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MILNE, A. A ILLUSTRATED BY SHEPARD, E. H. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Methuen, London, UK, 1924.
Price: US$2189.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth lettered and blocked in gilt. Dustwrapper. pp.xii,100. Decorative endpapers. SIGNED IN FOUNTAIN PEN BY ERNEST SHEPARD TO THE TITLE PAGE. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Shepard. Slight rubbing to the cloth to the head and tail of the spine and a little wear to the rear panel. Overall a very good, tight, clean copy in good nicked, chipped, edge-worn and marked dustwrapper which has a neat pencil name to the head of the front panel. Dustwrapper marked '3rd edition' to the rear inside flap. Published less than a month after the first edition and with a fine contemporary signature by Ernest Shepard. Very scarce. INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE FOR THIS ITEM WILL BE OVER THE DEFAULT AMOUNT. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A QUOTE.
Seller: Hornseys, Ripon, United Kingdom
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth Edition. Signed by the A.A. Milne on the half-title page, "S.V. [?] Carey's book and his rotten pen A.A. Milne 30.8.25". Bound in publisher's illustrated dark blue cloth stamped in gilt; dust jacket lacking. Very Good with slight lean to binding, light darkening to spine and light wear at extremities. Front gutter repaired; tape ghosts on front free endpaper; contents tanned with the occasional age spot. A lovely copy of the first Pooh books, scarcely signed.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Milne, A.A.. When we were very Young. Methuen, London, 1924.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published in 1924 printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by A.A. Milne on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket with light wear to the spine and edges. This original First State dustjacket has the 7/6 net price printed on the dustjacket spine. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, with light wear to the panels. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. We buy Milne First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co., 1924.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. First edition, first printing, second state with "ix" to contents leaf. One of 5,140 copies. Signed by Milne on title page. Original publishers blue cloth, front and rear boards illustrated in gilt, gilt border to front board, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A near fine copy with light rubbing to spine ends, a few tiny spots of soiling to cloth, bottom corners gently bumped, spine slightly shaken but sturdy overall, and light offsetting to endpapers. Overall, a beautiful copy of Milnes first book to feature Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne's 1924 collection of poetry When We Were Very Young contains the first depiction of Winnie the Pooh in the poem "Teddy Bear" on page 85. Containing 52 poems, the collection is beautifully illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard with simple ink drawings. The best-selling book is lovingly dedicated to A.A. Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne who was four at the time of the book's publication. Many of Milne's characters were based on his son and his son's toys.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20000.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Winnie the Pooh is signed by A.A. Milne on the title page. When We Were Very Young if a first edition, second issue as usual with page ix numbered. Each are fine in very good dust jackets with some loss and wear to the extremities and light toning. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable with Winnie the Pooh signed by Milne. âAlthough 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 fameâ (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new childrenâs magazine. âOn 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 childrenâs verses, one each day⦠âThere 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.â He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punchâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in âa wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appealâ (DNB).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.