A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928]...

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One of Only Twenty Copies Printed on Japanese Vellum, Signed by the Author and the Artist

A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928].

First edition. One of twenty numbered copies printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. This copy is out-of-series, with "of which this is" and "No." inked out, and is inscribed (by the publisher?) to Milne's literary agent, Curtis Brown: "This is a presentation copy for Curtis Brown, Esq." Small quarto (8.8125 x 6.9375 inches; 224 x 176 mm.). xi, [1, blank], 178, [1], [1, printer's imprint] pages. Text illustrations.

Publisher's vellum over boards with yapp edges. Front cover lettered in gilt. Unopened. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. Boards a bit bowed, small blemish to lower portion of front cover, endpapers very slightly browned. Tiny adhesion to lower gutter margin of title from front free endpaper. Otherwise, a fine copy.