The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

introduction by A.A. Milne

illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Limited edition.  New York:  The Limited Editions Club, 1940 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Batik paper covers are mostly clean, with tan cloth at spine and gilt title. 
• Boards show a little scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.  
• Spine has gilt text and is darkened, foxed, with softened ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is strong.  
• End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear.
• Frontispiece is present.
• Illustrations are bright and clear, plates are tipped-in, set in inked frames.  See photos.  
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges, gilt along head, unopened edges. 
• PS2026.0826

245 pages. 8 x 11.25 inches

First edition with these illustrations.  Limited edition of 2020 copies, numbered and signed by the designer Bruce Rogers.  Publisher's orange batik boards with tan buckram at spine and gilt title.  Sixteen color plates with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.  Boards show a little edgewear, spine is darkened with spotting.  Interior, unmarked, partially uncut, is crisp, the plates vivid and tipped onto the page with inked borders.  No slipcase.  A Very Good indeed copy of this most desirable edition.

Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908, and it has seen innumerable printings.  Nonetheless, the Limited Editions Club edition here for sale stands out for its craftsmanship, visual beauty, and reverence for the text.  The sixteen color illustrations are the last illustration work by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), the only one of his major works to be first published posthumously.  Only the LEC edition includes all sixteen color illustrations; later editions featured only twelve.

Per the Colophon, designed by and printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers.  Printed at the Walpole Printing Office (of Peter Beilenson).  Edition of 2020 copies, of which this is #1934.  Signed by Bruce Rogers.     

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