The Wind in The Willows. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1932. 40th Edition. Pp, 312. A nice bright copy in smooth green buckram with gilt illustration to front board and illustrated endpapers. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper verso and half title.

Ernest H. Shepard (1879-1976) was already well known for his illustrations of the books of A. A. Milne when this classic combination of author and artist first appeared in 1931.

The Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908