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Methuen & Co., 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. 1953 Reprint. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. 6th Edition. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and top corner ripped out to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to both boards.

Methuen, 1938. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The boards are very worn with chips and missing pieces on the spine, knocked corners and marks on the board. The block is secure. Stains, ink and pencil marks, and small stamps on the end papers. Marks throughout not affecting text. r*14/03/2024 JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

E. P. Dutton, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. New York, 1934; 8th printing; green cloth covered boards; spine edges bumped mild corner wear; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 210 pages.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1932. 4th printing. Hardcover. Good. 210p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine deeply tanned and edges faded. Small dampstain at bottom of spine, extending partway onto the boards. Binding is cockeyed, but still tight. Uneven tanning on endpapers, and an owner's inscription in front, dated 1932; otherwise, text clean. A book of children's poems by the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, illustrated with color plates by Ernest H. Shepard, the illustrator of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

1946. Methuen & Co., London. 1946. Fifth edition. Hardback, no DW. Red cloth, black lettering and illustration to front board. Boards are very slightly soiled and lightly worn with slight lean to spine and front board. Endpapers a little foxed, with gift inscription to front endpaper. A very nice copy.

Methuen, 1942. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Sixth Edition 1947 on faded red cloth all plates in tact - FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail

Methuen & Co. 1932. FIRST EDITION THUS, square octavo blue cloth boards, gilt border and charming Christopher Robin design to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus., pp., VG (main 'detraction': 12 plates are in colour, but a large proportion of the black & white text decorations have been coloured by a prev. owner - generally, they have done so in a tidy manner; otherwise, light scuffing to boards - light tanning and occasional light foxing within)

Methuen, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1st thus. The boards are marked and worn and the spine has been repaired. One inscription and some mild foxing. Soundly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Methuen & Co 1946 (5th Edition). Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black decorative rule & black Christopher Robin motif to front board, frontispiece, xi + 210pp, illus, VG (slight tanning to page edges, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, different owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, poor (price clipped, moderate soiling, heavy creasing & nicks to edges, 7cm closed tear to rear, fading & tanning to spine, small hole to centre spine)

London: Methuen, 1946 fifth edition, red cloth with black border and silhouette of Christopher Robin with fishing rod, corners lightly bumped, small area white out to fep, 12 col plates + line illustrations in text by E H Shepard, xi 210pp DW price clipped with 55mm loss to tail of spine, spine rubbed, edge wear and minor edge chipping. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by E H Shepard. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

1932: 1932, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". Ernest Shepard. A charming first collected edition of the much-loved works of A. A. Milne, illustrated throughout. The first combined edition, containing 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We are Six'. First issue, in blue cloth with gilt vignette.With twelve colour plates and numerous in text illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Collated complete.A charming copy of these classic tales. The thirty eighth poem of When We Were Very Young, introduces the 'teddy bear', who would go on to be a staple in children's literature. Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. A lovely illustrated collected edition of these much-loved works. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities. Marks to the rear board. Prior owner's inscription to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age… Read More

E-209: E P Dutton. Very Good. 1934. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. E P Dutton, New York. 1934. 210 pgs. Illustrated. Eighth Printing. Bound by Brentano's in 3/4 grey (originally lightly blue) gilt ruled leather with floral paper coverd boards. Boards rubbed and worn with the leather faded to a light grey rather than a light blue. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP (Joanne Fields from Beatrice Sargent) , crayon mark present to the rear endpaper. Light toning present to the text block. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. The world of Christopher Robin is a world of childhood-gay, rollicking, imaginative-a world of reality and enchanting make-believe. A prolific writer, A. A. Milne published 35 plays, 6 novels, 3 books of verse, 3 collections of short stories, and several works of nonfiction, including sketches for Punch magazine, of which he was the assistant editor. Nevertheless, his fame rests on four books for children: two of… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. . A first edition, edition de luxe, with inlay leather binding by Asprey of Bond Street, with their name on the rear turn in. Full blue pebbled morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration (including gilt Winnie-the-Pooh figures on the spine), and colored leather inlay of a boy holding a red toy and three ducks. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Profusely illustrated. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with light fading.

London: Methuen, 1932. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 210pp., colour frontis., colour plates, text ills., With 12 fine colour plates & nice text illustrations by Ernest Shepard. Neat ownership signature o/w a very nice copy in blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles & a nice vignette of Christopher Robin on the upper board

London: Methuen, 1957. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Small 8vo. Full red calf with gilt borders, gilt spine lettering and decorations and gilt image (Christopher Robin with fishing pole on shoulder) on front board, inner dentelles. xi, 210pp. All edges gilt. Color frontispiece, 11 full-page color plates, numerous line drawings and decorations, marbled endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine. Tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1932 collection, featuring superb and pristine color plates. Lovely and scarce -- a strikingly handsome binding.

Methuen,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates and numerous illustratons in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backstrip lettered and tooled in gilt, pictorial gilt from original binding mounted on new and separate leaves, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Shepard's immortal full-page illustrations appear here in colour for the first time.