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Copyright states 1898; title page 1899. First English edition, second printing [The First-first had a different cover. and all were issued without story illustration.] Hard cover, 16mo, in yellow pictoral cloth printed in green with figurative art of a young child in a hat amongst a fruiting, flowering bower, the titles in an artful script to front and spine, which has another young child with a rattle illustrated there. "List of books written or edited by Grahame on verso of half-title, priced in sterling." Printed by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. , collophon. COLLATION: [3], 275pp. plus [15]pp. publisher's catalogue with the illustrated wood engraved cover art by British Artist Edward Hort New, who was associated with the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, and whose initials appear in the lower left of the image. (See our listing Nos. 9417, 9419 and 9420 for other examples of his art.) "Typesetting in the U.S. was required to secure copyright for a foreign literary work; it is presumable that duplicate printing plates were sent to England for printing there. "The Golden Age" had been similarly printed and published." (worldcat) **CONDITION: Near Fine. Spine a bit darkened. This was a continuation of Grahame's semi-autobiographical tales of childhood begun in "The Golden Age," (see our listing no. 9284) and includes "The Twenty First of October," and "The Reluctant Dragon." Edinburgh-born AUTHOR Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932), was perhaps best known for his later work, "The Wind in the Willows" of 1908. Watson 1097.
Ref: FICT19 9468
$65.00