An incredible survival of a book uncommon in such superlative condition. All housed in a custom folding case, in which the glassine is stored in a paper folder. In a Very Good+ publisher's box is stained and toned, with splits to two corners. In original glassine, which is toned and largely intact except for one flap, which is largely detached in two segments, both present.
So fresh and sharp, the book and dust jacket appear as if brand new.
Very Fine in a dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, still also Very Fine.
Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label in publisher's original glassine and box. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. An unbelievably superb copy of the first American edition, signed limited issue. Covers bowed, slight bubbling to fixed endpapers, some minor marks to front free endpaper, some minor browning a very good copy with unopened gatherings.Ĭondition: Very Fine. Housed in a custom black morocco folding box. Original full stiff vellum with yapp edges, front cover lettered in gilt. This is the first title of the series to be issued in this format: there was no equivalent issue of the first book, When We Were Very Young (1924), as the magnitude of its success had not been anticipated. It was published in the UK in three issues: the present extra limited issue of 20 copies bound in vellum, a limited issue of 350 copies on large paper, and a regular trade issue. Winnie-the-Pooh was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its predecessor. It featured Christopher's teddy bear, bought at Harrods for Christopher's first birthday, known initially as Edward or Edward Bear and later renamed Winnie-the-Pooh (after a favourite bear cub at London zoo). "The Wrong Sort of Bees", published on Christmas Eve 1925, was based on a bedtime story that Milne had told his son Christopher. After the huge success of When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, Milne was asked to contribute a story to the London Evening News. This is the most luxurious and exclusive issue of the various formats issued of the first editions of A. Signed extra limited edition, number 7 of 20 large paper copies, printed on Japanese vellum and bound in vellum, signed by both the author and illustrator.
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