THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK, SIGNED, LIMITED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, A LOVELY COPY
MILNE, A.A. The Christopher Robin Story Book… Illustrated by Ernest H. Shephard. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1929. Octavo, original three-quarter green cloth, pictorial peach paper boards, original paper spine label, uncut and partly unopened, original acetate dust jacket, original matching illustrated peach box.
Signed limited first American edition, number 340 of 350 copies signed by Milne and Shepard.
A wonderfully illustrated collection of stories and verses from Milne's four "Pooh" books: When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Preceded only by the first English trade edition. See Cutler & Stiles, 117.
Box lightly soiled and rubbed with minor expert repairs. Book lovely and near-fine with only slight soiling to binding, with remnants of original acetate.