WINNIE-THE-POOH BY A. A. MILNE 1926 FIRST EDITION

[MILNE, A.A.]. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926.

FIRST U.K. EDITION, FIRST PRINT. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19.5 x 12.5 x 1.5 cm), pp. xi, [1], [2], 158, [2]. English text, numerous illustrations throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration; top edge gilt; other edges uneven; illustrated endpapers with map design. Printed by Jarrolds and sons Ltd. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight and secure, very slight bumping to spine ends, the covers well-preserved. Contents with a few light thumb marks and spots. Without previous ownership markings. Lacking dust jacket.

Notes: First printing, with "First published in 1926" on the copyright page.