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

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

FIRST UK 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: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the joints and hinges intact. Slight bumping to spine ends, the points with trivial rubbing, cloth to upper board with a little bubbling. Contents well-preserved with a previous owner name neatly inked to half-title, the rear endpaper with a small closed tear to the fore edge. Lacking the dust jacket.

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