1926 First Edition A. A. Milne & Ernest H. Shepard WINNIE-THE-POOH

  
1926 First Edition - A. Milne with decorations by Ernest H. Binding : Good full cloth binding (hinges fine, slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. Content : Good content (tight, rare foxing and staining, bottom corner of page 42 missing without affecting the text - as shown). Illustrations : Profusely illustrated by Ernest H.

The book : Rare and Nice First American edition of Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, - a fictional anthropomorphic bear created by A. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the childrens verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. Hyphens in the character's name were dropped by Disney when the company adapted the Pooh stories into a series of features that became one of its most successful franchises.

The author : Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.

[International] Surface Parcel standards are 4 to 6 weeks. The item "1926 First Edition A. Shepard WINNIE-THE-POOH" is in sale since Thursday, January 25, 2018. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible".

The seller is "mflibra" and is located in Montreal, Quebec. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Binding: Cloth
2. Subject: Literature & Fiction
3. Special Attributes: 1st Edition