Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. MILNE, 1924-1928

Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne, 1924-1928
MILNE, A.A. (1882-1956). When We Were Young. – Winnie-the-Pooh. – Now We Are Six. – The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen and Co., 1924, [1927], 1927, and 1928.

Complete set of the Pooh books. The House at Pooh Corner is first edition; the others are early editions from within a few months of publication.

Four volumes, octavo. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Original gilt decorated cloth (mild shelfwear, light browning to endpapers of last vol.), top edges gilt; dust jackets to first and last volumes (both with light soiling and edgewear, House with light chipping at extremities). Provenance: Graham Hill (bookplates to second and third vols) – "Madge" (contemporary gift inscription to first vol.).

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THE SCOTT GREENBAUM COLLECTION OF LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS