Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956) Winnie-the-Pooh, Four First Edition Titles in Dust Jackets, One Signed.

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Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956) Winnie-the-Pooh,Four First Edition Titles in Dust Jackets, One Signed.When We Were Very Young, London: Methuen, [1924], first edition, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, no roman numerals on the contents page, in publisher's blue cloth boards, gilt-decorated, t.e.g., with the cream-colored textured paper dust jacket printed in blue ink; dust jacket slightly worn, with finger smudges and some ink doodles to two letters in the title (not very noticeable); Winnie-the-Pooh, London: Methuen, [1926], first edition, illustrations by Shepard, bound in publisher's gilt pictorial green cloth boards, t.e.g., in the original dust jacket, slightly worn, smudged; Now We are Six, London: Methuen, [1927], first edition illustrated by Shepard, bound in publisher's red cloth, t.e.g., the binding quite clean, in the original green paper dust jacket; [and] The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen, [1928], first edition, signed by Milne on title page; bound in publisher's salmon cloth, pictorial gilt tooling to front board, in the original dust jacket, jacket slightly worn and frayed, all housed in a custom chemise and blue half morocco slipcase, each volume 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $10,000-12,000


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