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Dutton Juvenile, 2000. Book signed by Translator Leonard Wolf.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

UK: Eyre and Methuen, 1975. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1975. Flat signed by Christopher Milne to title page. (Christopher Robin) A lovely book by A A Milne's son and his life with the world of Pooh. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Slight thinning to endpaper top. with a long inscription to endpaper. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Uncommon edition especially signed by Milne. A must for any collector of Milne or Pooh books. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16809

(London), 29 September 1926. Letter. Crease from mailing otherwise Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" personal stationery to "My dear Sir" [Vincent Seligman]. Written just weeks before the publication of Milne's most famous work, WINNIE-THE-POOH. This fine letter offers insight into Milne's sharp sense of humor and includes indirect references to his most famous book. Milne refers to a person in his letter as a "cygnet" (a young swan), a reference which may have been in mind as Winnie The Pooh was a blended name created by Milne, being a combination of the name "Pooh," after a cygnet swan they met on holiday, and "Winnie," a black bear cub he often saw at the London Zoo. There is also a lighthearted poke at his publisher, Methuen. In part: "I have arrived safely at the house to which you sent me, and think that I shall like the situation. I wanted to begin a serial story for the DAILY MAIL at once, but the man here said 'No, there's a letter we must write first,' and I said 'Oh, I see,' and began writing 'Dear Methuen,' but he snatched me away from the paper, and said it wasn't that sort of letter at all, which disappointed me rather because I thought I had got a literary situation. But he promised me we should do some poetry afterwards, and I said 'All right.' And of course when he began 'Dear Vincent,' I said 'Oh, know that man well; let me write the letter, while you get the ink off your hands.' He was terribly pleased with me, and I'm to keep on saying 'Thank you' until I run out of ink.... But I really am to say 'Thank you very much.... Assuring you, Sir, of my respects, and again thanking you for obtaining me this literary situation which I have always wanted from a cygnet so to speak. Yours faithfull [sic] The Pen. P.S. It was his fault about the ink, not mine. T.P. P.P.P. Now we are going to practise his signature: A. A. Milne. P.P.P.S. He says that's the best he's ever done." A delightful letter. Vincent Seligman was a banker who ran the London bank Seligman Brothers. He and his wife Barbara were close friends of the Milnes. Seligman dedicated his book, OXFORD ODDITIES, to Milne.

HBDJ, 1977, 1ST EDITION THUS, REPRINT, VG-/VG+ ,Small brown cloth with 2 Gilt Figures on front, 5 X 7 1/2 IN ,159 PGS , Signed and dedicated during a book signing visit to The Harbour Bookshop (which Milne owned with his wife since 1951) in 1979, B/W Illustrated Endpapers & FRONTISPIECE ,Adventure in Forest OF WINNIE THE POOH TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE SONGS WHICH PooH BEAR made Up & Sang to Himself as he went Along, Christopher Robin is Here & THEIR MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE INTRODUCED for the 1st Time, Piglet, Rabbit & Owl, Kanga & Roo, & Not forgetting for he would be very Upset, Eeyore

A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" personal stationery to "My dear Sir" [Vincent Seligman]. Written just weeks before the publication of Milne's most famous work, WINNIE-THE-POOH. This fine letter offers insight into Milne's sharp sense of humor and includes indirect references to his most famous book. Milne refers to a person in his letter as a "cygnet" (a young swan), a reference which may have been in mind as Winnie The Pooh was a blended name created by Milne, being a combination of the name "Pooh," after a cygnet swan they met on holiday, and "Winnie," a black bear cub he often saw at the London Zoo. There is also a lighthearted poke at his publisher, Methuen. In part: "I have arrived safely at the house to which you sent me, and think that I shall like the situation. I wanted to begin a serial story for the DAILY MAIL at once, but the man here said 'No, there's a letter we must write first,' and I said 'Oh, I see,' and began writing 'Dear Methuen,' but he snatched me away from the paper, and said it wasn't that sort of letter at all, which disappointed me rather because I thought I had got a literary situation. But he promised me we should do some poetry afterwards, and I said 'All right.' And of course when he began 'Dear Vincent,' I said 'Oh, know that man well; let me write the letter, while you get the ink off your hands.' He was terribly pleased with me, and I'm to keep on saying 'Thank you' until I run out of ink. But I really am to say 'Thank you very much. Assuring you, Sir, of my respects, and again thanking you for obtaining me this literary situation which I have always wanted from a cygnet so to speak. Yours faithfull [sic] The Pen. P.S. It was his fault about the ink, not mine. T.P. P.P.P. Now we are going to practise his signature: A. A. Milne. P.P.P.S. He says that's the best he's ever done." A delightful letter. Vincent Seligman was a banker who ran the London bank Seligman Brothers. He and his wife Barbara were close friends of the Milnes. Seligman dedicated his book, OXFORD ODDITIES, to Milne. Crease from mailing otherwise Fine

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. Ref

HBDJ, 1st edition, SEPTEMBER 1928, 34th printing, Same Month As First. released in the same year as the London edition, ,Hardcover. BK VG-/GOOD+ DJ WITH TINY TEARS CHIPS EXTREMITIES, FEW PGS HAVE BLANK MARGIN EDGE CHIPS , though all printings starting with the first, were printed in the same month and year, . Covers a LITELY worn WH GILT READABLE ON FRONT CVR . Name written inside front cover and behind front endpaper. Front hinge starting to crack. In SLIGHTLYworn and chipped dust jacket. 7 3/4 X 5 3/4 IN. Approx , SMALL RED PINKISH CVR with Christopher Robin and Tigger in gilt, rrible, for what it's worth. 2 former owner names and an address crossed out on front endpapers. 178 pgs , In this collection, we learn that the "house" of the title is Eeyore's, which is (re)built by Piglet and Pooh; that Tigger does not like honey; and that while young Christopher Robin must go off to boarding school, the enchanted place of Pooh and his friends will always be waiting for him. The last of the four books in the Pooh series. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, "Tigger"

London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973. 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.

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.

HB NODJ, 1973, STATED 1ST PUBLISHED this EDITION THUS, LIMITED EDITION #77/300 COPIES ,NEAR FINE, SLIPCASE, 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.