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MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956). When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. FIRST EDITION.
MILNE A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
MILNE A.A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
MILNE A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
The set bound in blue, red, green, and tan crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the panelled covers with central gilt pictorial tools after Shepard's illustrations, surrounded by smaller character-tools interspersed with gilt ornaments, the panel formed by a single gilt fillet within a gilt waved line with floral corner-pieces, double gilt fillet border, roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with gilt character tools within gilt frames, gilt edges (slight offsetting from turn-ins onto free-endpapers, spines lightly faded).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE'S CLASSIC TALES OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE-THE-POOH. (4)
MILNE A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
MILNE A.A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
MILNE A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 8° (182 x 119mm). Half-title and title with vignette after E.H. Shepard. Illustrations after Shepard, some full-page. Facsimile endpapers bound in at end. FIRST EDITION.
The set bound in blue, red, green, and tan crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the panelled covers with central gilt pictorial tools after Shepard's illustrations, surrounded by smaller character-tools interspersed with gilt ornaments, the panel formed by a single gilt fillet within a gilt waved line with floral corner-pieces, double gilt fillet border, roll-tooled gilt turn-ins, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with gilt character tools within gilt frames, gilt edges (slight offsetting from turn-ins onto free-endpapers, spines lightly faded).
A FINELY-BOUND SET OF FIRST EDITIONS OF A.A. MILNE'S CLASSIC TALES OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AND WINNIE-THE-POOH. (4)
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