WINNIE THE POOH

by A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard

$12,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition · Signed

London: Methuen, 1926 . Signed first edition, limited large paper copy signed by Milne and Shepard, of the first book of Pooh prose stories. Near fine in near fine jacket. Item #9256 In Milne's first book of children's verse, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG 1924 , the silly old bear appears in only a couple poems and does not yet have a name. After that book's smashing success, Milne was encouraged by his wife to write down some

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