The Golden Age

Kenneth Grahame

ISBN 10: 0825303311 / ISBN 13: 9780825303319

Published by [Distributed by Kampmann & Co.], New York, 1983

About this Item

Lovely 1983 hardcover reprint of Kenneth Grahame?s 1895 classic reminiscences of childhood, The Golden Age. Published by Beaufort Books, New York. Cover design by James Hutcheson.

Includes fantastic illustrations by the great Maxfield Parrish and an introduction by writer and critic Marion Lochhead.

This copy is in very good condition; pages are unmarked. There?s some light wear and a small tear at the edges of the dust jacket. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1758853988732

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Golden Age
• Publisher: [Distributed by Kampmann & Co.], New York
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0825303311
• ISBN 13: 9780825303319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 249.476 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nonfiction
  • Harcover

About this title

Synopsis

The adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in rural England in the late nineteenth century.

From the Publisher

Kenneth Grahame's unjustly neglected collections of vignettes, reminiscences, and inventions capture the ingenuities of a family of children -- three boys and two girls -- who live magnanimous lives nourished by the secret expeditions and private games they share. Written in the last few years of the 19th century, as Grahame looked back fondly at his own childhood, these sketches of growing up are poised artfully between two states of consciousness -- that of a child protagonist and that of a remembering adult -- and so manage to evoke both the active energies of youth and the nostalgic tenderness of reflection. This book, and a companion volume entitled "Dream Days," remain beguiling today. While their language is sophisticated, confident reader of ten and up might easily find themselves caught in the web of story the author weaves; older readers have no excuse not to revel in these marvelous volumes.