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A fine copy, housed in original green cloth box. [46146] £2,250 This is a beautiful production published to mark the book’s centenary.
17. GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, E.H. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1931. First edition with illustrations by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. Original dark green cloth with gilt vignettes on upper cover and titles on the spine. Top edge green. Map endpapers. Illustrated throughout in line by E. H. Shepard. A very good copy, light signs of wear, but generally bright. [46563] £395 Grahame’s children’s classic was orig- inally published in 1908 with no illus- trations in the text. Although the work
Sandwyk’s illustrations of- fer a fresh style, using a vi- brant colour palette, whilst also being influenced by the drawings of Arthur Rack- ham and E.H. Shepard, creating a beautiful and im- pressive volume.
was subsequently illustrated by several artists, none matched the success of the text until, E.H. Shepard, fresh from his success- ful collaboration on A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books, brought the narrative to life with his evoc- ative line drawings in 1931. His illustrations have been barely out of print since and have become in- exorably linked to the book.
18. GRAHAME, Kenneth; SANDWYK, Charles Van THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS The Folio Society, 2008. Centenary edition deluxe. One of 1,000 copies with an original copperplate etching signed by the artist, this copy numbered 659. Folio. Vellum backed green paper covered boards. The boards embossed with gilt vignettes and corners tipped with vellum. Housed in the publisher’s cloth drop over box, with gilt title label on the spine. Pictorial endpapers, an original copperplate signed etching, sixteen large tipped in colour plates, plus many line drawings in the text by Charles Van Sandwyk.
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