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Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen and Co., [1908]....
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Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen and Co., [1908].8vo. Frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Original pictorial blue-green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut.
FIRST EDITION of one of the most iconic children's books of all time. "What had emerged [from Grahame's bedtime stories to his son Alistair] was no lighthearted story about a countryside community of animals but a long and ramifying fable... the London publisher had been dubious about accepting so unclassifiable a book, putting it on his adult rather than his juvenile list, and many reviewers were also baffled as to its likely readership" (Grolier, Children's).
Condition: Slight wear to spine ends; minor rubbing to joints and extremities; covers a little discolored (lightened) from damp; some dampstaining to upper corners on pastedowns; some toning to endpapers (as often). Minor pale spotting to frontispiece and title with a small dampstain at head of title; deckle edges a bit toned.
Provenance: Purchased from Charles Rare Books, London, 27 August 1962. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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