Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
A. A. Milne. Once Upon A Time. Hodder and Stroughton, 1925.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue boards and spine decorated and lettered in gilt and black; the rear board has a 2 cm x 5 mm mark; spine rubbed and faded. Internally gift inscription in pencil on ffep; half title foxed plus a little in lower corner of title page. Clean contents.
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$50.88 + shipping
Description: First edition with Charles Robinson illustrations. Original blue cloth with titles and decorations to the spine in gilt and black and an illustration on the upper board in gilt and black. Without the dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. With a colour frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping at the spine tips, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with faint offsetting to the endpapers and half title and some very light spotting to the prelims and very infrequently throughout, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. A. A. Milne's first children's book, a quirky fairy tale written for the entertainment of his wife between 1915 and 1917, before the birth of Christopher Robin Milne in 1920 and the literary debut of Winnie the Pooh. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Milne, A.A.. ONCE ON A TIME. Hodder & Stoughton, 1925.
Price: US$56.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1925. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis plus numerous b/w text and full-page illustrations. A book written in 1915 "for the amusement of my wife and myself at a time when life was not very amusing" - A.A. Milne. Originally published in 1917 with illustrations by H.M. Brock. 269 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Frontis is part detached and lightly browned at margins. Some light foxing to contents. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$190.80 + shipping
Description: First edition, thus., illustrated by Robinson - it was issued in 1917. DW. Coloured frontis. and b/w illustrations. Outer edge and endpapers lightly foxed, pages browned. Original blue cloth, decorated in orange and black. VG+ in sl. soiled wrapper that is rubbed and sl. chipped to extremities.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$318.01 + shipping
Description: 269pp, with text illustrations in line, a colour frontis, and pictorial endpapers. Extremely bright and fresh throughout. The original owner's home-made bookmark was found at p256-7, where it has left a thin line down the gutter, and a faint mark on the page. No other marks. In the original pictorial binding of pale blue cloth, blocked in black and gold, spine titled in gilt: extremely bright and fresh, corners sharp, head of spine faintly blunted. In the protected pictorial dust jacket: this has a 1cm chip to the head of the spine, and small scuffs with loss at each corner. The upper panel is bright, the spine slightly sunned, and the lower (white) panel shows some soiling: the flaps are plain white. Appears to be a juvenile fantasia, but in his preface to this edition, Milne says it is 'for those young and old, who like the things which I like' and speaks of it as his best book. The publisher's puff on the back of the jacket mentions 'When we were very young' (1924), but not 'Winnie the Pooh' (1926), lending support to 1925 for this book, and says: 'It is full of delicious humour. Lovers of the fanciful of all ages will revel in it.' A beautiful copy, in the slightly worn rare jacket. First printing with Robinson illustrations.
Seller: Chapel Books, Westleton, SFK, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne. Once on a time. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1925.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Once on a time", by A.A. Milne. Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1925, first UK edition first printing of the Charles Robinson illustrated edition. Original blue cloth, contents complete with all illustrations as issued. A good copy. Book Condition: Good. Slightly bumped to the spine ends, slight foxing to the end papers, otherwise a tidy book with no inscriptions. Dust Jacket Condition: Good condition. Rubbed to the folds and chipped to the corners and spine ends. Collectible copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
A A Milne. Once On a Time. Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1925.
Price: US$508.81 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition Thus 1925. Wonderfulline drawings by Robinson. Very un-common to have the wrapper in this complete bright condition. Book is near fine and very bright and clean. Inscription to inner title page and name to endpaper. The complete wrapper is very good++ with slight rubbing to spine tips. A few nicks to edges and light soiling to white rear. Digital images available upon request. Ref1104
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom