43 “…A Little Boy And His Bear Will Always Be Playing” 60MILNE, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner. London, 1928. Small octavo, original giltstamped pictorial pink cloth, dust jacket. $6000 First edition of Milne’s final Winnie-the-Pooh book, delightfully illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. “Even as Milne celebrates childhood” in this, the final book of his Pooh quartet, “he subtly prepares both characters and readers for the inevitable need to forge ahead” (Silvey, 462). The stories in this volume—the de- and reconstruction of Eeyore’s house, Tigger’s arrival in the Forest, Christopher Robin’s attempted farewell in an Enchanted Place—bring to a close tales that are “more successful as works written for children than anything else produced during children’s literature’s Golden Age” (Carpenter, 205). Book with slight offsetting to endpapers, as often; bright dust jacket with very mild toning to spine, one small shallow chip to rear panel. A crisp and lovely copy in near-fine condition. Where The Wild Things Are, Inscribed By Sendak With An Original Illustration Of Max 61SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York, circa 1986. Oblong quarto, original half gray cloth, pictorial boards, dust jacket. $3800 Later edition of Sendak’s cherished classic, inscribed by him: “For Matt, Maurice Sendak, June 86,” with an original drawing of Max saying “Greetings!” First published in 1963, “Sendak’s exploration of the realms of the unconscious in Where the Wild Things Are… lifts his work beyond the confines of the children’s picture book, and places it among the major art of the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 47677). Caldecott sticker to dust jacket front panel. Book with small discolored spot to front board. Near-fine condition.
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