Grahame, Kenneth | The Wind in the Willows, signed by Grahame and E. H. Shepard

Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., 1931

4to (225 x 178 mm, uncut). Text illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, folding map at end, half-title; a little fox-spotting on page edges and on a very few page margins. Publisher's half green buckram over blue-gray boards, printed paper spine label (lightly stained), extra spine label tipped in at rear; board edges rubbed. Publisher's printed dust-jacket; darkened and worn at extremities with separations and minor loss, neatly relined.

Limited edition of the first edition illustrated by Shepard; no. 69 of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper, signed by Grahame and Shepard on the limitation page.