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A.A. MILNE. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. E.P. DUTTON & CO., NEW YORK, 1929.
Price: US$12.82 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: *FIRST EDITION*. THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND FADED. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE SCUFFED AND SLIGHTLY EXPOSED. THERE IS SOME FOXING TO THE SPINE. THE PAGES HAVE A SLIGHT UNFINISHED EDGE. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
Milne, A. A. Rare A A Milne / BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1st Edition 1929. E.P. Dutton, 1929.
Price: US$13.49 + shipping
Description: New York, 1929; cloth covered boards; with leaf pattern; yellow spine; edge and corner wear with board exposed; jacket in poor condition heavily chipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; end papers toned; interior pages in very good condition; interior clean and unmarked; 202 pages
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$29.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards lightly rubbed and tanned and with one small soiling to front. Endpapers yellowed. Front hinge weakening; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 201 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
MILNE.A.A.. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.. DUTTON., NEW YORK., 1929.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TIGHT CLEAN COPY.SPINE LIGHTLY FOXED.LIGHT EDGEWEAR.ENDPAPERS BROWNED AND FOXED.FLIMSY DUSTJACKET HEAVILY CHIPPED AT EDGES,FOXED AND FRAGILE.IN PROTECTIVE BRODART COVER.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. By Way of Introduction.. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York. "First Edition"., 1929.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 5 1/4 in. x 7 3/4 in., 202 pp. Some of the pages show unopened lower edges. Tan cloth spine with titling in brown, and patterned paper over boards, with a leaf design. The cover corners show bumping, wear, wear to cover edges; rubberstamped design In Memoriam gift bookplates on both of the front and back endpapers: Ralph M. Pons; browning to endpapers. Titles & subjects of the Introducions & Essays: Introducing Fougasse; Introducing Fairyland [The Science of Fairy Tales, by E. S. Hartland]; Saki [H. H. Munro]; [Ernest H.] Shepard [illustrator of the Pooh books];; Granta magazine]; Hammersmith [theatre]; Crime; "The King's Breakfast". Dramatic Art and Craft; Portrait of a Good Man ["On England" by Stanley Baldwin]; High Life & Low Life [Lions and Lambs by Low]; The Author in the Theatre ["How a Play is Produced" by Karel Capek]; 'A Babbled of Green Fields [Cricket]; Dr. Watson Speaks Out ["Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories", by Arthur Conan Doyle]; Thoughts on Spirtitualism; A Note on Stagecraft; Spiritualism-and the Value of Evidence [mention of Arthur Conan Doyle]; Love & Marriage; Children's Books; Their Exits & Their Entrances; Good King Wenceslas; An Immortal Name; The Art of Giving; Certain Financial Matters; A Village Match; A Group of Silver Birches; The Uninvited Guest; The Honours List; The Little More; An Unlucky Golfer; The End of a Chapter [mentions Christopher Robin].
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A.. By Way of Introduction. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$59.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton, 1929. Stated first edition, 1929. Good in fair to poor dustjacket. Essays by the author of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Colorful hardcover with yellow cloth spine, tan woodgrain pattern dustjacket lettered in black. The book has modest edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has splits held together by the mylar dover, chipping along spine that interfere with the spine lettering, not all that much paper loss overall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. By Way of Introduction. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good in original papercovered boards and dust jacket with shallowing chipping to the edges. The book has wear at the tips, offsetting on the endpapers, a tiny dampstain on the top rear corner.
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
MILNE, A A.. By Way of Introduction. E. P. Dutton and Co, New York, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Essays on such topics as Crime, Saki, Drama, Theatre, and Sherlock Holmes by the author of Winnie The Pooh. Near Fine in Very Good plus rice-paper like printed dustjacket with some edge chipping.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. By Way of Introduction.. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 202 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards in printed wood-simulating dust jacket. First trade edition. Near fine in the unusual jacket with tiny chips at corners and a slightly larger, diagonal chip at the top of the spine, not affecting any lettering.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. By Way of Introduction. Dutton, New York, 1929.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large octavo, 202pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy, with most pages unopened, in the publisher's handmade paper over boards. In the publisher's slipcase, which has some notable corner wear, but still nicer than often found. This is number 91 of 166 limited copies SIGNED by Milne on the limitation page. Nice copy.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
MILNE, A.A.. By Way of Introduction.. New York, Dutton [1929]., 1929.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (so stated; large paper edition). Tall 8vo. Author's note. Original gilt stamped light aqua cloth over fuchsia/beige patterned boards, top edge stained green, uncut. Very good. Original publisher's light green board slipcase. Scarce. Small bookplate of B.R. Overbury on the front pastedown. #105/166 numbered copies, signed by Milne on limitation page. Includes Milne's essay on E.H. Shepard (the illustrator of Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" series); an essay on "Children's Books."
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.