The Wind in the Willows

Overview:

  • Title: The Wind in the Willows
  • Author: Kenneth Grahame
  • Year: 1953
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Price: $2.50
  • Pages: 259
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Wind in the Willows
  • Notes: Re-produced and augmented illustrations, 1st US ed. thus
    • LCCN and OCLC: -- neither mentions additional illustrations
    • Publ date from announcement in Kirkus Reviews (undated online) -- Quote text in full: "Announcing an attractive new edition of the classic, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, for which the artist has done six new drawings to supplement the already familiar ones." (posted with later cover image and ISBN)
    • Price (and date) from notice in review column by Louise S. Bechtel NY Herald Tribune 1953-08-16 pE8 "On August 24th, you will be able to buy ..."
    • Cover artist (and price) from review column on new editions of children's books, Polly Goodwin Chi. Tribune 1953-11-15 pD6: "with a lovely willow leaf cover and jacket by Valenti Angelo" ... "a gem of bookmaking"