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Lot 116

MILNE (A.A.)
The House at Pooh Corner... With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, LIMITED TO 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, THIS A PRESENTATION COPY, Methuen & Co., 1928

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MILNE (A.A.)

The House at Pooh Corner... With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, LIMITED TO 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, THIS A PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on behalf of the publisher "This is a presentation copy for E.J.G. Webb, Esq." [copy number crossed through], and with a loosely inserted letter in the same hand sending the book to Webb ("We think you will like to have this for your library", dated 13 October 1928, on Methuen notepaper), illustrations throughout, untrimmed in publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed title label, slightly soiled, 4to, Methuen & Co., 1928

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One of a small number of presentation copies of the signed limited edition, sent by Methuen to a collector.

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