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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  1. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  2. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  3. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  4. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  5. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  6. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding
  7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame | Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956 | introduction by A. A. Milne | illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Zaehnsdorf Leather Binding

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Methuen, 1956) | Arthur Rackham

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The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame, introduction by A. A. Milne
Methuen & Co. Ltd, reprint 1956

This ever popular children’s classic was originally published in 1908 with many subsequent editions and printings. The first illustrated edition by Arthur Rackham was published in 1940 by New York publishers The Limited Editions Club and contained sixteen colour illustrations. The first UK Rackham edition was published by Methuen in 1950 and contained twelve colour illustrations.

This copy here being a reprint of Methuen’s 1951 edition and presented in a very nice half-leather binding by Zaehnsdorf of London.

Hardback. Green half-leather binding over pale green cloth boards; gilt title and decoration to spine, with raised bands; marbled endpapers, binder’s ink stamp to lower margin of front free endpaper verso; head and tail bands; gilt to top edge of page-block. pp [4] blank leaves, [i-iv], v-xii, [1-2], 3-178, [4] blank leaves; including b/w illustrations plus 12 colour plates. Size: 9 x 6.25 inches approx. (232mm x 160mm).

Colour to spine sunned and becoming more brown than green – and accentuated by the lighting in the image. Foxing to endpapers and preliminaries; pages age tanned and with occasional light foxing but generally clean throughout.

Overall, showing light wear commensurate with age and being long term on the shelf but remains a lovely, clean copy – very handsome indeed.

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References

British Library

Weight 1.5 kg

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