Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co, London, 1959.
Price: US$13.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: b/w & colour illusts, green cloth boards, gilt text on spine, maps on endpapers
Seller: Carmela's Books, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Grahame, Kenneth Ills by Arthur Rackham. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, London, 1959.
Price: US$16.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xii,178pp. Frontispiece + 11 other colour plates, and 15 line drawings . Book is very nice and printed on beautiful stock. Dj is very worn. Gift inscription on ffep Size: Large 8vo
Seller: Global Village Books, Bundall, QLD, Australia
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Description: Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original Persian green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 248 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Thin ink name to the top of the front free end paper. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the tips and corners, not price clipped, 8s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, London, 1959.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth Gilt lettering is bright and clear pages & illustrations are clear& clean; some light tanning to end pages; slight corner bumping; not price clipped
Seller: B and A books, Banff, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind In The Willows. Methuen, London, 1959.
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First thus with colour illustration by E H Shepard. Previous owners name and date, 1959, to half title. A very good copy in a very good, non-price clipped DJ with minor ear which is now protected. Presents well
Seller: Juniper Books, Petersfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, with new plates in full colour by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with eight full page colour plates and line drawings throughout by E. H. Shepard. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little dusty and toned with a couple of short closed tears, but otherwise without loss. Not price-clipped (21s net to the front flap). The first printing of this new edition for which E. H. Shepard drew eight new full page colour plates added to the line drawings of the 1931 edition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co LTD, London, 1959.
Price: US$447.86 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this novel to feature the colourful illustrations of Ernest H. Shepard, one of the most sought after editions of this beloved novel. The first edition of this work with coloured plates by Ernest H. Shepard, this is considered to be one of the most desirable editions of this literary classic.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'The Wind in the Willows' is a children's tale beloved by many. It is adventurous and mystical, with it's four main characters being anthropomorphised animals; Mole, Rat, Mr Toad, and Mr Badger.Illustrated with eight colour plates, by Ernest H. Shepard.Kenneth Grahame is most famous for this children's classic, which he wrote after retiring from his job at the Bank of England. Though working at the bank, he often published stories in various periodicals, with some of them being published in collections, such as 'The Golden Age', and 'Pagan Papers'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Small mark to the rear board. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips to the head of the spine, and tape repairs to the reverse. Light age-toning and handling marks to the dust wrapper. Minor rubbing to the joints and folds of the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD.(1879-1976). English artist and book illustrator; best known as illustrator for A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed ''Ernest H. Shepard'' on his Lodsworth 212 I Woodmancote, Lodsworth, Nr Petworth stationery. One page, octavo. [London], October 28, 1959. With two oval ink stamps from Methuen Co. & Ltd, ''The Publishers'' dated 29th of October 1959, noting receipt. A fine blue ink line is drawn vertically through the text. Shepard writes: ''Dear Sir, I have received from Messrs. Curtis Brown two three copies each of The 'World of Christopher Robin' and the new Edition of the 'Wind in the Willows.' Please accept my thanks for these. Yours truly Ernest H. Shepard -- I am very pleased with the colored reproductions in both these books.'' Just a fine letter with great associations.
Seller: Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Autographs, Bedford, NH, U.S.A.