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A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. [New York]: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1926].. First American edition, on large paper....
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An Exceptionally Fine Copy of the American Limited Edition, Signed by Milne and Shepard
A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh. [New York]: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1926].First American edition, on large paper. Limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 139. Signed by Milne and Ernest H. Shepard on the limitation page. Square octavo. 158 pages. With illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.
Publisher's quarter lavender cloth over salmon pictorial paper boards, with salmon paper label to spine. Salmon endpapers. Top edge and fore-edge trimmed, bottom edge uncut. One tiny bump to top edge of rear board, and another tiny bump to bottom edge of rear board. Else, this is an exceptionally fine copy in an immaculate dust jacket, with the original glassine. Housed in the original publisher's box, still in beautiful condition except for splitting to both bottom corners.
A remarkable copy of one of the most beloved of all children's tales.
Auction Info
2009 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #6030 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2009
16th-17th
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