The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

$4,050 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

First edition

London: Methuen and Co., 1908. First edition. A Near Fine copy. Finely bound by the Cottage Bindery in Bath, England. Full blue morocco ruled and stamped in gilt with a butterfly motif. Spine in compartments decorated with butterflies with five raised bands. Inset in the front panel is a colored pictorial onlay recreating the frontispiece. All edges gilt. Internally, there is the occasional spot

• Binding: Leather

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