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

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

(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

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

(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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1933. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A scarce, signed first Tauchnitz edition of A A Milne's classic children's novel 'Winnie-The-Pooh'. Signed by both Milne and E H Shepard to the title page. Shepard's signature is dated 1933.A superior copy of this Tauchnitz edition, which was published several years after Methuen's first edition of 1926. 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'. 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 meeting some bees. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, in an excellent condition. Minor shelf-wear to the extremities. Repairs to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Near Fine

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 +.

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 +.

A scarce, signed first Tauchnitz edition of A A Milne's classic children's novel 'Winnie-The-Pooh'. Signed by both Milne and E H Shepard to the title page. Shepard's signature is dated 1933.A superior copy of this Tauchnitz edition, which was published several years after Methuen's first edition of 1926.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'.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 meeting some bees. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, in an excellent condition. Minor shelf-wear to the extremities. Repairs to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Near Fine

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.

1928. Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appeared in any of the Pooh books. With a mounted note signed by Milne and Shepard. The prints are titled: Christopher Robin has a Little Something at Eleven; What Christopher Robin does in the Mornings; Christopher Robin gives Extract of Malt all round; Christopher Robin's Green Braces; Christopher Robin at the Enchanted Place; Christopher Robin organises an "Exposition". In near fine condition. A unique example.

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.

. 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.

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.

London: Methuen, 1926. First Trade Edition. Near fine/Very good. Ernest H. Shepard. Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt; full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood... Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)"; 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 (except where exceptions are 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]. Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 126 mm), pp. 160, green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt; full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood... Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)"; Cover and spine lightly rubbed, endpapers age stained as usual 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.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, , 1924-8. Attractively bound with pictorial morocco onlays First editions, first impressions, of these timeless classics of children's literature. When We Were Very Young is in the second state of the first impression with the page number ix present in the preliminaries. These four volumes comprise a full set of the Pooh books and are presented in beautiful bindings by Bayntun (Riviere) of Bath. The illustrations rendered in coloured onlays comprise: Christopher Robin on the stairs ("Halfway Down") (see p. 80 of When We Were Very Young), Winnie-the-Pooh outside his home ("under the name of Sanders") (see p. 3 of Winnie-the-Pooh), Christopher Robin in his garden ("Solitude") (see p. 1 of When We Were Very Young), and Christopher Robin eating an apple ("what does Christopher Robin think about it?") (see p. 105 of The House at Pooh Corner). After the huge success of When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, Milne was asked to contribute a story to the London Evening News. "The Wrong Sort of Bees", published on Christmas Eve 1925, was based on a bedtime story that Milne had told his son Christopher. It starred Christopher's teddy bear, bought at Harrods for Christopher's first birthday, known initially as Edward or Edward Bear, and later renamed Winnie-the-Pooh (after a favourite bear cub at London zoo). Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its predecessor. Now We Are Six followed in 1927, and took just two months to eclipse the sales records of the previous two books. The final book, The House at Pooh Corner, was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. "The Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, p. 336). Four works, octavo (180 x 115 mm). Bound in red morocco by Bayntun (Riviere), signed on front turn-ins, spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt, front covers with illustrations after E. H. Shepard in coloured onlays, covers with gilt fillet borders, gilt edges, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, original cloth bound in at end together with original pictorial endpapers when issued. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Spines very slightly sunned, minor browning to the top of a few leaves in The House at Pooh Corner, some leaves lightly toned, slipcase rubbed at extremities; a near-fine and attractive set. Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne: His Life, 1990.

London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924-1928. First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Winnie the Pooh is signed by A.A. Milne on the title page. When We Were Very Young if a first edition, second issue as usual with page ix numbered. Each are fine in very good dust jackets with some loss and wear to the extremities and light toning. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable with Winnie the Pooh signed by Milne.

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.

1926. Original artwork for Winnie-the-Pooh depicting Christopher Robin, Piglet, and Pooh The two concluding illustrations from chapter five of Winnie-the-Pooh ("In which Piglet meets a Heffalump") and both published on page 68 of the original 1926 Methuen edition. The first drawing shows Christopher Robin eagerly jumping by a concerned Piglet (to accompany the text "'Well,' said Christopher Robin, putting on his shoes...") The second drawing shows Winnie-the-Pooh with his head stuck in a jar of honey (to accompany the text "Crash went the Heffalump's head against the tree-root...") E. H. Shepard sold his original drawings for Winnie-the-Pooh at an exhibition held at The Sporting Gallery, Covent Garden, London, 26 November to 21 December 1926. The pairing of these two drawings, sold together, was presumably the artist's. As usual with Shepard's drawings, the published versions are smaller than originally drawn and fine detail in the original tends to be lost. The buttons on Piglet's top, Christopher Robin's jumper, and the tree-root in the heffalump trap have a clarity of line which was lost or blurred when published. Original drawings (91 x 62 mm and 50 x 54 mm) on artist's board (160 x 112 mm and 107 x 84 mm), ink, first drawing signed with initials ("EHS") lower right, with remnants of artist's signature and address on reverse, mounted, framed, and glazed with conservation acrylic glazing (framed size 320 x 245 mm). Strong and unfaded ink drawings. Some browning below mount, not affecting image.