Found a hardbound, half-century-old copy of childhood favorite The Wind in the Willows, with the Ernest Shepard illustrations, for under 50 pesos in a secondhand book shop!
The one I had when I was growing up was a paperback edition (Signet, I believe), with Leslie Morrill illustrations. Very nice, but I always coveted the library’s hardback version with the Shepard drawings. And now I have one for myself. YAY :D
More Shepard drawings from the book here, as well as a nice insight or two: “From my own perspective, the beautifully written adventures of Mr Badger, Mole, Ratty and the inimitable and credulous Toad and their friends, although composed principally as a tale for youth, is equally suitable as a pleasant diversion or panacea for the blues in adulthood.”
