Edition: Limited Edition
Illustrated By: E.H. Shepard
Published By: Methuen
4to, un-numbered copy of 200 copies, signed by Kenneth Graham and the illustrator E.H. Shepard,(famous for his illustrations of Winnie-The-Pooh)"This is a presentation copy for A. Boon. Esq"), illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original cloth-backed boards with paper lettering piece, folding map and additional lettering piece at end, dust-jacket, collector's green cloth folding box, a near fine example. A unique copy in such splendid condition, This copy is the 1st with the famous illustrations by E.H. Shepard, the book is a fine example free from any damage a vibrant original cream dustjacket without loss. This remarkable example housed in a purpose made clamshell case with gilt illustration to the the front board. This was the 1st version of Wind in the Willows illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Christopher Robin Milne Wrote "A book that we all greatly loved and admired and read aloud or alone, over and over and over: The Wind in the Willows. This book is, in a way, two separate books put into one. There are, on the one hand, those chapters concerned with the adventures of Toad; and on the other hand there are those chapters that explore human emotions – the emotions of fear, nostalgia, awe, wanderlust. My mother was drawn to the second group, of which "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was her favorite, read to me again and again with always, towards the end, the catch in the voice and the long pause to find her handkerchief and blow her nose. My father, on his side, was so captivated by the first group that he turned these chapters into the children's play, Toad of Toad Hall. In this play one emotion only is allowed to creep in: nostalgia."
Book Condition: Fine
Author: Kenneth Grahame
Binding: Hardback
Price £15000.00
