Lot 320 , Milne A.A. - Winnie-The-Pooh, 1st edition, illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard, original gilt-ruled and pictorial green cloth,

Milne A.A. - Winnie-The-Pooh, 1st edition, illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard, original gilt-ruled and pictorial green cloth, later wrapper, map on endpapers, 1926, with a 5 line inscription by Christopher Robin Milne on title, and a related letter, Totnes, April 1994, in his hand, loosely inserted
Estimate £200-300

Cloth vg. a bright save sl. bumped head and tail of spine); there is a d/wrapper - but from another copy, as an advert for the sequel ('The House at Pooh Corner', 105th thousand) appears on the front flap; internally little spotting, etc. intermittently; inscribed - 'Inscribed to Charles Hutchinson/with all good wishes/Christopher Milne/6th April, 1994/Totnes; the 19 line letter (to Mr Hutchinson, 2nd April 1994) concerns the sending of the book to be inscribed, mentioning the sale of his Dartmouth bookshop


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Sold for £1,500