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Published by Pavilion Books Limited, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 1851451544ISBN 13: 9781851451548
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, otherwise without flaw. Kenneth Grahame's classic book began as a series of letters written by him to his only child, seven-year-old Alastair (who was known as 'Mouse'), during the summer of 1907. The letters became the spontaneous first draft of The Wind in the Willows, which was published the following year. The original letters are reproduced here for the first time in their entirety, together with David Gooderson's introduction and insights. My Dearest Mouse is fully annotated and illustrated throughout with magnificent pictures by Ernest Shepard, Arthur Rackham and other notable illustrators.
Published by W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 2009
ISBN 10: 0393057747ISBN 13: 9780393057744
Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. 384 p. 26 cm. Sound and square binding in paper-covered boards. Minor wear to the edges and corner tips. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a little light crinkling to the corner tips and spine ends. The bottom corner on the front flap has a soft corner crease. An annotated edition of the beloved children's story of Ratty and Mole on the river. Includes the original text of the book, and is illustrated with hundreds of full-colour images including photos and illustrations from various editions, including E.H. Shepard, Arthur Rackham and others. Edited with a preface and notes by Annie Gauger and has an introduction by Brian Jacques. May require extra postage due to the weight of the book.
Published by London, Michael Joseph, 1988. First edition:, 1988
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
First Edition
pp192, col. & b/w illus. by Ernest Shepard, Arthur Rackham, and others. 4to, cloth. Very good in dust jacket. Grahame's letters to his son constituted the first draft of the famous book. They are published here for the first time, together with Gooderson's account of how the book came to be written.
Published by Methuen Children's Books, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 0416532608ISBN 13: 9780416532609
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). Reprint. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine with a little dark staining to the bottom edge of the spine and front cover in a Very Good dust-jacket that has a darker patch of green to the top edge of thwe upper cover.Not price clipped and this copy having one large previous owner's inscriptio present to the ffep.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Lovely clean copy internally and illustrated with 12 wonderful colour plates by Rackham,8vo 178pp Reprint [1975].
Published by Pavilion London 1988, 1988
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small quarto 191pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., Kenneth Grahame wrote these letters to Alastair, his 7 year old son. They became the first draft of his famous book. With illustrations from some of the more famous editions.
Published by Pavilion London 1988, 1988
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New small quarto 191pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., Kenneth Grahame wrote these letters to Alastair, his 7 year old son. They became the first draft of his famous book. With illustrations from some of the more famous editions.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
[15] pp. Includes a tipped-in illustrated inserts for all three books (the Rackham in color). Folio, publisher's gray wrappers lettered in red. First edition. Beginning to separate at the rear inner hinge; slight use to wrappers.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. Issued without Jacket in Red Boards. Appears unread without inscriptions. Introduction by A A Milne. With notes from the archives.
Published by Methuen, UK, 1950
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1950. One tipped in colour plate by Arthur Rackham. A very uncommon publication explaining the story of The Wind in the Willows by the authors wife Eleanor Graham. This brochure was produced to announce the publication of the 97th edition with the illustrations by Arthur Rackham.The soft cover book is very good with lightly used covers. Light age toning to edges. Contents good.Staples rusting. More images can be taken upon request. Ref.
Published by New York: The Heritage Press, 1940, 1940
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
The First Trade Edition of The Wind In The Willows with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. New York: The Heritage Press [1940]. First trade edition with the first appearance of the fifteen (one repeated) line drawings in the text, which were not included in the 1940 limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers. Octavo ( 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm.). xiv, 190 pp. Pictorial half-title and title-page. Twelve full page color plates, twelve black & white chapter headings and three other line-drawings (one repeated). Publishers red buckram over blue cloth boards, front cover pictorially stamped in yellow, spine lettered in yellow, all edges stained red. Neat ink signature at top of free endpaper. A very fine copy in the original pictorial dust jacket and very slightly worn color pictorial slip-case. "The Wind in the Willows was not published in England until 1950, but it found two publishers, one for a de luxe edition (The Limited Editions Club, New York) and one for a trade edition (The Heritage Press, New York) in the United States posthumously in the year following Rackham's death. The (Heritage Press edition) is a gentle delight, presenting twelve illustrations which in no way fight with the more famous imaginative world created by Shepherd, although if Shepherd had not preceded him, then Rackham might have anthropomorphized his creatures even more. Several of the plates are delightful: the â Golden Day (facing p. 32) when the three heroes walked by the Caravan, Mole leading a happy horse'; the (frontispiece) with placid Rat handing a hamper to put into a boat, a plate famous among Rackham lovers because it was the boat for which Rackham forgot to draw the oars, an omission which some see as significant in view of the artist's imminent death. Perhaps the most interesting picture is the color plate facing p. 113, which depicts the egocentric Toad leveled to the drab clothes of a no-pocket washerwoman, hopping about permissively, totally unequipped for the real contest. In the real world of people, like all egoists, animal or human, he is alien, and it is a typical piece of Rackhamerie that we should see two children laughing at the glum toad, not because he is a toad, but because he is obviously pretending to be something else. Riall pp. 197-198.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Mylar DJ. Color Illustrations By Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. #1974 of a limited edition of 2020 copies signed by the book designer & printer : Bruce Rogers. In ivory quarter-cloth over patterned paper covered boards, 4to, 244pp. tipped-in color Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed By Book Designer. Book.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. Bound in half white linen and marbled boards. Copy #717 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. This is the first enduringly popular work of fiction to introduce the automobile as a major plot element. Light foxing to first and last few pages; mild soiling to the spine. Very Good, lacking the slipcase.
Published by Methuen & CO, 1951
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition Thus, Stated 9th Printing 1964. Published by Methuen & Co, 1951. Octavo. Custom bound in Bayntun fine binding. Green polished calf leather with five raised spine bands, intricate gilt tooling to spine & board edges. Gilt stained page ends. Red spine label stamped in gold with gold embossed images of characters from the story along spine and front board panel. Marbled endpapers. Bayntun binder s statement on first blank page top left corner. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Book is in very good plus condition with no writing or names. Spine straight and corners sharp. Binding tight and pages crisp. Some wear/chipping to board hinges and a small tear at spine top right edge (about one-inch). Has 12 full-color plates as well as many black and white chapter head sketches by Rackham. A wonderful custom finely bound copy of this beloved tale. 178 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1950. New Edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations throughout with twelve colour plates and fifteen in-text line drawings. Introduction by A. A. Milne. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Spine slightly lightened. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18150.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. 245 [1] pp. With 16 tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper boards, t.e.g., in publisher's slipcase. First edition; No. 637 of 2020 copies signed by Bruce Rogers, the designer. Spine very slightly dust-soiled; otherwise fine in a slightly tanned slipcase with some rubbing and wear along the joints, including a 4" split along one lower edge.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Rackham had been invited to illustrate the first edition of Willows in 1908, but was unable to accept the project. He regretted the miss for years, but was able, just before passing away, to illustrate the LEC edition (not unlike Alice Neel's death-bed illustration of Fall of the House of Usher for LEC). While the slipcase is in need of repair/replacement, the volume itself is very handsome. Very minor shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, small soil mark at head, owner bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows several splits (three poorly repaired with [not so] invisible tape, light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, gilt lettering and decorative elements (spine and slipcase), marbled paper boards, color frontispiece, teg. Small 4to. 245pp. Illus. (color plates). Limited edition of 2020 volumes, this being 1691. Signed by Bruce Rogers. Very Good+ (Textblock Fine) in Good+ Slipcase.
Published by Methuen, 1950
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First UK edition illustrated by Rackham. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Introduction by A.A. Milne. A fine copy with small marks to endpapers, in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with just trivial wear to spine ends but an unusually fresh copy. Twelve colour plates and fifteen illustrations in line. Kenneth Grahame asked Rackham to illustrate his book, but it was not until many years later that Rackham was able to take on the task. By this time the author had died. Hid widow accompanied Arthur Rackham to some of the spots on the Thames which had inspired her husband to write the tale. Arthur Rackham's illustrations of trees have always been amongst his most striking and memorable, the ones he draws here for the Thames-side tale are no different.
Signed limited first Rackham edition, one of 2020 copies signed by fine press book designer Bruce Rogers, a stunning copy. The distinctly English atmosphere of this classic bucolic tale notwithstanding, this edition was first published in the United States and not published in England until 1950. Only two years before this edition, Updike called Rogers "the most exquisitely sensitive designer of books that this country, or perhaps any country, possesses." The stories of timid Mole, practical Rat, wise Badger, and intemperate Mr. Toad remain excellent bedtime reading. This is a beautiful gift edition. 11.25'' x 8''. Original quarter tan cloth, orange patterned boards. In original green slipcase. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Illustrated by Rackham with 16 magnificent mounted color plates. 245, [1] pages. Signed by Rogers on limitation page at rear. Book a couple barely visible spots to spine, else fine; slipcase repaired at joints. About fine in very good slipcase.
Published by London: Methuen & Co., 1951, 1951
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
The "One Hundredth Edition" of "Wind in the Willows" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Introduction by A.A. Milne. London: Methuen & Co., [1951]. "One hundredth edition." Limited to 500 numbered copies (of which this is number 361), printed on handmade paper. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 298 x 235 mm.). [2, blank], xii, 178 pp. Twelve mounted color plates (including frontispiece), twelve black and white vignette chapter headings, and three other black and white drawings. Internally fine and fresh. Publisher's full white calf, smooth spine lettered in gilt. Small repaired split at foot of spine, neat ink inscription dated 1952 on front free end-paper. A very good copy. "This book was first issued on October 8th, 1908, since when it has been reprinted in a variety of editions, illustrated and unillustrated, 99 times. This one hundredth edition, published in 1951, is printed on handmade paper and is limited to 500 copies" (p. [iv]). Published originally by The Limited Editions Club in 1940 with sixteen color illustrations only, but not published in England until 1950 by Methuen. This is the first deluxe edition to have the twelve black and white vignette chapter headings, and the three other black and white drawings. "The book is a gentle delight, presenting illustrations which in no way fight with the more famous imaginative world created by Shepherd, although if Shepherd had not preceded him, then Rackham might have anthropomorphized his creatures even more. Several of the plates are delightful: The 'Golden Day when the three heroes walked by the Caravan, Mole leading a happy horse', (color-plate opposite page 18) and the placid Rat handing a hamper to put into a boat (color-plate opposite page 6), a plate famous among Rackham lovers because it was the boat for which Rackham forgot to draw the oars, an omission which some see as significant in view of the artist's imminent death. Perhaps the most interesting picture is the color-plate opposite page 98, which depicts the egocentric toad levelled to the drab clothes of a no-pocket washer woman, hopping about permissively, totally unequipped for the real contest. In the real world of people, like all egoists, animal or human, he is alien, and it is a typical piece of Rackhamerie that we should see two children laughing at the glum toad, not because he is a toad, but because he is obviously pretending to be something else". (Gettings, Arthur Rackham. pp 168-169). Riall, p. 200.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition Signed
With an Introduction by A. A. Milne & illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 246(last colophon), 16 mounted coloured plates (including frontispiece), title page vignette printed in green, the title and chapter numbers printed in gilt; impl. 8vo; qr. cream linen, spine lettered in gilt, batik papered boards, the spine cloth very slightly soiled; t.e.g., others uncut; within dark grey/green papered slipcase with gilt lettered title label on spine, lacking the top edge, other edges lightly worn; Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. First edition with these illustrations, limited to 2020 numbered copies signed by the designer/printer, Bruce Rogers. [Limited Editions Club] Bibliography S-7.