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The Annotated Wind in the Willows
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Author
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Kenneth Grahame. Annie Gauger, ed. Brian Jacques, intro. Arthur Rackham et al, illus.
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Publisher
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Norton
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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10.25
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8.25
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1.5
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ISBN
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9780393057744
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Pages/Publication Date
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384/2009
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Daedalus Item Code
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11058
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This item is not available.
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Description
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An instant bestseller in 1908, The Wind in the Willows has become one of the great books of children's literature. Kenneth Grahame's adventures of Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, Otter, and Rat come alive in this authoritatively annotated and superbly illustrated edition for all ages. Here are famous images by the likes of E.H. Shepard and Arthur Rackham, in addition to notes on automobiles (Toad drove an Armstrong Hardcastle Special Eight), picnics, Gypsies, caravans, old English mansions, peculiar dukes, and even modern manifestations of the story—including Disney's "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride." Scholar Annie Gauger also uncovers extraordinary new material on Kenneth Grahame, his troubled family life, and the origins of the story. "The tradition that Martin Gardner began with the Annotated Alice has been splendidly upheld by Annie Gauger. What Gardner did for Lewis Carroll, Gauger has done in spades for Kenneth Grahame, in a sumptuously produced volume that's a delight to handle as well as read. The background information on display really dazzles: I only wish I'd had this book to consult when writing Grahame's biography."—Peter Green
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