The Wind in the Willows. GRAHAME (Kenneth).

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A Milne.

Twelve coloured plates including frontispiece in addition to black and white illustrations within the text.

First UK edition illustrated by Rackham, ninety-seventh edition. 8vo. [239 x 160 x 28 mm]. [2]ff, xii, 178, [6] pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full dark green morocco, the covers with a single line gilt fillet border, the front cover blocked in gilt with Rackham's illustration from the half-title, the spine divided into six panels by raised bands, gilt compartments lettered in the second, third and fourth and dated at the foot, the edges of the boards and turn-ins tooled with gilt rolls, marbled endleaves, gilt edges.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1950

Stock no. 4244