The Wind in the Willows [Hors Commerce Copy with Watercolour Illustration]

Grahame, Kenneth [Illustrated by Charles Van Sandwyk]

Edité par London Folio Society 2008, 2008

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Centenary Edition. 266 pp. Original full page pen and ink illustration that has been hand coloured by Van Sandwyk. Illustration tipped-in the second white front free end paper. Drawing depicts Ratty and Mole sitting by a cozy living room fire enjoying a drink and a smoke. Signed by Van Sandwyk on the bottom right edge, just below a small drawing of a dragonfly. The illustration is surrounded on the page by a hand drawn and gilt decorated border that is similar to the one found around the etching. Signed by Van Sandwyk again near the lower left corner of border. Folio (33cm X 25cm). Quarter vellum binding blocked in 22-carat gold with vellum tips and Oxford paper sides blocked in three metallic foils. Hand bound by The Fine Book Bindery, Wellingborough, Northants. Gilt top edge. Illustrated endpaper maps, printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Bugra Butten by the Logan Press, Wellingborough, Northants. A signed and numbered hand-printed sepia copperplate etching tipped-on one of the coloured front free end papers. The limited edition etching has been hand printed by New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, Canada, on Somerset velvet buff 100% cotton mould-made paper. Signed and dated by Van Sandwyk opposite etching page. A full colour illustration tipped-in as a frontispiece. Roughly 100 illustrations and 16 tipped-in colour plates throughout text. The plates have been printed on Hello matt art paper by Beacon Press, Uckfield, Sussex. Text composed in Founder's Caslon types at The Folio Society and printed on Cordier Wove paper by T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall. This edition follows the original 1908 Methuen and Co text. Presented in a dark green cloth-bound clamshell case with illustrated and gilt lettered label on spine. Number IX out of 30 hors commerce copies reserved for the artist, all numbered in roman numerals. A superb copy with the addition of an original watercolour in fine condition. Includes signed prospectus set. The tipped-in hand drawn illustration can also be found on the cover of the trade edition, but in B/W. Charles Van Sandwyk's illustrations have been compared favourably to Ernest Shepard's and Arthur Rackham's illustrations of Kenneth Grahame's classic work. Van Sandwyk's work's featured in the National Library of Canada and institutions around the world. His other award-winning books include the Parade to Paradise, Sketches from the Dream Island of Birds and How to See Fairies. Signed by Van Sandwyk below hand printed etching. An exquisite copy.

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• Titre: The Wind in the Willows [Hors Commerce Copy with Watercolour Illustration]
• Éditeur: London Folio Society 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
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