The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Over 2,300 results)

First edition. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth with gilt vignettes and titles to the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt. Author's presentation copy, inscribed by Grahame on the half title, "To Ruth Ward, from her friend Kenneth Grahame / Oct. 1908" A little wear to the spine ends and corners, but generally bright and clean and notably fresh internally. Woodcut frontispiece by Graham Robertson. A rare presentation copy of one of the classics of children's literature. Ruth Ward was the daughter of family friends of the Grahames, Sidney and Katherine Ward. Sidney Ward was a colleague of Grahame's at the Bank of England who became a close friend and "companions for hearty country weekends". (ODNB) Ruth was the same age as Grahame's son, Alastair, (known to his parents as Mouse) and became a close childhood friend. Wind in the Willows had its genesis in a series of impromptu bedtime stories which Grahame told Alastair. Katherine Ward was one of the first to hear about these stories, as Grahame refers to them in a letter to her of May 1904, "[Mouse] had a bad crying fit on the night of his birthday, and I had to tell him stories about moles, giraffes & water-rats (he selected these subjects) till after 12." This copy was sent by Grahame to Ward as a birthday present. In a letter to her, Grahame's wife Elspeth writes, "I thought you might like perhaps better than anything else a new book that Mouse's Daddy has just written, so I asked him for one for your birthday present. I want to know how you like it." The two families remained in contact throughout Grahame's life, Elspeth writing to Ruth Ward on Grahame's death in 1932 to tell him that he had been buried next to Mouse (who had committed suicide in 1920), "Kenneth so loved the Boy & so loved Oxford itself that we are glad to think he rests there. I felt you knew Mouse so well & Kenneth also that I would like you to know they were together." Presentation copies of the first edition of Wind in the Willows are of the utmost rarity in commerce. We know of but six copies, 1. Inscribed to Helen Grahame (Oct. 1908). Private American Collection. 2. Inscribed to Ruth Ward (Oct. 1908). Present copy. 3. Inscribed to Foy Quiller-Couch (Oct. 1908). Private American Collection. 4. Inscribed to Thomas Anstey Guthrie ("F. Anstey") (Oct. 1908). Private British collection. 5. Inscribed to Constance Smedley (Oct. 1908). Sold Sotheby Oct. 1981. 6. Inscribed to Mary E. Richardson. Sold Sotheby July 1965. Osborne p. 349.

First edition, first printing. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration and title to the front and spine, in the supplied first printing dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson, complete with tissue guard, as issued. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing at the extremities. The contents, with some spotting to the endpapers and deckled edge are otherwise clean througout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rare first printing dustwrapper that is chipped with a little loss to the spine ends and corners with thin archival tissue paper strengthening to the underside at the folds. Correctly priced 6/- to the upper panel (subsequent editions were published at 7/6). Housed in a bespoke quarter green morocco solander case. An excellent example of this classic of children's literature and a genuine rarity in the first printing dustwrapper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Second edition, printed in the same month as the first edition and in identical format. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt. Author's presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title, "Austin M. Purves / with greeting, + all the good wishes of the season, from Kenneth Grahame, Christmas 1908" A beautiful, fine copy, bright and crisp and internally perfect. A superb copy. Striking black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Austin Montgomery Purves was a Philadelphia based businessman, associated with the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company for more than thirty years. Purves had a keen interest in grand opera as well as art and literature and sought to move in artistic circles, counting Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith and Arthur Quiller-Couch amongst his friends. They met the Grahames' at Fowey in 1907, "while the Grahame's were at Fowey in May and June 1907, they made the acquaintance of an American family also on holiday there - Mr and Mrs Austin Purves of Philadelphia, and their five sons. Kenneth actually stood godfather to Pierre, the youngest, at his Fowey christening. Grahame and Austin Purves continued to correspond regularly until the latter's death in 1915." - Peter Green (Kenneth Grahame A Study of His Life, Work and Times) Purves sought to help Grahame by writing a favourable review of the American edition Wind in the Willows for an American magazine. In a letter to Purves of November 1908, Grahame wrote, "I'm most awfully obliged to you for the solid work you are putting in on behalf of 'the W. in the W.' Your review was perfectly charming, & is bound to be most helpful. That the book has given you all personal pleasure is of course very good for me to think of." Presentation copies of The Wind in the Willows are decidedly rare.

Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Graham Robertson (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt p. 45 & 66; Hahn, D. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, p. 241-242]. This is the FIRST EDITION with the SCARCE DUST JACKET of one of the essential classics of children's literature. The book is based on bedtime stories that the Scottish-born banker and author Kenneth Grahame (1859 1932) told his young son Alistair, who was sickly and nicknamed "Mouse". The stories began when Alistair was 4 and continued in a series of letters that the father wrote to his son while traveling. When Grahame retired as the Secretary of the Bank of England in 1908 due to ill health. «.Aware of the potential for a fuller treatment Grahame took the letters, which deal with Mr. Toad's adventures escaping from prison and conclude with his return to the society of Ratty, Mole and Badger and the battle for Toad Hall, and converted them into the finished work. What emerged was no lighthearted story about a countryside community of animals but a long and ramifying fable. » The book was bulky and had no illustrations, so the London publisher, Algernon Methuen, put it on his adult rather than juvenile list, stirring confusion and arguments among the readers and critics. (One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, p. 210) Nonetheless The Wind in the Willows flourished and the advertures of the "bad, low animal," Mr. Toad, grew in poupularity. The novel had seen over 30 printings when A. A. Milne adapted part of it for the stage as 'Toad of Toad Hall' in 1929. The first film adaptation was produced in 1949 by Walt Disney as one of two segments in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Numerous adaptations in film and television have followed since.

First edition illustrated by Shepard. Deluxe issue, one of only 200 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by both Kenneth Grahame and E.H. Shepard. Royal 8vo. Green cloth spine and paper covered boards with printed labels, in printed dustwrapper. A fine book in a near fine dustwrapper, with very slight dustiness to the rear panel. Illustrated throughout by Shepard and with fold out map of Toad Hall and its vicinity to the rear. The small limitation and its popularity make this a very rare book, especially hard to find in nice condition.

First Shepard edition. One of 200 numbered copies, this number 140, signed by Kenneth Grahame and Ernest Shepard. Illustrations after drawings by Shepard printed in black throughout, folding map at rear. 8vo., 24x19cm, 312pp. Fine later binding by Margaret Chandler (bound 1985) in full green goatskin, decorated with elaborate leather onlay in a pattern of horizontal colour blocks in blue, gray, red, yellow, white and other shades, reverse calf doublures, blue paper endleaves, binders label stamped 'MC' to lower turn-in, top edge gilt, with original gray cloth drop back box, spine label in green and gray leather lettered in gilt. London, Methuen. Very good, very slight rubbing to covers, internally clean and bright. The first edition of Wind in the Willows to be illustrated by Ernest Shepard, the only illustrated edition which Kenneth Grahame approved, signed by both author and artist in a magnificent binding by Margaret Chandler. Margaret Chandler conceived of her binding as representing the waters of a lake rippling in the distance behind overhanging willows. When the binding was made in 1985, Chandler was struck by the then emerging technology of computer graphics, and this inspired her use of rectangular panels of onlay in the style of pixels on a screen.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. E.H. Shepard (illustrator). 8vo. One quarter green buckram over gray boards with paper label to spine. Cream dust jacket with navy lettering. Dust jacket has slight sunning to the rear panel and very light nicking to the edges. The book is in very near fine condition. A spectacular copy of this limited and signed edition, which Grahame approved and liked the illustrations. Edition of 200 copies, this is number 46. Signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard.

First Shepard edition. 111/200 COPIES printed on Large Paper and signed by the author and artist, line-drawings throughout, including a folding-map at the end by E.H. Shepard, Pp. [viii], 312, 4to., original quarter mid green buckram, printed label (a spare label tipped-in at the end), pale grey boards, bookplate, owner's name on lower outer corner of the front pastedown, untrimmed, with the very bright original dustjacket, with a tiny closed and repaired tear to top of spine edge. Booklabel and ownership inscription (dated 21/6/1963 of Alex Bridge. The book was originally published in 1908 but this was the first edition with illustrations that Kenneth Grahame approved and the only edition he signed. It is also the way most people remember the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible Very Good. No Jacket. Robertson, Graham (illustrator). First Edition. Gilt design on spine and front board fresh and bright. Tissue-guard over frontispiece is a little yellowed. An inscription on the front free endpaper has been neatly obscured by some sort of ink-remover, not causing any damage to the paper. A really bright and desirable copy. Photographs available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED BY Kenneth Grahame on a laid in signature. A wonderful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL blue cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy Kenneth Grahame First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

FirstÂedition of the beloved children's novel, which author A.A. Milne once referred to as a "household book," "one of the classic read-aloud books that should not be missed by any family" (Silvey). Octavo, original gilt-stamped pictorial green cloth, top edge gilt. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise slipcase. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition. "Unquestionable is the permanence, as an inspired and characteristically English contribution to children's literature, of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows⦠one of the most endearing books ever written for children⦠Part of the secret success of the book is that its appeal is ageless and parents never tire of reading it aloud. Like all great books it is inexhaustible" (Eyre, 62). Grahame created his classic as a series of bedtime stories for his four-year-old son, Alastair, who was known as Mouse; yet it also became "in many respects an elegy for the old idyllic English rural life which Grahame could now see was passing away forever" (Carpenter & Prichard, 218). In a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, Grahame described the book as "an expression of the very simplest of joys of life as lived by the simplest beings." C.S. Lewis praised it as "a perfect example of the kind of story which can express things without explaining them" (Carpenter, 168). With publisher's six-page Autumn 1908 Announcements laid in. Pierpont Morgan Children's Literature 269.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First edition. A Very Good+ copy of the book in the publisher's original green cloth binding, stamped in gilt. Minor wear at the spine ends, short one inch split to rear inner hinge, faint ghost from removed article on front free end paper, but generally in excellent condition internally. In a supplied, early-issue jacket with the 7/6 net price on the front panel. Spine a bit toned and minor wear at the extremities, but otherwise a handsome example. Grahame's famed children's novel, featuring the beloved Mr. Toad, Rat, Badger, and Mole. Grahame began writing the book in 1908 in his late 40s after leaving his position as Secretary of the Bank of England. Much of the plot of The Wind in the Willows had its origins both in the bedtime stories Grahame had invented to tell his own son, and in Grahame's childhood experiences in Berkshire County. The book might not have been published if not for the efforts of President Theodore Roosevelt, who lobbied Methuen to release it. While reviews were mixed, the book became a classic and would be adapted into the well known play Toad of Toad Hall, by A.A. Milne, in 1929. "The Wind in the Willows is a worthy companion to The Golden Age and Dream Days. It is whimsical, fascinating by its apparent seriousness and that sense of underlying poetry which Mr. Grahame somehow manages to convey through all his nonsense" (contemporary New York Times review). Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.

First edition with illustrations by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. Signed by both Grahame and Shepard to the title page. Original dark green cloth with gilt vignettes on upper cover and titles on the spine. A fine copy, small bump to head of the spine. A couple of very light spots to front endpapers and first blank, otherwise clean internally. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in line. Uncommon signed by both author and illustrator. Grahame's children's classic was originally published in 1908 with no illustrations in the text. Although the work was subsequently illustrated by several artists, none matched the success of the text until, E.H.Shepard, fresh from his successful collaboration on A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, brought the narrative to life with his evocative line drawings in 1931. His illustrations have been barely out of print since and have become inexorably linked to the book.

First edition, first impression. "The joy and self-confidence in so much of Grahame's text. ensured the book's place as a children's classic" (Grolier) and "one of the central classics of children's fiction" (Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). Grolier Children's 100, 61. Octavo. Black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered and with extravagant decoration in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a custom blue morocco-backed folding box by the Chelsea Bindery. Early ownership signature to title page. Bright and fresh, extremities very slightly rubbed, spine very slightly skewed, occasional light browning: a near-fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated Edition. London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 4to (227 x 182mm).) ONE OF 200 "DE-LUXE" COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER SIGNED BY KENNETH GRAHAME AND ERNEST SHEPARD. this being an out-of-series copy, with part of the statement of limitation crossed out and inscribed beneath, by Shepard, "This is a presentation copy for C. W. Chamberlain Esq." Chamberlain was the Chairman and Managing Director of the publisher, Methuen. He later presented the book to his granddaughter with an additional inscription, "May 1942. Now presented to dear S. P. by Grandpa Chamberlain," and with a note loosely-inserted, stamped "18 May 1942", urging that the present volume be ". put away until the young lady is of an age to understand how to look after good books! (It is quite valuable)." CONDITION: Original green cloth-backed boards with printed spine label, replacement spine label bound in at end as issued, mostly unopened, uncut (edges lightly rubbed and faded, some faint browning to covers, small stain on spine label, lightly bumped). Provenance: C. W. Chamberlain (Chairman and Managing Director of Methuen; presentation inscription by Shepard on limitation leaf, later gift inscription from Chamberlain and note loosely inserted); sold at Christie s Auctions, South Kensington, 3 July 1998, lot 36. Signed by Author(s).

[Castiglioni, Luigi, binder.] Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932). The wind in the willows. x, 132, [4]pp. 13 full-color and 9 smaller 2-color linocut illustrations by Vladimir Zimakov. N.p.: Mad Parrot Press, 2021. No. 26 of 75 numbered copies and 10 deluxe copies, signed by Chad Pastotnik of Mad Parrot Press. 354 x 278 mm. Custom binding by Luigi Castiglioni consisting of undyed and dyed pigskin enhanced in gilt, cutouts in the covers embellished with metal ornaments suggesting tree branches, green suede endpapers; custom slipcase. Very fine. Printed in 14-point Centaur type with Arrighi, on St. Armand Canal cotton rag paper designed especially for this edition. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of only 200 copies, printed on handmade paper. This copy is number 42, SIGNED by both Kenneth Grahame and E.H. Shepard on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent conditoin. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by both the author and illustrator. We buy SIGNED Grahame First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1908" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.

First edition, first impression; 8vo (196 x 232 mm); tissue guarded, frontispiece illustration by Graham Robertson, fore-edge of p. 205 roughly cut but not affecting text, some spotting, mostly confined to a few preliminary terminal leaves, especially blank endpapers, as usual, otherwise mostly clean and bright; publisher's green cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, as published, rubbing to extremities, spine darkened with bumped head and tail, browning to fore-edge, otherwise an unusually firm very good copy of one of the cornerstone works of Edwardian literature. Lt. rubbed head/tail spine, along joints and at corners; e/ps. soiling, some intermittent spotting half title, slighter on frontis. and title, lower margins and lower side margins pp.1-10 (and text spot on 4 of the pages), also lower margins pp.287-90, o/w. clean text, 2 leaves (pp.205-08) carelessly opened, (5), 304pp. Auctions entry 'The Wind in the Willows, is a far more interesting book than its popular and often juvenile audience might suggest. First, it is the work of a writer who had known considerable success in the 1890s as a young contemporary of Oscar Wilde and also an admired contributor to the literary quarterly The Yellow Book. At that point, Grahame was employed by the Bank of England but, still in his 20s, was publishing stories in literary magazines, work that became collected in Dream Days (1895) and an even more successful publication, The Golden Age (1898). The text of The Wind in the Willows also encrypts a family tragedy. In 1899, Grahame married and had one child, a boy named Alastair who was troubled with health problems and a difficult personality, culminating in the boy's eventual suicide, the cause of much parental anguish. When Grahame finally retired from the Bank of England (as Secretary) in 1908, he could concentrate on the stories he had been telling his son, the stories of the Thames riverbank on which Grahame himself had grown up. So The Wind in the Willows is a tale steeped in nostalgia, and inspired by a father's love for his only son.' (Robert McCrum).

First Edition. Frontispiece by Graham Robertson with tissue guard Gilt lettering and designs especially fresh and bright, short tear at head of spine, just a little other wear at edges and lower cover just a little marked, upper hinge repaired; a little foxing and browning to end-papers as usual, but a very nice copy of an increasingly scarce book; ownership inscription on fly-leaf Published twenty-three years before the first appearance of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations of of this classic tale of Toad, Ratty, Mole and their friends, the first edition has a representation of Toad in motoring costume on the spine and an illustration for the controversial chapter VII, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", on the upper cover. Never originally intended for publication, it was first written in the form of letters to Grahame's son, Alistair.

A first edition, first printing of 'The Wind in the Willows' published by Methuen in 1908. A near fine copy without inscriptions. Wear to the spine tips and corners. Some rubbing to binding and to the corners, but firmly bound indeed. No spotting whatsoever, so often found within this title. Tissue frontispiece is still intact and present. A minute white mark to the front board. Rough cut pages are intact and gilt to the top edge is also bright. Gilt titling to the boards is bright and unworn. A superb copy. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is a classic children's novel first published in 1908. It follows the adventures of four anthropomorphic animalsMole, Rat, Badger, and the reckless Mr. Toadin the English countryside. The story explores friendship, adventure, and the clash between rural tranquility and modern progress. Toad's obsession with motorcars leads to trouble, including imprisonment and daring escapes. Meanwhile, his friends try to guide him toward wisdom. Grahame's lyrical prose and vivid descriptions create a timeless tale celebrating nature, camaraderie, and the joys of a simple life. This copy is exceptional and rare thus.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth with gilt vignettes and titles to the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt, all others untrimmed. A very good copy indeed, the gilt bright to the upper cover, with only a little rubbing to the spine. Small ownership stamp to front free endpaper. Woodcut frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Osborne p. 349.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Frontis., [viii.], 302 pp., blank, printer's details on verso. Original blue/green gilt lettered and elaborately decorated cloth; top edge gilt, others uncut. Frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Some rubbing to the edges, bumping to base of spine, a little foxing to the prelims and endpapers, faint ink owner's name to front pastedown, but otherwise internally clean - a very good, characterful copy. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Kenneth Grahame (1908) 'The WInd in the Willows', UK first edition, first impression, published by Methuen. Beautifully rebound in full green Harmatan goatskin leather. Housed in a green cloth solander case. Top edge gilded, deckled original page block edges at the bottom and fore. The mole stamped in gild to the front board, five raised bands on the spine with title and author stamped in gild. Handmade marbled endpapers. The solander case lined in suedel to protect the book nicely. Condition: A bueatiful rebound book which presents in near fine condition. The original tissue guard is present. No previous owner's stamps, nor bookplates, nor scribbles. Internally clean with occasional minor foxing spots as shown on our sample images. A landmark and timeless classic children's book which has delighted readers for generations. First and Fine.

First Rackham edition, number 703 of 2,020 numbered copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers. Perhaps the most attractive of all the editions of Grahame's classic: the production merges the typography and design of Bruce Rogers with the artwork of Arthur Rackham. This was the final book Rackham illustrated, as he died shortly before publication. The Inside Story, a newletter issued by The Limited Editions Club, notes in their September 1940 issue that Grahame had originally asked Rackham to illustrate the work after the original book publication "had a slow beginning". Rackham refused due to pressure of other work. The Limited Editions Club therefore stated with some pride that Rackham signed a contract with them in the summer of 1936. The colour plates were printed in the U. K. "During his last illness Rackham worked on illustrations to Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, a book for which he had a strong affection, and which he had longed for years to illustrate. The resulting pictures (the edition was published posthumously in 1940) are among his most affecting works, replete with wit, invention, and carefully controlled emotion" (ODNB). Riall, p. 197. Quarto (284 x 202 mm). With 16 colour illustrations by Rackham. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of Badger, Rat, and Mole on front cover, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, purple endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy.

Condition: Fine. Centenary Edition. 266 pp. Original full page pen and ink illustration that has been hand coloured by Van Sandwyk. Illustration tipped-in the second white front free end paper. Drawing depicts Ratty and Mole sitting by a cozy living room fire enjoying a drink and a smoke. Signed by Van Sandwyk on the bottom right edge, just below a small drawing of a dragonfly. The illustration is surrounded on the page by a hand drawn and gilt decorated border that is similar to the one found around the etching. Signed by Van Sandwyk again near the lower left corner of border. Folio (33cm X 25cm). Quarter vellum binding blocked in 22-carat gold with vellum tips and Oxford paper sides blocked in three metallic foils. Hand bound by The Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough, Northants. Gilt top edge. Illustrated endpaper maps, printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra Butten by the Logan Press, Wellingborough, Northants. A signed and numbered hand-printed sepia copperplate etching tipped-on one of the coloured front free end papers. The limited edition etching has been hand printed by New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, Canada, on Somerset velvet buff 100% cotton mould-made paper. Signed and dated by Van Sandwyk opposite etching page. A full colour illustration tipped-in as a frontispiece. Roughly 100 illustrations and 16 tipped-in colour plates throughout text. The plates have been printed on Hello matt art paper by Beacon Press, Uckfield, Sussex. Text composed in Founder's Caslon types at The Folio Society and printed on Cordier Wove paper by T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall. This edition follows the original 1908 Methuen and Co text. Presented in a dark green cloth-bound clamshell case with illustrated and gilt lettered label on spine. Number IX out of 30 hors commerce copies reserved for the artist, all numbered in roman numerals. A superb copy with the addition of an original watercolour in fine condition. Includes signed prospectus set. The tipped-in hand drawn illustration can also be found on the cover of the trade edition, but in B/W. Charles Van Sandwyk's illustrations have been compared favourably to Ernest Shepard's and Arthur Rackham's illustrations of Kenneth Grahame's classic work. Van Sandwyk's work's featured in the National Library of Canada and institutions around the world. His other award-winning books include the Parade to Paradise, Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds and How to See Fairies. Signed by Van Sandwyk below hand printed etching. An exquisite copy.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Graham Robertson (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1908. From the library of Ivor Novello with his bookplate to the endpaper. A very bright example of this classic children's book. Wonderful quality bespoke full leather binding that was undertaken for Ivor Novello. Slip case is fine. Ivor Novello 1893-1951 was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Book is near fine and bright. Contents good. Light foxing to pages. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18372.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. A Thrushwood Book: Grosset & Dunlop Publishers: New York, 1913. Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons. Condition: Slight wear to hardcover - all pages are crisp and clean. Seller Inventory # SSQ-00016.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition first impression from 1908. The original cloth binding has been reinforced with contemporary boards. No internal markings, pages clean, binding is firm. Flyleaf to copyright page illustration still intact. Please see pics.

First edition, Deluxe edition signed by both A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame, number 17 of only 200 copies. White boards and blue cloth spine, printed paper label on upper cover and spare label present. Printed on handmade paper with only top edge trimmed. Original cream dustwrapper with printed titles. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with slight spotting to the upper panel and some minor wear to the head of the spine.