Milne, A.A.

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Milne, A.A.
The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928
paper

8vo (182 x 120mm.), FIRST EDITION, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, ORIGINAL CRIMSON LEATHER BINDING GILT, gilt edges, illustrated endpapers, ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOX, slight browning to endpapers, wear and soiling to box with two tears and slight splitting

Catalogue Note

The standard trade first edition of the final Pooh title was sold for 7/6. A deluxe issue was also available for an additional three shillings. This issue was bound in a high-quality roan and housed in a box.