Descrizione

Very early printing. Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo, blue cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on cover, t.e.g. x, 100 pp. A fine, very bright and very clean copy.

Edizione: the first pooh book and a fine copy. ironically, when a.a. milne was first presented with the possibility of ernest shepard being the illustrator for this first pooh book, he was less than pleased, having never been particularly drawn to shepard’s style. but the illustrator won out in the end and the rest is legend. the book’s success in both america and england was phenomenal, and it went through six printings in just one year and six more the next. the public voraciousness for his work inspired milne to follow when we were very young with winnie the pooh, now we are six, and the house at pooh corner. some of the most cherished and beloved verses of our time rest on the charmingly illustrated pages of this first volume in the series of books that have become timeless classics. this book is dedicated to milne’s son, christopher robin milne, who “prefers to call himself billy moon.”