A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard

An inscribed presentation copy of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne.

• A.A. Milne (English)
• Illustrated by E.H. Shepard (English).
• London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929.
• Ninth edition.
• Inscribed by Milne on the front leaf "Joyce Redfern's book A.A. Milne Nov 12th 1930."
• Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped green cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers.

Joyce Redfern was related to the Seligman family. Vincent Julian Seligman was a descendant of a German Jewish mercantile family that emigrated to the USA and London in the 19th century. Vincent’s father ran the London bank Seligman Brothers; his mother came from an artistic and musical family.

Vincent Seligman and Milne became lifelong friends, although it is uncertain how and where they first met, and along with Vincent's wife Barbara, became close. In 1923 Seligman dedicated his book, Oxford Oddities, to A.A. Milne and, soon after the publication of the Pooh books, Milne gave prototypes of Pooh and Piglet soft toys to Barbara.

 Acquired by direct descendants of Vincent Seligman's family.