Fine Books & Manuscripts - Catalogue 89

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The Rarest And Most Luxurious Issue Of The Winnie The Pooh Books, Each One Of Twenty Copies In Vellum

29. Winnie The Pooh MILNE, A.A.

Methuen, 1926. First edition. Number 7 of 20 copies of a special deluxe, large paper edition, printed on japon and bound in vellum, signed by both Milne and Shepard. Illustrated throughout in line by E.H.Shepard, with fold-out map to rear. A very good copy indeed, the vellum a little bowed with a few light marks and slight browning to the page edges. [42984] £39,500 The most luxurious and most limited issue of the Winnie The Pooh books.

30. Now We Are Six With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard MILNE, A.A.

Methuen & Co., 1927. First edition. One of only 20 copies of a special deluxe, large paper edition, printed on japon and bound in vellum. This copy is issued out of series and inscribed “This is a presentation copy for C. W. Chamberlain Esq.”, before being signed by Milne and Shepard. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. A fine copy. [42986] £27,500 An exceptional copy of the most luxurious and most limited issue of the Winnie The Pooh books. PROVENANCE: C. W. Chamberlain (presentation inscription), an employee at Methuen and cor- respondent of Milne’s; Mary Duke Trent (bookplate to front pastedown.

31. The House At Pooh Corner MILNE, A.A.

Methuen, 1928. First edition. Number 15 of 20 copies of a special deluxe, large paper edition, printed on japon and bound in vellum, signed by both Milne and Shepard. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy, vellum slightly bowed. [42985] £35,000 An exceptional copy of the most luxurious and the limited issue of the Winnie The Pooh books.

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