Beschreibung:

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, Deluxe limited edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1951, frontispiece and 11 tipped-in colour plates, tipped-in bookplate at front, top edge gilt, contemporary green full morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, covers with circular design in gilt incorporating dragonflies, swifts, butterflies and flora, fillet and foliate borders with fish motif corner pieces, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, 4to (Quantity: 1) Deluxe limited edition 261/500 copies, sumptuously bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Riall p. 200: 'Published originally by the Limited Editions Club with 16 colour illustrations, and was not published in England until 1950 by Methuen. This is the 1st deluxe issue with the text illustrations'. Originally issued in white full vellum gilt with slipcase. 'This book was first issued in October 8th, 1908, since when it has been reprinted in a variety of editions, illustrated and unillustrated, 99 times. This one hundredth edition, published in 1951, is printed on handmade paper and is limited to 500 copies...' (limitation page).