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Milne, A. A.. When We Were Very Young. E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Bumped corners. Good. No Jacket. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). Full red cloth over boards, spine and front cover stamped in gold foil, some pictures peeled from front flyleaf from the lower school library perkins school for the blind, crayoned E on copyright page., illustrated endpapers, illustrations throughout text, some pages soiled but presentable. Pages 85-91, the Teddy Bear: the first appearance of Winnie-the-Pooh. Shepard's illustrations brings Pooh to life. Stated 74th printing, first published in 1924. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jacket has several tears and doodling on the front, internally a very good copy.
Seller: Braintree Book Rack, Cohasset, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early printing. Vocal score with music set to lyrics adapted from Milne's book of children's verses. Includes "Teddy Bear," which features the first appearance of Winnie the Pooh. 43 pp. Oversized sky blue boards with pink casing. Moderate spotting to front board with several quarter-sized, nickel-sized, dime-sized and smaller spots. Some light spotting to rear board. Light rubbing to extremities. Light bumps to corners with significant wear. Two small chips to casing along bottom edge of front board. Some very light soiling to endpapers. Dime-sized spot to RFEP, both sides, rear of last text page, rear pastedown. Former bookseller's sticker to RFEP. Nice, clean copy.
Seller: The Sensible Magpie, Creswell, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Folio. Hardcover. Light blue cloth with paper title label on front cover. 43pp. B&w illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Covers lightly spotted. Interior very good. In lightly foxed dust jacket with tiny corner chips.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Teddy Bear and Other Songs from 'When We Were Young'" by A.A. Milne with music by H. Fraser-Simson. 1926 1st American edition; E.P. Dutton & Company; New York. The book features illustrations by E.H. Shepard, the illustrator of the original Winnie-the-Pooh books. There are 14 songs in all, as follows: Disobedience; The Alchemist; Jonathan Jo.; The Four Friends; Independence; Before Tea; Bad Sir Brian Botany; Sand-between-the-Toes; Puppy and I; Daffodowndilly; Rice Pudding; Teddy Bear; At the Zoo; If I were King. The book measures 12 3/8" tall x 9 3/8" wide. Condition: Light soiling to the covers. Each cover has a small ding/dent at the top edge. Wear to the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are mostly clean with only some occasional smudging. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: E. P. Dutton, 1926. First American edition [1926]. Good used copy with some external wear. Selection of songs with music and lyrics, illustrated with line drawings by Shepard. Pink hardcover with blue cloth spine, paper label on front cover, 12.25" tall, contains 14 songs. Some finger soil and darkening to outer edges of covers, wear to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, slightly age-yellowed but clean pages, no names or other markings. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: HB DJ 1st Ed. See my pic. D/J not clipped. Brown paper on board, fawn cloth spine. White paste down box with dark blue titles + illustration front. 31.6 x 24.8cm. 43 pages. Words by Milne, music by H Fraser-Simson, lovely b/w illustrations by E H Shepard. 14 songs. Starts: Disobedience. Includes: The Four Friends. Before Tea. Rice Pudding. Ends: If I Were King. Condition: Obviously been a well used, loved book. DJ tatty, age and handling discoloured, but still there! Boards slight blooming bottom edge. Title box light freckled. Cloth spine discolouring at bottom. Slight rub top/bottom spine + corners. o/p which is title page, tanned down one half from DJ flap. Some freckles. Some general age/handling marks to some of the pages. But in the main, clean, binding good, good colour.For its age and use, not a bad copy.
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
A., MILNE A.. Teddy Bear and Other Songs. E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1926.
Price: US$79.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Minor wear to the covered dust jacket. 1926 - Dutton No cover wear. One page has ink scribbles, otherwise text is free of markings. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information
Seller: Southern Maryland Books, Waldorf, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth, 31 cm, 43 pages, with black & white illustrations. Printed title with Shepard illustration pasted-down on cover. Includes 14 songs. Very good condition aside from slightly discolored page edges and a stain covering lower 1/2 of spine. In a dustjacket in very good condition but for a few rubbed areas, some creases, some minor corner losses and some minute closed tears at edges.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
MILNE, A.A.. Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young". E.P. Dutton, New York, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Music by H. Fraser-Simson. 43pp. Small folio. Blue cloth and printed paper label. Owner name, corners slightly bumped, very good in near very good with old internal repair and some nicks and tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 43 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Slightly bumped, else Fine in very good plus dust jacket (some fading and a few tiny chips along top edge of front panel) Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 43 pp. 1 vols. Folio
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. E. P. Dutton and Company Inc, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first printing. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 158 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate scuffing and bumping to both ends of spine and around all corners of boards. Moderate staining to both boards. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Multiple address stamps and gift inscription on half title page. Moderate foxing to interior pages. Winnie-the-Pooh is a 1926 children's book by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The book is set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood, with a collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O2-3).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven dark green cloth stamped brightly in gilt with Christopher Robin & Pooh vignette on the front boards and crisp, bright gilt border rules. The gilt lettering, Pooh Bear, and publisher's name at the bottom of the spine are dulled but readable. With pictorial map endpapers of the ""100 Aker Wood." With a cheerful previous owner's inscription on the title page: "For the little boy who loves picture books and funny stories as a Valentine. Feb. 1927. B.H.H." Splendidly clean and tight throughout, printed on heavy white stock which the charming illustrations by Shepard. A charming volume ready to conjure up childhood memories. Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II. Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward," was renamed "Winnie-the-Pooh" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie (after Winnipeg), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan called "Pooh." E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, and two more characters Rabbit and Owl were created by Milne's imagination. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under glass in New York where 750,000 people visit them every year. (Wikipedia) First AmericanEdition with 1926 copyright date and no subsequent printings listed.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 126 mm), pp. 160, Publisher's original green cloth binding, front cover ruled border in gilt and stamped in gilt with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt; full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood. Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)"; Cover and spine lightly rubbed, endpapers age stained as usual. [Haring-Smith C79; Cutler-Stiles p. 116; Grolier, no. 71]. The second in the classic quartet of Milne's cycle based on the teddy bear which belonged to his son, Christopher Robin Milne. Pooh first appeared in a poem, published in Punch in February 1924, and reprinted in When We Were Very Young, but the character was only fully developed in Winnie-the-Pooh, which documents the adventures of the "bear of little brain." Accompanied by the magical drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, whom Milne had met as they both were contributors to Punch. Their collaboration spanned many projects and "Milne was so aware of the extent to which Shepard's drawings contributed to the success of Winnie-the-Pooh that he arranged for him to share in the royalties." [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, p. 232].
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4803.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, out-of-series copy of 100 copies signed by Milne, Shepard, and Fraser-Simson on the limitation leaf, and additionally inscribed by the publishers for the composer "This is a presentation copy for H. Fraser-Simson, Esq." Harold Fraser-Simson published six volumes of his musical settings of the verse of A. A. Milne and, as noted by Thwaite, "his settings became very familiar through the wireless" (Thwaite, Brilliant Career, p. 61). When the verses for When We Were Very Young first appeared in Punch, Milne was approached by numerous composers wishing to set them to music. He chose Fraser-Simson who was his neighbour in Chelsea and the composer of the phenomenally successful musical The Maid of the Mountains. There would eventually be 67 songs and Milne noted that "the music is exactly right" (Thwaite, p. 272). When Songs from "Now We are Six" was published in 1927, Daphne Milne suggested a sound recording of three of the songs on the HMV label. "Down by the Pond", "The Engineer" and "The Friend" were sung by Christopher Milne, accompanied by the composer. "Us Two" was also recorded, but recited by Christopher without accompaniment. One of Christopher's cousins described the recording as "the unacceptable face of Poohdom" (Thwaite, p. 329), but the record does preserve Christopher Robin performing three of Fraser-Simson's settings of Milne and "giving the performance all he'd got" (Thwaite, p. 329). Ann Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1992; Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne. His Life, 1990. Large octavo. Publisher's blue cloth-backed boards, front cover with paper label lettered in dark blue. Illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard. Extremities a little worn, some occasional minor foxing, gatherings unopened: a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom