Search results for: 'MILNE, A. A.'
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MILNE, A. A. Those Were the Days.London : 1929
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Peter Hammen now he is 21, with love from A. A. Milne. Dec 20th, 1929". This volume is the first collected edition of four of Milne's novels, The Day's Play, The Holiday Round, Once A Week, and The Sunny Side. Scarce signed. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 85669
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MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh.London : 1976
Rare presentation copy of the 50th anniversary edition, number 27 of 300 copies signed by Christopher Robin Milne. This copy has been fulsomely inscribed by Christopher Robin to the winner of "The Hum with Pooh" poetry competition:"Dear Mubina Punjani, this book tells you that you have been awarded First Prize in your age group in The Hum with Pooh... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 145209
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MILNE, A. A. Autograph letter signed to Ernest H. Shepard.[London : Spring 1926]
Autograph letter signed from A. A. Milne to Ernest H. Shepard discussing the progress of the latest Pooh book and a potential collaboration on a volume of Mother Goose rhymes. Letters between Milne and Shepard are very seldom seen in commerce. Most were retained by Shepard until his death and bequeathed by his widow to the V&A.
Milne begins,... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 144839
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MILNE, A. A. Autograph letter signed discussing Christopher Robin's school.London : 1930
Milne writes to thank Mrs Taylor for the gift of some asparagus and the comic verse she had sent him: "... I had to eat it first to make sure that it was the genuine thing... I'm wondering now whether I oughtn't to have sent my boy to your school. Would he have had asparagus and a hot bath on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday? Well, it's too late now;... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 132105
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MILNE, A. A. Birthday Party and other stories.New York : 1948
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his son, "For Moon, with love from Blue". Milne explained his son's nickname in his autobiography: "One of us thought of Robin, the other of Christopher; names wasted on him who called himself Billy Moon as soon as he could talk, and has been Moon to his family and friends... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 120415
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MILNE, A. A. Chloe Marr.London : 1946
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his son on the front free endpaper, "C.R.M., with all my love. A.A.M." Shortly after the book's publication, Milne wrote a letter to St John Ervine on 4 August 1946: "Our boy is with us, and gets demobilized next week; after which he goes back to Cambridge for a year, chiefly... Learn More£1,950.00Stock Code: 120428
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
Signed extra-limited edition, number 18 of 20 copies signed by the author and illustrator and printed on Japanese vellumthe most luxurious and exclusive issue of the various formats done for the first editions of Milne's Pooh books. Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 62349
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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.London : 1924
First edition, first impression, second state, with the page number ix present in the preliminaries (in copies of the first state the contents page ix is unnumbered). When We Were Very Young was first published in London on 6 November 1924 to immense acclaim, and the first printing sold out in one day.
Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 139923
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MILNE, A. A. More "Very Young" Songs.London : 1928
First edition, first impression. Following the success of Fraser-Simson's first collection of musical settings for Milne's poetry (Fourteen Songs from "When We Very Young", 1925), this volume, featuring Ernest Shepard's whimsical line illustrations, provides piano scores for ten more verses from the book, including "In the Dark", "Binker", and "Waiting... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 120680
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MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner.London : 1928
First edition, first impression, signed by the illustrator E. H. Shepard on the title page. Milne began planning his final Pooh book in 1927. Three years of intense publicity were taking their toll on the family, and Milne longed to return full-time to adult literature, telling his brother that "after one more Pooh book I must think of something else.... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 134081
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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.London : July 1925
Tenth impression, second deluxe edition. When We Were Very Young was first published on 6 November 1924. Copies of the seventh and tenth impressions were later issued in deluxe bindings. Milne had no particular ambition to write for children, but in 1922 a glimpse of his two-year-old son Christopher being taught to pray by his nanny inspired him to... Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 96008
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MILNE, A. A. [The Pooh books:]London : 1924-8
First editions, first impressions. When We Were Young is a first first state, with the contents page ix unnumbered and also has a presentation stamp to the title page. The little bear described by Christopher Milne in his autobiography as his "inseparable companion" has also become the inseparable companion of generations of children, often remaining... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 133547
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, deluxe issue, one of 1,500 copies bound in green leather. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 138627
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MILNE, A. A. The House At Pooh CornerLondon : 1928
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the title page. Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 137229
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MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner.London : 1928
Signed limited edition, large paper copy, number 85 of 350 copies signed by both the author and the illustrator. The House at Pooh Corner, the final Pooh book, was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. "The Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 131996
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
First edition, signed extra limited issue, one of 20 large-paper copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author and illustrator, out of series presentation copy inscribed to E. H. Shepard. This is the most luxurious and exclusive format in which Milne's Pooh books were issued. Learn More£32,500.00Stock Code: 138153
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MILNE, A. A. The Christopher Robin Story Book.London : 1929
First edition, first impression, of this collection of verse and stories featuring Christopher Robin. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 131997
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
First edition, first impression, of the third book in the Winnie-the-Pooh series. Alongside Milne's verse, this collection is also notable for including many illustrations of Pooh, Piglet, and the other nursery toys, even when uncalled for by the poems. Learn More£1,950.00Stock Code: 134424
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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.London : July 1925
Tenth impression, second deluxe edition. Milne had no particular ambition to write for children, but in 1922 a glimpse of his two-year-old son Christopher being taught to pray by his nanny inspired him to compose the verse "Vespers", a gently ironic take on the innocence of childhood intended for an adult readership, which was published in Vanity Fair... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 112308
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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.New York : 1924
First US edition, deluxe limited issue, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed on large paper and with pictorial boards. When We Were Very Young was published in London on 6 November 1924 and in New York on 20 November; the standard US issue was in red cloth on smaller paper. One hundred of the 500 deluxe copies were also issued signed. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 143290
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MILNE, A. A. Now We Are Six.London : 1927
First edition, first impression. Published on 13 October 1927, it took only two months for Now We Are Six to eclipse the sales records of the previous two books. Alongside Milne's charming verse, this collection is also notable for including many illustrations of Pooh, Piglet, and the other nursery toys, even when uncalled for by the poems. Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 137821
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MILNE, A. A., & E. H. Shepard. Signed photographic portraits.[c.1920s.]
Milne's association with Punch began in 1904, when he published his first piece for the magazine, shortly after coming down from Cambridge. He was made assistant editor in 1906 as he forged a career as a successful poet and playwright. At about the same time, E.H.Shepard, not long out of the Royal Academy, started contributing sketches and cartoons... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 144834
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DISNEY, Walt (prod.); MILNE, A. A. Production cel for "We're Each A Little Different."Burbank, CA : 1979
We're Each a Little Different Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore Production Cel Setup (Walt Disney, 1979). Original hand-painted production cel featuring both Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore. Great full-figure images of 4" and 5" placed on a hand-painted Key Master production background of the 100 Acre Wood, from the educational film strip "We're Each a Little Different".... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 108501
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MILNE, A. A., & E. H. Shepard. Catalogue of The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection of Pat McInally.London : 2011
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items gathered together over twenty years by American football legend Pat McInally, the catalogue describes and illustrates fine examples of all the Pooh books, important inscribed copies,... Learn More£10.00Stock Code: 72112
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MILNE, A. A., & E. H. Shepard. Catalogue of The Winnie-the-Pooh Collection of Pat McInally.London : 2011
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition and sale of the most comprehensive collection of Winnie-the-Pooh books and artwork ever assembled. Including more than one hundred items gathered together over twenty years by American football legend Pat McInally, the catalogue describes and illustrates fine examples of all the Pooh books, important inscribed copies,... Learn More£10.00Stock Code: 39598
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MILNE, A. A.; SHEPARD, E. H. (illus.) The House at Pooh Corner. [With an original pen and ink drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh.]London : 1929
Third edition. With an original pen and ink drawing on the title page by Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh in full traditional Russian costume including a fur hat and playing a balalaika, signed beneath the image. Rare thus.
Milne began planning his final Pooh book in 1927. Three years of intense publicity were taking their toll on the family, and Milne... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 138703
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MILNE, A. A. - SHEPARD, E. H. (illus.) "Tiggers don't like honey."1961
Signed and dated in ink lower right by Shepherd, 1961 and inscribed by Shepard lower middle "Tiggers don't like honey". This image was first used for The House at Pooh Corner, first published in 1928, page 23. "Tigger took a large mouthful of honey... and he looked up at the ceiling with his head on one side, and made exploring noises, and what-have-we-got-here... Learn More£47,500.00Stock Code: 109941
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LEES-MILNE, James. A Mingled Measure.1994
First edition, first impression. Learn More£90.00Stock Code: 33710
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GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illus.) The Wind in the Willows.London : 1931
First Shepard edition, signed limited issue, number 170 of 200 large paper copies signed by both author and artist. This edition - also issued unsigned in a cloth binding - was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today.
Wind... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 145516
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GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illus.) The Wind in the Willows.London : 1931
First Shepard edition, signed limited issue, number 164 of 200 large paper copies signed by both author and artist. This edition - also issued unsigned in a cloth binding - was the first edition to be illustrated by Shepard, whose classic illustrations of anthropomorphized animals render this the most popular version of the book even today.
Wind... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 146527
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GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, E. H. (illus.) The Wind in the Willows.London : 1971
First full colour-illustrated edition, signed limited issue, number 137 of 250 specially bound copies, signed and numbered by E. H. Shepard. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration, and Shepard, well-known by then for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, was asked to provide black... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 140767
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GRAHAME, Kenneth; E. H. Shepard (illus.); The Wind in the Willows.London : 1971
First full colour-illustrated edition, signed limited issue, number 148 of 250 specially bound copies, signed and numbered by E. H. Shepard. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration, and Shepard, well-known by then for his illustrations of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series, was asked to provide black... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 142219
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Complete deluxe limited editions set.1905–51
IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905
Quarto. Original vellum, titles to spine and front board gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, brown endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream ribbon ties. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 49 colour plates mounted on brown... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 144251
