Lot 2119 , Milne, A.A. – Winnie-The-Pooh, first edition, 8vo, numerous illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), pictorial map on e/ps, half-title, original green cloth, pictorial gilt, t.e.g., Methuen & Co., 1926; A.A. Milne – The Hou

° Milne, A.A. – Winnie-The-Pooh, first edition, 8vo, numerous illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), pictorial map on e/ps, half-title, original green cloth, pictorial gilt, t.e.g., Methuen & Co., 1926; A.A. Milne – The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 8vo, numerous illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), pictorial e/ps, half-title, original pink cloth, pictorial gilt, t.e.g., Methuen & Co., 1928; A.A. Milne – Now We Are Six, second edition, 8vo, numerous illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), pictorial e/ps, half title, original red cloth, pictorial gilt, t.e.g., Methuen & C0., 1927; A.A. Milne – When We Were Very Young, fifth edition, 8vo, numerous illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), pictorial e/ps, half-title, original blue cloth, pictorial gilt, t.e.g., Methuen & Co., 1924, together with 8 other volumes including A.A. Milne’s ‘Now We Are Six’, third edition, 1927, and [Helen Bannerman’s] ‘The Story of Little Black Mingo’ [1902] (12).
£200-300

Condition:
'Winnie’: Provenance: Alice Dundas, gift inscribed to in ink on initial blanks or half titles of all first four volumes, browning to f/free e/papers, textblock sl. cracked at p.144 and p.80, toning, gilt faded, spine ends worn, cloth with several wrinkles; ‘Pooh Corner’: f/free e/papers nearly detached, lacking initial blank, textblock cracked at p.178, cloth and gilt faded, hinges weakened, worn; ‘Now We Are Six’: browning and offsetting to half title and last leaf, toning, extremities rubbed, sl. fading to covers; ‘When We Were Very Young’: hinges cracked, toning, occasional f/mark, gilt and cloth faded, extremities heavily rubbed; ‘Now We Are Six’, sl. toned o/wise internally clean and cloth bright, unclipped dust-jacket, minor marks to lower panel; ‘Black Mingo’: toning, occasional crease and fingermark, rebacked and e/ps replaced.

Sold for £340