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Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. Hardcover. Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj. Good+ condition. Banded soiling/staining to covers; small moisture mark to upper front board, not penetrating to contents. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Contents clean, free of writing or marking. All illustrations called for present: all clean and sharp. Binding square and tight.

New York:: The Limited Editions Club,, 1940.. First edition; No. 637 of 2020 copies signed by Bruce Rogers, the designer. . publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper boards, t.e.g., in publisher's slipcase.. Spine very slightly dust-soiled; otherwise fine in a slightly tanned slipcase with some rubbing and wear along the joints, including a 4" split along one lower edge.. Folio,. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. With 16 tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+ (Textblock Fine) in Good+ Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Rackham had been invited to illustrate the first edition of Willows in 1908, but was unable to accept the project. He regretted the miss for years, but was able, just before passing away, to illustrate the LEC edition (not unlike Alice Neel's death-bed illustration of Fall of the House of Usher for LEC). While the slipcase is in need of repair/replacement, the volume itself is very handsome. Very minor shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, small soil mark at head, owner bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows several splits (three poorly repaired with [not so] invisible tape, light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, gilt lettering and decorative elements (spine and slipcase), marbled paper boards, color frontispiece, teg. Small 4to.… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Arthur Rackham's "Wind in the Willows" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Limited to 2,020 numbered copies (this copy being No. 1315), signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches; 289 x 207 mm.). [2], 244, [2] pp. Sixteen mounted color plates. "Printed at the Walpole Printing Office...The edition was designed by and printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers" (Colophon). Original quarter pale yellow buckram over patterned paper boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine, partially uncut copy. In the original publisher's olive green cardboard slipcase. "The Wind in the Willows was not published in England until 1950, but it found two publishers, one for a de luxe edition (The Limited Editions Club, New York) and one for a trade edition (The Heritage… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. About fine in very good slipcase.. Signed limited first Rackham edition, one of 2020 copies signed by fine press book designer Bruce Rogers, a stunning copy. The distinctly English atmosphere of this classic bucolic tale notwithstanding, this edition was first published in the United States and not published in England until 1950. Only two years before this edition, Updike called Rogers "the most exquisitely sensitive designer of books that this country, or perhaps any country, possesses." The stories of timid Mole, practical Rat, wise Badger, and intemperate Mr. Toad remain excellent bedtime reading. This is a beautiful gift edition. 11.25'' x 8''. Original quarter tan cloth, orange patterned boards. In original green slipcase. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Illustrated by Rackham with 16 magnificent mounted color plates. 245, [1] pages. Signed by Rogers on limitation page at rear. Book a couple barely visible spots to spine, else fine; slipcase… Read More