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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.
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By Way of Introduction.
London: Methuen and Co. 1929. [Sherlockiana] FIRST EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii, 208; [8]. In publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, lower edges untrimmed, printed dust-wrapper. Contents clean, very faint inscription to flyleaf, jacket toned to spine with a few minor chips... More about By Way of Introduction
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 about The Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner
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 about Winnie the Pooh, together with The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard
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 about When We Were Very Young
Winnie the Pooh.
London: Methuen and Co., 1926. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xi [5]; 158; [2]. Profusely illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Shepard, priced at 7/6. Very slight offsetting to endpapers... More about Winnie the Pooh
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 about Once on a Time
The Christopher Robin Verses. Being 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six' With a Preface for Parents. With Twelve Plates in Colour and Text Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard.
London: Methuen and Co., 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST COMBINED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.xii; 210; [2]. With Shepard's famous illustrations in-text, and twelve plates in colour, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, top edge light blue. Light offsetting to... More about The Christopher Robin Verses. Being 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six' With a Preface...
Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen, 1927. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION. Illustrated throughout. Octavo (30 x 14cm), 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. Contents clean, ink inscription to flyleaf, light acceptable wear to binding, spine a little... More about Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard
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 about Now We Are Six. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and American...
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 about Toad of Toad Hall
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 about Toad of Toad Hall
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 about When We Were Very Young. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. Collection of British and...
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 about Now We Are Six. Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard
Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard.
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1927. [Childrens classic] 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... More about Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest Shepard
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