Illustrated by E. H. Shepard.
London, Methuen & Co., 1931
With The Rare Dust-Jacket. LIMITED EDITION, no 55 of 200 copies, SIGNED by both Kenneth Grahame just a year before his death, and by Ernest H. Shepard.
The Wind in the Willows has also been the subject of banning in schools whose teachers felt Toad represented a bad example for children. His careless, irresponsible behaviour might inspire kids to emulate him.
Limited edition. 4to, printed on hand-made paper, ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR, publisher's green cloth backed boards with cream paper label to spine printed in black, original plain dust-jacket lettered in dark blue, boards with some minor shelf-wear, jacket spine darkened, chips to head and tail of spine and to one corner, some toning and stray abrasions, otherwise a very good copy overall and internally near-fine.
The Wind in the Willows has also been the subject of banning in schools whose teachers felt Toad represented a bad example for children. His careless, irresponsible behaviour might inspire kids to emulate him.
Limited edition. 4to, printed on hand-made paper, ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR, publisher's green cloth backed boards with cream paper label to spine printed in black, original plain dust-jacket lettered in dark blue, boards with some minor shelf-wear, jacket spine darkened, chips to head and tail of spine and to one corner, some toning and stray abrasions, otherwise a very good copy overall and internally near-fine.
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