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A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne) | First Editions
1882 - 1956
Alan Alexander "A. A." Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II. Milne's famous Pooh books follow a boy named Christopher Robin (named after Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne) and various animal characters inspired by his son's stuffed toys - most notably, the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, and two more characters – Rabbit and Owl – were created by Milne's imagination. Christopher Robin Milne's own toys are now under glass in New York, where 750,000 people visit them every year.
See below our stock of A. A. Milne First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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The Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner.
London: Methuen, 1924-9. [Childrens stories and poems] COMPLETE SET OF FOUR VOLUMES IN FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (20 x 14 x 7cm). Beautifully illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Attractively bound in recent half morocco in their respective published colours, titled and decorated in gilt to spine, over original cloth sides... More
Winnie the Pooh, together with The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
London: Methuen and Co., 1926, 1928. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes; octavo. Handsomely bound in half green and burgundy morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, retaining the illustrated end papers and map to the front, original pictorial covers bound in at rear. Housed in a.... More
When We Were Very Young.
London: Methuen and Co., 1924. [Children's classic]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 100. Profusely illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Second state of page ix. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blocked in gilt, top edge gilt, plain endpapers. Internally clean, endpapers toned, light general wear to binding, minor soiling. A very... More
Once on a Time.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1925. FIRST ROBINSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo. Beautiful detailed illustrations throughout by Charles Robinson, including title page and colour frontispiece. Publisher's light blue decorative cloth, titles and decoration in gilt to spine with added gilt and black illustration to front board; illustrated endpapers. Colourful pictorial dust-jacket... More
Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and American Authors. Tauchnitz Edition. Vol. 5171.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1934. COPYRIGHT EDITION (TAUCHNITZ). Octavo, pp. 116. Bound in publisher's soft paper covers with publishing details, titles, etc. printed to front. Stamp to cover reads 'IMPRIME EN ALLEMAGNE' under notice 'Not to be introduced into the British Empire and USA'. In excellent condition, very clean internally, with... More
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. xv; 167; [8], adverts. Smartly bound in recent dark blue half calf, over original gilt-stamped boards, raised bands and gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt. A few minor marks. A near fine copy in an attractive leather binding... More
Toad of Toad Hall.
London: Methuen and Co, 1929. [Childrens' classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. xv; 167; [8], advertisements. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt, printed dust-wrapper. Minor offset toning to endpapers, jacket with one neat tear to rear, lightly creased to same, otherwise a lovely fine, fresh-looking copy. The... More
When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and American Authors. Tauchnitz Edition. Vol. 5153.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1934. COPYRIGHT EDITION (TAUCHNITZ). Octavo, pp. 123. Bound in publisher's soft paper covers with publishing details, titles, etc. printed to front. Notice to cover reads 'Not to be introduced into the British Empire and USA'. In very good condition, age toned to covers, very clean internally. Advertisements... More
Now We Are Six. Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
London, Methuen and Co., 1927. First Edition in publisher's De Luxe binding of blue full morocco with gilt titles and decoration to spine, decorative gilt rule to boards with gilt-stamped illustration to centre of upper; all edges gilt, pink pictorial end papers. 8vo.; pp. 103. Neat small inscription to f.f.e.p...... More
The House at Pooh Corner. Decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen and Co., 1928. FIRST EDITION. Octavo., pp.178. Illustrated throughout. Publisher's pink cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Light soil mark to rear cover, jacket is lightly used with a little abrasion/damage to the lower margin of back panel. Generally bright and clean. Very good. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'. More
Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated throughout. Octavo, pp.103; xii; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, with gilt titles to spine, top edge gilt, illustrated salmon pink endpapers, in original illustrated dust-wrapper. Binding near fine, contents clean, gift inscription to half-title. Jacket very good... More
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