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Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First Edition, [First Printing] of 'Winnie-The-Pooh' by A. A. Milne et al. in Very Good condition in a Very Good condition dust jacket published by Methuen in 1926

Winnie-The-Pooh [Winnie-The-Pooh Series Number Two] by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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  • Winnie-The-Pooh [Winnie-The-Pooh Series Number Two] by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, First Edition with Dust Jacket
  • Winnie-The-Pooh [Winnie-The-Pooh Series Number Two] by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/Very Good) A generally tidy copy, in a generally tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has moderate foxing on the page ends and contemporary previous owner's inscription on the first fly leaf. Dust jacket has light chipping, up to 5 mm (1/4 of an inch) deep at the head and foot of the spine, moderate surface dirt, one heavy spot on the upper panel, light wear and corners

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Book Number B0016162
Title Winnie-The-Pooh
Author(s) Author: Milne, A. A. [Alan Alexander] Illustrator: E. H. [Ernest Howard] Shepard

A. A. [Alan Alexander] Milne (1882 to 1956)—English author, born in London, best known for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh ('Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The House at Pooh Corner') and a series of children's poems (best known are 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six') and E. H. [Ernest Howard] Shepard (1879 to 1976)—English artist and book illustrator, best known for his animal illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First published 1926' and no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Advert for When We Were Very Young '117th Thousand' on the rear flap, priced '7/6' on the spine and blurb on the front flap

Hardcover, Octavo 194 mm (7 5/8 inches) by 130 mm (5 1/8 inches). [viii], ix, [x to xiv], 158, [159 (illustration)] and 160 (colophon) printed pages in publisher's original green cloth with gilt 'Winnie-The-Pooh', 'A. A. Milne', Methuen logo on the spine, illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh on the upper board and top edges gilt, in dust jacket. Contains black and white illustrations by E. H. Shepard
Publisher(s) Methuen, London, 1926

Methuen and Co Limited—(Founded in 1889) A British publishing house founded by Sir Algernon Methuen and headed by. E. V. Lucas from 1924, which published works by Henry James, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, A. A. Milne, Kenneth Grahame, Ruth Manning-Sanders as well as The Arden Shakespeare series and The Adventures of Tintin. [McBride page 69] [Zempel and Verkler page 284] .

Series Winnie-The-Pooh Series Number Two

Winnie-The-Pooh Series—A collection of stories about the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Owl: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. The series contains 4 books. The first book was originally published in 1924 and the last book was originally published in 1928

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First volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, containing a series of adventures with Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo.

There are ten chapters: 1—'In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-The-Pooh and Some Bees and the Stories Begin', 2—'In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place', 3—'In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle', 4—'In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One', 5—'In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump', 6—'In Which Eeyore Has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents', 7—'In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet Has a Bath', 8—'In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole', 9—'In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water' and 10—'In Which Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party and We Say Good-Bye'.

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