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N.p.: N.p., 1977. Vintage borderless photograph of director Wolfgang Reitherman and music director Buddy Baker working with a studio orchestra to record the soundtrack for "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" in 1977. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Baker worked as a composer for many Disney films, including "Napoleon and Samantha" (1972, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975) and "The Fox and the Hound" (1981). 9.25 x 7 inches. Near Fine.

New York and Canada: Stephen Slesinger, Inc., copyright; Victor Talking Machine Co. of Canada, Ltd., records, 1934. Stiff wraps. Near fine/Fine. 12mo (7 3/8" x 8"); three 78 rpm records (most likely a shellac-based limestone or slate material used by Victor at the time), recorded both sides under the Victor label; labeled 221-A and B, 222-A and B, and 223-A and B; records housed in a blue stiff card stock folder with a color half-tone pictorial onlay to front folder; a small imperfection (depression) can be seen on record 222-A, however it does not interfere with the recording, and one only hears a slight pop; light soiling to outer folder and a few scratches to the lower left corner of the onlay, near fine with 3 records in fine condition.  This edition not in a WorldCat library; two libraries hold sound recordings published in 1934 as "More Winnie-the-Pooh Songs" The pictorial label features Christopher Robin, Piglet, and Pooh eating from a honey pot.  It is notable that Pooh is not dressed in the red shirt that Slesinger trademarked, and that Pooh first wore in 1931.  This recording is an early imprint by tenor Frank Luther with music by Harold Fraser-Simson, and the copyright held by Slesinger.  Another early record by the Victor Talking Machine Co., shows a round folder label with Pooh wearing a red shirt and in multiple poses.  No date appears on either and no further bibliographic information has been found. The records are labeled, "Winnie The Pooh, Christopher Robin Songs. (A.A. Milne-H. Fraser Simson) Frank Luther, Tenor with violin, clarinet and piano", with the following listed songs: 221-A: 1. Isn't It Funny, 2. Song Ho! For the Life of a Bear, 221-B Us Two, 222-A: The King's Breakfast, 222-B: The King's Breakfast, Concluded,  223-A: Buckingham Palace, 223-B: Vesper's.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954, 1955 & 1956, 1954. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. Clamshell As New/No Jacket. 1st Edition Clamshell Collecor's Case. No Binding. First Edition Slipcase. Exclusive Custom Clamshell Leather Slipcase. Red Morocco with 'Sculpted' Winnie embossed on the side with red, yellow & black onlay. A comical rendition of Winnie & his Butterfly. A delightful custom slipcase for the four volume Pooh books to live in: When We Were Very Young, Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six & The House at Pooh Corner.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2001. Revised Edition. Full leather. New/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome turquoise blue full leather edition with Ernest Shepard's illustrations on almost every page in full color, several of them full page size. All four original classics are here: "Winnie-the-Pooh," " The House at Pooh Corner," "When We Were Very Young," and "Now We Are Six." In fine unread condition, opened only to take pictures of the first few pages, otherwise the book is untouched. This beautiful edition features complete, unabridged text and all of Shepard's original illustrations, each hand painted in watercolors by the artist prior to publication--this is a true collector's gem. With gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. On quality paper that makes the book surprisingly heavy (4 lb. 13 oz) The book measures 7 3/4" x 10 1/8" high. A beautiful quality edition.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2001. Revised Edition. Full leather. No Jacket as Issued. Still in the original shrinkwrap! A handsome turquoise blue full leather edition with Ernest Shepard's illustrations on almost every page in full color, several of them full page size. All four original classics are here: "Winnie-the-Pooh," " The House at Pooh Corner," "When We Were Very Young," and "Now We Are Six." This beautiful edition features complete, unabridged text and all of Shepard's original illustrations, each hand painted in watercolors by the artist prior to publication--this is a true collector's gem. With gold gilt cover designs and page edges, moire silk endpapers and bound-in silk bookmark. On quality paper that makes the book surprisingly heavy (4 lb. 13 oz) The book measures 7 3/4" x 10 1/8" high. A beautiful quality edition.

Easton Press, 1985. limited. hardcover. fine. Easton Press leather-bound edition, 4 vol. All in fine condition.

London: Methuen. Illustrations by E. H, Sheprd. These books are all 1934 reprints, come from a single source, are contemporary with one-another, and are new to the market. They each have the same name written neatly on the front free endpapers. Minor wear and ageing; the original dust jackets have the price on the spines; some rubbing at the spine ends, protected by clear, removable covers. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1934.

London: Methuen, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Reprints. The four books bound in one in half turquoise leather over light blue cloth boards. Bound for Asprey. Gilt tooled compartments with little animal devices and lettering in gilt. Cloth a little rubbed and the spine sunned. All edges gilt, floral patterned endpapers, clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Nice copy.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to cloth; darkened spine with dulled gilt lettering. Small crayon mark to verso of dedication page. A bright and lovely copy of the beloved children's book.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1926. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth front cover decorated and illustrated in gilt. Near fine. Shepard, Ernest H. 158 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Clean, bright and fresh copy. Illustrated endpapers. Only fault, two thin creases at front cover.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. xiv, 159 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping. Very Good with dulled and rubbed gilt, a few finger smudges to rear board, former owner's inscription to paste down, two fairly small stains to bottom margins intruding slightly onto bottom margin of text block. The classic children's book.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American edition. Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping. Very Good+ with light wear to extremities and light rubbing to gilt stamping. Evidence of bookplate removal and bookseller ticket to front pastedown, contemporary former owner penciled gift inscription to half-title page, pages tanned with an occasional spot of soiling, and hinge at recto of rear endsheet is slightly exposed, small spot of abrasion to both the rear free endsheet and pastedown. A nice copy of the classic children's book.

New York: Stephen Slesinger, 1935. Near fine.. First edition of this remarkably intact large-format WINNIE THE POOH paper doll set, depicting the characters from the stories in a style much closer to the original stuffed animals that inspired the stories. The characters of the Hundred Acre Wood have a long and fascinating merchandising history, even before the brand-conscious Disney adaptation. A. A. Milne sold the US trade rights for the characters to literary agent and licensing pioneer Stephen Slesinger in 1930. With Slesinger's marketing prowess, "Pooh [became] an industry in the thirties," writes Ann Thwaite; by that time, "Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and the rest were on their way to being lodged permanently... in the folk-memories of the English-speaking people, part of our common language and frame of reference." (Slesinger's widow in turn licensed Pooh to Disney in 1961.) This paper doll book is an excellent example of Slesinger's merchandising prowess: Christopher Robin's design reflects the style and stance of a boy from the thirties. Exceedingly rare complete in this original edition, put into perspective by the much later facsimile more commonly seen. 17'' x 9.75''. Original color pictorial wrappers with perforated punch-outs. [6] leaves of doll outfits to cut out, printed one side only. A touch of toning to front; a bit of rubbing to spine. Sharp, bright, and intact.

New York: E.P. Dutton Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, gift issue. Decorations by E.H. Shepard. Publisher's purple calf decorated in gilt. Top 3/4" of spine lacking, boards a bit bowed, and general wear at the extremities, a sound, about good copy.

(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, 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

London: Methuen, 1928. First Editions. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 4 vols. Sm 8vo. Original cloth, t.e.g. Very Good. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase and chemise. First Editions. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 4 vols. Sm 8vo. The Four Pooh Books in First Editions. First editions of Milne's wonderful "Pooh Quartet,". "Although 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 fame" (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new children's magazine. "On 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 children's verses, one each day... 'There 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.' He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punch" (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in "a wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appeal" (DNB). When We Were Very Young first edition, second issue as usual, with page ix numbered (any first edition copy is exceedingly scarce). With vintage advertisements-testaments to Pooh's perennial merchandising appeal-laid in to The House at Pooh Corner. A most desirable first edition set of four cherished childhood classics.

,HBDJ, 1956 on Copyright pg, EARLY BRITISH ISSUE, 606TH THOUSAND, VG+, AS-IS, INNER DJ FLAP 8 S. 6D. NET, CATALOGUE # 3418/U. The signature is in blue ink., B/ W DECORATIONS BY E. H. SHEPARD , , with illustrations on the front of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. BACK DJ FLAP MENTIONS WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, WINNIE POOH & NOW WE ARE 6, SMALL GREEN Illustrated Boards NEAR excellent with Good gilt FIGURES ON FRONT. , Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Inscribed ,Clean, no significant bumps or rubs .7 1/2 X 5 IN, APPROX . GREEN ILLUSTRATED CLOTH CVR Binding tight WITH BRIGHT GOLD GILT FIGURES , no loose or missing pages. Feels only lightly read. Page block clean and bright with no marks. Light age tone to text block edge as you would expect in a book of this age. Top of text block coloured green and has retained its colour. The dustwrapper is NEAR excellent. GREEN TOPSTAIN. 4mm closed tears to top and bottom of front cover/ flap, The spine is only very lightly sunned.

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"

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.

London: Methuen & Co, 1926. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. Signed by A. A. Milne on the half-title page and inscribed "And if you lose it, Davy Boyd, the author will be much annoyed. A. A. Milne. Nov: 1931." Bound in publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth lightly edge worn, gilt moderately rubbed on front cover and completely rubbed on the spine. Wrinkle to cloth on rear cover. Pages toned, one corner creased, and several pages lightly marked. A nice copy of the children's classic, inscribed by the author.

London: Methuen & Co, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. A complete set of all four Winnie the Pooh books, all first British trade editions, all first printings, with a card signed by A. A. Milne adhered to the front paste down of When We Were Young. All four volumes are in publisher's original cloth (royal blue, dark green, maroon and pink) and stamped in gilt, with top edges gilt, lacking the dust jackets; housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Volumes average Very Good, with light wear and soiling, uneven sunning to two volumes, former owner names to front, foxing to textblock edge and toning to pages, endsheets browned. Strip of adhesive remnant to front paste down above where Milne's signature is adhered. A lovely set.

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from very good to good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

London: Methuen, 1926. First edition. Very Good +. 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 +.

London: Methuen & Co., 1924-1928. First trade editions of all four titles. Very Good. 20 cm; four separate volumes as issued, in original dust jackets. Top edges gilt. Sound copies, without significant blemishes (some discoloration to endleaves, some ownership incriptions on endleaves or blanks). Dust jackets good only, spines darkened, with loss at crown, heel, and upper panel on Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young; at crown on the House at Pooh Corner and Winnie the Pooh. Dust jacket edges variously frayed, with bit of stain along top edge of Winnie the Pooh. Protected from deterioration in Brodart. Please see images. The beloved set of four, all in first editions: When We Were Very Young (1924) in blue cloth, plain end papers, with no pagination on p. ix; Winnie the Pooh (1926) in green cloth, with map end papers, in orange (ish) dust jacket; Now We Are Six (1927) in red-rose cloth, with pink end papers illustrated in blue and light green dust jacket; and the House at Pooh Corners (1928) in salmon cloth, and salmon end papers with illustrations printed in black, peach-colored dust jacket. See John R. Payne, "Four Children's Books by A. A. Milne" in Studies in Bibliography 23 (1970) 127-139.

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from very good to good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Previous owner's writing on front free end paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

London: Methuen, 1924. First editions. hardcover. Very good/Very good. All four book in the series, all first edition in very good dust jackets. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.

London: Methuen and Co, 1926. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. 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.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1926. First Edition. Very Good+. First American edition, limited issue. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard on limitation leaf at front. [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label; lacking the publisher's glassine and box. Very Good+ with light wear at extremities, light soiling and light tanning to covers, stray ink mark to spine, foxing to top edge. Tanning to pages with several hinges slightly exposed.

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first edition, second issue, with "IX" on the table of contents page. Otherwise all books and jackets are pure first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

4to. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926. 4to, [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards, blue cloth backstrip with pink paper label in the original pink dust-jacket printed in black. Board corners worn, backstrip ends rubbed, hinges a little soft, gift inscription on front free endpaper. Dust-jacket with edge wear and several large chips in spine panel. § First American limited edition, on large paper, numbered 17 of 200 copies, signed by Milne and Shepard.

London: Methuen, 1928. Overall near fine in very good to near-fine jackets.. A beautiful collection of first editions of the Pooh Books, all in original dust jackets. In 1933 Compton Mackenzie described the publication of the first Pooh Book, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG as marking "an epoch as positively as any children's book has ever marked one. It is not extravagant to surmise that a distant posterity may find in that volume of children's verse a key with which to unlock the present more easily than with any contemporary novel, poem, or play" (quoted in Thwaite). The series is an evocative reflection of English childhood in the 1920s, yet transcends the time and place of its making for each new generation to discover and fall for. 4 volumes, 7.5'' x 5'' each. Blue, green, red and pink cloths. In original color printed dust jackets. Top edges gilt. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG has page ix, not the very rare first state. Housed in custom cloth covers with leather spine labels (VERY YOUNG label misdated 1926). Books solidly near-fine or better, with some offsetting around the firm hinges; ink gift inscription in VERY YOUNG, POOH CORNER with slight lean. Jacket of VERY YOUNG with light chipping at spine extremities, touch of expert repair to head, and faint stain around upper joint; jackets of WINNIE and SIX are sunned on spines with a bit of wear to heads of spines (barely visible repair on SIX); POOH CORNER jacket stunning.

London: Methuen, 1926. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. 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.

London: Methuen & Co, 1926. SHEPARD, Ernest H.. . 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.

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first issue, without "IX" on the table of contents page. All books and jackets are correct first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

London: Methuen and Co., 1924 - 1928. First Editions (When We Were Very Young is 1st edition, second state with "ix" on Contents page), Four volumes. With wonderful line drawings throughout, illustrated by E. H. Shepard.When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, first trade edition, second state, NF copy with light wear to extremities in VG dustwrapper with a tanned spine, miniscule chip out of top left of spine, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt vignettes to front and back covers, 100 pps, one of 4,500 copies printed in the first edition, which sold out in the first week.Winnie-the-Pooh, published in 1926, first trade edition, NF copy in a NF first issue dustwrapper with 117th thousand marked on back flap is bright and complete (does have small wrinkle on back which is not a tear) with minor dustiness, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignettes of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, illustrated end papers with map of 100 Aker Wood and numerous line drawings throughout the book of Pooh and his friends, 158 pps.Now We Are Six, published in 1927, first trade edition, NF in first state VG dustwrapper with 7/6 price on the spine, back panel has a one-inch tear and slight chips to head and tail of spine, PO name on verso of FFEP, maroon cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of Christopher Robin playing with a train engine on front and Pooh and Piglet on back, 103 pps.The House at Pooh Corner, published 1928, first trade edition, NF copy in VG first issue dustwrapper (back flap contains an ad for When We Were Very Young, stating it is in its 179th Thousand), small one-half inch tear to front of dustwrapper at the top in the middle and a small gouge (paper still present) to bottom right corner, salmon cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignette, small prior bookshop label to rear endpaper, 179 pps

Methuen & Co., Ltd, London, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A complete set of the first, UK trade editions for all four "Pooh" books. "When We Were Very Young" is the first issue, without "IX" on the table of contents page. All books and jackets are correct first editions. Condition ranges from near fine to very good, as shown in photos. More photos available on request. "Winnie The Pooh" has been listed on the New York Public Library's 100 greatest children's books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other." (Jeanne Lamb, NY Public Library). Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

London: Methuen & Co, 1924. All first editions, all in original cloth and dust jackets, t.e.g., decorated throughout by E.H. Shepard; 4 volumes, 8vo, in a custom-made fleece-lined brown cloth clamshell box lettered in gilt; 1) When We Were Very Young, second state as usual, without pagination on p. ix; ; the dust jacket with several short breaks at the spine ends; slight wear and small breaks at the top of the spine 2) Winnie-the Pooh, jacket a bit soiled, with small breaks at the spine extremities; 3) Now We Are Six, spine of jacket a little toned and with short breaks at the top; 4) The House at Pooh Corner, small pinhole on back panel of the dust jacket. All are quite bright in original cloth. In all, a very good to near fine set.

London: Methuen, 1928. First editions. Overall fine in near-fine jackets.. Complete set of first editions of the Pooh Books, all in original dust jackets, with WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG signed by Milne and Shepard. In 1933 Compton Mackenzie described the publication of the first Pooh Book, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG as marking "an epoch as positively as any children's book has ever marked one. It is not extravagant to surmise that a distant posterity may find in that volume of children's verse a key with which to unlock the present more easily than with any contemporary novel, poem, or play" (quoted in Thwaite). The series is an evocative reflection of English childhood in the 1920s, yet transcends the time and place of its making for each new generation to discover - and fall for. As the first book in the series, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG is the most difficult to find signed, making this an especially desirable set. 4 volumes, 7.5'' x 5'' each. Original blue, green, red and pink cloths. In original color printed dust jackets. Top edges gilt. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG has page ix, not the very rare first state. Signed by Milne and Shepard on title page of WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG. Contemporary Methuen ad laid into SIX. Housed in beautiful blue goatskin box with in-laid Pooh design on front board. Books all fine, with only a bit of the typical offsetting in the gutter: Firm hinges, fresh cloth, clean text, no inscriptions. Jackets range fine (WINNIE-THE-POOH) to very good (HOUSE, with some small chips to spine ends not affecting text and a long closed tear to front joint); WWVY and SIX solidly near fine with only a bit of shallow chipping and touch of toning to spine of SIX: else little soil or sunning.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1926. First Edition. Very Fine/Very Fine. An unbelievably superb copy of the first American edition, signed limited issue. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard on limitation leaf at front. [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label; in publisher's original glassine and box. Very Fine in a dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, still also Very Fine. So fresh and sharp, the book and dust jacket appear as if brand new. In original glassine, which is toned and largely intact except for one flap, which is largely detached in two segments, both present. In a Very Good+ publisher's box is stained and toned, with splits to two corners. All housed in a custom folding case, in which the glassine is stored in a paper folder. An incredible survival of a book uncommon in such superlative condition. Quite a marvel to behold.