Milne, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest H. Shephard. Winnie-the-Pooh. With Colour Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.. Methuen Children's Books, London, 1973.

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Description: Signed limited edition of this children's classic, one of only 300 signed numbered copies signed by illustrator Ernest H. Shepard, this is number 61. Octavo, original publisher's full morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Winne the Pooh to the front panel, all edges gilt, cartographic endpapers and color illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Signed by Ernest H. Shepard. Fine in a near fine slipcase. “Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh has been considered a classic of children’s literature almost since its publication” (Cooper & Cooper). In 1925, A.A. Milne purchased “a Sussex farmhouse for use as a weekend and holiday alternative to the family’s London home… [that would] provide the setting for the stories he now started to write about [his son] Christopher’s toys… Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner [its companion volume, published 1928] are, on their own terms, more successful as works written for children than anything else produced during children’s literature’s Golden Age” (Carpenter). “Ernest H. Shepard’s illustrations, modeled after the actual toys, show character and movement in simple line vignettes, which add so much to the books that most people consider them to be inseparable from the texts” (Silvey).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Milne, A. A.. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen Children's Books Ltd, 1973.

Price: US$4523.21 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited edition, published by Methuen Children’s Books Ltd. in 1973. Hand bound in blue leather by Zaehnsdorf, London with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. All edges gilt. Containing attractive illustrations in colour by E. H. Shepard throughout and housed in a blue cloth slipcase with lettering to spine in gilt. One of 300 copies signed by E. H. Shepard, of which this is number 26. An excellent, fine book. Some evidence of rubbing to top and bottom edges of slipcase, else near fine. A beautifully produced and unique edition of one of the most important and popular children’s books of modern times.

Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

BY A. A. MILNE, & SIGNED By ERNEST H. SHEPARD, with Color Illustrations ,Signed and dedicated during a book signing visit to The Harbour Bookshop (which Milne owned with his wife since 1951) in 1979, COLOR ENDPAPERS & Frontispiece. WINNIE THE POOH by A. A. Milne, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, ERNEST H. SHEPARD , LIMITED EDITION #77/300 COPIES, 1973, with Color Illustrations, BLUE LEATHER CVR WITH CHRISTOPHER ROBIN & WINNIE THE POOH IN GOLD GILT WITH SLIPCASE. Methuen Children’s Books ( LONDON PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1973.

Price: US$4950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: HB NODJ, 1973, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED this EDITION THUS, LIMITED EDITION #77/300 COPIES ,NEAR FINE, BLUE LEATHER CVR WITH CHRISTOPHER ROBIN & WINNIE THE POOH IN GOLD GILT, Blue leather bound with gilt stamp to front cover and gilt lettering & RAISED BANDS along spine, which shows light sunning, otherwise in Near Fine condition. goldGilt page edges. In original BLUE Slipcase, which is in Very Good condition, shows light shelf wear and rubbing to edges .NO JACKET.

Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.