Grahame WIND IN WILLOWS ill ARTHUR RACKHAM ~ True 1st ~ 1 of 2020


Grahame WIND IN WILLOWS ill ARTHUR RACKHAM ~ True 1st ~ 1 of 2020

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Grahame WIND IN WILLOWS ill ARTHUR RACKHAM ~ True 1st ~ 1 of 2020:
$725.00


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Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in The Willows. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.1940. First Edition Thus. [True first printing with Rackham illustrations: limited to 2020 copies. First trade edition published subsequently by Heritage in the U. S. First U.K. edition with Rackham prints not until 1950. This edition, in addition to being the first edition, is also the only edition with all 16 of Rackham\'s color plates. Both the later U.K. first and the U.S. first trade edition included only 12 of the plates.]Limited Editions Club. 1940.Signed by Bruce Rogers, the designer of this issue. [This being copy #1947.] Marbled paper boards backed with beige buckram. 16 color plates mounted on heavy art stock, with borders to plates and descriptive captions. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed.Large 4to.[8 x 11 1/2]. paper boards have very good color. Exterio near fine. Internals excellent. No previous owner\'s marks. Interior clean and very attractive. Appears unread and unused. All plates present and in fine condition.

A very attractive copy that presents Rackham\'s work in a much better form than the subsequent reprintings. The plates for Rackham\'s illustrations are done superbly here and that quality is not duplicated in the trade editions published subsequently. Included with this copy is the original Limited Editions Club insert originally included with this printing.

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Grahame WIND IN WILLOWS ill ARTHUR RACKHAM ~ True 1st ~ 1 of 2020:
$725.00

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