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Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Methuen & Co. Ltd. London 1926 1st edition large format hardback. (2), iv, pp43, (2). Card boards show a few marks. Chipping/creasing to upper board top corner (see image). No names or other markings. Very edge of top corner of blank front end paper slightly bumped. Binding solid. Good. 750gm packed. Oversized-may incur small extra postal charge-to be agreed
Seller: Wylie Books, Buckfastleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback with dust-wrapper. 31cm x 24.5cm. 43pp. Decorations by E. H. Shepard. Music by H. Fraser-Simson. 1st edition 1926. D/w is slightly marked and frayed to edges with small losses. Bottom corners bumped. Previous owner's name, Ann Thwaite, in pencil to front free end-paper. A decent copy. (q8)
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio. Original publisher's ivory cloth-backed dark brown boards with printed title label to upper. 43, [i] (blank) pp. Binding slightly worn and soiled; minor browning to endpapers; some wear, tears, and stains to dustjacket. Slightly worn and soiled. Fraser-Simson, an English composer, was best-known for his songs. "His tuneful incidental music for Kenneth Grahame's Toad of Toad Hall has merit . Other such works include a group of settings from Alice in Wonderland and six volumes of songs from A.A. Milne's When We were Very Young, the most popular of which have been Christopher Robin is saying his Prayers and Christopher Robin at Buckingham Palace." Geoffrey Self in Grove Music Online.
Seller: J & J LUBRANO MUSIC ANTIQUARIANS LLC, Syosset, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: Music by H. Fraser-Simson. 43 pp. Decorations by E. H. Shepard. Folio, publisher's cloth-backed boards with printed paper label on front panel. First edition. Slight use to boards; near fine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Teddy Bear and Other Songs from When We Were Very Young, music by H Fraser-Simson, decorations by Ernest Shepard [Methuen] 1926, paper-covered brown boards with cloth spine, 10"x12" approx, inscribed, minor bumps, otherwise VG+ in a G+ unpriced d/w with some tears and tanning but no loss
Seller: David Schutte, Lydbury North, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition, hardcover with cream cloth spine and brown paper boards with white title label with blue letting pasted to the front, has slight bowing to the covers, a ding to near the middle of the head of book with slight crease to text block, bumps to spine ends and corners, faint soiling to edges of text block that do not bleed to pages, and a slight crack starting to tail of binding at copyright page, otherwise an As Is copy in a like uncut dust jacket, which has bumps with shallow chips to spine ends and corners, edgewear with short teras and small chips, a couple scrapes torn into back cover, light sunning with small tears to spine, and areas of faint soiling to panels and edges. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.70 + 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.A.Milne. Teddy Bear & Other Songs from When We Were Very Young. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$56.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is near fine, dustwrapper chipped at spine, some nicks, tears, name and date on front free end paper.
Seller: Tormod Opedal, Sarpsborg, VIKEN, Norway
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this illustrated collection of the poems of A. A. Milne put to songs, illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. The first edition of this work.A collection of fourteen poems put to music by H. Fraser-Simson. Acharming collection of songs from 'When We Were Very Young' by A. A. Milne.Including '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', and 'If I Were King'.The poem 'Teddy Bear' is the first appearance of Winnie the Pooh, though he is known named as Pooh in the poem. The poem was originally published by 'Punch' in 1924.Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard, the iconic illustrator of Milne's 'Pooh' books. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Light shelf wear to spine tail, bump to spine head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: DJ rubbed, chipped with large tears and loss. Some foxing, a few ink markings and name to endpapers, pp clean and bright. Size: Folio
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$85.96 + shipping
Description: 99 S., zahlreiche kleinformatige s/w Bleistift und Federzeichnungen als Seitenschmuckelement von Ernest H. Shepard. Gebrauchs- oder Lagerspuren. Schutzumschlag mit Einriss an oberer Kante, Kanten und Ecken leicht bestoßen, Papier altersbedingt gebräunt. Seiten vereinzelt fingerfleckig.Preiseintrag ehemaliger Buchhandlung auf Vorsatz. Sonst gut erhaltenes Ex. der Erstausgabe mit bezaubernden Ilustrationen zu Text und Noten. Wegen des Formates Versand als Päckchen mit angepassten Versandkosten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500 4°, 31x24, gebundene Ausgabe, hellbraun-marmorierter Pappeinband, montierter ill. Deckel-Titel, hellgrüner, mit Zeichnungen und Noten ill. Orig.-Schutzumschlag.
Seller: Versandantiquariat Gebraucht und Selten, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, NRW, Germany
Price: US$85.96 + shipping
Description: 99 S., zahlreiche kleinformatige s/w Bleistift und Federzeichnungen als Seitenschmuckelement von Ernest H. Shepard. Gebrauchs- oder Lagerspuren. Schutzumschlag mit Fehlstellen liegt nur der Vollständigkeit halber bei Kanten und Ecken leicht bestoßen, Papier altersbedingt gebräunt. Seiten vereinzelt fingerfleckig. Preiseintrag ehemaliger Buchhandlung auf Vorsatz. Ebenda auch private Widmung: To Jennifer with love". Sonst gut erhaltenes Ex. der Erstausgabe mit bezaubernden Ilustrationen zu Text und Noten. Wegen des Formates Versand als Päckchen mit angepassten Versandkosten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500 4°, 31x24, gebundene Ausgabe, hellbraun-marmorierter Pappeinband, montierter ill. Deckel-Titel, hellgrüner, mit Zeichnungen und Noten ill. Orig.-Schutzumschlag.
Seller: Versandantiquariat Gebraucht und Selten, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, NRW, Germany
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition hardback E.H. Shepard Illustrations
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown boards withpaper title label and beige bookcloth spine. Scores for settings of poems from 'When we were very young' with margin illustrations in black and white by E.H. Shepard. Boards slightly bowed. Neat ink inscription to front pastedown. Damp stain at base of back cover but overall clean and bright.
Seller: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Description: Illus. by E.H. Shepard, 12.5 x 9.5", boards with illus. front cover label, 43pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, ink name of former owner (with 1929 date), pp toned (eps unevenly so), some scattered finger soiling else a nice copy in a toned, rubbed, soiled, and worn dustjacket.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$176.33 + shipping
Description: 1928 - 1929. 3 volumes in 4. Manque la jaquette du premier volume, manque au dos de la jaquette du deuxième volume, mouillures au dos de la jaquette du troisième volume.
Seller: La Basse Fontaine, VENCE, France
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [MUSIC]. H. FRASER-SIMSON, music. E.H. [Ernest Howard] SHEPARD, illustrator. First edition. Folio; 43pp; brown boards, cream cloth shelf-back, printed label on front with a vignette of Pooh; illustrated title page; 14 musical scores with words, small line illustrations; light foxing to title label on front, bumped rear top corner and rear upper edge; light acid burn from dust jacket flap to ffep; unclipped blue illustrated dust jacket, old archival tape repairs to verso, light soiling and a few spots; very good plus in very good minus dj. Dedication page reads, "By permission of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York these Songs are dedicated to The Princess Elizabeth." The Duchess of York at this time was the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who became Queen when her husband, Prince Albert, acceded to the throne as George VI in 1936. The book was dedicated to The Princess Elizabeth, now Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II, who was born in 1926. The 14 songs with musical scores have amusing titles, including: Bad Sir Brian Botany, Sand-Between-the-Toes, Rice Pudding, Daffodowndilly, and If I were King.
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
MILNE A A. Teddy Bear and Other Songs from When We Were Very Young. Methuen, London, 1926.
Price: US$301.57 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Words by A.A. Milne; Music by H. Fraser-Simson; and decorations by E.H. Shepard. Publishers original chocolate-brown boards with an ochre binding strip for the spine. Cream-coloured paper label to the front board lettered in dark blue showing Pooh Bear reading a newspaper on the ground. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers and an attractive "This Music Belongs To" Label affixed to the front free end-paper overall a VG+ copy. The sea-green D/W is priced seven and sixpence net to the front cover as called for. The VG+ D/W is complete with no wear, tears or pieces missing and is just faintly darkened to the spine. Rare in this lovely condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
MILNE, A.A.. Teddy bear and other songs from "When we were very young". Methuen & Co, 1926.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1926 Winnie the Pooh 1st Teddy Bear Songs When We Were Young Milne Illustrated Some people care too much. I think it's called love. A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Shortly after the successes of When We Were Very Young, Milne published a song book in 1926 with music by H. Fraser-Simson and illustrated decorations by E. H. Shepard. Songs includes the text, sheet music, and illustrations for fun with kids and songs like The Four Friends, Sand Between the Toes, Teddy Bear, and more! Item number: #23972 Price: $499 MILNE, A.A. Teddy bear and other songs from "When we were very young" London: Methuen & Co.: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, 1926. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o [4], 43, [1] o 40 illustrations Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Includes original dust jacket from a later state Size: ~12.25in x 9.75in (31.5cm x 24.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 23972 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$4812.25 + 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
A. A. Milne. Winnie The Pooh SIGNED. Methuen & Co. LTD, London, 1926.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first printing with "First Published in 1926" stated on the copyright page. Signed by A. A. Milne on a professionally tipped in page from a signed limited edition, therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. Measures approximately 7.75" x 5", with 158 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still bright and well preserved. Rear hinge cracked. 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# (M4-13).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7571.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A beautifully bound set of A A Milne's classic children's works featuring his anthropomorphic bear Winnie the Pooh. From the library of Julian's Park, which was once home to the Socialite Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Comprising early editions of these works. 'Winnie The Pooh' is a second edition of 1926; 'House at Pooh Corner' is a third edition of 1929; 'When We Were Very Young' is a Nineteenth Edition of 1929, 'Now We Are Six' is a fifth edition of 1929.Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. This set of best selling works comprises of the first volume of stories solely regarding Pooh, 'Winnie-The-Pooh', and two poetry collections, 'Now We Are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young'. 'Now We are Six' contains thirty-five verses, eleven of which are accompanied by illustrations featuring Winnie-The-Pooh. 'When We Were Very Young' contains forty-four poems, including 'Teddy Bear' which, upon its initial publication in 'Punch' magazine, was the first literary appearance of Winnie-The-Pooh. The introduction to 'When We Were Very Young' implies that the narrator may be Christopher Robin.These works are illustrated by E H Shepard, a popular twentieth century illustrator whose pen and ink drawings were featured in all of Milne's works.Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with their binder's stamp to the front pastedown. All volumes are in a half calf binding, with gilt tooled silhouettes of the characters Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit and Piglet to the spines. The boards are covered in charming paper which has a repeated animal motif. This same paper is used for the endpapers. Pleydell-Bouverie was a close friend of Stanley Bray, who worked at the firm for over 60 years. He often bound books for her as gifts.From the library at Julians Park, the former home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (Audrey Evelyn James Coats, and Audrey Evelyn James Field). Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. Audrey was also alleged to be the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, although she was also rumoured to be his daugher, or the lover of King Edward VIII. She bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was a patron of the arts and it is believed that she bound several books herself, as many books from her library were stamped with her name and she owned a group of bookbinding tools. Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel and Nancy Mitford. She was featured in Cecil Beaton's 'Book of Beauty' and was regarded as one of the Bright Young Things. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the spines and extremities. Fading to the spine of 'When We Were Very Young'. Binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'Sangorski and Sutcliffe'. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional light spots. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound with a navy blue linen quarter spine and blue-green paper covered boards with a white printed paper label on the front. A Very Good Plus copy with a touch of sunning to the spine, light wear and bumping to the corners and shelf-wear along the bottom edges and a touch of soiling to the paper label. With the personal stamp impression of B.J.T.(Bernie Talpin) at the bottom corner of the front endpaper. And a vintage book catalogue entry for this item glued at the top of the front paste-down.Very clean and tight throughout with splendid hand-made deckle-edge paper. With the large folding map of Pooh Country and the 100 Aker Wood protected with folding tissues at the back of the book. In an acetate protective jacket. A gloriously charming and scarce book. 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. It is the first of two story collections by Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh, the second being The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne and Shepard collaborated previously for English humour magazine Punch, and in 1924 created When We Were Very Young, a poetry collection. Among the characters in the poetry book was a teddy bear Shepard modelled after his son's toy. Following this, Shepard encouraged Milne to write about his son Christopher Robin Milne's toys, and so they became the inspiration for the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh. The book was published on October 14, 1926, and was both well-received by critics and a commercial success, selling 150,000 copies before the end of the year. Critical analysis of the book has held that it represents a rural Arcadia, separated from real-world issues or problems, and is without purposeful subtext. More recently, criticism has been levelled at the lack of positive female characters (i.e. that the only female character, Kanga, is depicted as a bad mother). Winnie-the-Pooh has been translated into over fifty languages; a 1958 Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, was the first foreign-language book to be featured on the New York Times Best Seller List, and the only book in Latin ever to have been featured. The stories and characters in the book have been adapted in other media, most notably into a franchise by The Walt Disney Company, beginning with Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, released on February 4, 1966 as a double feature with The Ugly Dachshund. It remains protected under copyright in other countries, including the UK. (Wikipedia) First edition of the signed/limited edition, this being 119 of 350 numbered copies.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander). Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen, London, 1926.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board 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.)"; in very good dust jacket (slightly worn, some dust and finger smudging - primarily affecting back panel, spine panel somewhat sunned, some dampstaining to bottom edge of spine panel, 1/4 inch; 6 mm tear to stop of spine panel, slight chipping with no losses to lettering or design elements). Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (except where exceptions are noted). THIS COPY SIGNED IN INK BY BOTH A.A. MILNE AND ERNEST H. SHEPARD ON THE TITLE PAGE. [Haring-Smith C79; Cutler-Stiles p. 116; Grolier, no. 71]. Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 126 mm), pp. 160, green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board 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 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] To own a copy of this first trade edition, signed by both contributors is exceptional.
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.