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Sold on Oct 14, 2010 for: Not Sold
[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Introduction by A. A. Milne. London: Methue...
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Description
The "One Hundredth Edition"
[Arthur Rackham, illustrator]. Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Introduction by A. A. Milne. London: Methuen & Co., [1951]."One hundredth edition." Limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is number 253, printed on handmade paper. Large quarto. xii, 178 pages. Twelve mounted color plates (including frontispiece), twelve black and white vignette chapter headings, and three other black and white drawings.
Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown morocco. Covers with gilt single-rule border, front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, spine paneled and lettered in compartments, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. A fine copy.
"This book was first issued on October 8th, 1908, since when it has been reprinted in a variety of editions, illustrated and unillustrated, 99 times. This one hundredth edition, published in 1951, is printed on handmade paper and is limited to 500 copies" (p. [iv]).
Riall, p. 200.
Auction Info
2010 October Beverly Hills Signature Rare Books Auction #6048 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2010
14th-16th
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