The Wind in the Willows. GRAHAME (Kenneth).

LIMITED SIGNED EDITION ON LARGE PAPER BOUND BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE

Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard with a folding map at the rear.

Large paper copy. 8vo. [220 x 175 x 30 mm]. [3]ff, 312 pp. Bound c.1960 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in green goatskin, the covers tooled in gilt with a double fillet and dotted roll border, the corners tooled with a dragonfly, swallow, fish and lily pad, each flanked by willow branches, the front cover tooled in the centre with a mole amongst clumps of grass. The spine divided into six panels by tooled raised bands and gilt compartments, lettered in the second and third, the others tooled with dragonfly, butterfly, fish and lily pad, surrounded by willow branches, the edges of the boards and turn-ins tooled with gilt fillets, marbled endleaves, gilt edges.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1931

Number 36 of 200 copies on large paper signed by both Grahame and Shepard. Light spotting to the blank end and fly leaves otherwise fine. With the purchase receipts from Hatchards Booksellers, dated 1962 and priced at £35.

Stock no. ebc9115