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verse and a “Thought for the Month” from Milne’s two books of children’s’ verse, in ink. Small rust marks from paper clips to the rear few pages and a short tear to the tail of the fold. $21,000 The “Very Young” Calendar for 1930 was one of several associated pub - lications spawned by the extraordinary success of Milne’s ‘Winnie the Pooh’ books. It was published with thirteen card leaves in various co - lours, decorated by E.H. Shepard with illustrations of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and friends. This manuscript takes the form of a maquette, but in a much smaller format than the finished product and shows a couple of authorial correc - tions: in February Milne has drawn an arrow to rearrange the third and fourth stanza of the poem, and he often uses underlining to show what should be italicised or put in bold in the final production. MILNE, A.A. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FOR THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN VERSES “Preface for Parents” Lon- don, [1931] [45960] The original autograph manuscript for the preface to ‘The Chris- topher Robin Verses’, the new book combining the poems from When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. Five pages, approx 1200 words. This is a fair copy with one or two minor corrections, but is exactly as printed in the book. Signed in pencil to the upper cover, “A.A. Milne, 13 Mallard Street, SW3.” There is a rust mark from staples to the upper corner and very slight edge wear, but the manuscript is in excellent condition. $25,900 In 1931 Milne describes his writing process, “pencil drafts are all thrown away. I write in pencil, then in ink, and then have it typed.” He says that
Winnie the Pooh, that he also features in this book, “Pooh want us to sat that he thought it was a different book; and he hopes you wont mind, but he walked through it one day looking for his friend Piglet, and sat down on the some the pages by mistake.” The manuscripts for Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner were produced as a unit and preserved intact to be bequeathed in Milne’s will to his alma mater, Trinity College Cambridge. However, all that appears to remain of the material used for the creation of Now We Are Six are these papers, sent by Milne in stages to his pub - lisher. MILNE, A.A. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FOR THE ‘VERY YOUNG’ CALENDAR 1930 [1929] [45971] Four sheets of laid cartridge paper, folded to form a sixteen page booklet, approximately 12 x 14cm, the covers with “The “Very Young” Calendar 1930” in Milne’s hand to the upper cover and then a page for each month of the year, containing an autograph
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