The Wind in the Willows
Methuen, 1922.
First edition illustrated by Nancy Barnhart. 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in half blue crushed morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Eight colour plates and 4 black and white plates by Barnhart. A near fine copy, spine slightly faded. Gift inscription to front blank.
illustrations by Nancy Barnhart which "gave the animals a stature appropriate to their fictional importance and, most important in establishing their visual credibility, dressed them fully and handsomely... she transformed them into personages" (Lanes, p. 167).
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