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London: Peter Harrington, 2011. SIGNED LIMITED DELUXE FORMAT Signed limited edition, deluxe format, one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the collector and American football legend, Pat McInally. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items gathered together over twenty years by Pat McInally, the catalogue describes and illustrates fine examples of all the Pooh books, important inscribed copies, correspondence and photos, toys, and original artwork. This is not only the best single Milne and Shepard collection ever to come to market at one time, but a superb example of the art of collecting, and everything that a lifetime collection in a single field should be. Exhibited Wednesday 30 November to Wednesday 14 December 2011. Peter Harrington special subject catalogues describe a range of significant books in particular subject areas. Filled with lavish full colour illustrations and scholarly research, each catalogue is a valuable addition to any book-lover's reference library. Peter Harrington catalogue no. 80. Quarto (27 x 21 cm). Original blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New.

Signed limited edition, deluxe format, one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the collector and American football legend, Pat McInally. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items gathered together over twenty years by Pat McInally, the catalogue describes and illustrates fine examples of all the Pooh books, important inscribed copies, correspondence and photos, toys, and original artwork. This is not only the best single Milne and Shepard collection ever to come to market at one time, but a superb example of the art of collecting, and everything that a lifetime collection in a single field should be. Exhibited Wednesday 30 November to Wednesday 14 December 2011. Peter Harrington special subject catalogues describe a range of significant books in particular subject areas. Filled with lavish full colour illustrations and scholarly research, each catalogue is a valuable addition to any book-lover's reference library. Peter Harrington catalogue no. 80. Quarto (27 x 21 cm). Original blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. 95 items offered for sale. Fully illustrated in colour. New.

New York: E. P Dutton & Co., 1935. Book. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Not Signed. 2nd Edition. New Edition, 124th printing. The book has tanning of the endpaper, wear overall and some soiling at top of front cover, but wear especially at spine ends and bottom tips. Previous owner's inscription on the back of the front free endpaper. Else book is free of other internal markings, spine is tight, boards rigid and tops tips are pointed. The jacket is price clipped and is water stained all over. Front colors ok but some letters faded with stains apparent. Loss and small chipping at most edges, especially along spine and 1 inch at top and 1 inch at bottom of spine. Shiny new plastic cover helps it look better. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

1st Edition 1969.Signed by Ernest Shepard to inner page. A new edition with extracts from Winnie the Pooh, House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six. Illustrated throughout by Shepard with existing and new illustrations. Book is very good with quite bright boards. Boards lightly marked in places. Contents good. Pages lightly marked. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. More images can be sent upon request. ReF 17479/17438

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

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

SIGNED AND DATED BY CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/4", illustrated in by Ernest Shepard, inscribed by Christopher Milne on the half-title "Christopher Robin Milne Dartmouth 11. Nov. 65", hardbound, original publisher's gilt stamped red paper boards, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, with the original DJ not price clipped, VG/VG.

(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+ , B/W Illustrated Endpapers & FRONTISPIECE,Small brown cloth with 2 Gilt Figures on front, 5 X 7 1/2 IN ,159 PGS , SIGNED & Inscribed By Christopher Milne 1975(aka Christopher Robin) ILLUSTRATED By EARNEST E. H. Shepard ,Signed and dedicated during a book signing visit to The Harbour Bookshop (which Milne owned with his wife since 1951) in 1979, 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

1929 LTD Edition hardcover book VERY GOOD cover has light soil and edge/corner rubbing, spine is solid, No Dustjacket issued, Book is SIGNED/NUMBERED by author A A MILNE and illustrator ERNEST H SHEPARD

(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.

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

UK: Methuen, 1926. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ernest Shepard. 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

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

First colour-illustrated edition, signed limited issue, number 55 of 300 copies signed by the Shepard and finely bound by Zaehnsdorf. The first collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories and the second book in the series overall, it was first published in 1926 with illustrations by Shepard in black and white. Octavo. Publisher's deluxe blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine lettered in gilt, compartments with blind devices of Pooh bear, gilt vignette of Pooh and Christopher Robin on front cover, colour map endpapers, edges gilt. Housed in the original blue card slipcase with cloth edges, designed after the binding. Illustrated in colour throughout by Shepard. Slipcase with slight rubbing and bumps. A fine copy.

HBDJ, 1956 on Copyright pg, EARLY BRITISH ISSUE, 606TH THOUSAND, VG+, AS-IS, 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. , 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,

,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"

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.

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.

INSCRIBED BY CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE IN EACH VOLUME. 4 vols., 7-7/16" x 5-1/8", illustrated in by Ernest Shepard, inscribed by Christopher Milne on the half-title of each volume "For Emma and Feona with all good wishes Christopher Milne Dartmouth 14. January 1978", hardbound, original publisher's gilt stamped brown paper boards, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, with the original pictorial DJ's, VG/VG. A complete set of the Pooh books each inscribed by Christopher Robin Milne. Milne began the poems in When We Were Very Young for his son Christopher Robin. They had originally appeared in Punch magazine and, to the shock of Milne and Methuen, the book sold out on publication day. It was an unqualified success, quoted, recited, and parodied everywhere. Milne's based the stories of his second major book Winnie-the-Pooh on a set of stuffed animals Christopher Robin (called "Billy Moon" in the family) owned. Methuen published Milne's third children's book just two months after Winnie-the-Pooh. The House at Pooh Corner would be the last of the Pooh books. Milne wanted both to stop while the books were selling well—"I have had my thrill out of children's books, and know that I shall never recapture it"—and to protect his growing son: "I feel that the legal Christopher Robin has already had more publicity than I want for him. Moreover, since he is growing up, he will soon feel that he has had more publicity than he wants for himself. We all, young and old, hope to make some sort of name, but we want to make it in our own chosen way, and, if possible, by our own exertions" (Thwaite pages 338-39).

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.

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.

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.

London: Methuen & Co. LTD, 1926. First UK Edition, First Printing. Ernest H. Shepard. 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).

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.

Handsomely bound with a navy blue linen quarter spine and blue-green paper covered boards with a white printed paper label on the front. A Very Good Plus copy with a touch of sunning to the spine, light wear and bumping to the corners and shelf-wear along the bottom edges and a touch of soiling to the paper label. With the personal stamp impression of B.J.T.(Bernie Talpin) at the bottom corner of the front endpaper. And a vintage book catalogue entry for this item glued at the top of the front paste-down.Very clean and tight throughout with splendid hand-made deckle-edge paper. With the large folding map of Pooh Country and the 100 Aker Wood protected with folding tissues at the back of the book. In an acetate protective jacket. A gloriously charming and scarce book. 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. It is the first of two story collections by Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh, the second being The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne and Shepard collaborated previously for English humour magazine Punch, and in 1924 created When We Were Very Young, a poetry collection. Among the characters in the poetry book was a teddy bear Shepard modelled after his son's toy. Following this, Shepard encouraged Milne to write about his son Christopher Robin Milne's toys, and so they became the inspiration for the characters in Winnie-the-Pooh. The book was published on October 14, 1926, and was both well-received by critics and a commercial success, selling 150,000 copies before the end of the year. Critical analysis of the book has held that it represents a rural Arcadia, separated from real-world issues or problems, and is without purposeful subtext. More recently, criticism has been levelled at the lack of positive female characters (i.e. that the only female character, Kanga, is depicted as a bad mother). Winnie-the-Pooh has been translated into over fifty languages; a 1958 Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, was the first foreign-language book to be featured on the New York Times Best Seller List, and the only book in Latin ever to have been featured. The stories and characters in the book have been adapted in other media, most notably into a franchise by The Walt Disney Company, beginning with Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, released on February 4, 1966 as a double feature with The Ugly Dachshund. It remains protected under copyright in other countries, including the UK. (Wikipedia) First edition of the signed/limited edition, this being 119 of 350 numbered copies.