The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame; Grahame Robertson [frontispiece]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Very Good +. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 302 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Boards toned around edges and spine; light edgewear. Binding is sound. Very mild foxing to rear endpapers and interior else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of Grahame's classic children's novel, originally published earlier the same year in the UK.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28976
- Title
- The Wind in the Willows
- Author
- Kenneth Grahame; Grahame Robertson [frontispiece]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...