Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
A.A. Milne. Once a Week. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$5.09 + shipping
Description: Bound in blue cloth. A departure from Milne's typical children's stories about Winnie the Pooh. Gilt title to spine and gilt 'signature' of the author to front board. Minor darkening to spine. Slight bumping to corners, as well as top and tail of spine, as a result of shelf wear. Binding tight. Previous owner's neat inscription to front free endpaper. Contents clean despite minor foxing to edges. Overall good. 256pp
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
E V Lucas & Herman Finck. Twelve Songs from Playtime and Company. Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: TWELVE SONGS FROM PLAYTIME AND COMPANY Words by E. V. Lucas. Music by Herman Finck. Methuen & Co, London 1926 First Edition 30pp Hardback Music Book. This copy is in fine bright, tight and unmarked condition. The unclipped dustwrapper is a trifle dusty and has some edge wear to the top but is still in remarkably well preserved condition for its age. E V Lucas was a popular and prolific author who could turn his hand to almost any subject with aplomb. He wrote knowledgably about Cricket, John Arlott considered his collection of press pieces to be the finest cricket writing he had encountered. He wrote humorous pieces for 'Punch'. He was born in Eltham, Kent into a Quaker family, and educated at Friends School in Saffron Walden. He worked first in a Brighton bookshop and then on a Sussex newspaper followed by The Globe; rising without university education to the Punch 'table' in 1904. He became a prolific writer, providing extensive content for Punch and a column "A wanderer's notebook" for The Sunday Times. From 1924 he was the Chairman of Methuen Publishers. He was responsible for A. A. Milne teaming up with E. H. Shepard for the Winnie-the-Pooh books. This did not stop him from penning a collection of children's poems entitled 'Playtime and Company' which was illustrated by E H Shepard. and published in 1925 a year after 'When We Were Very Young' the first of Milne's Winnie the Pooh books. This piece of music came from a substantial library amassed by Maude Beerbohm Tree and later added to by her daughters Viola (1884-1938 and Felicity (1894-1978) Helen Maud Holt (5 October 1863 – 7 August 1937), professionally known as Mrs Beerbohm Tree and later Lady Tree, was an English actress. She was the wife of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree and the mother of Viola Tree, Felicity Tree and Iris Tree. After early stage appearances beginning in 1883, Mrs Tree married and established a theatrical partnership with her husband, in which they appeared in revivals of classic plays and productions of new plays, first at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and then at Her Majesty's Theatre. Her performances in serious roles were well received, but she was most celebrated for her work in comedy, from Shakespeare to new works by Wilde and others. After her husband's death in 1917, Lady Tree continued to act steadily for almost two decades more until towards the end of her life, in plays and some films, making her last stage appearance in 1935. This is just one of a great many pieces of music and scores that I am selling from this collection on this site. Ref T1
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Seventh edition 1926. Decorations by E. H. Shepard. A few light marks in places, else really lovely clean, bright copy. Dustwrapper has one small tear (no loss) to the top of the rear panel and is dusty and marked and with some light rubbing. Generally a very good copy. Unusual to find the dustwrapper in good condition. 34 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne. When We Were Very Young. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$38.67 + shipping
Description: In the original blue cloth binding, with gilt illustrations to the boards and gilt titles to the spine. Illustrated endpapers. nbsp;Boards a little marked, spine faded. Minor bumping to the spine ends and corners. Small tear to the ffep. Contents a little thumb marked, and binding a little weak. Good overall. 99pp
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Milne, A. A. When We Were Very Young. Methuen & Co., London, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 99pp. Blue Cloth with embossed gilt figures on the front and rear panels illustrated endpapes. The spine is lightly rubbed, wear to the edges, as are the corners. Light discoloration on the upper edge of the front panel and the rear panel. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard throughout. A vintage, wonderfully produced copy. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$62.33 + shipping
Description: A lovely work containing a selection of Milne's children's poems, set to music by the composer Harold Fraser-Simson, with illustrations to each page of sheet music. Eighth impression from 1926.Illustrated with decorations to each of the musical notations by E. H. Shepard (1879-1976), the English book illustrator who is best known for illustrating both 'The Wind in the Willows' and 'Winnie-the-Pooh'.This is a selection of verses from 'When We Were Very Young, the best-selling work of children's poetry by A. A. Milne, set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson.Contents include verses from poems such as 'Happiness', 'Missing', 'Hoppity', 'Growing Up', 'The Three Foxes', and 'Market Square', with charming relevant illustrations to most pages.Harold Fraser-Simson (1872-1944) was an English composer of 'light music', whose most famous musical was 'The Maid of the Mountains'. He set various children's verses to music, including 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame.A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was an English author who is perhaps best known for creating the character of Winnie-the-Pooh. His father was a bookseller by the name of Christopher Robin Milne, and ultimately served as the main inspiration for his popular literary character.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original quarter-cloth binding on paper boards. Externally, very smart. Minimal bumping and wear to the extremities and the spine, with a few marks and spots to boards. Light age-toning to paste downs and endpapers. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening in the middle. Pages are bright and clean with light age-toning to margins and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$63.60 + 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$159.00 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 8vo. (7.5 x 5 ins). In blue cloth covers with gilt vignettes to front and back. Top edges gilt. Illustrated yellow endpapers. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW spine darkened, small chips to ends and corners, some rubbing to edges, a couple of small spots. In protective sleeve.) Nice bright cloth, some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions. Minor darkened strip to inner edge of half-title page. Inside pages all very clean, bright and throughout. An excellent early edition copy. 100pp. With B&W line drawings by E. H. SHEPHARD.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$189.30 + shipping
Description: 158 p. Bound in the publisher's green cloth with gilt title spine, gilt decorated front cover depicting Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin and pictorial endpapers with a map of the Hundred Acre Wood, top-edge-gilt (Spine-ends and corner-tips of the binding rubbed, text-block loosening from the front hinge and with light waterstains throughout the bottom-margins, otherwise in good condition.)
Seller: Antiquariaat Schot, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
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.. Winnie The Pooh. SPECIMEN PAGE. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926., 1926.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SPECIMEN PAGE. 1 page folded, 7-1/8" x 4-5/8", printed in red and black, in VERY GOOD condition. This is a rare four page promotional leaflet advertising the forthcoming book by A. A. Milne, The First Edition of Winnie the Pooh, the first page introduces the books characters and lists the limited editions, the second and third page contains two specimen pages from the book, featuring the illustrations of E. H. Shepard, the last page lists the already published books by A. A. Milne.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$384.07 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926 - In-8° relié, reliure éditeur pleine percaline verte, dos plat, tranche supérieure dorée, titre doré, encadrement et illustration dorés au premier plat, illustrations en noir, 158 pages, bel exemplaire, très frais de la seconde édition, parue la même année que l'originale -- 2nd edition, in very good condition (spotless, no writings),
Seller: Librairie AU SUD DE NULLE PART, Le Landreau, France
MILNE, A.A.. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$445.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1926 second edition, published in the same year as the first. 158-page tex, with top edges gilt in very good, tight, clean condition. Just a very few small, light areas of age-browning around the outer blank margins. 159-page text complete and has no colouring-in. The only colouring-in is on the front end-paper map and this has been done neatly. Signatures on front end-paper map, the blank back of the half-title and and one dated 1926 on an age-browned blank end paper. Age-browning of the blank back of the last page. Original pictorial gilt, dark-green cloth binding, with gilt title on spine, in good, tight condition, with only minor rubbing of extremities and faint marks. Overall a very good copy. See photos of this copy attached. (BMGAS)
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
A. A. Milne. Winnie the Pooh ( Second Edition ). Methuen & Co. Ltd, 36 Essex St, London, 1926.
Price: US$445.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second Edition, 1926 (same year as first edition). Green cloth cover with bright Gilt picture of Christopher Robin and Pooh bear and Gilt linear border on the front. Gilt Lettering to Spine. Top page edges Gilt. Endpapers illustrated with Maps (Drawn by me and Mr Shepard Helpd). 158 Pages with many B&W Pen Illustrations. Very slight edge wear. Penciled gift inscription on fly leaf, dated 1926 and an inked name above. No other inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen, London, 1926.
Price: US$457.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing same year as first edition. Covers and contents clean and bright. Endpaper maps unmarked.Slight spine lean. 158 pages. Size: 5" x 7.5"
Seller: Bosco Books, Looe, CORNW, 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.
Milne, A. A.. Winnie the Pooh. Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1926, London, 1926.
Price: US$636.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. xi, 158 pp. Original publisher's dark green cloth with dulled gilt decoration to front board & gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Fraying to top of spine, wear at base and bottom joint and bumping to extremities. Short tape mark to ffep. and following page. Fingermarks throughout. Boards clean. A well-handled copy in the original binding with the iconic illustrations. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen & Co, London, 1926.
Price: US$797.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: b/w illusts, green cloth hardcover with gold decorations on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt edges on pages, previous owner's inscription (1927), pictorial map on front & back insert (with some foxing), first edition
Seller: Carmela's Books, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Price: US$890.42 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 158, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine with a gilt vignette illustration to the upper board, top edge gilt, contemporary gift inscription to the blank front flyleaf. Illustrations throughout and map endpapers. A little wear to the covers, closed tear to pp. 1-2 with no loss, now with a clear archival tissue repair, contents recased and otherwise in decent condition.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne / Ernest Shepard (ill). Winnie the Pooh (first deluxe edition). Methuen, 1926.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Winnie the Pooh" by A.A. Milne and illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Methuen, London. 1926 first deluxe edition first printing, issued in the same year as the first trade edition. Book in good condition, with some wear and rubbing to spine and edges as usual. Bookplate to front endpaper, and owner's name on one of the white blank pages. Complete. Rare first deluxe edition of Milne's classic children's book.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$982.13 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; elevated motif to the front board. Lacks free endpapers. Plates completely colored, owner's inscription. Shadow staining. Lacks preface and contents pages. Worn spine. Physical description: xi, 158 p.: ill.; 19 cm. Subject: Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character). Children's stories. Bee culture. FictionChildren's stories in English 1900- Texts. Genre: Illustrated. Children's stories. Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$1084.00 + shipping
Description: Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; elevated motif to the front board. Lacks free endpapers. Plates completely colored, owner's inscription. Shadow staining. Lacks preface and contents pages. Worn spine. Physical description: xi, 158 p.: ill.; 19 cm. Subject: Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character). Children's stories. Bee culture. FictionChildren's stories in English 1900- Texts. Genre: Illustrated. Children's stories. Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MILNE, A.A. Illustrated by: SHEPHERD, E.H.. WINNIE-THE-POOH.. London: Methuen and Co., 1926., 1926.
Price: US$1138.46 + shipping
Description: First edition, deluxe issue, 8vo., pp.xi,158, full pictorial blue calf, a.e.g., pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations; light toning and foxing to prelims/closing leaves, just occasional slight foxing to margins within, fingermarking to p.3, else internally fresh, spine sunned, with light sunning to very inner margins of boards, light rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to tail of spine, overall a very good copy indeed.
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, United Kingdom
A A Milne. Winnie The Pooh. Methuen and Co, London, 1926.
Price: US$1144.82 + shipping
Description: A very smart second edition copy of A A Milne's noted children's novel 'Winnie The Pooh'. Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. This is the first collection of stories containing Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Tigger did not appear until 'The House at Pooh Corner'.This copy is without the original dustwrapper.A charming collection of ten children's stories featuring this famous character. To this collection there are classic tales such as when Winnie gets stuck in Rabbit's door, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Pooh-bear encountering some bees. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as several marks to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Former owner's inscriptions to the recto of front endpaper, 'Armitage' and 'Ruth'. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'Ruth A Lee Christmas 1926'. With a bookplate to the front endpaper, 'My Book, Ruth Lee'. Internally, generally firmly bound. Slightly strained in places. Pages are very bright. Occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1399.23 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 8vo. (7.5 x 5 ins). In dark green cloth covers with gilt panelled front board and gilt pictorial figures. Top edges gilt. Illustrated light green endpapers. In very good condition. Gutter slightly gaping in a couple of places, light stain to pages 44/45, possibly from a book mark. Tan strip to inner front free endpaper. Some rippling to cloth on front board. Spine slightly slanted. Previous owner's name (dated Xmas 1926) to first blank leaf. Else clean & tight. 158pp. With B&W line drawings by E. H. SHEPHARD.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
MILNE A A. Winnie The Pooh, illustrated E.H. Shepard. Methuen, London, 1926.
Price: US$1399.23 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Full page and in text black & white illustrations throughout, publisher's original green pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, Spine tips slightly pushed and a couple of minor bumps to the boards. No names or inscriptions and very clean internally and externally. No fading to the gilt spine lettering or to the gilt vignette to the front board. Light foxing to the fore-edge. Boards really bright and clean. A very nice VG++ copy. Lacking the D/W. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$1590.03 + shipping
Description: [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4] 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial map endpapers. A moderately used copy with no ink names, contents clean with a few minor marks, cloth is gently handled with a small amount of rippling to front cover. Very good indeed. The classic first collection of Winnie the Pooh stories, set around Milne's home near '100 Aker Wood' in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: VERY RARE 1st Deluxe Edition & 1st printing of the famous children's classic. This edition was published shortly after the first "regular" hardcover edition of the book. It was followed by the green 2nd Deluxe Edition later in the same year due to overwhelming demand. [ATTRIBUTES:] 185x125mm, 158pp. Red leather hardcover with gilt illustration of Christopher Robin "shushing" Pooh, inside golden borders. Spine also illustrated in gold. All page edges gilt. [CONDITION:] Spine surface tattered and broken with a few small pieces missing, otherwise repaired. Pen inscription by previous owner, dated 1926, on front white-page. [SUMMARY:] An extremely rare and valuable copy of a classic masterpiece, with some unfortunate damage to the spine but otherwise in very good condition for its age. The book is in : English
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Milne, A. A.. Winnie - the - Pooh.. Methuen and Co Ltd., London, 1926.
Price: US$1908.03 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A very sound copy of the first printing of this classic. Gift inscription for 1926 on 2nd ffep. No other inscriptions or markings. Boards quite bright and clean. Jacket incomplete, as can be seen in images. teg.
Seller: Pricewisebooks, MARLBOROUGH, United Kingdom
MILNE, A.A.. Winnie-the-Pooh.. Methuen, London., 1926.
Price: US$1908.03 + shipping
Description: First edition, de luxe issue. Octavo. pp xvi, 158. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Publisher's de luxe binding of full red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt.Contemporary (1927) gift inscription on first blank. Slight rubbing to bottom edges of covers. Very small snag to head of spine. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ, STATED SECOND Edition ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, FIRST PUBLISHED 1926 ,same yr as 1st edition, VG/VG FACSIMILE DJ, DARK BLUE CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES CHRISTOPHER & WINNIE, SMALL CHIP BACK DJ TOP RIGHT CORNER & TOP & BTM SPINE DJ , 8VO. fe pgs small Fox stains edges, BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. Top OUTER pgs edge GOLD GILT
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.; Decorations by Ernest H. Shephard. Winnie-the-Pooh.. Methuen and Co, Ltd, London, 1926.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this children's classic. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt, cartographic endpapers. illustrated with line drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. Near fine in a good dust jacket. âMilneâs Winnie-the-Pooh has been considered a classic of childrenâs literature almost since its publicationâ (Cooper & Cooper). In 1925, A.A. Milne purchased âa Sussex farmhouse for use as a weekend and holiday alternative to the familyâs London home⦠[that would] provide the setting for the stories he now started to write about [his son] Christopherâs toys⦠Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner [its companion volume, published 1928] are, on their own terms, more successful as works written for children than anything else produced during childrenâs literatureâs Golden Ageâ (Carpenter). âErnest H. Shepardâs illustrations, modeled after the actual toys, show character and movement in simple line vignettes, which add so much to the books that most people consider them to be inseparable from the textsâ (Silvey).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$3125.00 + shipping
Description: A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" personal stationery to "My dear Sir" [Vincent Seligman]. Written just weeks before the publication of Milne's most famous work, WINNIE-THE-POOH. This fine letter offers insight into Milne's sharp sense of humor and includes indirect references to his most famous book. Milne refers to a person in his letter as a "cygnet" (a young swan), a reference which may have been in mind as Winnie The Pooh was a blended name created by Milne, being a combination of the name "Pooh," after a cygnet swan they met on holiday, and "Winnie," a black bear cub he often saw at the London Zoo. There is also a lighthearted poke at his publisher, Methuen. In part: "I have arrived safely at the house to which you sent me, and think that I shall like the situation. I wanted to begin a serial story for the DAILY MAIL at once, but the man here said 'No, there's a letter we must write first,' and I said 'Oh, I see,' and began writing 'Dear Methuen,' but he snatched me away from the paper, and said it wasn't that sort of letter at all, which disappointed me rather because I thought I had got a literary situation. But he promised me we should do some poetry afterwards, and I said 'All right.' And of course when he began 'Dear Vincent,' I said 'Oh, know that man well; let me write the letter, while you get the ink off your hands.' He was terribly pleased with me, and I'm to keep on saying 'Thank you' until I run out of ink. But I really am to say 'Thank you very much. Assuring you, Sir, of my respects, and again thanking you for obtaining me this literary situation which I have always wanted from a cygnet so to speak. Yours faithfull [sic] The Pen. P.S. It was his fault about the ink, not mine. T.P. P.P.P. Now we are going to practise his signature: A. A. Milne. P.P.P.S. He says that's the best he's ever done." A delightful letter. Vincent Seligman was a banker who ran the London bank Seligman Brothers. He and his wife Barbara were close friends of the Milnes. Seligman dedicated his book, OXFORD ODDITIES, to Milne. Crease from mailing otherwise Fine
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
MILNE. A. A. ; SHEPARD. E. H. Illustrates.. WINNIE THE POOH.. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1926, 1926.
Price: US$4452.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated throughout with beautiful line drawings by E. H. Shepard. Decorative map endpapers. A neat previous owner address has been blind stamped to the front blank endpaper and there are a few minor marks to a handful of pages but overall this is better than very good copy in original dark green cloth, decorated to the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, within a single ruled border, and double ruled lines and lettering to the spine, all in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. The cloth and gilt still sharp and fresh. A beautiful copy in the original correct first impression dustwrapper which has some very minor loss to the top and bottom of the spine and corner tips, a couple of small marks and is a little toned to the spine but is still overall a very good example. A lovely copy of this classic.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$4770.09 + 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
MILNE, A. A.. Winnie-the-Pooh.. London: Methuen & Co., 1926, 1926.
Price: US$4770.09 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of this much loved children's classic, Milne's first collection of stories featuring the famous bear. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with pictorial centre tools, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of Winnie the Pooh eating out of a honey pot to front board with a further onlay to the back board of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet wandering off into the distance, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, floral endpapers, original map endpaper bound in at front, gilt edges. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
MILNE, A. A.. Winnie The Pooh. London Methuen & Co Ltd, 1926.
Price: US$5724.10 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition, 12.5 x 19.5 cm green cloth with gilt stamped vignette of Pooh and Christopher Robin to the front within a single lined border and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, Hundred Acre Wood map endpapers, [xiv] 58(2)pp with black and white illustrations by E H Shepard throughout. In original first state dust jacket priced at 7/6 and with the advert for the 117th Thousand of When We Were Very Young on the rear flap. The boards are clean and bright with just a touch of pushing to three of the four corners and to the spine tips. There is a tiny proud dot two thirds of the way down on the left of the front board (1.5cms in from the gilt rule) and a small ding at the bottom edge of the rear board Internally very clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a strip of toning/acid migration to the free endpapers where the dust jacket does not reach, noting a single 2mm spot at the bottom of the recto of the illustration preceding chapter 1. There are a few light spots along the fore edge of the text block. The binding is very firm and square with no cracks. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is much cleaner than is usually found with uniform toning that is more evident to the spine. There is a little rubbing to the corners and spine tips with minor loss to the corners on the front panel and of up to 3mm on the head of the spine which does not affect the titles. The foot of the spine has a very small triangular chip measuring 5 x 3mm. All in all a lovely looking clean 1st Edition copy in an excellent original, unrestored dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Milne, A. A.; E. H. Shepard [Illustrations]. Winnie the Pooh. Methuen & Co, London, 1926.
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt on upper board and spine. Near Fine with small scratch to rear board, endsheets offset from jacket flaps. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with "117th Thousand" on rear flap, with darkening to spine and lighter so to edges, light edge wear, small chips to corners and top of spine. A lovely copy of this classic children's book.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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$7504.94 + 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$7630.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete set of the first editions of When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; and The House at Pooh Corner, with drawings by E.H.Sheppard. First published in 1926, 1927, 1928, 1925. Original gilt cloth with later slipcase.An excellent set with very minor shelfwear to corners, with beautiful custom leather slipcase. Lacking the original dust jackets but very well preserved. Rare.Please inquire if further detailed are needed, photographs can be arranged via email. Please obtain a shipping quote prior to ordering, shipping may be increased.
Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, 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.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 136 of 350 copies signed by A. A. Milne and the illustrator, E. H. Shepard, who helped bring Winnie the Pooh to Life. Original blue quarter cloth over blue boards with paper label to front. A Very Good+ to Near Fine copy with the spine lightly sunned and small bumps to corners and wear to the board edges. Previous owner's name on the front paste-down, otherwise an excellent copy internally. Retaining the large folding map to the rear. Housed in a handsome clamshell case. The first of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, responsible for introducing children the world over to Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, and Kanga and Roo. One of the most influential children's books in the world, it tells of the adventures of Christopher Robin, his bear Pooh, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Milne notably drew inspiration from the toys and playtime of his young son, who also appears as a regular character and the only human figure in the Wood. Very Good +.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1926, 1927, 1928. Three volumes, all first edition, first printing. All Fine, in Near Fine dust jackets, with top and bottom corners of front flaps clipped, and light toning to the spine panels, slight soiling. Winnie the Pooh: Small vintage bookseller ticket to front paste down, toning to endsheets. In first issue dust jacket with "117th Thousand" at the top of the rear flap, with two faint blue lines running horizontally at top third and bottom sixth of jacket, light crimping at top edge of front panel and very small losses at the top of the flap folds. Now We Are Six: Spine cloth faintly darkened. In first issue dust jacket with Winnie the Pooh listed at 70th Thousand and Fourth Edition on rear jacket flap; jacket has an L shaped teat at the top front spine joint extending across the spine and affecting the word "Are" in the title. The House at Pooh Corner: Toning to endsheets, and a light crimp to dust jacket at foot of spine, else a very sharp and bright copy in a first issue dust jacket with a price on the spine and "179th Thousand" on rear flap. While not complete (lacking the first book in the series When We Were Very Young), an honest and true set, with dust jacket spines uniformly sunned, with volumes not married or packaged together in modern times. A beautiful and bright set, in much nicer shape than as normally found in.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.; Shepard, Ernest H.. WINNIE THE POOH. Methuen, London, 1926.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited large paper copy, one of only 350 numbered copies signed by Milne and Shepard, of the first book of Pooh prose stories. In Milne's first book of children's verse, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG (1924), the silly old bear appears in only a couple poems and does not yet have a name. After that book's smashing success, Milne was encouraged by his wife to write down some of the bedtime stories he made up for his son about his favorite toys. Here we get many of the best loved stories from the Hundred Acre Wood: Piglet meets a Heffalump, Eeyore has a birthday, and Pooh runs out of honey. This is a beautiful copy of the deluxe signed edition. 8.75'' x 7''. Original quarter blue cloth, light blue paper boards. In original blue printed dust jacket. Illustrated by Shepard in black and white throughout; folding map at rear. Printed on handmade paper. xvi, 158, [2] pages. Signed by Milne and Shepard on limitation page. Small bump and rub on lower corner, expected offsetting to endpapers, else beautiful. Jacket with toning to spine and some light soil and wear.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Milne, A A. Winnie The Pooh - a superb copy. London Methuen 1926, 1926.
Price: US$17172.31 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Methuen in 1926 - illustrations by E.H. Shepard, map endpapers, original publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., dust jacket with '7/6 Net' to spine and '117th Thousand' at the head of the rear flap. A fine book without inscriptions - the usual off-setting to the endpapers. Spine tips a little pushed. In a fine first issue dust wrapper with some miniscule pushing to the spine tips and corners. A magnificently crisp, fine example of this fragile dust wrapper
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
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.
Price: US$22260.40 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 288 of 350 large paper copies signed by both Milne and Shepard, printed on handmade paper. Limited signed editions of the first Winnie-the-Pooh story book are increasingly scarce. After the huge success of When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, Milne was asked to contribute a story to the London Evening News. "The Wrong Sort of Bees", published on Christmas Eve 1925, was based on a bedtime story that Milne had told his son Christopher. It starred Christopher's teddy bear, bought at Harrods for Christopher's first birthday, known initially as Edward or Edward Bear and later renamed Winnie-the-Pooh (after a favourite bear cub at London zoo). Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its predecessor. It was published in the UK in three issues: an extra limited issue of 20 copies bound in vellum, the present limited issue of 350 copies on large paper, and a regular trade issue. This is the first title of the series to be issued in this format: there was no equivalent issue of the first book, When We Were Very Young (1924), as the magnitude of its success had not been anticipated. John R. Payne, "Four Children's Books by A. A. Milne", Studies in Bibliography, Vol. 23, 1970, pp. 127-39, item IIB. Small quarto. Original dark blue cloth-backed blue paper covered boards, front cover with paper label lettered in black, edges untrimmed. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard, folding map at end. Browning to free endpapers, a near-fine and crisp copy. Dust jacket spine toned with head and foot slightly rubbed, minor closed tear to front panel, a very good and attractive example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$139922.53 + shipping
Description: The two concluding illustrations from chapter five of Winnie-the-Pooh ("In which Piglet meets a Heffalump") and both published on page 68 of the original 1926 Methuen edition. The first drawing shows Christopher Robin eagerly jumping by a concerned Piglet (to accompany the text "'Well,' said Christopher Robin, putting on his shoes.") The second drawing shows Winnie-the-Pooh with his head stuck in a jar of honey (to accompany the text "Crash went the Heffalump's head against the tree-root.") E. H. Shepard sold his original drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh at an exhibition held at The Sporting Gallery, Covent Garden, London, 26 November to 21 December 1926. The pairing of these two drawings, sold together, was presumably the artist's. As usual with Shepard's drawings, the published versions are smaller than originally drawn and fine detail in the original tends to be lost. The buttons on Piglet's top, Christopher Robin's jumper, and the tree-root in the heffalump trap have a clarity of line which was lost or blurred when published. Original drawings (91 x 62 mm and 50 x 54 mm) on artist's board (160 x 112 mm and 107 x 84 mm), ink, first drawing signed with initials ("EHS") lower right, with remnants of artist's signature and address on reverse, mounted, framed, and glazed with conservation acrylic glazing (framed size 320 x 245 mm). Strong and unfaded ink drawings. Some browning below mount, not affecting image.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom