August 2020 Catalogue

A u g u s t 2 0 2 0 39 “My dear old Ratty you don’ t understand. Boating— well—a pleasant amusement for the young.” Limited Edition Of Toad Of Toad Hall , Signed By Both Milne And Grahame 37. MILNE, A.A., adapting GRAHAME, Kenneth. Toad of Toad Hall. A Play fromKenneth Grahame’s Book ‘The Wind in the Willows. London, 1929. Small quarto, original half blue cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $4500. Click for more info Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 copies on handmade paper signed by both Milne and Grahame. An unusually fine copy. “Milne was a great admirer of Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece for children, The Wind in the Willows ” (Muir, 157). When it was proposed to him that he might attempt to dramatize a part of the book, he responded to Curtis Brown, in November of 1921: “ The Wind in the Willows —now you’re talking! If Kenneth Grahame is willing… I will do it. And I shall love doing it.” An unusually fine copy.