MILNE, A. A.. Winnie The Pooh. (1926 - FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE)

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.. 

TITLE: Winnie The Pooh.

PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., 1926.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE. 1 vol., later issue dustjacket, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, inscribed by Christopher Milne on the title page "Inscribed to Charles Hutchinson with all good wishes Christopher Milne 6' April, 1994 Totnes".  Bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped green cloth, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers.

CONDITION: The faintest of rubbing to the head and foot of spine, back corners still square, inner and outer hinges fine, some minor soiling to page 55, moisture stain to lower right corner of textblock only (not affecting the binding) causing the paper to rumple slightly without discoloration, otherwise generally clean and bright throughout, no previous ownership inscriptions or markings of any kind. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Included with this item is a 1-1/2 page ALS by Christopher Milne to Mr. Hutchinson which reads: "Glebe House Manor Way Totues TQ9 5HP April 2nd, 1994.  Dear Mr. Hutchinson, Thank you so much for your kind and sympathetic letter.  It arrived in the middle of our move.  But we are safely here now.  Easiest for us both would be for you to post your Pooh to me here and I will post it back (We sold our bookshop 10 years ago to a couple like ourselves and it thrives).  And I look forward to receiving it.  If you mistrust the G.P.O it could be registered, but they’ve never foiled us yet. Yours sincerely Christopher Milne".

This could quite possible be the only known presentation copy by Christopher Milne of a first edition of "Winnie The Pooh".  We can find only one other first edition which was inscribed by A. A. Milne but only signed (not inscribed) by Christopher Milne. It sold in 1995 at Christies for £6,750 Pounds.