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Limited Editions Club, New York, 1940. Hardcover. Good. 4to, hardcover. No dj. Good+ condition. Banded soiling/staining to covers; small moisture mark to upper front board, not penetrating to contents. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Contents clean, free of writing or marking. All illustrations called for present: all clean and sharp. Binding square and tight.

New York:: The Limited Editions Club,, 1940.. First edition; No. 637 of 2020 copies signed by Bruce Rogers, the designer. . publisher's cloth-backed decorated paper boards, t.e.g., in publisher's slipcase.. Spine very slightly dust-soiled; otherwise fine in a slightly tanned slipcase with some rubbing and wear along the joints, including a 4" split along one lower edge.. Folio,. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. With 16 tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good+ (Textblock Fine) in Good+ Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Rackham had been invited to illustrate the first edition of Willows in 1908, but was unable to accept the project. He regretted the miss for years, but was able, just before passing away, to illustrate the LEC edition (not unlike Alice Neel's death-bed illustration of Fall of the House of Usher for LEC). While the slipcase is in need of repair/replacement, the volume itself is very handsome. Very minor shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, small soil mark at head, owner bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows several splits (three poorly repaired with [not so] invisible tape, light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, gilt lettering and decorative elements (spine and slipcase), marbled paper boards, color frontispiece, teg. Small 4to.… Read More