Jan 17, 2002 - Sale 1922

Sale 1922 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 4,370
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
NICE SET OF THE POOH QUARTETMILNE, A. A. Complete set of the Christopher Robin Books. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 4 volumes. 8vo, original pictorial cloth; gutters of endpapers toned; all but first in dust jacket, spine panels mildly darkened and ends a bit rubbed. Two with prospectuses laid in. Detailed condition follows descriptions. First Editions. London: Methuen, vd

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When We were Very Young. Binding with heavy bump to front cover, gilt expertly restored; plain endpapers, slightly toned and with a few small blisters. 1924 Winnie-the-Pooh. Repair to triangular tear on verso of rear panel, few small spots and some loss to tips. 1926 Now We Are Six. Half-title toned along left side; few unobtrusive spots on dust jacket, and with a small chip to foot of spine panel. Two prospectuses for "The Original Drawings . . . Illustrating Now We Are Six . . . Exhibited during December, 1927" laid in. 1927 The House at Pooh Corner. Bump to bottom edges and to rear fore edge of covers; faint darkening to pink cloth on front cover; quick repair on verso to tear along rear panel fold. Prospectus for "Christopher Robin Calendar, 1929 [and] When We were Very Young Notepaper" laid in. 1928.<