Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1931. First Shepard-illustrated edition (thirty-eighth overall), 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt, top edge dyed green, dust jacket, spine rolled, a few pale marks to covers, light spotting to outer leaves and edges, dust jacket spine darkened and mottled, light dust-soiling and a few trivial marks to panels;
Idem. The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne and Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. One of 2200 copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers, 4to, original quarter cloth, 16 mounted colour plates, slipcase;
Idem. The Golden Age. With Illustrations and Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1928. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 275 copies signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard and printed on rag paper, 8vo, original quarter vellum, slipcase, spine rolled, endpapers browned;
Idem. First Whisper of "The Wind in the Willows". Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945. 8vo, contemporary green crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere;
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