The Wind in the Willows.; Illustrated by Charles Van Sandwyk by Grahame, Kenneth - 2008

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Pristine condition, still in tissue paper wraps, minor scuffs to a near fine box. Photographs upon request. Number 893 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. This Centenary Edition has been composed in Founder's Caslon types at The Folio Society and printed on Cordier Wove paper by T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall. Tipped-in original copperplate etching signed and numbered 893 by the artist was hand printed under the artist's supervision by New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, Canada, on Somerset velvet buff 100% cotton mould-made paper. The endpapers and limitation page have been printed letterpress on Hahnemuhle Bugra Butten by the Logan Press, Wellingborough, Northants. The book has been hand bound in vellum blocked in 22-carat gold, with vellum tips and olive green Oxford paper sides, by The Fine Bindery, Wellingborough, Northants. Size: 10"x13", 265pp., 16 colour hand-tipped plates, 40 pen and ink drawings, enclosed in a dark green cloth covered clamshell box.