Book and slipcase are in Very Good condition. discount Book does not have a dust jacket as issued by the publisher but is protected in a beautifully designed slipcase. Please see photos.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The Wind in the Willows is a children's book by Scottish novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternating between slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphized animals: Mole, Rat (a European water vole), Toad, and Badger. They live in a pastoral version of Edwardian England.
In 1908 Grahame retired from his position as secretary of the Bank of England. He moved back to Berkshire, where he had lived as a child, and spent his time by the River Thames, doing much as the animal characters in his book do – to quote, "simply messing about in boats" – and expanding the bedtime stories he had earlier told his son Alastair into a manuscript for the book.
The novel was in its 31st printing when A. A. Milne adapted part of it for the stage as Toad of Toad Hall in 1929. The first film adaptation was produced by Walt Disney as one of two segments in the 1949 package film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.
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Product code: The Wind in discount the Willows by KENNETH GRAHAME - Classic Heritage Press Edition in Slipcase