[Rarebooks] FS: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

[Charles Agvent]

[RACKHAM, Arthur] GRAHAME, Kenneth. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition. Bound in half white linen 
and marbled boards. Copy #1915 of 2020 copies with an introduction by A. 
A. Milne and illustrated with 16 color plates by Arthur Rackham. First 
published in 1908, this is the first publication of this title with 
Rackham's illustrations. Designed by Bruce Rogers, who has SIGNED the 
colophon page, this is the only one of Rackham's major works to be first 
published posthumously, and this edition of the book is the only one to 
include all 16 color illustrations, the trade edition having only 
twelve. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a neat repair to a split at 
the bottom edge.
This is the first enduringly popular work of fiction to introduce the 
automobile as a major plot element. (#019696)        $900.00

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