KENNETH GRAHAME WIND IN THE WILLOWS(ILLUSTRATED IN FULL COLOUR)

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

The Collector’s Colour Library takes the favourite illustrated titles of The Collector’s Library and presents them in full colour. Original colour illustrations are faithfully reproduced, and where illustrations and decorations were originally black-and-white they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain’s most accomplished colourists. One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, The Wind in the Willows follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next – in gipsy caravans, stolen sports cars, to prison and back to the Wild

Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains a timeless tale more than 100 years after its publication.

There are sixteen full colour pictures by Arthur Rackham.

Barbara Frith has coloured the chapter headings.

With an Afterword by David Stuart Davies.

When Mole tires of spring-cleaning his home, he takes a stroll to the riverbank. There he meets a new friend, Ratty, who introduces him to the delightful world of the river and all its residents. Beyond the river, which has now lured Mole away from home, lies the Wild Wood, where the reclusive Badger has made his home. The three animals become firm friends that winter when Ratty and Mole take refuge from the snow in Badgers house. Together they have many thrilling adventures with the irrepressible Mr Toad, who, try as he might, simply cannot help getting into trouble.

240pp, 150 x 93 mm, text on 120gm woodfree uncoated paper, section sewn hardback

with real cloth binding and all edges gilt, printed endpapers, satin ribbon marker, head and

tailbands, illustrated matt laminated jacket with gold blocking.

The Collector’s Library restores traditional visual and tactile pleasures to the joy of reading.

Each book is designed to appeal to the book-lover; in every case the type is re-set, illustrations, where appropriate, are selected from sources as close to the period of the book as possible, and the books are printed on high-quality paper, section-sewn and bound in real cloth. Each book has endpapers, a satin ribbon marker, head and tailbands and gilt edges. They represent the marriage of great literature to high aesthetic and craft standards, using the technology of the 21st century to produce something classic and at the same time unmistakeably modern.

Their handy size means that they can be slipped into the pocket, handbag or briefcase, and their robust manufacture makes them ideal travelling companions as well as comfortable bedside reads at very affordable prices.

‘I cannot imagine a more heavenly present; they are so beautifully produced and illustrated.’

Jilly Cooper, novelist

‘It is delicious to see gilt edges again. ... They are far more pocket-sized than any paperback.’

Joanna Trollope, novelist