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Author: Grahame, Kenneth
Title: The Wind in the Willows
Place: London
Publisher: Methuen
Date: [1931]
Item # : 210868
Sale Number   434
Lot Number   317
Sale Name    
Fine Literature with Illustrated & Children's Books; Fine Press Books
Sale Date   08/05/2010
Price realized   $ 8400
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Description:
[6], 312 pp. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, including folding map in back. (Small 4to), original cloth-backed boards, paper spine label, additional label tipped in at rear, dust jacket. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. No. 73 of 200 copies on hand-made paper. First Shepard Edition.
Signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. One of the most beloved and oft-published children's books.
Condition:
Some wear and spotting to slipcase; lower corner clipped from front jacket flap, some soiling to jacket; volume fine.
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