Tissueprotected frontispiece illustration by graham roberston, the tissue a little spotted. Kenneth grahame was a british writer, most famous for the wind in the willows 1908, one of the classics of childrens literature. The wind in the willows first american edition first printing, published in october 1908. For in this entrancing, lyrical world of gurgling rivers and whispering reeds live four of the wisest, wittiest, noblest, and most lovable creatures in all literaturerat, mole, badger, and toad of toad hall. The wind in the willows by kenneth grahame 19081205. After the publication of the wind in the willows by methuen in 1908, it found an unlikely transatlantic fan in us president theodore roosevelt who, in 1909, wrote to grahame to tell him that he.
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The novel is notable for its evocation of the nature of the thames valley. Book 7 of 1 in the sterling illustrated classics series. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal charactes in a pastoral version of england. Kenneth grahames the wind in the willows consists of 12 parts for ease of reading.
A very good second edition in a rare very good dust jacket, published the same month as the first edition. Kenneth grahame march 8, 1859 july 6, 1932 was a british writer, mainly of the sort of fiction and fantasy written for children but enjoyed equally if not more by adults. No 38 the wind in the willows by kenneth grahame 1908 the evergreen tale from the riverbank and a powerful contribution to the mythology of edwardian england robert. Alternately slow moving and fastpaced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of edwardian england. Since its original publication in 1908, kenneth grahame s the wind in the willows has become one of the true classics of english literature loved by children and adults alike. The beautifully written work, with its evocative descriptions of the countryside interspersed with exciting adventures, became a classic of english childrens literature. And then there was alastair grahame, for whom the wind in the willows was written in. One of the most endearing books ever written for children grahame, kenneth. Kenneth grahame the wind in the willows first uk edition. Born in edinburgh, scotland, kenneth grahame 18591932 spent his childhood in cookham, england, along the river thames and near quarry wood, the inspirational and idyllic setting for his most famous book, the wind in the willows, published in 1908. Kenneth grahame developed the character of toad in the wind in the willows to amuse his young son, alistair.