GRAHAME, Kenneth. (Introduction by A. A. Milne). The Wind in the Willows. (1951 - FIRST LONDON RACKHAM EDITION)

AUTHOR: GRAHAME, Kenneth. (Introduction by A. A. Milne).

TITLE: The Wind in the Willows.

PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., 1951.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON RACKHAM EDITION. 1 vol., 11-7/8" x 9-3/4", illustrated, color frontispiece and 11 color plates tipped to captioned leaves, additional line drawings in the text by Arthur Rackham, limited to 500 numbered copies this being #313, bound in fine full white pigskin, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt tree to front cover, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt, others uncut as issued, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for E. Joseph.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, A FINE COPY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is the 100th edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908 with a single illustration, by Graham Robertsone. Rackham's illustrations for the text were first published by New York's Limited Editions Club in 1940. It was the last work Rackham illustrated before his death in 1939. Rackham longed for a number of years to illustrate the book. Completed during his last illness, the result was "among his most affecting works, replete with wit, invention, and carefully controlled emotion" (ODNB).