Illustrated wind in the willows5/31/2023 Sold for £33,000 at Bloomsbury Auctions on 24th November 2010. The book and letters offer a fascinating insight into Kenneth Grahame’s family life. Sidney Ward and 1 to her daughter Ruth, and 3 Christmas Postcards, 1 on behalf of her son. Pictured right and left: Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Ruth Ward with his ink inscription on half-title, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, end papers foxed and browned, original gilt pictorial cloth, very small stain at head of upper cover, edges and corners a little rubbed and frayed, lower corners bumped, spine sunned, edges uncut, 8vo, 1908 Grahame (Elspeth, wife of Kenneth Grahame, 1862-1946) 3 Autograph Letters signed, 2 to Mrs. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames valley. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children’s literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908.
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