A. A. Milne. ONCE ON A TIME. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1917.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First UK/British Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on first free end paper. End papers are toned. Pages are unmarked by previous owners, though scattered pages are lightly foxed. Light wear to cloth at spine ends and corners. Binding is tight. Both hinges are cracked, but holding. Spine has moderate lean. Boards are scuffed and rubbed, soiled, and worn along edges, spine ends and corners. Spine is soiled and guilt title is faded. Paper label on front cover is lightly stained and worn. Corners are well bumped and cloth is frayed. Text block is soiled. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request.

Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Milne, A. A.. Once on a Time. Hodder and Stoughton, 1917.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition, published in 1917 by Hodder and Stoughton . In publisher's blue cloth with cream colored label to front panel, gold lettering to spine. Color frontispiece and black and white illustrations by H. M. Brock. Inscribed ' To Mabel. With love From A.A.M. ' Milne's mother-in-law was named Mabel. While nothing declares this to be her copy, we can find no one else in the standard Milne biographical references who were A) named Mabel and B) likely in the slightest to receive a book from Milne inscribed with love.In any event, an exceptionally intimate inscription from Milne. A very good copy with some wear to the edges and spine ends of the cloth and some offsetting to the endsheets.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.