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Milne,A.A.. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.. Methuen & Co. ltd. London.17th.ed, 1928.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Description: x+100pp.with decorations by Ernest H.Shepard.t.e.g. with gilt titling on spine and 4 gilt caricatures on cover; good, clean text; minute spotting to bottom edge and slight rubbing to corners and spine; owner's inscription on f.e.p.; slight remains of transparent stain on rear cover.
Seller: Siop y Morfa BA, Y RHYL, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Description: 103 pp, illustrated end-papers, b&w illustrations, top edge gilt, gift inscription on front end-paper, inner hinges cracked, lacks front end-papers, board edges worn, else good copy in gold-blocked, illustrated, maroon, cloth boards. Fourth edition, first published 1927.
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
Milne A A. More "Very Young" Songs. Methuen, London, 1928.
Price: US$30.74 + shipping
Description: The condition is remarkable! A Fine copy. 25 x 31 cms. 40 pages Hard Bound in stiff grey boards. Title Lable laid on front cover. Foredge corners very slightly bumped. Inscribed "Valerie A Perry". Music by H Fraser-Simson.
Seller: The Sanctuary Bookshop., Lyme Regis, United Kingdom
E. V. Lucas. Mr Punch's County Songs. Methuen & Co., London, 1928.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: MR PUNCH'S COUNTY SONGS E. V. Lucas. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Methuen & Co, London 1928 First Edition. 92pp Illustrated Hardback. A dustwrapper is not present. This copy is in very good unmarked condition. bound in half linen to grey paper covered boards with a white title panel to the front which has some spotting. There is some offsetting to the endpapers typical in a book of this antiquity but the text block is bright, tight and clean. a lovely copy of a scarce book. The verses and pictures in this book first appeared in 'Punch' magazine. Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (11/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was an English humourist, essayist, playwright, biographer and publisher. Born to a Quaker family on the fringes of London, Lucas began work at the age of sixteen, apprenticed to a bookseller. After that he turned to journalism, and worked on a local paper in Brighton and then on a London evening paper. He was commissioned to write a biography of Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet. This led to further commissions, including the editing of the works of Charles Lamb. Lucas joined the staff of the humorous magazine Punch in 1904, and remained there for the rest of his life. He was a prolific writer, most celebrated for his short essays, but he also produced verses, novels and plays. From 1908 to 1924 Lucas combined his work as a writer with that of publisher's reader for Methuen and Co. In 1924 he was appointed chairman of the company. In 1904, while in the middle of his work on Lamb, he joined the staff of Punch, remaining there for more than thirty years. Lucas introduced his Punch colleague A A Milne to the illustrator E H Shepard with whom Milne collaborated on two collections of verse and the two Winnie-the-Pooh books. It is little wonder therefore that Lucas should combine his talents with Shepard's on several books for children and this satirical look at the counties and people of the English counties. This book reinforces the fact that Shepard was one of our finest draughtsmen when it came to pen and ink illustration. Ref Z1
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Description: [Children's classic] SEVENTH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 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. Blue ink gift note to first blank, and some toning to edges, otherwise internally clean. Cloth discoloured; gilt fully intact. Good. 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
Milne, A. A.. The House at Pooh. Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex St, London, W C, 1928.
Price: US$102.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2nd book in the delightful Winnie-The-Pooh series. B&W Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Peach colour Endpapers illustrated with a silhouette procession of Christopher Robin and his friends. Frontis illus, Christopher Robin and Pooh on a bridge playing Pooh Sticks. Pink cloth cover with Gilt picture of Christopher Robin, Pooh & Piglet on the front. Gilt lettering to spine. 178 P.Pages, 320g, 7 3/4" Tall. Spine colour faded and some light fading to front & back. Slight edge wear. Front hinge partly cracked. Rear hinge cracked. No inscriptions. Pages in nice, clean condition.
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
A.A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen & co, 1928.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher - Methuen & co., London, 1928. 1st ed. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Pink boards slightly sunned at top edge, dulled gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustration to front board. Bumps to corners and crushing to spine tips, rubbing to boards. Slightly loose front hinge and a couple of internal cracks but binding very solid. A few tears to pages, mended with paper tape. Tanning to ffep. This is the second classic children's story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In this volume Pooh meets the irrepressible Tigger for the first time, learns to play Poohsticks and sets a trap for a Heffalump.
Seller: The Mill Bookshop, Gatehouse of Fleet, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: Fourth edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, twin gilt lines across the spine tips, two gilt vignettes of Christopher Robin to the front cover, and Winnie the Pooh to the rear cover, gilt border line, top edge gilt, black silhouette on pink paper of all the characters across the paste downs and end papers. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' [x] 2, 103 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine not faded, ink name to the bottom of the half-title page. In Very Good sharp condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. xi + [I] + 178 + [2] pp. Bound in the original pink cloth, gilt, with gilt ruled upper board having embossed gilt figures of Christopher Robin and Pooh. Top edge gilt. A little wear to extremities and spine sunned with a few stains and chips at head and tail. Board edges slightly sunned and a few small margin tears; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated throughout by the drawings of E. H. Shepard, some whole page, including frontispiece and endpapers. Decorated by the artist's endpiece vignette and by publisher's device on verso of title. First edition of the second Winnie-The-Pooh book with the classic combination of writer, A. A. Milne (1882-1956) and artist, Ernest H. Shepard (1879-1976). They had earlier collaborated in contributions to Punch magazine and in Milne's verse collection, When We were Very Young (1924). ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS ILLUSTRATORS LIT. FICTION CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: Seventeenth edition. Publisher's deluxe binding, tan leather with titles and illustrations of children and foliage to the spine in gilt, a double ruled border and decorated initials in black and gilt to the upper board. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white by E. H. Shepard. A very good copy, the binding firm and gilt bright, with a slight lean to the spine, both boards with indentations of writing where it has been leant on, a black line and a scuff to the lower board. The contents, with offsetting to the last page and an occasional small mark internally, are otherwise clean and without stamps or inscriptions. A lovely copy in a very attractive publisher's binding A collection of children's poetry, the first volume in the Winnie the Pooh series. 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, AA. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Methuen, London, 1928.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Publisher's pink cloth boards with gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh bear embossed on upper board, gilt title lettering to spine, rather faded. Boards slightly rubbed and corner tips bumped. Top edge of the pages gilt. Pictorial endpapers, with some mild toning, former owner's contemporary ink signature in two places. Text pages a tad thumbed with the odd grubby residue. Frontispiece of Christopher Robin and Pooh playing "Pooh sticks" from the bridge over the stream, and many more of E.H. Shepard's charming drawings throughout the text. The second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, written by A.A. Milne and illustrated by E. H. Shepard, in which Tigger first appears.
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Price: US$233.12 + 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. Corners slightly bumped, a few faint light marks to boards. Slight lean on binding. Endpaper a bit foxed and patchy. three pages near rear small nick top edge. Else a good tight copy. 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. Methuen 1928, London, 1928.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6th Edition. 158 pp. Green cloth with gilt decorations, lettering and borders; map of the 'Hundred Aker Wood' endpapers, top edge gilt. Some spine lean and bumping and rubbing to extremities. Boards clean and gilt bright. Light ghosting to ffep., though otherwise internally clean, save minimal marking to p. 15. Illustrated in black & white with the iconic E. H. Shepard illustrations. 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: Methuen & Co. 1928. Fourth edition. Hardback. In full tan publisher's leather binding - The Monogram Edition. Gilt decorations to spine. All page edges gilt. Head and tail of spine chipped, slight wear to covers. Bookmark ribbonpresent. Slight browning to endpapers otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition 1928. All edges gilt. Bound in the publishers full gilt decorated limp red leather. Top and bottom of the spine rubbed and frayed and some light chipping to spine edges, corners rubbed, some marking to the edges of rear board. Small chip to leather below author's name. Still holding together and front cover with gilt ornament in lovely bright condition. A fair copy of this rare de luxe edition. 178 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$422.69 + shipping
Description: 4 Volumes; hardbacks, 7.5 x 5 inches. In green, maroon, pink and blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to spines, gilt pictorial vignette illustrations to front and rear boards. Gilt line edging. Top page edges all gilt. Illustrated endpapers. In generally good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners. ?House At Pooh Corner.? has some minor fading to spine and edges of cover, endpaper tanned, small faint mark verso of frontis, slight gap between gathering before rear endpaper. ?Winnie the Pooh? two small nicks lower spine, endpapers a little foxed, inscription on half title page, a little marked on fore edge. ?Now We Are Six? has some fading to spine and edges of cover, three faint pencil crosses on front board, endpapers slightly foxed, & half title tanned. ?When We Were Very Young? Endpaper a little tanned, front endpaper with pen inscription and a few faint pencil childs inscription, small tear lower edge. Else generally clean & tight. 158 / 178 / 100 / 103pp. B&W illustrations throughout by Ernest H. Shepard.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$698.07 + shipping
Description: Hardback, 8vo. 7.5 x 5 inches. In full polished calf leather fine binding. Raised banding and gilt lettering to spine. With gilt top page edging. Gilt line detailing to boarder & nice nice vignette on front board. In very good condition. Later marbled endpapers. Inside some very light tanning, and a few minor marks, else clean & tight. 158pp. With B&W line drawings by E. H. SHEPHARD. Illustrated endpapers from both titles are set at end of each as special double page plates.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Milne, A. A.. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1928, London, 1928.
Price: US$1024.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. xi, 178 pp. Publisher's original salmon-pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine, gilt ruling around front cover and iconic image of Christopher Robin and Pooh on the cover; top edge gilt, and with a pictorial endpapers. In original pictorial jacket. Slight chipping to top edge of jacket, darkening to spine and small hole to front panel, minor marks to rear. Minimal fading around edges of boards, otherwise externally clean. Minor offsetting to endpapers, ink inscription to half-title, otherwise internally clean and bright. With the classic black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. The second of the two Milne Pooh books, which introduces Tigger and contains many of Pooh's most famous stories, such as 'In Which a House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore'. 8vo. Illustrated
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
MILNE, AA. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Methuen, London, 1928.
Price: US$1088.73 + shipping
Description: First Edition with the unclipped dust-jacket showing original price of 7/6 Net towards bottom of the spine. Publisher's pink cloth boards, outer portions very slightly sunned, with gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh bear embossed on front board, bright and sharp, gilt titles lettering to spine Top edge of the pages gilt. Dust-jacket complete, slightly soiled and rubbed on the spine, tips of corners worn, with two illustrations on the front and one on the back. Strip of offsetting to the front pastedown caused by the front flap of the jacket. Pictorial endpapers, with some embrowning. Frontispiece of Christopher Robin and Pooh playing "Pooh sticks" from the bridge over the stream, and many more of EH Shepard's charming drawings throughout the text. No old inscriptions or owners' name. The sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh and the first appearance of Tigger in chapter II, when he arrives on Pooh's doorstep in the middle of the night and announces himself with a fearsome "Worraworraworraworraworra".
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen & Co, London, 1928.
Price: US$1472.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An exceptionally lovely deluxe issue first edition copy of A. A. Milne's fourth 'Winnie The Pooh' instalment, featuring the first appearance of Tigger. A beautiful first edition deluxe issue copy of the second volume of Winnie-the-Pooh stories published by A. A. Milne.Methuen and Co. published 5,000 copies of the deluxe edition of of this work; 1500 in blue, 1500 in green and 2000 in red leather.Charmingly illustrated throughout with the iconic anthropomorphic figures of E. H. Shepard.Notable for being the first volume of stories from Milne to feature Tigger, this work also contains the invention of the game of Poohsticks.With the loosely inserted contemporary owner's note 'with best of good wishes from Bro and Alice, May Riffie and Tom. Christmas 1928'.Bound in the publisher's original green full calf with gilt detailing, this is a truly beautiful copy of one of the most important works of children's literature. In the publisher's original full calf binding, with gilt detailing. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Otherwise, externally exceptionally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Milne, A A. The House At Pooh Corner. Methuen & Company, E-081, 1928.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Leather. 8vo. Methuen and Co, London, UK. 1928. 178 pgs. Illustrated with frontispiece and text illustration. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Finely bound in limp maroon crushed levant leather with gilt vignette decoratively stamped in gilt with designs after the original publisher's binding. Spine lightly faded. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, illustrated boards clean with no wear present. For over ninety years, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends--Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore--have endured as the unforgettable creations of A. A. Milne, who wrote this book for his son, Christopher Robin, and Ernest H. Shepard, who lovingly gave Pooh and his companions shape through his illustrations. E-081; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen and Co. Ltd (1928), London, 1928.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo, original pink decorative cloth, gilt top page edge and illustrated dustjacket. E. H. Shepard illustrations. The second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, notable for the introduction of the character Tigger. Near Fine but for some foxing to page edges, a shadow (probably natural) to inside edge of front and rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at top spine end, small chip at upper front panel, few flap corners nicked.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
MILNE, A. A.. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen and Co. Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo, original pink decorative cloth, gilt top page edge and illustrated dustjacket. E. H. Shepard illustrations. The second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, notable for the introduction of the character Tigger. Near Fine but for some foxing to page edges, a shadow (probably natural) to inside edge of front and rear endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, tiny chip at top spine end, small chip at upper front panel, few flap corners nicked.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. , 1928.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Description: With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., (1928). Original pink cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, with dust jacket. First Edition of this the fourth and last Milne/Shepard collaboration (and the second of them in prose, after WINNIE THE POOH). This is also the book in which Tigger first makes an appearance. Tales include "A House is Built at Pooh Corner for Eeyore," "Tigger Comes to the Forest and has Breakfast" (Tigger's first appearance in a book), "Piglet does a Very Grand Thing" and "Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There." This is a remarkably fine, bright volume; the dust jacket is just about fine as well (a couple of faint edge-bumps but essentially no soil or wear); there is the remnant of a bookseller sticker at the bottom of the front flap). NCBEL IV 671. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with inner chemise.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$3778.55 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of the final Pooh book, featuring the first appearance of Tigger. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, "Tigger", and told Shepard that he was longing to see the illustrations for this new character, who would become one of the author's most popular creations. "The House at Pooh Corner is probably now the most loved and popular of all as it introduces Tigger and the game of Poohsticks" (Thwaite, 1992, p. 109). Published on 11 October 1928, it was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness: "the Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, 1990, p. 336). Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne: His Life, 1990; Ann Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1992. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in pink morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with pictorial centre tools, raised bands, single rule to boards, multiple decorative blocks to front board, twin rule to turn-ins, floral endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy in a fine binding.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882-1956). The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 127 mm), pp. 178, full-page and text illustrations. Original pink cloth cloth, gilt ruling and stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt, rest uncut; illustrated pink endpapers with panorama and characters in silhouette, with light offset from dust jacket; dust jacket with very slight dust smudging at top edge and spine panel somewhat sunned, else fine. [Haring-Smith C108; Cutler-Stiles p. 116]. The third of A. A. Milne's charming books for children, The House at Pooh Corner begins with "One day with Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing." Some of the chapters had appeared -as early as December 1926- in publications like the Evening News (London), The New York Evening Post and The Charleston (SC). This copy is the FIRST EDITION, with a scarce, near fine dust jacket. It is illustrated with the enchanting drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, whom Milne had met as they both were contributors to Punch. Their collaboration spanned many projects and was fundamental to the success of the series. On November 28, 1928 the New York Times wrote "The characters could easily come from adult fiction; the world of the forest is a miniature version of the real world." And London's Times Literary Supplement stated "In deciding to close out the Pooh saga, Milne has wisely avoided the temptation to repeat this successful formula mechanically. His books succeed because of their fresh illogic and simplicity. Yet it is sad to see the stories end. The world of 'House at Pooh Corner' is self-contained and so its problems seem more real that those of 'Winnie-the-Pooh'." (13 Dec. 1928, p. 985).
Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First Editions. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 4 vols. Sm 8vo. The Four Pooh Books in First Editions. First editions of Milne's wonderful "Pooh Quartet,". "Although Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fame" (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new children's magazine. "On a rain-blighted holiday in Wales, [Milne] escaped from the crowd of fellow guests to the summerhouse, and for 11 days wrote a set of children's verses, one each day. 'There on the other side of the lawn was a child with whom I had lived for three years [his son, Christopher Robin]. and here within me were unforgettable memories of my own childhood.' He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punch" (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in "a wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appeal" (DNB). When We Were Very Young first edition, second issue as usual, with page ix numbered (any first edition copy is exceedingly scarce). With vintage advertisements-testaments to Pooh's perennial merchandising appeal-laid in to The House at Pooh Corner. A most desirable first edition set of four cherished childhood classics. Original cloth, t.e.g. Very Good. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase and chemise Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 4 vols. Sm 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
A A Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen and Co, London, 1928.
Price: US$4098.76 + shipping
Description: A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner'. A wonderful copy of this beloved work, housed in a custom slipcase. In a custom binding by The Cottage Bindery, Bath. With their stamp to the rear endpaper. A charming vellum binding, with Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet playing Pooh Sticks to the front board. A silhouette of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin to the rear board. In a custom slipcase, with a panel from the original cloth laid the front of the slipcase. The first edition of this work. Collated, one leaf (pages 3-4) has been removed, which has been supplied by another copy and is now loosely inserted. A finely bound, extremely clean first edition copy of this beloved children's work. Charmingly illustrated, with the noted pen and ink drawings by E H Shepard. Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. 'The House at Pooh corner' is the second volume of stories written about Winnie the Pooh. This story has the introduction of Tigger. A truly beautiful copy of this important children's work, lovingly bound in a very special binding. In a full vellum binding. Held in custom slipcase. Externally, in an excellent condition. A few light marks to boards, as is common with vellum. Slipcase is also in an excellent condition. The cloth panel from the original binding has a few light tide-marks. Internally, firmly bound. One leaf, (pages 3-4) have been removed. Loosely inserted is this leaf supplied from another copy. Pages are extremely bright with a spot to the half-title. Otherwise, pages are clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$5200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HBDJ ,TRUE 1ST UK EDITION, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1928, VG-/VG- , Lite Staining at Fold DJ & Back & Front TINY CHIPS AT DJ SPINE ENDS ALL TITLES PRESENT, , PINKCLOTH HARDBACK WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES ON FRONT LITE FADE ,HAS STAIN SPOT FADE ON FRONT & BACK CVR CORNERS , BEIGE ILLUSTRATED DJ HAS LITE STAIN ON FRONT & BACK CORNER BTM, DJ IS SALMON ILLUSTRATED WITH ON DJ SPINE 7/6 NET WITH METHEUMN AT BTM SPINE DJ & BACK DJ WINNIE HOLDING CANDLE & TIGGER, Main issue is fading to bottom corners of the front and rear boards fr. Otherwise, a very tight, clean copy.Dustjacket in VG- condition with edgewear and staining to the bottom corners of front and rear panels. BACK 10 PGS OR SO HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE STAIN , first British edition and precedes all others, being the earliest and most desirable printing of this book. This British edition precedes the American Edition,once more we meet Christopher robin & his friends in the forest
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. Methuen, London, 1928.
Price: US$5443.67 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner'. A fine copy of this work, housed in a custom slipcase. In a custom binding by The Cottage Bindery, Bath. With their stamp to the rear endpaper. A charming vellum binding, with Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet playing Pooh Sticks to the front board. A silhouette of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin to the rear board. In a custom slipcase, with a panel from the original cloth laid the front of the slipcase. The first edition of this work. A finely bound, extremely clean first edition copy of this beloved children's work. Internally the work remains unblemished. Charmingly illustrated, with the noted pen and ink drawings by E H Shepard. Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. 'The House at Pooh corner' is the second volume of stories written about Winnie the Pooh. This story has the introduction of Tigger. A truly beautiful copy of this important children's work, lovingly bound in a very special binding. In a full vellum binding. Held in custom slipcase. Externally, in an excellent condition. A few light marks to boards, as is common with vellum. Minor bumping to the head and tail of front joint. Slipcase is also in an excellent condition. The cloth panel from the original binding has a few light marks. Internally, slightly tightly bound. Pages are extremely bright and clean. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$6340.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOTH ARE FIRST EDITIONS & FIRST PRINTINGS. HARDBACKS IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CLOTH BINDING, BOTH WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION DUST JACKETS BUT BOTH ARE SECOND STATE JACKETS WITH WINNIE THE POOH STATING 129TH THOUSAND INSTEAD OF 117TH THOUSAND FOR THE ADVERT OF WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG TO REAR INNER FLAP. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER HAS 189TH THOUSAND INSTEAD OF 179TH & 105TH THOUSAND INSTEAD OF 96TH THOUSAND TO ADVERTS ON REAR INNER FLAP OF JACKET, THIS BEING THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIRST & SECOND STATE JACKETS. ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERNEST H.SHEPARD THAT ARE FULL PAGE OR AMONG TEXT. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. CONDITION OF THE WINNIE THE POOH HAS SOME SURFACE ABRASIONS TO TOP FRONT OF DUST JACKET [SEE IMAGE] VERY SLIGHT BROWNING TO SPINE OF JACKET, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, AN INDENTATION OF APPROX 1 INCH TO CLOTH SPINE WITH CLOTH SPINE SLIGHTLY DARKENED TO BLUE, FRONT HINGE COCKED VERY SLIGHTLY FORWARD, VERY SLIGHT BROWNING TO ENDPAPERS MATCHING UP TO THE INNER FLAPS TO JACKET SUGGESTING THAT THIS JACKET IS ORIGINAL TO THIS COPY, TWO SMALL NAMES WRITTEN TO HALF TITLE WITH DATE OF NOV 27-26, OVERALL A LOVELY COPY WITH NO LOSS TO JACKET, PAGES VERY CLEAN & WITH NO RESTORATION TO JACKET OR BOOK. CONDITION OF THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER HAS SOME MINOR EDGE WEAR TO JACKET WITH CHIPPING AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE ON JACKET & SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO TOP FRONT EDGE, FEW MINOR MARKS TO JACKET, SPINE & EDGES OF BOARDS SLIGHTLY FADED, ENDPAPERS BROWNED, OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY IN A VERY GOOD JACKET. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKETS HAVE A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS OR WRINKLES IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of all four Winnie the Pooh books, all first British trade editions, all first printings, with a card signed by A. A. Milne adhered to the front paste down of When We Were Young. All four volumes are in publisher's original cloth (royal blue, dark green, maroon and pink) and stamped in gilt, with top edges gilt, lacking the dust jackets; housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Volumes average Very Good, with light wear and soiling, uneven sunning to two volumes, former owner names to front, foxing to textblock edge and toning to pages, endsheets browned. Strip of adhesive remnant to front paste down above where Milne's signature is adhered. A lovely set.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$8325.61 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Methuen in London, 1928. This is a very fine copy. The dust wrapper, decorated by E.H. Shepard, is with only slight rubbing at the corners and at the tail of the spine. It has not been price clipped. The text blocks are without any notable wear but slightly foxed to the bottom edge. The top gilt is bright and without abrasion. The internal illustrations are all present and the boards are free from notable chips and marks. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is in spectacular condition overall. The second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, it is notable for the introduction of the character Tigger.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from very good to good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$9925.41 + shipping
Description: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition thus). Quarto, xii (last blank), 180 pages with numerous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Original quarter plain light blue buckram and white papered boards with a printed paper-label on the front cover; all edges uncut; a touch of pale foxing to the boards and top edge; offsetting to the free endpapers; two leaves lightly creased; a near-fine copy with the pale blue dustwrapper, lettered in dark blue on the spine and front panel, in excellent condition (lightly marked, a little sunned on and near the spine, with a couple of tiny tears and creases along the top edge). 'This Edition on Hand-made Paper, published in 1928, is limited to 350 numbered and signed copies, of which this is number 137' (statement of limitation on the verso of the title page, signed by both the author and the artist). The fourth and final volume in the Winnie-the-Pooh series was published by Methuen in London in 1928. A contemporary prospectus we have sighted offers four different issues of the first edition: in cloth at 7s. 6d. net, in leather at 10s. 6d. net, this edition 'on hand-made paper, limited to 350 copies, signed by Author and Artist' at 42s. net, and 'an edition on vellum, signed and limited to 20 copies' at 10 gns. net.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from very good to good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Previous owner's writing on front free end paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$11500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Description: Teg. Bindings sequentially bound in blue, green, red and salmon. The House at Pooh Corner has a slight lean, and a 1" chip to lower spine of dust jacket, closed tears along folds, and a smooth crease to corner of title page, otherwise all copies essentially fine in fine to near fine dust jackets, although Now We Are Six has a 1/4" chip top spine along front joint. All volumes are first editions in original dust jackets, with the exception of When We Were Very Young, which is the second state with numbered page ix.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$12750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: A beautiful collection of first editions of the Pooh Books, all in original dust jackets. In 1933 Compton Mackenzie described the publication of the first Pooh Book, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG as marking "an epoch as positively as any children's book has ever marked one. It is not extravagant to surmise that a distant posterity may find in that volume of children's verse a key with which to unlock the present more easily than with any contemporary novel, poem, or play" (quoted in Thwaite). The series is an evocative reflection of English childhood in the 1920s, yet transcends the time and place of its making for each new generation to discover and fall for. 4 volumes, 7.5'' x 5'' each. Blue, green, red and pink cloths. In original color printed dust jackets. Top edges gilt. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG has page ix, not the very rare first state. Housed in custom cloth covers with leather spine labels (VERY YOUNG label misdated 1926). Books solidly near-fine or better, with some offsetting around the firm hinges; ink gift inscription in VERY YOUNG, POOH CORNER with slight lean. Jacket of VERY YOUNG with light chipping at spine extremities, touch of expert repair to head, and faint stain around upper joint; jackets of WINNIE and SIX are sunned on spines with a bit of wear to heads of spines (barely visible repair on SIX); POOH CORNER jacket stunning. Overall near fine in very good to near-fine jackets.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first issue, without "IX" on the table of contents page. All books and jackets are correct first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first issue, without "IX" on the table of contents page. All books and jackets are correct first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$27000.00 + shipping
Description: Complete set of first editions of the Pooh Books, all in original dust jackets, with WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG signed by Milne and Shepard. In 1933 Compton Mackenzie described the publication of the first Pooh Book, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG as marking "an epoch as positively as any children's book has ever marked one. It is not extravagant to surmise that a distant posterity may find in that volume of children's verse a key with which to unlock the present more easily than with any contemporary novel, poem, or play" (quoted in Thwaite). The series is an evocative reflection of English childhood in the 1920s, yet transcends the time and place of its making for each new generation to discover - and fall for. As the first book in the series, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG is the most difficult to find signed, making this an especially desirable set. 4 volumes, 7.5'' x 5'' each. Original blue, green, red and pink cloths. In original color printed dust jackets. Top edges gilt. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG has page ix, not the very rare first state. Signed by Milne and Shepard on title page of WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Contemporary Methuen ad laid into SIX. Housed in beautiful blue goatskin box with in-laid Pooh design on front board. Books all fine, with only a bit of the typical offsetting in the gutter: Firm hinges, fresh cloth, clean text, no inscriptions. Jackets range fine (WINNIE-THE-POOH) to very good (HOUSE, with some small chips to spine ends not affecting text and a long closed tear to front joint); WWVY and SIX solidly near fine with only a bit of shallow chipping and touch of toning to spine of SIX: else little soil or sunning. Overall fine in near-fine jackets.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$44830.23 + shipping
Description: Signed extra limited edition, number 15 of 20 large paper copies, printed on Japanese vellum and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and illustrator. This is the most luxurious and exclusive issue of the various formats issued of the first editions of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books, and features the first appearance of Tigger. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, "Tigger", and told Shepard that he was longing to see the illustrations for this new character, who would become one of the author's most popular creations. In the opinion of Milne's biographer, Ann Thwaite, "The House at Pooh Corner is probably now the most loved and popular of all. It introduces Tigger and the game of Poohsticks." (Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, p. 109). Published on 11 October 1928, The House at Pooh Corner was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. "The Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, A. A. Milne: his Life, p. 336). The book was published in the UK in three issues: the present extra limited issue of 20 copies bound in vellum, a limited issue of 350 copies on large paper, and a regular trade issue. John R. Payne, "Four Children's Books by A. A. Milne", Studies in Bibliography, Vol. 23, 1970, pp. 127-39, item IVC; Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne. His Life, 1990; Ann Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1992. Quarto. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom black morocco folding box. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Minor foxing to inside edge of vellum, covers very slightly bowed; a near-fine copy with unopened gatherings.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom