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E.H. SHEPARD PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST WINNIE-THE-POOH BOOK APPEARANCE. MILNE, A.A. & ERNES...
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E.H. SHEPARD PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST WINNIE-THE-POOH BOOK APPEARANCE. MILNE, A.A. & ERNEST H. SHEPARD, illustrator. When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co, 1924. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt, original dust jacket, some chipping at spine ends and corners, light soiling. Provenance: Ernest H. Shepard; presentation inscription for 'Evelyn / from E.H.S. / Christmas 1924.' PRESENTATION COPY FROM ERNEST H. SHEPARD OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, AT CHRISTMAS 1924, just after publication, of Milne and Shepard's first introduction in a book of the character who would become Winnie-the-Pooh, 'Edward Bear' in the poem 'Teddy Bear.' Shepard's presentation copies of the first issue (with p ix unnumbered) of the first Pooh book are rare. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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E.H. SHEPARD PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST WINNIE-THE-POOH BOOK APPEARANCE. MILNE, A.A. & ERNEST H. SHEPARD, illustrator. When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen & Co, 1924. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt, original dust jacket, some chipping at spine ends and corners, light soiling. Provenance: Ernest H. Shepard; presentation inscription for 'Evelyn / from E.H.S. / Christmas 1924.' PRESENTATION COPY FROM ERNEST H. SHEPARD OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, AT CHRISTMAS 1924, just after publication, of Milne and Shepard's first introduction in a book of the character who would become Winnie-the-Pooh, 'Edward Bear' in the poem 'Teddy Bear.' Shepard's presentation copies of the first issue (with p ix unnumbered) of the first Pooh book are rare. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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