Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

£70

Illustrated By Charles van Sandwyk

The timeless adventures of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger have enchanted children and their parents for more than a century. This is a glorious edition of a children’s classic, with enchanting illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk.

The Wind in the Willows

£70
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in blocked cloth with an inset paper label
Printed slipcase
Printed endpapers
Dimensions10 inches x 6¾ inches
FontSet in Founders Caslon
Pages264 Pages
AuthorKenneth Grahame
Illustrated ByCharles van Sandwyk
IllustrationFrontispiece and 33 colour illustrations, and 50 integrated black & white illustrations
Publication Date15/08/2005
Editor's Notes
 
The Wind in the Willows is about many things – the changing ­seasons, the beauty and fragility of nature, the thrill of the open road, and the creeping tide of suburbia – but it is the ­glorious adventures of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger that have enchanted children and their parents for more than a century.

Of this Folio edition, author Michael Morpurgo has said, ‘In almost 100 years since its first publication, I doubt there has been a finer edition.’ One of our all-time best-sellers, it features illustrations by Charles van Sandwyk that perfectly evoke the idyllic world of wild wood and riverbank.

About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book, The Wind in the Willows, How to See Fairies (which he both wrote and illustrated) and Alice in Wonderland. A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition. It sold out rapidly.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book, The Wind in the Willows, How to See Fairies (which he both wrote and illustrated) and Alice in Wonderland. A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition. It sold out rapidly.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book, The Wind in the Willows, How to See Fairies (which he both wrote and illustrated) and Alice in Wonderland. A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition. It sold out rapidly.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book, The Wind in the Willows, How to See Fairies (which he both wrote and illustrated) and Alice in Wonderland. A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition. It sold out rapidly.

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About the Illustrator

Charles van Sandwyk

Charles van Sandwyk was born in South Africa and raised in Canada; he taught himself calligraphy and intaglio printing as a teenager. His first self-published book appeared when he was just 20, and won a national award. Since then his work has been archived by the National Library of Canada and treasured by private collectors across the world. Van Sandwyk has produced illustrations for the Folio editions of The Blue Fairy Book, The Wind in the Willows, How to See Fairies (which he both wrote and illustrated) and Alice in Wonderland. A limited edition of Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, was published by The Folio Society to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first edition. It sold out rapidly.

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About the Author

Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932) was born in Edinburgh and educated at St Edward’s School, Oxford. He was due to attend Oxford University but instead began work at the Bank of England where he rose to the rank of Secretary. The bedtime stories he invented for his son Alastair (nicknamed ‘Mouse’), were later reworked and became his most famous novel, The Wind in the Willows (1908: Folio Society edition 2005). His other writings include The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898).

Also illustrated by Charles Van Sandwyk