Milne, A.A. [Alan Alexander Milne], 1882-1956. Ernest Shepard [E.H. Shepard - Ernest Howard Shepard], 1879-1976 (illustrator).. WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG.. New York - London: The Fountain Press - Methuen and Company, Ltd., February 1930., 1930.

Price: US$595.00 + shipping

Description: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY A.A. MILNE. Publisher's rear colophon (i.e. page 28) specifies: "There were made by the Pynson Printers of New York, 842 copies of this book, 603 for distribution in America through Random House, in February 1930. This copy being number 663." Publisher's original brown slipcase with some wear at corners of the extraction side opening, rear panel has some short splitting/wear to its end corner seams along with minor edge chipping to slender paste-on title label, rear panel also has "663" handwritten in ink at heel. Lacks glassine dust jacket with which it was issued. Hardcover: H 23cm x L 13.75cm. Pink cloth decorated with animal motif, white paper title label on spine. Roughly trimmed fore-edge and bottom edge. 28 pages. A.A. Milne's black ink signature lightly written on rear limitation/colophon page too. Past bookseller's pencil notations on rear free endpaper recto. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Else a near fine copy in a very good slipcase. Please note that this book will require additional postage/insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.