Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) / Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows - 1959
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Illustrated edition of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, with 12 colour plates and 15 line drawings illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in a hardback Heritage Press New York 1959 edition, 190 pages, 24 x 16 cm, in very good condition.
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Handsome copy with 12 attractive colour plates by Rackham
The last book to be illustrated by Rackham. Grahame himself originally approached Rackham to illustrate his book but at that time it could not be managed. It was thirty years later that Rackham finally consented. The pictures were finished just as World War II broke out and were originally published in America by the Limited Editions Club.
This lovely illustrated American edition of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ features 12 lovely colour plates including frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, and 15 line drawings. An introduction by A. A. Milne. Published by The Heritage Press, New York, 1959. Publisher’s original green cloth covers, with red design on upper cover, and red title to the spine.
Book Dimensions: 24 x 16 cm and Number of Pages: 190.
Condition
External covers are clean and in nice shape. Internally; in very good condition. No names or inscription. Firm and strong binding, bright and clean pages. All coloured plates are present and in very nice condition (Lovely Copy) (Please see pictures).
Handsome copy with 12 attractive colour plates by Rackham
The last book to be illustrated by Rackham. Grahame himself originally approached Rackham to illustrate his book but at that time it could not be managed. It was thirty years later that Rackham finally consented. The pictures were finished just as World War II broke out and were originally published in America by the Limited Editions Club.
This lovely illustrated American edition of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ features 12 lovely colour plates including frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, and 15 line drawings. An introduction by A. A. Milne. Published by The Heritage Press, New York, 1959. Publisher’s original green cloth covers, with red design on upper cover, and red title to the spine.
Book Dimensions: 24 x 16 cm and Number of Pages: 190.
Condition
External covers are clean and in nice shape. Internally; in very good condition. No names or inscription. Firm and strong binding, bright and clean pages. All coloured plates are present and in very nice condition (Lovely Copy) (Please see pictures).
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Children's books, Collected works, Illustrated, Literature
Book title
The Wind in the Willows
Author/ Illustrator
Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) / Kenneth Grahame
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1959
Height
24 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
16 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
The Heritage Press, New York
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
190
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