winnie pooh, Erstausgabe, Signiert (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Limited edition, published by Methuen Children s Books Ltd. in 1973. Hand bound in blue leather by Zaehnsdorf, London with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. All edges gilt. Containing attractive illustrations in colour by E. H. Shepard throughout and housed in a blue cloth slipcase with lettering to spine in gilt. One of 300 copies signed by E. H. Shepard, of which this is number 26. An excellent, fine book. Some evidence of rubbing to top and bottom edges of slipcase, else near fine. A beautifully produced and unique edition of one of the most important and popular children s books of modern times. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce, signed first Tauchnitz edition of A A Milne's classic children's novel 'Winnie-The-Pooh'. Signed by both Milne and E H Shepard to the title page. Shepard's signature is dated 1933.A superior copy of this Tauchnitz edition, which was published several years after Methuen's first edition of 1926.Milne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of Winnie-The-Pooh and his many friends. This is the first collection of stories containing Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and Roo. Tigger did not appear until 'The House at Pooh Corner'.A charming collection of ten children's stories featuring this famous character. To this collection there are classic tales such as when Winnie gets stuck in Rabbit's door, Piglet meeting a Heffalump, and Pooh meeting some bees. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, in an excellent condition. Minor shelf-wear to the extremities. Repairs to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

First editions of each work in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Winnie the Pooh is signed by A.A. Milne on the title page. When We Were Very Young if a first edition, second issue as usual with page ix numbered. Each are fine in very good dust jackets with some loss and wear to the extremities and light toning. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable with Winnie the Pooh signed by Milne. âAlthough Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fameâ (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new childrenâs magazine. âOn a rain-blighted holiday in Wales, [Milne] escaped from the crowd of fellow guests to the summerhouse, and for 11 days wrote a set of childrenâs verses, one each day⦠âThere on the other side of the lawn was a child with whom I had lived for three years [his son, Christopher Robin]⦠and here within me were unforgettable memories of my own childhood.â He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punchâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in âa wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appealâ (DNB).

First editions. When We Were Very Young inscribed on the front free endpaper to Curtis Brown who made both Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh an international success, and in the first state of the first impression without the page number ix in the preliminaries. The dust jacket for Winnie-the-Pooh is in the first state with "117th Thousand" on the rear flap. The presentation inscription uses a distinctive Milne phrase for a superlative individual, and appears to predate the description of Winnie-the-Pooh as "that sort of Bear" in the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh. This inscription is exceptional and records the importance of Curtis Brown to Milne, together with author's respect: "To Curtis Brown, in return for all the trouble he has saved me - and is going to save me - and the money he has made for me - and is going to make for me - in short, in return for the blessed feeling of saying 'Don't bother me. Go to Brown'. This book (which he bought himself - that sort of man) from A. A. Milne". Albert Curtis Brown (1866-1945), an American journalist, founded his literary agency in 1899. Milne's biographer notes that by November 1917 Brown had become Milne's agent (see Thwaite, p. 185), and the agency continues to represent the Milne Estate. Brown was, therefore, responsible for the commercial success of Winnie-the-Pooh, and a significant figure in Milne's career. 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. "The Wrong Sort of Bees", published on Christmas Eve 1925, was based on a bedtime story that Milne had told his son Christopher. It starred 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). Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its predecessor. Now We Are Six followed in 1927, and took just two months to eclipse the sales records of the previous two books. The final book, The House at Pooh Corner, 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 it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, p. 336). The copy of When We Were Very Young is from the library of Duncan Cranford, a collection that was formed in the 1930s to 1940s that was especially strong in works by Stevenson, Conrad, Maugham, and Milne. The Maugham collection was donated to Williams College in 1986. Payne IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA. Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne: His Life, 1990. Four works, octavo. Illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard. Original blue, green, red, or pink cloth, spines lettered in gilt, front covers with pictorial designs and ruled borders in gilt, top edges gilt. With dust jackets. Housed in a custom light brown cloth chemise and dark brown morocco-backed slipcase. Corners very slightly worn, some browning to endpapers (as usual), bubbling to front fixed endpaper of When We Were Very Young; spines of jackets to When We Were Very Young and Winnie-the-Pooh toned, minor loss to head of spine of supplied jacket to When We Were Very Young, spines with integral prices: a near-fine set in very good jackets.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, one of a limited 350 copies on handmade paper, signed by the author and illustrator, this being number 119. Bound in publisher's blue paper boards over dark blue cloth spine, with printed title label to upper board; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with sunning to spine and edges, light soiling, corners and patches on bottom edge rubbed through. Old typed bookseller description taped to front pastedown, former owner inkless emboss to front free endpaper. Contents tanned and lightly thumbed, with a slight storage odor to pages. One of the most influential children's book, signed by the author and illustrator.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928. A complete set of all four Winnie the Pooh books, all first British trade editions, all first printings. All four volumes are in publisher's original cloth (royal blue, dark green, maroon and pink) and stamped in gilt, with top edges gilt, lacking the dust jackets. All Very Good with wear, light soiling and sunning to cloth; soiling, foxing and spotting to contents, gift inscriptions to some preliminary matters. When We Were Very Young has several hinges slightly expose throughout; Now We Are Six binding is leaning and tender. A great set of these beloved children's classics.

Letter. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 5-1/2" x 7-3/8" personal stationery to "My dear Sir" [Vincent Seligman]. Written just weeks before the publication of Milne's most famous work, WINNIE-THE-POOH. This fine letter offers insight into Milne's sharp sense of humor and includes indirect references to his most famous book. Milne refers to a person in his letter as a "cygnet" (a young swan), a reference which may have been in mind as Winnie The Pooh was a blended name created by Milne, being a combination of the name "Pooh," after a cygnet swan they met on holiday, and "Winnie," a black bear cub he often saw at the London Zoo. There is also a lighthearted poke at his publisher, Methuen. In part: "I have arrived safely at the house to which you sent me, and think that I shall like the situation. I wanted to begin a serial story for the DAILY MAIL at once, but the man here said 'No, there's a letter we must write first,' and I said 'Oh, I see,' and began writing 'Dear Methuen,' but he snatched me away from the paper, and said it wasn't that sort of letter at all, which disappointed me rather because I thought I had got a literary situation. But he promised me we should do some poetry afterwards, and I said 'All right.' And of course when he began 'Dear Vincent,' I said 'Oh, know that man well; let me write the letter, while you get the ink off your hands.' He was terribly pleased with me, and I'm to keep on saying 'Thank you' until I run out of ink. But I really am to say 'Thank you very much. Assuring you, Sir, of my respects, and again thanking you for obtaining me this literary situation which I have always wanted from a cygnet so to speak. Yours faithfull [sic] The Pen. P.S. It was his fault about the ink, not mine. T.P. P.P.P. Now we are going to practise his signature: A. A. Milne. P.P.P.S. He says that's the best he's ever done." A delightful letter. Vincent Seligman was a banker who ran the London bank Seligman Brothers. He and his wife Barbara were close friends of the Milnes. Seligman dedicated his book, OXFORD ODDITIES, to Milne. Crease from mailing otherwise Fine.

Zustand: Very Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Fine. First Edition. An unbelievably superb copy of the first American edition, signed limited issue. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard on limitation leaf at front. [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label; in publisher's original glassine and box. Very Fine in a dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, still also Very Fine. So fresh and sharp, the book and dust jacket appear as if brand new. In original glassine, which is toned and largely intact except for one flap, which is largely detached in two segments, both present. In a Very Good+ publisher's box is stained and toned, with splits to two corners. All housed in a custom folding case, in which the glassine is stored in a paper folder. An incredible survival of a book uncommon in such superlative condition. Quite a marvel to behold.

Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. First American edition, limited issue. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard on limitation leaf at front. [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label; lacking the publisher's glassine and box. Very Good+ with light wear at extremities, light soiling and light tanning to covers, stray ink mark to spine, foxing to top edge. Tanning to pages with several hinges slightly exposed.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A complete set of all four Winnie the Pooh books, all first British trade editions, all first printings, with a card signed by A. A. Milne adhered to the front paste down of When We Were Young. All four volumes are in publisher's original cloth (royal blue, dark green, maroon and pink) and stamped in gilt, with top edges gilt, lacking the dust jackets; housed in a custom cloth slipcase. Volumes average Very Good, with light wear and soiling, uneven sunning to two volumes, former owner names to front, foxing to textblock edge and toning to pages, endsheets browned. Strip of adhesive remnant to front paste down above where Milne's signature is adhered. A lovely set.

Rare collection of six Winnie-The-Pooh prints specially bound with an autograph note signed by both A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Quarto, bound in hand-made paper wrappers, the collection includes six mounted Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations extracted from issues of Home Chat magazine which were produced by Shepard exclusively for Home Chat in 1928 and never appeared in any of the Pooh books. With a mounted note signed by Milne and Shepard. The prints are titled: Christopher Robin has a Little Something at Eleven; What Christopher Robin does in the Mornings; Christopher Robin gives Extract of Malt all round; Christopher Robin's Green Braces; Christopher Robin at the Enchanted Place; Christopher Robin organises an "Exposition". In near fine condition. A unique example. âAlthough Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fameâ (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new childrenâs magazine. âOn a rain-blighted holiday in Wales, [Milne] escaped from the crowd of fellow guests to the summerhouse, and for 11 days wrote a set of childrenâs verses, one each day⦠âThere on the other side of the lawn was a child with whom I had lived for three years [his son, Christopher Robin]⦠and here within me were unforgettable memories of my own childhood.â He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punchâ (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in âa wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appealâ (DNB).