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Milne, A. A.. A GALLERY OF CHILDREN (Signed Limited Edition). David McKay, New York, 1925.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: 105 pages + 12 color plates. Limited edition: number 276 of 500 copies SIGNED by Milne. This is the very scarce American issue, with Stanley Paul & Co. on the title page but bound in the blue cloth-covered boards, with David McKay on the spine. The book is clean, bright, and tight, with some color rubbing on rear cover and at corners; some foxing on endpapers and in margins of the title page. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$887.20 + shipping
Description: A Gallery Of Children, Stanley Paul & Co Ltd / David McKay, 1925, first edition (American issue as noted by the binding of blue ribbed cloth with David McKay stamped at the base of the spine). The barest hint of foxing to the end-papers, else a near fine copy with slight rubbing to the spine extremities along with 12 tipped in full color plates by Le Mair (Saida). 1/500 copies specially bound and SIGNED and numbered by the author. (Editorial - As the sheets for this book are undeniably of the British edition, we assume that the number of copies bound by McKay of the SIGNED / limited edition as this is, are just a fraction of the total 500 copies. We hesitate a guess, but feel that 50 to 100 copies at most fit this venue. If anyone has a more definitive number, we would be happy to learn of it).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 105 Pp. Limited Signed Edition, #295/500, Signed By A A Milne. American Issue Binding Of Blue Ribbed Cloth, Beveled Edges, Gilt Lettering On Spine Showing Author, Title, And "David Mckay"; Gilt Lettering And Gilt Illustration Of Three Children On Front Cover Same As On British Issue But 4 1/2' Tall X 5" Wide [The Trade Issue By Mckay Has A Color Paste-On Illustration]. Light Tan Endpapers. A Fine Copy Without A Trace Of Wear, No Fading Or Staining Or Names Or Marks, Always Stored In Publisher's Box In Original Plain Glassine Dj With A Few Small Chips At Edges.This Copy In The Scarce Original Card Box, Glossy Paper Covering, Quite Worn With One Short Edge Of The Top Of The Box Missing And Another Detached.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.