Introduction by A.A. Milne.
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Introduction by A.A. Milne.
Methuen, 1960.
A handsomely bound copy of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. Bound in full polished tan calf by Frost & Co. of Bath bindery signature to verso of the front free endpapers, gilt ruled borders to boards and gilt dentelles to turn ins and board edges, five raised bands to spine creating six sections containing two morocco title labels and four gilt floral vignettes. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, Frontispiece under tissue guard and eleven full page colour plates. A fine copy, with a trivial scratch to the upper cover.
Kenneth Grahame asked Rackham to illustrate the first edition of his book, but it was not until many years later that Rackham was able to take on the task. By this time the author had died. His widow accompanied Arthur Rackham to some of the spots on the Thames which had inspired her husband to write the tale. Arthur Rackham's illustrations of trees have always been amongst his most striking and memorable, and the ones he draws here for the Thames-side tale are no different.
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