Lot 198: Three of the Winnie-The-Pooh books and other Milne

MILNE, A.[LAN] A.[LEXANDER] and SHEPARD, E.[RNEST] H.[OWARD]

Eight works by Milne. Comprises The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co., [1928]. First edition. Publisher's salmon cloth gilt. Spine a bit faded, slight soiling externally, endpapers toned; together with When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co., [1924]. First edition, second state with Roman page number on the contents page. Publisher's blue cloth gilt in the first state pictorial dust-jacket in leather-backed slipcase and chemise.Some soiling and slight foxing to jacket, front endpaper a bit foxed, in general a clean, sound copy; Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co., [1927]. First edition. Publisher's maroon cloth gilt. Light wear, spine a bit faded, cloth a trifle stained, endpapers foxed; When I was Very Young. New York: The Fountain Press, 1930. One of 842 copies signed by Milne. Decorative cloth in card slipcase. Light wear to case, a near-fine copy; and four English first editions in dust jackets, including Four Days Wonder, Michael and Mary, Two People and A Table near the Band.

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