MILNE, A. A.. The House At Pooh Corner. (1928 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD - WITH AN ALS)

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AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. 

TITLE: The House At Pooh Corner.

PUBLSISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD. 1 vol, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", signed by the illustrator E. H. Shepard on the title page, bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped pink cloth, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, small neat gift inscription to half-title, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine slightly sunned, overall VERY GOOD.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Tipped to the verso of the front endleaf is a one page ALS by Shepard which reads "28 November: 57 Dear Mrs. McCreedy, I have heard from Miss George of the Oxford University Press that you are staying in the neighborhood. It will give great pleasure to my wife and to myself if you will come and see us. I would like to suggest Dec. 17th Tuesday, at 4 oclock, If your husband and daughter are able to come as well we shall bt most pleased, Yours Sincerely Ernest H. Shepard"