RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); Kenneth GRAHAME (author). The Wind in the Willows.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); Kenneth GRAHAME (author). The Wind in the Willows.RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); Kenneth GRAHAME (author). The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1951. Tall 8vo. Original white calf with gilt lettering to spine and with top edge gilt, all edges untrimmed, black and white illustrations throughout with 11 colour plates accompanied by captions; housed in original publisher's slipcase with printed label to front board; [xii], 178; bumping to head and tail of spine and with slight offsetting

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator); Kenneth GRAHAME (author). The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1951.

Tall 8vo. Original white calf with gilt lettering to spine and with top edge gilt, all edges untrimmed, black and white illustrations throughout with 11 colour plates accompanied by captions; housed in original publisher's slipcase with printed label to front board; [xii], 178; bumping to head and tail of spine and with slight offsetting marks from pastedown; slipcase scuffed at extremities with some signs of soiling; overall a very good copy.

First UK edition, numbered 238 of 500 numbered copies on handmade paper.

A pivotal figure of the Golden Age of British book illustration, Arthur Rackham produced work for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice in Wonderland and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm . This is the last work he illustrated and the 100th edition of Kenneth Grahame’s novel, originally published in 1908.

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