Live Auction 5316Children's & Illustrated Books & Original Illustrations
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, introduction by A. A. Milne. London: Methuen & Co., 1951. 4° (298 x 236mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates, illustrations, one additional illustration loosely inserted, by Arthur Rackham (unobtrusive offsetting from frontispiece onto title, outer fore-edges very lightly browned). Original cream calf, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: bookplate on pastedown. Hundredth edition, NUMBER 8 OF 500 COPIES printed on handmade paper.
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GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, introduction by A. A. Milne. London: Methuen & Co., 1951. 4° (298 x 236mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates, illustrations, one additional illustration loosely inserted, by Arthur Rackham (unobtrusive offsetting from frontispiece onto title, outer fore-edges very lightly browned). Original cream calf, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: bookplate on pastedown. Hundredth edition, NUMBER 8 OF 500 COPIES printed on handmade paper.

Closed18 December 2008

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GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, introduction by A. A. Milne. London: Methuen & Co., 1951. 4° (298 x 236mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates, illustrations, one additional illustration loosely inserted, by Arthur Rackham (unobtrusive offsetting from frontispiece onto title, outer fore-edges very lightly browned). Original cream calf, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: bookplate on pastedown. Hundredth edition, NUMBER 8 OF 500 COPIES printed on handmade paper.