MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956)

Lot 214
14.12.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
£ 15 120
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
Commissionsee on Website%
Archive
La vente aux enchères est terminée. Vous ne pouvez plus enchérir.
Archive
ID 870694
Lot 214 | MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956)
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956)

Set of the four Pooh books: When We Were Very Young. 1924. [With:] Winnie-the-Pooh. 1926. [And:] Now We Are Six. 1927. [And:] The House at Pooh Corner. 1928. Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London. Methuen & Co., 1924-1928.

Complete set of the Pooh books in dust-jackets, all first editions, signed by the author on the title of Winnie-the-Pooh. An excellent set.



4 volumes, octavo. Half-titles. Illustrations by E.H. Shepard. Original pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt, pictorial endpapers in Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six, and The House at Pooh Corner, pictorial dust-jackets (expert restoration to small tear in spine panel of When We Were Very Young, minor marks on dust-jacket of Now We Are Six); custom quarter morocco clamshell box. Provenance: Frederic R. Stettenheim (bookplate in first volume) – Helen Mort (ownership inscription dated Christmas 1928 in final volume).





Special notice


No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
Adresse de l'enchère CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Royaume-Uni
Aperçu
10.12.2022 – 13.12.2022
Téléphone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
E-mail
Commission see on Website
Conditions d'utilisationConditions d'utilisation

Termes connexes

?>