Gwendy Caroe.

Nora Unwin was a member of the National Academy of Design in New York. She earned a Newbery mention jointly with Yates for Mountain Born, and a Newbery Medal for Amos Fortune, Free Man. Among her other major works are the detailed woodcuts for John Kieran’s 1947 Footnotes on Nature, and her children's book Poquito: The Little Mexican Duck, based on her observations on poverty inspired by her trip to Mexico in 1955.

US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------ $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-7 weeks) ----- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-10 weeks) ----- $42.50