First edition. HB. Dark blue/green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and front cover, with gilt decorations and image of toad in motoring gear to spine, and gilt image of ratty and mole in a boat with Pan behind, to front cover. All page edges gilt. 302pp. Printed on laid paper with wide margins and hand-cut fore-edges. With frontispiece illustration from monochrome print by Graham Robertson, tissue-guarded. A Very Good copy of the scarce first edition. Gilt to front cover bright, slightly dulled to spine, generally clean covers with some light marks,lightly rubbed edges with small cloth abrasions and slightly bumped corners. Contents well bound. Light browning and foxing to ends, occasional foxing spot or light smudge mark to main pages. Neat name of early or original owner to front free endpaper, and blank green paper bookplate on front pastedown, with a pencil date of Oct.10.08 to corner. Pictures available.