Lot 221 , Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham....First US. Trade Edition. pictorial title and 12 coloured plates, text illus.; original buckram backed pictorial linen and d/wrapper, in pictor

° Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham....First US. Trade Edition. pictorial title and 12 coloured plates, text illus.; original buckram backed pictorial linen and d/wrapper, in pictorial slipcase. New York: The Heritage Press, 1940

£100-140

Condition:
Sm. tear d/w. head of spine, its col. illus. reproduces the 'Caravan plt. (p.32), the slipcase little marked and with some spine damage (also shows the 'Caravan' plt); bkplt. removal leaves traces on front p/down, back free e/p. lt. creased. Precedes UK edtn. by 10 years; the line drawings not produced in the US. limited edtn. (of the same year). Loosely inserted the Heritage Club's 4pp. 'Sandglass' leaflet (no. 2H) with interesting relevant info. about the publication, intro. by A.A. Milne.

Sold for £95