The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard by A.A. Milne - 1974

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, Inc., 1950. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ernest H. Shepard. Good, plus a bit. See scans and description. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1950. The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne, the Dutton 1950 Re-set edition, with a small piece of laid-in period ephemera. Illustrated in black and white internally, in full color on the wraparound jacket, by Ernest H. Shepard190 pp. 12mo, illustrated jacket, light blue cloth boards with maroon and black imprinting and decoration, illustrated endpapers, (xi + 1 + 178). Very Good jacket with small-scale tatter at spine ends and corners (see scans), on a book which is just Good, due to notable fade mottling on both covers from an unknown source (see scans). This precludes a very good grade. No internal writing, and no other salient flaws to the bright, tight book. Laid-in is a piece of period ephemera (scan), which appears to be part of a larger set of unknown nature. Ships in a new, sturdy,… Read More

London: Methuen, 1942. Very good condition.. Edition: Fifteenth edition., Binding: Original blue cloth boards with black vignettes to upper board, black text to flat spine. , Size: 8vo, Illustration: Profusely illustrated with sketches by Ernest H. Shepard., Pages: P. 178 pp., Category: Book Children;

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition). Octavo, xii (last blank), 180 pages with numerous illustrations plus endpaper illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Gilt-decorated dark green leather, all edges gilt; leather a little scuffed and rubbed at the extremities, with the spine lightly tanned; early gift inscription on the half-title; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. One of 4000 copies of the deluxe issue in full leather, and one of only 1200 bound in green; there were also 1200 in blue and 1600 in red.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition). Octavo, xii (last blank), 180 pages with numerous illustrations plus endpaper illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Gilt-decorated salmon-pink cloth, top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut (and the leading and bottom edges are a little foxed); cloth marked and unevenly sunned, with the rear bottom corner a little bumped; endpapers offset; contemporary ownership signature; overall, a very good copy with the pictorial dustwrapper in excellent condition (albeit a little sunned, rubbed and slightly chipped).

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition thus). Quarto, xii (last blank), 180 pages with numerous illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Original quarter plain light blue buckram and white papered boards with a printed paper-label on the front cover; all edges uncut; a touch of pale foxing to the boards and top edge; offsetting to the free endpapers; two leaves lightly creased; a near-fine copy with the pale blue dustwrapper, lettered in dark blue on the spine and front panel, in excellent condition (lightly marked, a little sunned on and near the spine, with a couple of tiny tears and creases along the top edge). 'This Edition on Hand-made Paper, published in 1928, is limited to 350 numbered and signed copies, of which this is number 137' (statement of limitation on the verso of the title page, signed by both the author and the artist). The fourth and final volume in the Winnie-the-Pooh series was published by… Read More

London: Methuen & Co.,, 1924-28. People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day... Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." A Fine First Edition Set of the Four "Pooh" Books in their Original Dust Jackets MILNE, A[lan] A[lexander]. SHEPARD, Ernest H., illustrator. [The Four Pooh Books]. When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1924]. First edition (second issue with p. ix numbered). Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 127 mm.). x, [2], 99, [1] pp. Numerous text illustrations. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt ruled front cover pictorially stamped in gilt, back cover pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, plain endpapers, top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to corners and spine extremities. Neat contemporary ink name and date "November 28th 1924" on front blank. A near fine copy. In the original cream-colored pictorial dust jacket… Read More