set winnie pooh first editions de milne illustrated shepard (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near fine. Etat de la jaquette : very good. E. H. Shepard (illustrateur). London: Methuen and Co., 1924 - 1928. First Editions (When We Were Very Young is 1st edition, second state with "ix" on Contents page), Four volumes. With wonderful line drawings throughout, illustrated by E. H. Shepard.When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, first trade edition, second state, NF copy with light wear to extremities in VG dustwrapper with a tanned spine, miniscule chip out of top left of spine, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt vignettes to front and back covers, 100 pps, one of 4,500 copies printed in the first edition, which sold out in the first week.Winnie-the-Pooh, published in 1926, first trade edition, NF copy in a NF first issue dustwrapper with 117th thousand marked on back flap is bright and complete (does have small wrinkle on back which is not a tear) with minor dustiness, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignettes of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, illustrated end papers with map of 100 Aker Wood and numerous line drawings throughout the book of Pooh and his friends, 158 pps.Now We Are Six, published in 1927, first trade edition, NF in first state VG dustwrapper with 7/6 price on the spine, back panel has a one-inch tear and slight chips to head and tail of spine, PO name on verso of FFEP, maroon cloth with gilt lettering and vignette of Christopher Robin playing with a train engine on front and Pooh and Piglet on back, 103 pps.The House at Pooh Corner, published 1928, first trade edition, NF copy in VG first issue dustwrapper (back flap contains an ad for When We Were Very Young, stating it is in its 179th Thousand), small one-half inch tear to front of dustwrapper at the top in the middle and a small gouge (paper still present) to bottom right corner, salmon cloth boards with gilt lettering and vignette, small prior bookshop label to rear endpaper, 179 pps.