A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The House At Pooh Corner by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A.A.+Milne&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A.A. Milne</a>, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=E.H.+Shepard&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">E.H. Shepard</a>, with an additional signed letter tipped in.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>E.H. Shepard (English).</li><li>London: Methuen &amp; Co. Ltd., 1928.</li><li>Signed by the illustrator E. H. Shepard on the title page.</li><li>Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped pink cloth, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt.</li></ul> Tipped to the verso of the front endleaf is a one page signed letter by Shepard which reads: "28 November: 57Dear Mrs. McCreedy,I have heard from Miss George of the Oxford University Press that you are staying in the neighborhood. It will give great pleasure to my wife and to myself if you will come and see us. I would like to suggest Dec. 17th Tuesday, at 4 oclock, If your husband and daughter are able to come as well we shall bt most pleased,Yours SincerelyErnest H. Shepard"

The House At Pooh Corner | First Edition Signed by the Illustrator

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first United Kingdom edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Winnie%20The%20Pooh&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Winnie The Pooh</a>.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.</li><li>United Kingdom: Methuen, 1926.</li><li>Map endpapers, original publisher’s green pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, dust jacket with ‘7/6 Net’ to spine and ‘117th Thousand’ at the head of the rear flap.</li></ul>

Winnie The Pooh

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first Deluxe edition</a> of The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> and numbered by the author and illustrator.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>Illustrated by E.H. Shepard (English).</li><li>London: Methuen &amp; Co. Ltd., 1928.</li><li>Limited to 350 numbered and signed copies by Milne &amp; Shepard, this being copy #224.</li><li>Bound in the publisher’s original blue cloth backed boards, entirely uncut and unopened, with the original dust jacket.</li></ul>

The House At Pooh Corner | Signed First Deluxe Edition

First edition signed limited large paper copy of Winnie the Pooh.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>Illustrated by E.H. Shepard (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Methuen,&nbsp;(1926).</li><li>xvi, 158, [2] pages.</li><li>Folding map at rear. </li><li>Signed by Milne and Shepard on limitation page.</li><li>Limited edition of 350 numbered copies.</li><li>Printed on handmade paper and bound in original quarter blue cloth, light blue paper boards in blue printed dust jacket.</li></ul>

Winnie the Pooh

An <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">inscribed</a> presentation copy of Winnie the Pooh by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A.A.+Milne&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A.A. Milne</a>.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English)</li><li>Illustrated by E.H. Shepard (English).</li><li>London: Methuen &amp; Co. Ltd., 1929.</li><li>Ninth edition.</li><li>Inscribed by Milne on the front leaf "Joyce Redfern's book A.A. Milne Nov 12th 1930."</li><li>Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped green cloth, top edge gilt, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers.</li></ul> 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.

Winnie The Pooh | Inscribed Presentation Copy

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Fine%2520Bindings%2520and%2520Sets" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">finely bound</a> set of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A.A.+Milne&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A.A. Milne</a>'s children's books.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 4 volumes.</li><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>Illustrated in by Ernest Shepard (English).</li><li>Includes When We Were Very Young, Winnie The Pooh, House At Pooh Corner, and Now We Are Six.</li><li>London: Methuen &amp; Co., Ltd., 1960-1.</li><li>Bound in red, green, pink, and blue calf, ribbed gilt decorated spines, Winnie The Pooh gilt in each panel, all front covers with gilt characters from the books, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, housed in an open ended grey cloth slipcase, by Bayntun.</li></ul>

When We Were Very Young, Winnie The Pooh, House At Pooh Corner, and Now We Are Six

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of The House At Pooh Corner, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>Illustrated by E.H. Shephard.</li><li>London: Methuen &amp; Co. Ltd., 1928.</li><li>Signed by the illustrator E. H. Shepard on the title page.</li><li>Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped pink cloth, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, with the original dust jacket.</li></ul>

The House At Pooh Corner

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first American edition</a> of When We Were Very Young by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=A.A.+Milne&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A.A. Milne</a>.<ul><li>A.A. Milne (English).</li><li>New York: E. P. Dutton &amp; Co., 1924.</li><li>Inscribed by Milne to the recto of the frontis "For Mrs. Burnside from A. A. Milne Christmas 1924."</li><li>Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped red cloth, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, with the original dust jacket.</li></ul>

When We Were Very Young | Inscribed First Edition

Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone

E.H. Shepard A drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, titled "Pooh and Piglet" and signed by the artist, ink on paper, laid down on card, 178 x 127 mm, framed and glazed (frame 195 x 145 mm), light spotting Stanley Seeger and Christopher Cone had a shared love for Shepard's illustrations for A.A. Milne's children's classics. Their collection was sold in these rooms ("That Sort of Bear": E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh, from the collection of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone, 17 December 2008), but this example of Shepard's artistry was a particular favourite and so was retained by the couple. PROVENANCE: Fred Keetch Ltd, Fine Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Taunton, label; Kingfisher Fine Art Limited, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, 31 August 1993 (acquisition)

View 1 of Lot 130: E.H. Shepard | Pen and ink drawing of Pooh and Piglet

e.h. shepard | pen and ink drawing of pooh and piglet

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Gould, John A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. London: published by the Author, 1837–38 4 vols. bound in 1, large 8vo (275 x 185 mm). 73 hand-colored lithograph plates by Elizabeth Gould; some offsetting from plates to text, light toning and spots predominately to margins of text leaves, occasional and scattered foxing to plates, otherwise clean. Half dark green morocco over pebble grain cloth, gilt double-rule, spine with raised bands in six compartments, 2nd and 3rd gilt-lettered, remaining with repeat gilt decoration, top-edge gilt, marbled endpapers; some minor and skillful restoration, area of staining to lower cover, faint dampstaining to endleaves, joints cracked but holding. First edition of Gould's first work on Australian ornithology. One of the few illustrated works by Gould not issued in folio format, featuring studies of 199 species, 36 of which were previously unknown. These new species, described at the conclusion of Part IV, were read before the London Zoological Society in December 1838. Hoping to address the lack of Australian ornithological works, Gould lays out the mission of A Synopsis within the prospectus: "The Work will be published in Parts, each of which will contain 18 Plates, with letter-press descriptions ... It is impossible to state the number of parts to which the work may extend." Nearly true to his plan, the work features 18 plates in each part, with the exception of volume 1 which contains 19 plates. The detailed lithographic plates by Elizabeth Gould, the life and professional partner of the author, denote the illustrator's professional development under the tutelage of Edward Lear. REFERENCES Ferguson 2271; Nissen IVB 382; Sauer 5; E. Thayer & V. Keyes Catalogue of ... books on Ornithology in the Library of John E. Thayer [Boston: 1913] p.79; Wood p. 364; Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.p. 254; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.101; Nissen SVB 198 PROVENANCE Edward Milner (bookplate to front pastedown), presumably Edward Milner (1819–1884), the gardener, who was apprenticed to Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth

View 1 of Lot 482: Gould, John | Gould's first work on Australian birds

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