$1,353
Milne, A. A. (1882-1956) Four Pooh Titles, First Editions in Dust Jackets. When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We are Six; [and] The House at Pooh Corner ; London: Methuen & Co., 1924, 1926, 1927, and 1928. All volumes are first editions; all bound in original publisher's pictorial cloth gilt (blue, green, red, and salmon respectively), t.e.g., all but the first with pictorial endpapers, each volume in its original dust jacket; all illustrated by E. H. Shepard; dust jackets toned along spines, some chipping with loss; amateurish tape repairs on two jackets; the text of When We Were Very Young , is in the second state, with page ix numbered; all jackets bear the 7/6 price on the spine; Winnie-the-Pooh has "117th thousand" designation for When We Were Very Young on the rear flap; 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (4)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
