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Price: US$11.37 + shipping
Description: third edition 111pp VG+ (blue cloth w.black borders,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.stain to head of spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed) tidy copy of an early edition
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First published April 11th 1929, Second and Cheaper Edition December 1930 ,Third Edition ( Modern Classics ) 1931. Blue baords,design in black and lettering to front and spine,shelf-worn,page edges browned,right-half of fep missing,contents clean.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1931.
Price: US$12.84 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1931. 37th Edition. 184 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with black lettering. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Some gutter cracking. Pages are rough cut along bottom edge. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Minor sunning to spine. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$42.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, London, 1931.
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The 38th edition but the first edition illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard with his iconic illustrations. A very good copy in original green cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to top board. Inscription to previous owner on preliminary blank. Very slightly cocked and a little light foxing in places. Publisher's book list at rear dated "1031".
Seller: Chris Phillips, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame; illustrarted by E. H. Shepard. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Methuen, 1931. Thirty-eighth edition (the first illustrated by E. H. Shepard). Spine and boards with gilt titles and decorations are lightly surface worn. The board extremities and spine-ends are lightly rubbed/worn. Edge of page block lightly foxed. Internally unmarked throughout. Very good condition.
Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co., London and Edinburgh, 1931.
Price: US$211.66 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition thus. (38th edition). 8vo. Pp 312. Illustrations in the text. Endpaper maps. 8 page publisher's list dated 1031. Original cloth, gilt. Uniform wear. Hinges worn & spine with vertical crease. Wear to head & foot of spine. 2 while paint spots to lower spine. A little shaken. Signature and address to head of half title page. A catalogue of defects but actually not too bad.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows (38th edition). Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$213.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thirty-eighth edition and the first illustrated by E H Shepard. Hardback in Good Plus condition. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration to the front and titled to the spine, corners bumped, edges lightly scuffed, surfaces slightly tanned to the edges but otherwise clean, 312 pages plus advertisements, name to the upper edge of the first page and small inscription dated 1932 to the reverse of the fep, minor use wear and marks with minor tanning and foxing, binding tight with roll. No jacket. Free standard postage worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This stated 38th Edition from 1931 (of a book first published in 1908) is the FIRST edition with the now-famous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Map endpapers. 5 X 7-5/8ths inches in green cloth, NO dust jacket, figures of the three (clothed) animals in strong gilt to the front board. Spine rolled 1/4-inch. 312 pp. followed by 8 pp. publisher's catalog.
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$333.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Although first published in 1908, this 1931 38th edition is the first with the famous illustrations by Ernest Shepard (illustrator of Winnie the Pooh). This copy is in very good overall condition. Original green cloth binding, with gilt figures on front and gilt titles on spine, firm and clean with just a little wear at head of spine. 312-page text plus publisher's booklist in very good, tight, clean condition. Pictorial end papers, the rear one with a few very light fox speckles. Elsewhere minor light foxing to first blank end paper, half-title page and some of the ties. Age-toning to the outside edges of the textblock. No inscriptions. See photos of this copy attached. (BMGAS)
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Methuen and Co Ltd, London, 1931.
Price: US$362.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1931. Methuen and Co Ltd, London. Hardcover. GOOD Dark green cloth binding with gold colored animal decoration to front cover and print on spine. Spine slightly darkened and has edgewear. Very mild foxing to endpages
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows [First E. H. Shepard Edition]. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$378.41 + shipping
Description: First E. H. Shepard illustrated edition. 8vo. Original green cloth boards with gilt titles & vignette of Toad, Mole & Ratty to front board. Green topedge (as issued). A very good+ copy. Clean boards with no marks. Light edgewear to extremities. Very bright gilt. No marks to textblock edges. Neat ink name & date [1932] to blank endpaper. Internally clean with no colouring or scribbling to illustrations. A very attractive copy indeed. Modern Library Top 100 novels [1998]. The first edition of the E. H. Shepard illustrated editions (Thirty eighth edition overall) which has the illustrations that we all grew up with & love.
Seller: Julian Roberts Fine Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST SHEPARD EDITION. 8vo. (7.3 x 5 inches). The 38th edition overall, this is the first time the story was published with Shepard`s beautiful line drawings. A little light foxing to just a few pages but overall a very good copy, finely bound, by Riviere Bookbinder of Bath, in early half dark blue calf. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments lettered and ruled in gilt. Navy blue cloth on boards. All edges Marbled. Blue marbled endpapers. School prize plate from Charterhouse on the front pastedown endpaper, dated 1932, signed by Frank Fletcher, the headmaster and presented to G. C. Riall. School arms stamped in gilt to the front board. The spine fo the book is rubbed and darkened but still an attractive copy of the lovely book.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, UK, 1931.
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Description: 38th Edition 1931 1st Edition Thus. 1st printing of the new illustrations by Shepard. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good with a few small names to endpaper pages. Light foxing to page edges. A very nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17653
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, UK, 1931.
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Description: 38th Edition 1931 1st Edition Thus. 1st printing of the new illustrations by Shepard. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Contents good. Light foxing to a few pages. A very nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18408
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION with Ernest Shepard illustrations. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). Aside from some brown marking to one page, this is generally a very good copy, illustrated throughout with Shepard`s beautiful line drawings. Finely bound in recent full dark green morocco leather binding, spine with raised bands, ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. Original dark green cloth front cover, showing Toad, Ratty and Mole, all in gilt, bound in at rear. ----- The thirty eighth edition overall, this is the first to feature the wonderful drawings by Shepard which haven't been out of print since. After his drawings for the A. A. Milne Pooh books, these are Shepard's most enduring, & endearing, illustrations.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2565.52 + shipping
Description: First Shepard edition, the first illustrated edition of this children's classic. This edition was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration. Well-known for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, Shepard was asked to illustrate a new edition, following Milne's popular adaptation of the book for the stage, Toad of Toad Hall. In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, "I love these little people, be kind to them".q Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block after the original cover, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, floral endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2565.52 + shipping
Description: First Shepard edition, the first illustrated edition of this children's classic, which was first published in 1908. It was through A. A. Milne's involvement with Toad of Toad Hall, the dramatic version of The Wind in the Willows, that E. H. Shepard was first introduced to Kenneth Grahame. This led to their partnership in producing a new edition illustrated by Shepard, still one of the most popular of all versions of The Wind in the Willows. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards in gilt, pictorial block of Toad, Mole and Ratty in gilt to front board after the original cover design, twin rule to turn-ins in gilt, floral endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white illustrations within the text by Ernest H. Shepard. Some occasional light foxing, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2886.21 + shipping
Description: [Children's classic] FIRST SHEPARD ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 312; 10, advertisements dated 10.[19]31. Lavishly illustrated by Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with Mole, Rat, and Mr Toad in gilt to front board, gilt titles to spine; top edge green, cartographic endpapers. Illustrated jacket priced at 7/6. Front cover of dust-wrapper shows the three protagonists next to a caravan, with titles and a portrait of Rat to spine, and a bank-side scene to the rear panel. Contents clean, faint spotting to edges, neat gift inscription to blank (Christmas 1931), covers clean and fresh in a bright, near fine wrapper. An attractive copy of the trade edition, now elusive in a decent jacket, presumably as copies were so enjoyed by young readers. Shepard's beautiful illustrations are the perfect companion for Grahame's elegant prose, and this combination does much to explain the enduring attraction of this story. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth. Wind in the Willows Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.. Methuen & Co, London, 1931.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: . The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., 1931. Full Description: GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1931]. First edition illustrated by Shepard. (The first edition was published in 1908 with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson.) Limited to 200 numbered copies on handmade paper, signed by both the author and illustrator. This being copy number 42. Small quarto (8 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 220 x 185 mm). [2, blank], [6], 312 pp. Text illustrations. Folding map at end. Original quarter green buckram over gray boards. Printed paper label on spine. All edges uncut. Additional printed paper spine label tipped in at end. A fine copy. Always a champion of The Wind in the Willows, A.A. Milne turned the novel into the play Toad of Toad Hall in 1929. Not surprisingly, Milne focused primarily on the animals, excising most of Grahame's romantic fantasy. When Grahame's work was originally published in 1908 it received only moderate enthusiasm, but the huge success of Milne's stage version, and this subsequent republication of the book with Shepard's illustrations, helped establish the book as a children's classic. HBS 68944. $5,500.
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$10903.47 + shipping
Description: First Shepard edition, signed limited issue, number 164 of 200 large paper copies signed by both author and artist. This edition - also issued unsigned in a cloth binding - was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration. Well-known for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, Shepard was asked to illustrate a new edition, following Milne's popular adaptation of the book for the stage, Toad of Toad Hall. In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, "I love these little people, be kind to them". Large octavo. Original green cloth-backed grey boards, white paper label on spine printed in black, spare label tipped-in at rear as issued. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard, folding map at rear. A very good copy indeed, tight and sharp, a little foxing to edges, else clean and bright, in the original dust jacket that is somewhat toned and rubbed, a few nicks to extremities, short closed tear to foot of spine fold, unclipped.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$11224.16 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 127 of 200 large paper copies signed by both Grahame and Shepard. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration, and Shepard, well-known by then for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh series, was asked to illustrate a new edition, following on from Milne's popular adaptation of the book for stage, Toad of Toad Hall. In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, "I love these little people, be kind to them". Shepard's classic illustrations render this the most popular version of the book even today. Large octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial block gilt on front cover, turn-ins twin-ruled in gilt, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, E.H.. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$12186.24 + shipping
Description: First edition with illustrations by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. Signed by both Grahame and Shepard to the title page. Original dark green cloth with gilt vignettes on upper cover and titles on the spine. Pictorial endpapers by Shepard. A fine copy, small bump to head of the spine. A couple of very light spots to front endpapers and first blank, otherwise clean internally. Illustrated throughout in line. Uncommon signed by both author and illustrator. Grahame's children's classic was originally published in 1908 with no illustrations in the text. Although the work was subsequently illustrated by several artists, none matched the success of the text until, E.H.Shepard, fresh from his successful collaboration on A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, brought the narrative to life with his evocative line drawings in 1931. His illustrations have been barely out of print since and have become inexorably linked to the book.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, London, 1931.
Price: US$15078.53 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. One quarter green buckram over gray boards with paper label to spine. Cream dust jacket with navy lettering. Dust jacket has slight sunning to the rear panel and very light nicking to the edges. The book is in very near fine condition. A spectacular copy of this limited and signed edition, which Grahame approved and liked the illustrations. Edition of 200 copies, this is number 46. Signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$16034.52 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 192 of 200 large paper 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. Well-known for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, Shepard was asked to illustrate a new edition, following Milne's popular adaptation of the book for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall. In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, "I love these little people, be kind to them". Small quarto. Original green cloth-backed grey paper covered boards, spine with paper label lettered in black, edges untrimmed. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom green cloth-backed folding box. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard, folding map at end. Minor browning to endpapers, two adhesive tape marks and abrasions to preliminary blank, largely unopened, a fine copy. Dust jacket toned, minor adhesive tape repairs to reverse, extremities rubbed, some soiling, a good copy of an unclipped jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, E.H.. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$16034.52 + shipping
Description: First edition illustrated by Shepard. Deluxe issue, one of only 200 copies, printed on handmade paper and signed by both Kenneth Grahame and E.H. Shepard. Royal 8vo. Green cloth spine and paper covered boards with printed labels, in printed dustwrapper. A fine book in a near fine dustwrapper, with very slight dustiness to the rear panel. Illustrated throughout by Shepard and with fold out map of Toad Hall and its vicinity to the rear. The small limitation and its popularity make this a very rare book, especially hard to find in nice condition.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind and the Willows. Methuen, 1931.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. A beautiful copy SIGNED by GRAHAME and ERNEST SHEPARD the illustrator. The book is in wonderful shape with light wear to the boards. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by both the author and illustrator. We buy SIGNED Grahame First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$19241.42 + shipping
Description: First Shepard edition, signed limited issue, number 170 of 200 large paper copies signed by both author and artist. This edition - also issued unsigned in a cloth binding - was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration. Well-known for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, Shepard was asked to illustrate a new edition, following Milne's popular adaptation of the book for the stage, Toad of Toad Hall. In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, "I love these little people, be kind to them". Large octavo. Original green cloth-backed grey boards, white paper label to spine printed in black, spare label tipped-in at rear as issued. With dust jacket. Housed in a dark green quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard, folding map at rear. Gentle toning to endpapers, else a fine copy, largely unopened, in the near-fine jacket, light soiling, minor peripheral rubbing, slight creases to flaps, overall a nice example with the price intact and without chipping or restoration.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom