May 14, 2019 - Sale 2508

Sale 2508 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 3,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) GRAHAME, KENNETH. The Wind in the Willows. 8vo, publisher's light green cloth stamped in gilt, top edges gilt, spine and board edges faded; dust jacket, spine panel darkened with tears to head and foot and loss of several title letters, long closed tears and further chipping to edges, several tape repairs on verso, toned but for flaps; ownership signature. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908

Additional Details

first american edition in the exceedingly scarce dust jacket, with no copies of this edition in the jacket appearing on ABPC or Rare Book Hub.