Description:
New York: Collins World Publishing. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. 0529001195 . Color and b&w Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 255 pages; 1966 Collins World. HC/DJ. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket. Presumably a book club edition without price on the jacket flap, but no slug in the green cloth boards. Green cloth binding of a much higher quality than usually seen in book club edition and includes a pictorial vignette to the cover board. Pictorial endpapers from Tudor designs and illustrated through with her b&w and color drawings. Very handsome copy feels generally unread. NF/NF .
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About this book
The Wind in the Willows is a classic children's book by Kenneth Grahame, published in 1908. The story follows the adventures of four animal friends - Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad - as they explore the English countryside, battle against weasels and stoats, and learn about the value of friendship, loyalty, and the joys of a simple life. Through their adventures, the characters discover the importance of home and the pleasures of a peaceful existence. With its charming characters, vivid descriptions of nature, and timeless themes, The Wind in the Willows remains a beloved classic today.
First Edition Identification
Methuen and Company published the First UK Edition, First Printing hardcover in 1908, London. The edition is bound in green-blue cloth boards with intricate gold gilt illustrations and lettering. The first edition dust wrapper can be identified by the publisher’s printed price of 6’- on the front panel on peach-tan paper with black inked illustration. Methuen and Company published the First Illustrated Edition hardcover in 1931, London. The illustrated edition was made in a set of 200 copies signed by both Grahame and Shepard, printed on handmade paper. Grahame's children's classic was originally published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for an illustration. Although the work was subsequently published with illustrations by several artists, it was E. H. Shepard who brought the narrative to life with his evocative line drawings
Details
- Title The Wind in the Willows
- Author Kenneth Grahame
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st ed thus
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Putnam Publishing Group, New York
- Date 1966-06
- ISBN 9780529001191 / 0529001195
- Ages 03 to UP years
- Grade levels P - UP
- Reading level 1060
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 66014847
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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The Wind in the Willows
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