First Edition of "Winnie the Pooh"

Milne, A[lan]. A[lexander]. (1882-1956)

Winnie-the-Pooh

[New York]: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1926). First U.S. edition. Drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [xiv], 159 pages.

The classic children's story of young Christopher Robin and his faithful anthropomorphic teddy bear and other toys.

First American edition, with the illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.

Bound in dark green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, endpaper maps, black topstain. Shallow bumps to extremities, some rubbing and shallow fraying to cloth. Spine gilt is darkened, some spotting to covers, gilt on upper board somewhat dulled. Hinges sound, overall a good copy of this classic.

Item #1447

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