Skip to content

Wind in the Willows (HB edition)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Wind in the Willows (HB edition) Hardcover - 2024

by Grahame Kenneth

  • New
  • Hardcover

Description

2024. Hardcover. New. unabridged edition. 216 pages. 7.75x6.00x1.25 inches.
New
NZ$26.50
NZ$21.19 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 14 to 21 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Revaluation Books (Devon, United Kingdom)
The BIBLIO Guarantee | Ask Seller a Question

Details

  • Title Wind in the Willows (HB edition)
  • Author Grahame Kenneth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farshore
  • Date 2024
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __1405297824
  • ISBN 9781405297820 / 1405297824
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.06 x 6.27 x 0.94 in (20.47 x 15.93 x 2.39 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Reading level 1060
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Topical: Ecology
    • Topical: Friendship
    • Topical: Gift
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About Revaluation Books Devon, United Kingdom

Biblio member since 2020
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

General bookseller of both fiction and non-fiction.

Terms of Sale: 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from Revaluation Books

About this book

The Wind in the Willows is a classic children's book by Kenneth Grahame, published in 1908. The story follows the adventures of four animal friends - Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad - as they explore the English countryside, battle against weasels and stoats, and learn about the value of friendship, loyalty, and the joys of a simple life. Through their adventures, the characters discover the importance of home and the pleasures of a peaceful existence. With its charming characters, vivid descriptions of nature, and timeless themes, The Wind in the Willows remains a beloved classic today.


From the publisher

One of the most famous animal stories of all time, The Wind in the Willows is a classic that has been entertaining children and adults alike for over a hundred years.

One of Junior Magazine's 100 best children's books of all time!

The Wild Wood seems a terrifying place to Mole, until one day he pokes his nose out of his burrow and finds it's full of friends. He meets brave Ratty, kind old Badger and the rascally Mr Toad, and together they go adventuring ... but the Wild Wood doesn't just contain friends, there are also the sinister weasels and stoats, and they capture Toad Hall when Mr Toad is in jail. How will he escape? And can the friends fight together to save Toad Hall?

Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is a classic animal adventure that charms and enthrals. This hardback edition contains the original full-colour illustrations by E H Shepard, a partnership that has never been bettered. A perfect gift for children aged 9 and above.

First Edition Identification

Methuen and Company published the First UK Edition, First Printing hardcover in 1908, London. The edition is bound in green-blue cloth boards with intricate gold gilt illustrations and lettering. The first edition dust wrapper can be identified by the publisher’s printed price of 6’- on the front panel on peach-tan paper with black inked illustration. 


Methuen and Company published the First Illustrated Edition hardcover in 1931, London. The illustrated edition was made in a set of 200 copies signed by both Grahame and Shepard, printed on handmade paper. Grahame's children's classic was originally published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for an illustration. Although the work was subsequently published with illustrations by several artists, it was E. H. Shepard who brought the narrative to life with his evocative line drawings


Categories

About the author

KENNETH GRAHAME was born in Edinburgh in 1859 and grew up in Berkshire. He started work at the Bank of England in 1879 and retired as its Secretary in 1908, the year that The Wind in the Willows was first published. The book was based on bedtime stories he told his son Alistair, who is said to have been the inspiration for the much-loved character of Toad.

E.H. SHEPARD was born in London in 1879. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools and later worked for Punch magazine as a cartoonist and an illustrator. Shepard illustrated many books for adults and children, including A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Shepard's characterful illustrations of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad, first published in 1931, have become an inseparable part of The Wind in the Willows, and are classics in their own right.

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.