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Signed limited edition of Grahame's reminiscences of his boyhood, framed as a conflict between the Olympians (adults) and the Argonauts (children) the first with illustrations by regular collaborator Ernest H. Shepard. Best known for his illustrations of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS and WINNIE THE POOH, in THE GOLDEN AGE Ernest H. Shepard's artistic talent is on full display. This limited edition on "specially made rag paper" is signed by both Shepard and Grahame. An unusually attractive copy. 8.75'' x 5.5''. Original parchment-backed marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece with 27 black-and-white illustrations. x, 168 pages. Signed by Grahame and Shepard to limitation page, numbered 190 of 275. Bookplate of architect Parker Morse Hooper to front pastedown. Binding with mild bumping to corners, slight lean. Clean.

First published in 1895, 'The Golden Age' is a collection of nostalgic and whimsical essays by Kenneth Grahame, celebrating childhood innocence and wonder.