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GRAHAME**, KENNETH: : THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS TREASURY - From the original stories by Kenneth Grahame - illustrated by Ernest H[oward] Shepard

LONDON.DEAN,2000.

ISBN 9780603552250.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reissue,1st thus. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE-. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,glossy laminated colour pictorial environs map illustrated background with superimposed double line bordered white panel with stories' characters small colour illustration within,to front of dw/dj,with part-capitalised title and other black-lettered author+illustrator credits; spine/backstrip with separate white panels/boxes with black-lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered publisher's name respectively,rear panel with continuation of front's map illustration.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - but inevitable age-acquired scoring/indents to front panel of dw/dj - leaving some residual impressions to board beneath - not obtrusive though.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with repeated dw/dj illustration and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st thus,5-80pp [paginated] includes 7 stories with profuse coloured illustrations by E. H. Shepard, throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] colour vignette illustrated title page,and acolour illustrated Contents list/table with a colour illustrated frntis to its verso.   Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 20+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them it really is still an exceptional exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other major detracting faults. Meet the terrible Mr Toad and his faithful, long-suffering friends,Mole,Rat and Badger,in these abridged seven entertaining stories from Kenneth Grahame's classic,'The Wind in the Willows.Stories include The River Bank, The Open Road, The Wild Wood, Mole's Christmas, Toad's Adventures, The Further Adventures of Toad and The Return of the Hero - all illustrated by Ernest H[oward] Shepard. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reissue,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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