Winnie the Pooh by Milne, Methuen (52 results)

First deluxe edition. 8vo. (xiv), 158, (2) pp. Publisher's limp dark olive morocco with a gilt vignette and border to the upper cover, the spine expertly rebacked to the style of the original in a close matching leather, all edges gilt. Illustrations throughout, map endpapers. Slight discolouration to the upper edges of the boards, an attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. 1926 Winnie the Pooh TRUE 1st ed AA Milne Illustrated Children s Literature RARE Some people care too much. I think it's called love. A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A rare first edition of the classic children s story Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. A beautiful copy bound in green, woven cloth stamped with Christopher Robin and Pooh on the front cover. This story is the second in the Pooh franchise, following the 1924 When We Were Young ; however, it remains the much more popular and most well-known title of the series. Item number: #24808 Price: $1500 MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, first printing Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xi, [3], 158, [2] o Heavily illustrated throughout First printing note: o Winnie-the-Pooh firsts do not state an edition on the title page or a printing month on the copyright page. Note this example meets these points and is a true first edition, first printing. Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Green cloth o Facsimile dust jacket Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 24808 Photos available upon request.

[Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression, deluxe issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's light blue full limp leather, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial map endpapers. Light toning and occasional spotting and marks throughout. A 9cm tear from the gutter to the centre of p.15/16, repaired with archival tape. Moderate general wear to boards, and heavier wear and sunning to spine, with chipping and loss to head-cap. Good. The classic first collection of Winnie the Pooh stories, set around Milne's home near '100 Aker Wood' in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex.

FIRST EDITION, drawings by E. H. Shepard throughout, one or two very light handling marks to margins, pp. xvi, 160, foolscap 8vo, original dark green cloth, the upper board with Shepard designs of Pooh and Christopher Robin within single fillet border, all blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, lean to spine, the cloth to upper board a little bubbled, touch of rubbing to extremities and a faint waterstain at head of lower board, t.e.g., tail edge roughtrimmed, endpaper maps by Shepard faintly browned with discreet ownership inscription in pencil to head of flyleaf, good. A nice clean copy of the first Winnie-the-Pooh story book.

First edition, first impression, of Milne's first collection of stories featuring the famous bear. Christopher Robin's stuffed bear, bought at Harrods for his first birthday, was known initially as Edward or Edward Bear. It was renamed Winnie-the-Pooh after two real animals: a favourite bear cub at London Zoo, "Winnie", and a friend's swan, which Robin christened "Pooh". The toy inspired the "Teddy Bear" poem in When We Were Very Young (1924) and a story Milne contributed to the London Evening News, "The Wrong Sort of Bees", which later provided the basis of the first chapter in Milne's follow-up book, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). This story collection was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its poetic predecessor. One critic wrote, "when the real Christopher Robin is a little old man, children will find him waiting for them. It is the child's book of the season that seems certain to stay" (Thwaite, p. 317). Payne IIA. Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne: His Life, 1990. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover with vignette of Pooh and Robin enclosed with gilt rule, yellow map endpapers, top edge gilt. Line drawings throughout by E. H. Shepard. Spine a touch darkened, else bright, minor edge rubbing, usual tanning of endpapers, contents clean. A near-fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1926 Winnie the Pooh TRUE 1st ed AA Milne Illustrated Children s Literature Some people care too much. I think it's called love. A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A rare first edition of the classic children s story Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. A beautiful copy bound in green, woven cloth stamped with Christopher Robin and Pooh on the front cover. This story is the second in the Pooh franchise, following the 1924 When We Were Young ; however, it remains the much more popular and most well-known title of the series. Item number: #25187 Price: $1500 MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, first printing Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xi, [3], 158, [2] o Heavily illustrated throughout First printing note: o Winnie-the-Pooh firsts do not state an edition on the title page or a printing month on the copyright page. Note this example meets these points and is a true first edition, first printing. Language: English Binding: Hardcover; secure o Green cloth Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 25187 Photos available upon request.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. E. H. Shepard (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition. Green cloth with gold decorative gilt front and gilt spine and top edge. Yellow endpapers are a decorative map. Original dust jacket with line drawings front and back and 7/6 NET on spine. Jacket has tears at head and tail of spine and corners. Shows wear and soil on spine, front and back. Free front endpaper has brown mark head to tail beside hinge probably from a book mark. Some slight foxing inside otherwise clean and tight.

hardcover. Condition: very good. first. First edition, with First Published in 1926 stated on copyright page. Book very good, some wear to corners and edges, small book sticker at bottom of rear pastedown.

Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). First edition copy of Milne's enduring classic, Winnie-The-Pooh, the second in the series that began with the House at Pooh Corner in 1924 and introduced the characters of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger to the children's canon, pp. xvi, 160. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine, gilt vignette and ruled border to front board, gilt top edge, illustrated endpapers. Octavo. Bumped at top and tail of spine and corners with some light marks to boards, although generally boards and spine are bright with gilt remaining sharp, a little tanning to endpapers, occasional very light marks to pages but overall clean, a good, near very good copy.

First edition, impression; 8vo; illustrations and map endpapers by Ernest Shepard, a very few, minor, peripheral marks, the only ones of note to the fore-margin of pp 144 - 147 but not affecting text or illustrations, otherwise near-fine; publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, light bumping to spine tips, minor rubbing to corners, and offsetting to endpapers, else near-fine, first impression illustrated dust-jacket (priced 7/6 on spine and with the advert for the 117th Thousand of When We Were Very Young on rear flap)., spine slightly darkened, light soiling, minor chipping to spine extremities and flap folds, otherwise, very good. 'How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard?' A lovely copy of this perennial children's classic, decidedly uncommon in such condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Shepard, Ernest H. (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. First edition, first printing. Publisher's dark green cloth, decorated in gilt to front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, lettered in gilt to spine, top edge gilt, and illustrated map endpapers; lacking dust jacket. Near fine, with very bright gilt, a faint mark to front board, light rubbing to spine ends, lightly bumped corners, former owner's name to front free endpaper, some illustrations partially colored in, some squiggly lines in pencil to pp. 64 - 65, occasional light soiling to pages, and a small nick to right edge of rear pastedown. Overall, a lovely and very sturdy copy of this children's classic. Winnie-the-Pooh is the second in Milne's series of children's books featuring the adventures of the teddy bear character Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Each telling an individual and complete story, the chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh can be read independently of one another. Milne created the story of Winnie the Pooh for his son Christopher Robin, who had a teddy bear named Edward Bear. In his introduction, Milne explains how Edward Bear became Winnie the Pooh, although he notes that "we can't remember whether Winnie is called after Pooh, or Pooh after Winnie." The name "Winnie" comes from a bear that the Milnes saw at the London Zoo, while the name "Pooh" is from a swan whom the fictional Christopher Robin encountered in When We Were Very Young (1924).

Hardback, 8vo. (7.5 x 5 ins). In dark green cloth covers with gilt panelled front board and gilt pictorial figures. Top edges gilt. Illustrated light green endpapers. In good condition. Some minor rubbing to cloth on corners and ends of spine. End of spine very slightly scuffed. Private bookplate on first blank page, and small initials on lower title edge. Inside a few minor marks, page 57 small loss on fore edge, pages a little unevenly cut, tow with edges a little nicked. Else generally clean & tight. 158pp. With B&W line drawings by E. H. SHEPHARD.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. No Jacket. Ernest Shepard (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1926. Tipped in signature of Milne to the inner page. Signature was from a letter. Book is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. A bright example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18465/18709. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Methuen & Co., 1926, 2nd edition. Hardback, 8vo, xiii,158pp, illust. Endpapers and adjacent pages a little tanned, occasional stains to pages. Original dark green cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, a little shaken and bumped. A fair copy. /0.4uk.

SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator). . Winnie-the-Pooh. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., 1926. Full Description: MILNE, A[lan] A[lexander]. Winnie-the-Pooh. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1926]. First edition. One of 350 copies on handmade paper, signed by the author and illustrator, this being number 21. Small quarto (8 3/4 x 7 inches; 22 x 180 mm). xi, [1, blank], [4], 158, [2] pp. Folding map at end. Numerous illustrations in the text. A two page manuscript letter signed by Ernest Shepard laid in. Letter is on blue stationary in blue ink, with manuscript on recto and verso. Letter is dated 12: Dec: 52 and is addressed to "Frank." In the letter he discusses some verses Frank has send Shepard to show to the Editor of Punch. They were found to be too conventional for the magazine but Shepard says that he thought well of them and he should try at other magazines or papers. Original quarter dark blue cloth over light blue boards with printed paper label on front cover. Edges uncut. Some very light sunning to front board. Corners slightly rubbed. Some off-setting to endpapers from dust-jacket as usual. In original dust jacket. Jacket spine and edges lightly browned and with minor rubbing. Some small repairs to the inside of the jacket along spine edges and to top of spine. Overall, a near fine copy, in a very good jacket. Housed in a full blue morocco clamshell. HBS 69131. $15,000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1926 Winnie the Pooh TRUE 1st ed AA Milne Illustrated Children s Literature Some people care too much. I think it's called love. A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh A rare first edition of the classic children s story Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. A beautiful copy bound in green, woven cloth stamped with Christopher Robin and Pooh on the front cover. This story is the second in the Pooh franchise, following the 1924 When We Were Young ; however, it remains the much more popular and most well-known title of the series. Item number: #30584 Price: $1500 MILNE, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh London: Methuen, 1926. First edition, first printing Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xi, [5], 158, [2] o Heavily illustrated throughout First printing note: o Winnie-the-Pooh firsts do not state an edition on the title page or a printing month on the copyright page. Note this example meets these points and is a true first edition, first printing. Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Green cloth Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30584 Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ernest Shephard (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition in the original green boards, border in gilt vignette of Christopher Robin and Pooh to the front board. titles in gilt to spine. top edge of text block gilt. a little scuffing to top right of front board and minor to spine and top left. pictorial end paper has a minor nibble 1cm x 2cm top right. previous owners faint signature to ffep. internally very clean and bright. Scans available upon request.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Shepard, E. H. (Ernest Howard) (illustrator). London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926 - In-8° relié, reliure éditeur pleine percaline verte, dos plat, tranche supérieure dorée, titre doré, encadrement et illustration dorés au premier plat, illustrations en noir, 158 pages, bel exemplaire, très frais, de la seconde édition, parue la même année que l'originale -- 2nd edition, in very good condition (spotless, no writings),

First edition. 8vo. (xvi), 158, (2) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to the spine with a gilt vignette illustration to the upper board, top edge gilt, contemporary gift inscription to the blank front flyleaf. Illustrations throughout and map endpapers. A little wear to the covers, closed tear to pp. 1-2 with no loss, now with a clear archival tissue repair, contents recased and otherwise in decent condition.

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 1926 second edition, published in the same year as the first. 158-page tex, with top edges gilt in very good, tight, clean condition. Just a very few small, light areas of age-browning around the outer blank margins. 159-page text complete and has no colouring-in. The only colouring-in is on the front end-paper map and this has been done neatly. Signatures on front end-paper map, the blank back of the half-title and and one dated 1926 on an age-browned blank end paper. Age-browning of the blank back of the last page. Original pictorial gilt, dark-green cloth binding, with gilt title on spine, in good, tight condition, with only minor rubbing of extremities and faint marks. Overall a very good copy. See photos of this copy attached. (BMGAS).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Uk edition first impression from 1926, there is toning to the map endpapers, and an inscription to the following blank endpage, other pages are clean, binding is firm, there is some wear to the boards. The jacket (129th thousand) is remarkably clean, now in removable protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first impression from 1926 in near fine condition, there is some toning to the front endpage, no other internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket has benefitted from some professional restoration.

First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh on the upper cover. Top edge gilt. A very near fine copy, with a bump to one corner. The pictorial endpapers show a map of "100 Aker Wood" and the book is illustrated throughout with the unmistakable line drawings of E.H. Shepard. On its publication in 1926 Winnie the Pooh was met with enthusiastic reviews. The Herald Tribune wrote, "There are not so many books that, sitting reading them alone, you find yourself laughing aloud over. This is one of them." Other rave reviews described the book as, "the perfect book for children" and "a children's book of the season that seems certain to stay.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. In really good condition. The bright. Some small discolouration on front-board and some small stains and some foxing inside. Some dog-ears but clearly well-preserved inside. Small wear to corners. Some stains on boards. No writing. Well above average.

First edition, first impression, of this much loved children's classic, Milne's first collection of stories featuring the famous bear. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with pictorial centre tools, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of Winnie the Pooh eating out of a honey pot to front board with a further onlay to the back board of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet wandering off into the distance, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, floral endpapers, original map endpaper bound in at front, gilt edges. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy.

Condition: Very Good +. First edition. Number 136 of 350 copies signed by A. A. Milne and the illustrator, E. H. Shepard, who helped bring Winnie the Pooh to Life. Original blue quarter cloth over blue boards with paper label to front. A Very Good+ to Near Fine copy with the spine lightly sunned and small bumps to corners and wear to the board edges. Previous owner's name on the front paste-down, otherwise an excellent copy internally. Retaining the large folding map to the rear. Housed in a handsome clamshell case. The first of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, responsible for introducing children the world over to Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, and Kanga and Roo. One of the most influential children's books in the world, it tells of the adventures of Christopher Robin, his bear Pooh, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. Milne notably drew inspiration from the toys and playtime of his young son, who also appears as a regular character and the only human figure in the Wood. Very Good +.

1st Edition, 12.5 x 19.5 cm green cloth with gilt stamped vignette of Pooh and Christopher Robin to the front within a single lined border and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, Hundred Acre Wood map endpapers, [xiv] 58(2)pp with black and white illustrations by E H Shepard throughout. In original first state dust jacket priced at 7/6 and with the advert for the 117th Thousand of When We Were Very Young on the rear flap. The boards are clean and bright with just a touch of pushing to three of the four corners and to the spine tips. There is a tiny proud dot two thirds of the way down on the left of the front board (1.5cms in from the gilt rule) and a small ding at the bottom edge of the rear board Internally very clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a strip of toning/acid migration to the free endpapers where the dust jacket does not reach, noting a single 2mm spot at the bottom of the recto of the illustration preceding chapter 1. There are a few light spots along the fore edge of the text block. The binding is very firm and square with no cracks. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is much cleaner than is usually found with uniform toning that is more evident to the spine. There is a little rubbing to the corners and spine tips with minor loss to the corners on the front panel and of up to 3mm on the head of the spine which does not affect the titles. The foot of the spine has a very small triangular chip measuring 5 x 3mm. All in all a lovely looking clean 1st Edition copy in an excellent original, unrestored dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

First edition, deluxe issue, 8vo., pp.xi,158, full pictorial blue calf, a.e.g., pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations; light toning and foxing to prelims/closing leaves, just occasional slight foxing to margins within, fingermarking to p.3, else internally fresh, spine sunned, with light sunning to very inner margins of boards, light rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to tail of spine, overall a very good copy indeed.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. E. H. Shepard (illustrator). Second Printing. Second printing same year as first edition. Covers and contents clean and bright. Endpaper maps unmarked.Slight spine lean. 158 pages. Size: 5" x 7.5". Hardback.

Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). First UK Edition, First Printing. First UK edition, first printing with "First Published in 1926" stated on the copyright page. Signed by A. A. Milne on a professionally tipped in page from a signed limited edition, therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. Measures approximately 7.75" x 5", with 158 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still bright and well preserved. Rear hinge cracked. Winnie-the-Pooh is a 1926 children's book by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The book is set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood, with a collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory# (M4-13).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing Beautiful unrestored crisp fine/near fine book with the scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children's book are usually found "well loved and read". The book is clean beautiful condition with crisp green cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine and front. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear, with but a faint slight mark to front board. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, bookplates, no bookstore stamps and no stains. The internal pages are clean and bright No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. Bright gilt to the top of the page block as issued. Beautiful clean, highly collectible example of this title. Please see images. The unrestored scarce original first state dust jacket, with the 117th Thousand on the rear flap, presents as a near fine example with but very slight nicking to the top/bottom of the spine. The jacket has strong vibrant colors, and presents the book beautifully. The jacket is the first state of the first edition showing the requisite 117th thousand to first line of the rear inner flap and the 7/6 Net price to the spine. A beautiful example of this fragile dust jacket. Please see detailed images. A very handsome copy of this title. Presents beautifully on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark children's titles.

VERY RARE 1st Deluxe Edition & 1st printing of the famous children's classic. This edition was published shortly after the first "regular" hardcover edition of the book. It was followed by the green 2nd Deluxe Edition later in the same year due to overwhelming demand. [ATTRIBUTES:] 185x125mm, 158pp. Red leather hardcover with gilt illustration of Christopher Robin "shushing" Pooh, inside golden borders. Spine also illustrated in gold. All page edges gilt. [CONDITION:] Spine surface tattered and broken with a few small pieces missing, otherwise repaired. Pen inscription by previous owner, dated 1926, on front white-page. [SUMMARY:] An extremely rare and valuable copy of a classic masterpiece, with some unfortunate damage to the spine but otherwise in very good condition for its age. The book is in : English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by A.A. Milne on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket that is vibrant in color with slight wear to the spine ends and panels. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this true first edition SIGNED by the author. We buy A.A.Milne First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. pp XVI, 158. 1st owner bookplate to FEP, end papers grubby, rebacked, otherwise very good. Lower board marked.

158 p. Bound in the publisher's green cloth with gilt title spine, gilt decorated front cover depicting Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin and pictorial endpapers with a map of the Hundred Acre Wood, top-edge-gilt (Spine-ends and corner-tips of the binding rubbed, text-block loosening from the front hinge and with light waterstains throughout the bottom-margins, otherwise in good condition.).

A first edition, first printing published by Methuen in 1926 - illustrations by E.H. Shepard, map endpapers, original publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g., dust jacket with '7/6 Net' to spine and '117th Thousand' at the head of the rear flap. A fine book without inscriptions - the usual off-setting to the endpapers. Spine tips a little pushed. In a fine first issue dust wrapper with some miniscule pushing to the spine tips and corners. A magnificently crisp, fine example of this fragile dust wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Ernest H Shepard (illustrator). A very smart second edition copy of A A Milne's noted children's novel 'Winnie The Pooh'. Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. This is the first collection of stories containing Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Tigger did not appear until 'The House at Pooh Corner'.This copy is without the original dustwrapper.A charming collection of ten children's stories featuring this famous character. To this collection there are classic tales such as when Winnie gets stuck in Rabbit's door, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Pooh-bear encountering some bees. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of spine as well as several marks to the extremities. A few marks to the boards. Former owner's inscriptions to the recto of front endpaper, 'Armitage' and 'Ruth'. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'Ruth A Lee Christmas 1926'. With a bookplate to the front endpaper, 'My Book, Ruth Lee'. Internally, generally firmly bound. Slightly strained in places. Pages are very bright. Occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Fine Binding. Condition: Very Good. Ernest H Shepard (illustrator). A beautifully bound set of A A Milne's classic children's works featuring his anthropomorphic bear Winnie the Pooh. From the library of Julian's Park, which was once home to the Socialite Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Comprising early editions of these works. 'Winnie The Pooh' is a second edition of 1926; 'House at Pooh Corner' is a third edition of 1929; 'When We Were Very Young' is a Nineteenth Edition of 1929, 'Now We Are Six' is a fifth edition of 1929.Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. This set of best selling works comprises of the first volume of stories solely regarding Pooh, 'Winnie-The-Pooh', and two poetry collections, 'Now We Are Six' and 'When We Were Very Young'. 'Now We are Six' contains thirty-five verses, eleven of which are accompanied by illustrations featuring Winnie-The-Pooh. 'When We Were Very Young' contains forty-four poems, including 'Teddy Bear' which, upon its initial publication in 'Punch' magazine, was the first literary appearance of Winnie-The-Pooh. The introduction to 'When We Were Very Young' implies that the narrator may be Christopher Robin.These works are illustrated by E H Shepard, a popular twentieth century illustrator whose pen and ink drawings were featured in all of Milne's works.Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with their binder's stamp to the front pastedown. All volumes are in a half calf binding, with gilt tooled silhouettes of the characters Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit and Piglet to the spines. The boards are covered in charming paper which has a repeated animal motif. This same paper is used for the endpapers. Pleydell-Bouverie was a close friend of Stanley Bray, who worked at the firm for over 60 years. He often bound books for her as gifts.From the library at Julians Park, the former home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (Audrey Evelyn James Coats, and Audrey Evelyn James Field). Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. Audrey was also alleged to be the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, although she was also rumoured to be his daugher, or the lover of King Edward VIII. She bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was a patron of the arts and it is believed that she bound several books herself, as many books from her library were stamped with her name and she owned a group of bookbinding tools. Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel and Nancy Mitford. She was featured in Cecil Beaton's 'Book of Beauty' and was regarded as one of the Bright Young Things. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the spines and extremities. Fading to the spine of 'When We Were Very Young'. Binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'Sangorski and Sutcliffe'. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright with occasional light spots. Very Good. book.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt on upper board and spine. Near Fine with small scratch to rear board, endsheets offset from jacket flaps. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with "117th Thousand" on rear flap, with darkening to spine and lighter so to edges, light edge wear, small chips to corners and top of spine. A lovely copy of this classic children's book.

10th edition 1st printing. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; elevated motif to the front board. Lacks free endpapers. Plates completely colored, owner's inscription. Shadow staining. Lacks preface and contents pages. Worn spine. Physical description: xi, 158 p.: ill.; 19 cm. Subject: Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character). Children's stories. Bee culture. FictionChildren's stories in English 1900- Texts. Genre: Illustrated. Children's stories. Fiction. 1 Kg.

10th edition 1st printing. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; elevated motif to the front board. Lacks free endpapers. Plates completely colored, owner's inscription. Shadow staining. Lacks preface and contents pages. Worn spine. Physical description: xi, 158 p.: ill.; 19 cm. Subject: Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character). Children's stories. Bee culture. FictionChildren's stories in English 1900- Texts. Genre: Illustrated. Children's stories. Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, STATED SECOND Edition ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, FIRST PUBLISHED 1926 ,same yr as 1st edition, VG/VG FACSIMILE DJ, DARK BLUE CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT FIGURES CHRISTOPHER & WINNIE, SMALL CHIP BACK DJ TOP RIGHT CORNER & TOP & BTM SPINE DJ , 8VO. fe pgs small Fox stains edges, BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. Top OUTER pgs edge GOLD GILT.

First edition, de luxe issue. Octavo. pp xvi, 158. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Publisher's de luxe binding of full red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt.Contemporary (1927) gift inscription on first blank. Slight rubbing to bottom edges of covers. Very small snag to head of spine. Very good.

Condition: Near fine in near fine jacket. First edition. Signed limited large paper copy, one of only 350 numbered copies signed by Milne and Shepard, of the first book of Pooh prose stories. In Milne's first book of children's verse, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG (1924), the silly old bear appears in only a couple poems and does not yet have a name. After that book's smashing success, Milne was encouraged by his wife to write down some of the bedtime stories he made up for his son about his favorite toys. Here we get many of the best loved stories from the Hundred Acre Wood: Piglet meets a Heffalump, Eeyore has a birthday, and Pooh runs out of honey. This is a beautiful copy of the deluxe signed edition. 8.75'' x 7''. Original quarter blue cloth, light blue paper boards. In original blue printed dust jacket. Illustrated by Shepard in black and white throughout; folding map at rear. Printed on handmade paper. xvi, 158, [2] pages. Signed by Milne and Shepard on limitation page. Small bump and rub on lower corner, expected offsetting to endpapers, else beautiful. Jacket with toning to spine and some light soil and wear.

Green Cloth. Condition: Good. Shepard, E. H. (illustrator). First. A very sound copy of the first printing of this classic. Gift inscription for 1926 on 2nd ffep. No other inscriptions or markings. Boards quite bright and clean. Jacket incomplete, as can be seen in images. teg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "Winnie the Pooh" by A.A. Milne and illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Methuen, London. 1926 first deluxe edition first printing, issued in the same year as the first trade edition. Book in good condition, with some wear and rubbing to spine and edges as usual. Bookplate to front endpaper, and owner's name on one of the white blank pages. Complete. Rare first deluxe edition of Milne's classic children's book.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). Second Edition, 1926 (same year as first edition). Green cloth cover with bright Gilt picture of Christopher Robin and Pooh bear and Gilt linear border on the front. Gilt Lettering to Spine. Top page edges Gilt. Endpapers illustrated with Maps (Drawn by me and Mr Shepard Helpd). 158 Pages with many B&W Pen Illustrations. Very slight edge wear. Penciled gift inscription on fly leaf, dated 1926 and an inked name above. No other inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1926, 1927, 1928. Three volumes, all first edition, first printing. All Fine, in Near Fine dust jackets, with top and bottom corners of front flaps clipped, and light toning to the spine panels, slight soiling. Winnie the Pooh: Small vintage bookseller ticket to front paste down, toning to endsheets. In first issue dust jacket with "117th Thousand" at the top of the rear flap, with two faint blue lines running horizontally at top third and bottom sixth of jacket, light crimping at top edge of front panel and very small losses at the top of the flap folds. Now We Are Six: Spine cloth faintly darkened. In first issue dust jacket with Winnie the Pooh listed at 70th Thousand and Fourth Edition on rear jacket flap; jacket has an L shaped teat at the top front spine joint extending across the spine and affecting the word "Are" in the title. The House at Pooh Corner: Toning to endsheets, and a light crimp to dust jacket at foot of spine, else a very sharp and bright copy in a first issue dust jacket with a price on the spine and "179th Thousand" on rear flap. While not complete (lacking the first book in the series When We Were Very Young), an honest and true set, with dust jacket spines uniformly sunned, with volumes not married or packaged together in modern times. A beautiful and bright set, in much nicer shape than as normally found in.

Closed tear (archival repair tape) to fep & small clip to edge, octavo, forest green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule to front board, teg, illus eps & title page, xi + 160pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners with moderate surface loss, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to eps with sl foxing, lightly cracked internal gutter to pg 32/33, light sporadic foxing throughout, owner's name in ink to front prelim page).

Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Ernest H. Shepard (illustrator). First Trade Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood. Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)" Green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt; in very good dust jacket (slightly worn, some dust and finger smudging - primarily affecting back panel, spine panel somewhat sunned, some dampstaining to bottom edge of spine panel, 1/4 inch; 6 mm tear to stop of spine panel, slight chipping with no losses to lettering or design elements). Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (with exceptions noted). THIS COPY SIGNED IN INK BY BOTH A.A. MILNE AND ERNEST H. SHEPARD ON THE TITLE PAGE. [Haring-Smith C79; Cutler-Stiles p. 116; Grolier, no. 71]. The second in the classic quartet of Milne's cycle based on the teddy bear which belonged to his son, Christopher Robin Milne. Pooh first appeared in a poem, published in Punch in February 1924, and reprinted in When We Were Very Young, but the character was only fully developed in Winnie-the-Pooh, which documents the adventures of the "bear of little brain." Accompanied by the magical drawings of Ernest H. Shepard, whom Milne had met as they both were contributors to Punch. Their collaboration spanned many projects and "Milne was so aware of the extent to which Shepard's drawings contributed to the success of Winnie-the-Pooh that he arranged for him to share in the royalties." [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, p. 232] To own a copy of this first trade edition, signed by both contributors is exceptional.