GRAHAME. KENNETH. ; SHEPARD. ERNEST. H. Illustrates. — THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS.

Methuen Children's Books. London. 1971 FIRST COLOUR SHEPARD EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.5 x 6.4 inches). Originally published in 1931 with uncoloured line drawings. Colour map endapers. A thin white line blanking out a previous owner name on the top of the front free endpaper otherwise a very good clean copy in publishers tan cloth boards with blind stamped illustration of Toad smoking a cigar to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. Some light spots to the front board but generally very good. Original dustwrapper has a few minor creases to the edges and whole wrapper has toned just a little over the years but is generally bright and clean. Overall a very good copy of this classic tale, all the better for the wonderful colour illustrations. -- Ernest Shepard coloured his own line illustrations for this new edition. He also at the same time coloured his illustrations for the Winnie the Pooh books of A. A. Milne