September Online Auction (Sale #352)
Lot 259:
A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne ‘Winnie the Pooh’ and ‘The House on Pooh Corner’ First Edition Books
(3) total items including ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926, having first edition points, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, dark green gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt, in dust jacket and ‘The House on Pooh Corner’, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928, having first edition points, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, salmon gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt, in dust jacket; together with ‘A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear and Other Absurdities by Lewis Carroll and Others’, E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1928, in dust jacket
Provenance: From the collection of Mary Kay O’Brien Weintraub (University of Chicago, Professor, History of Western Civilization) and Karl Weintraub (University of Chicago, Thomas E. Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in History)
Property from: an Estate, Chicago (Hyde Park) Illinois
Height: 7 1/2 inches, Width: 5 1/4 inches, Depth: 1/2 inches (each Milne)
Disclaimers: individual pages have not been inspected, may have occasional creases or bent corners
Category: Collectibles > Books
Estimated Sale Time: 12:34 pm CST
Shipping Status: Shipping Quote
Last modified: September 21, 2026, 12:22 pm
Condition report:
the Milne books having minimal wear, Winnie the Pooh having dust jacket darkened at spine and edges including upper edges of flaps, Small chip at top edge, tear 1/8 in, at fold top of spine, s 1/8\' and a 1/2\' closed tears bottom rear edge (with a crease between), wear at top corners at flap folds, a 1/2\' tear at lower rear fold, Cloth covered boards fine, slight roll to spine ends, gilt bright, text block solid, slight edge toning of pages, clean and unmarked except for bookseller pencil notation to rear paste-down end paper, The House on Pooh Corner having dust jacket darkened at spine and edges, a 1/4\' and two 1/16\' tears at top of spine, light wear at corners of flap folds, front flap upper corner bent, cloth cover having slight puckering along front hinge, otherwise as above, A Book of Nonsense having light wear, dust jacket having toning, edge wear and chips
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